Developing a human capital strategy for JWA positioning it for the future by Hong, Nicole Lena, Kee, Francis Eng Chye, Neeraj Kumar Srivastava, Sriyani Puspa Kinasih

“…The training & development strategy proposed is a three-step one comprising on-boarding, employee development and on-the-job training that will be a simple but powerful means to signal JWA's commitment to develop its employees and in return, harness the best potential out of them. …”
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'She loved this place': memorial benches as death writing, life writing and life siting by Karpf, Anne

“…Memorial benches are also a reminder of the ways in which public spaces are stitched into daily routines, of the quiet value and meaning attached to local public squares, parks and beaches, increasingly encroached upon by privatisation. …”
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The acquisition of English and Mandarin by a Singaporean child in a trilingual home by Teo, Jennifer Lay Heong.

“…The speech of the subject, a 23-month-old boy in a middle class trilingual family, was recorded.and analyzed for seven months. …”
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Of blood and belonging: the practice of antiretroviral treatment among HIV-positive youth in South Africa's Eastern Cape by Vale, B

“…Through ART and its associated programmes, adolescents and their families attempted to strengthen familial ties, appeal to powerful patrons, petition for care, and access basic resources. …”

‘It's the little things that count’: healthcare professionals’ views on delivering dignified care: a qualitative study by Williams, V, Kinnear, D, Victor, C

“…<p><b>Background</b></p> Although ‘care’ and dignity in care are seen as central to the delivery of good care by patients, families and professionals, we still lack a clear understanding of what these, often contested and elusive concepts, mean in the practice setting, particularly from the perspective of healthcare professionals. …”

Mechanical and geometrical analysis of 3d-printed auxetic structures by Ong, Darryl Wen Kai

“…These auxetic lattices will comprise of the same family of repeating units but vary slightly in terms of lattice configuration and porosity. …”
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The historical relations of the papuan languages of alor and pantar by Klamer, Marian., Holton, Gary., Kratochvil, Frantisek, Robinson, Laura C., Schapper, Antoinette.

“…Applying the comparative method to primary lexical data from twelve languages sampled across the islands of the Alor-Pantar archipelago, we use form-meaning pairings in basic cognate sets to establish regular sound correspondences that support the view that these languages are genetically related. …”
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Novel method of probe design for characterising unclassified microbial taxa in wastewater by Tan, Shi Ming

“…Shimingles due to co-sorting of closely-related Haliangium species into the sample. Due to the low mean read depth of sequencing (2.56X ± 2.97), no RiboTags could be assigned to Ca. …”
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Takaful Business Model and Business Performance: A Comparative Evidence from the Global Takaful Industry by Muhammad Zuki, Mohd Faizuddin, Ishak, Muhammad Arif Fadilah, Halim Roja, Muhammad Izzuddin

“…As a means for takaful operators to survive and sustain their business within the industry, they must appropriately choose takaful business models for their products. …”
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Explicit Two-Sided Unique-Neighbor Expanders by Hsieh, Jun-Ting, McKenzie, Theo, Mohanty, Sidhanth, Paredes, Pedro

“…Our main result is the first two-sided construction of imbalanced unique-neighbor expanders, meaning bipartite graphs where small sets contained in both the left and right bipartitions exhibit unique-neighbor expansion, along with algebraic properties relevant to constructing quantum codes. …”
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In memory of Aureliano's ice. by Ho, Jia Xuan.

“…For a man with seventeen sons, thirty odd wars under his belt and a relatively dysfunctional family, the fact that Colonel Aureliano Buendía figures his experience with ice as the defining moment in his life is intriguing to say the least. …”
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Application of a unique miniature MBR for screening the biodegradation of brominated flame retardants by Segev, Osnat, Brenner, Asher, Kushmaro, Ariel, Shapiro, Orr H.

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Experience and perceptions of mental ill-health in people with epilepsy in rural Ethiopia: A qualitative study by Tsigebrhan, R, Newton, CR, Selamu, M, Hanlon, C

“…Participants sought to mitigate these interconnected psychosocial impacts through finding spiritual meaning in, or acceptance of, their experiences, drawing on family care and, for some, emotional support from health professionals. …”

Temporal Telepresence: Immersive Interfaces for TeleAbsence by Pillis, D.

“…The urge to capture our past into networks of photographic, written, filmed, and object-based narratives has long been a means for individuals to identify change, growth, and gain perspective on themselves. …”
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Wavelet-based compression of medical images: Filter-bank selection and evaluation by Saffor, A., Bin Ramli, A.R., Ng, K.H.

“…The statistical indices such as mean square error (MSB), maximum absolute error (MAE) and peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR) were used to quantify the effect of wavelet compression of selected images. …”

Moris Mai : to be born by Cai, Yun, Har, Jiawei, Loh, Jing Ting, Toh, Yan Wei

“…Moris Mai, meaning “to be born” in Tetum, the indigenous language of Timor-Leste, is a 20-minute documentary on the pressing child and maternity issue in the young nation, its root causes, practical implications and the hopes of the locals towards an improved healthcare system. …”
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Structural and mechanistic insights into the Rel protein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Singal, Bharti

“…The stringent response is capable of changing gene expression at a global scale by means of stringent effector molecules which are a hyper- phosphorylated form of guanosine, ((p)ppGpp). …”
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Process platform-based production configuration for mass customization by Zhang, Linda Lianfeng

“…Managing product differentiation based on product and process families sharing common platforms has been well recognized as an effective means to deal with such a variety dilemma in many industries. …”
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Doctor, Will You Pray for Me? : Medicine, Chaplains, and Healing the Whole Person / by Klitzman, Robert, author 655971

“…This book explores how patients and families, facing serious disease and threats of death, commonly struggle in the middle to make sense of these crises, seeking hope, meaning, purpose, and larger connections beyond themselves. …”
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Patient deterioration detection using one-class classification via cluster period estimation subtask by Toshitaka, Hayashi, Dalibor, Cimr, Studnička, Filip, Fujita, Hamido, Bušovský, Damián, Cimler, Richard

“…In particular, a one-class time-series classification (OCTSC) algorithm has been developed by combining K-means clustering with sliding windows and a linear regression subtask. …”