What Do We Mean When We Write About Ethics, Equity, and Justice in Engineering Design? by Das, Madhurima, Roeder, Gillian, Ostrowski, Anastasia K, Yang, Maria C, Verma, Aditi

“…We conduct a review of three leading scholarly engineering design venues to investigate how, when, and why these terms — “ethics,” “equity,” and “justice,” and variations — appear in the engineering design literature and what scholars mean when they use them. …”
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What Do We Mean When We Write About Ethics, Equity, and Justice in Engineering Design? by Das, Madhurima, Roeder, Gillian, Ostrowski, Anastasia K, Yang, Maria C, Verma, Aditi

“…We conduct a review of three leading scholarly engineering design publications to investigate how, when, and why these terms—“ethics,” “equity,” and “justice,” and variations—appear in the engineering design literature and what scholars mean when they use them. …”
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When doing more requires knowing more : explaining the intention to seek procedural information about recycling by Rosenthal, Sonny, Leung, Yan Wah

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Is self-explanation better than explaining to a fictitious student when learning from video lectures? by Pi, Zhongling, Zhang, Yi, Shi, Dongyuan, Guo, Xin, Yang, Jiumin

“…Students in the conditions that included both self-explanations and instructional explanations demonstrated a higher level of organization and elaboration than those in the instructional explanation condition. When compared to the self-explanations condition, additional instructional explanations had no effect on learning performance or internal attention. …”
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When should lockdown be implemented? Devising cost-effective strategies for managing epidemics amid vaccine uncertainty by Doyle, NJ, Cumming, F, Thompson, RN, Tildesley, MJ

“…Furthermore, we show how uncertainty in these quantities can be accounted for when deciding which interventions to introduce. This research highlights the benefits of policy makers being explicit about the precise objectives of introducing interventions. …”

The rise and fall of ‘girlsdrinkdiaries.com’: Dilemmas and opportunities when creating online forums to investigate health behaviour by Stepney, M

“…This paper explores the potential dilemmas and opportunities for setting up online discussion forums when undertaking research on health-related behaviour. …”

Beowulf opera scenes: classroom music pedagogy and knowledge when composing an opera with primary-school children by Axtell, I, Anderson, A, MacGregor, E, Nenadic, E, Fautley, M, Evans, N

A methodology to evaluate the effectiveness of designers’ cognitive process when using multi-user virtual reality by Azizo, Adlin Shaflina, Ali, Kherun Nita, A.Iahad, Noorminshah, Mohd., Norhazren Izatie, Mat Dzahir, Mohd. Azwarie, Abdul Rahiman, Nafisah

“…This paper proposed the mixed-mode methodology to evaluate the effectiveness of the cognitive process when using Multi-user Virtual Reality (VR) in the design review sessions. …”
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Stingless bee (Heterotrigona itama) honey and its phenolic-rich extract ameliorate oxidant–antioxidant balance via KEAP1-NRF2 signalling pathway by Zulhilmi Cheng, Mohamad Zulhafiz Shafiq, Zulkhairi Amin, Fatin Aina, Zawawi, Norhasnida, Chan, Kim Wei, Ismail, Norsharina, Ishak, Nur Akmal, Mohd Esa, Norhaizan

“…In this current study, the efficacy of stingless bee honey (SBH) and its phenolic-rich extract (PRE) in controlling the oxidant–antioxidant balance in high-fat diet- and streptozotocin/nicotinamide-induced diabetic rats was investigated. …”
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A review of feature extraction methods in vibration-based condition monitoring and its application for degradation trend estimation of low-speed slew bearing by Caesarendra, Wahyu, Tjahjowidodo, Tegoeh

“…This paper presents an empirical study of feature extraction methods for the application of low-speed slew bearing condition monitoring. The aim of the study is to find the proper features that represent the degradation condition of slew bearing rotating at very low speed (≈ 1 r/min) with naturally defect. …”
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Brownian dynamics simulation of soft matter with hydrodynamics: methods for constrained systems and shear processing of 2D materials by Funkenbusch, William Tian

“…Then, we give a brief introduction on simple shear and discuss how it is implemented in simulations. …”
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On the shear failure of incipient rock discontinuities under CNL and CNS boundary conditions : insights from DEM modelling by Shang, Junlong, Zhao, Zhiye, Ma, S.

“…Peak shear stress increased significantly (up to three times) in the CNS direct shear in comparison with that measured in the CNL direct shear under the same initially applied normal stresses. …”
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A novel method for segmenting growth of cells in sheared endothelial culture reveals the secretion of an anti-inflammatory mediator by Ghim, Mean, Pang, Kuin T., Arshad, Mehwish, Wang, Xiaomeng, Weinberg, Peter D.

“…Background: Effects of shear stress on endothelium are important for the normal physiology of blood vessels and are implicated in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. …”
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Quantifying canine tissue stiffness change patterns using shear-wave elastography: implications for time of death estimation by Ong, Wee Kee, Leong, Sook Sam, Azman, Raja Rizal, Md Shah, Mohammad Nazri, Vijayananthan, Anushya, Lau, Seng Fong

“…This study investigates the applicability and reproducibility of shear-wave elastography (SWE) in detecting changes in tissue stiffness of canine carcasses. …”

Behavior of the southernmost San Andreas fault during the past 300 years by Sieh, Kerry, Williams, Patrick L.

“…Along two short reaches of the San Andreas fault in the Coachella Valley, measurements of offset geological deposits and man-made structures and from alignment arrays and creep meters show that slip rates of 2–4 mm/yr near Indio and near the Salton Sea have persisted for the past three centuries. …”
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Effects of individual research practices on fNIRS signal quality and latent characteristics by Bizzego, Andrea, Carollo, Alessandro, Lim, Mengyu, Esposito, Gianluca

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16 to 18 year old students' errors and misconceptions in learning probability by Chan, Wai Soen.

“…In Singapore schools, many students study simple theoretical probability in Secondary 4, (15-16 year olds) and in the junior colleges (16-18 year olds). …”
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Childhood language development and alexithymia in adolescence: an eight-year longitudinal study by Lee, K-S, Catmur, C, Bird, G

“…Leveraging data from the Surrey Communication and Language in Education cohort (N = 229, mean age at timepoint 1 = 5.32 years, SD = 0.29, 51.1% female), we investigated the prospective link between childhood language development and alexithymic traits in adolescence. …”

A decade after the first full human genome sequencing : when will we understand our own genome? by Eisenhaber, Frank

“…The promises with regard to medical cures and biotechnology applications have been realized not even nearly to the expectations. Understanding the human genomes means knowing the genes' and proteins' functions and their interconnectedness via biomolecular mechanisms. …”
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Patient and Health Care Worker Perceptions of Communication and Ability to Identify Emotion When Wearing Standard and Transparent Masks by Chu, Jacqueline N., Collins, Joy E., Chen, Tina T., Chai, Peter R., Dadabhoy, Farah, Byrne, James D., Wentworth, Adam, DeAndrea-Lazarus, Ian A., Moreland, Christopher J., Wilson, Jaime A. B., Booth, Alicia, Ghenand, Omkar, Hur, Chin, Traverso, Giovanni

“…RESULTS: The national survey consisted of 1000 participants (mean [SD] age, 48.7 [18.5] years; 496 [49.6%] women) with a response rate of 92.25%. …”
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