Foundations of Couples, Marriage, and Family Counseling / by Capuzzi, David, editor 296803, Stauffer, Mark D., editor 393065, John Wiley & Sons (Online service) 647106

“…It covers foundational and advanced topics of critical importance to student counselors and therapists seeking to work in family settings, including sexuality, trauma, divorce, domestic violence, addictions, filial play therapy, and the positioning of culture and context in family therapy. …”
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Cybersecurity Threats, Malware Trends, and Strategies : Discover risk mitigation strategies for modern threats to your organization / by Rains, Tim, author 656361, Youngblood, Timothy, writer of foreword 656362, Packt Publishing (Online service) 656336

“…You'll also gain valuable insights into the roles that governments play in cybersecurity, including their role as threat actors, and how to mitigate government access to data. …”
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Beyond-the-Ice: Designing Games for Facilitating Deeper Conversations by Lee, Cassandra

“…However, few have designed games that specifically foster more intimate forms of dialogue or offer scaffolding for players to see the act of sharing authentically and listening deeply as ways to play. In this thesis, I explore the novel intersection between play, intimate conversation, and technology by presenting a variety of prototypes and fully developed games that employ innovative mechanics designed to facilitate authenticity, vulnerability, complexity, and subjectivity. …”
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Maximising resilience to sea-level rise in urban coastal ecosystems through systematic conservation planning by Nguyen, Nhung T. H., Friess, Daniel A., Todd, Peter A., Mazor, Tessa, Lovelock, Catherine E., Lowe, Ryan, Gilmour, James, Chou, Loke Ming, Bhatia, Natasha, Jaafar, Zeehan, Tun, Karenne, Siti Maryam Yaakub, Huang, Danwei

“…Hard coastal defences play a key role in protecting at-risk urban coastal populations from flooding and erosion, but coastal ecosystems also play important roles in the overall sustainability and resilience of cities and urban centres by contributing to coastal protection. …”
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Diversity of Idea Flows and Economic Growth by Pentland, Alex

“…What role does access to diverse ideas play in economic growth? New forms of geo-located communications and economic data allow measurement of human interaction patterns and prediction of economic outcomes for individuals, communities, and nations at a fine granularity, with the strongest predictors of income, productivity, and growth being measures of diversity and frequency of physical interaction between communities (clusters of interaction). …”
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Persuading a nation to be socially responsible : the impact of the SARS campaign in Singapore. by Pong, Yin Leng.

“…This study examines the extent to which Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Campaign in Singapore had an impact in creating awareness of the disease and inculcating the fact that everyone has a part to play in the prevention and control of infectious diseases such as SARS. …”
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White light diffuse optical spectroscopy for therapy monitoring by Gunawan, Stephen Nathaniel.

“…The effect of photosensitiser concentration, blood oxygenation level, and sufficient light on the site play a major role in PDT’s clinical success.[1] A non-invasive therapy monitoring method is simplified by the development of Diffuse Optical Spectroscopy (DOS), where several important chromophores such as oxygenated haemoglobin (HbO2), deoxygenated haemoglobin (Hb), and photosensitiser concentration can be monitored constantly to provide a preliminary overview on the therapy progress[2] for clinicians to chart the subsequent courses of action.…”
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Analysis and modeling of laser diodes for WDM system by Liu, Hairong

“…Semiconductor laser diodes play a crucial role in the success of optical communication systems due to the fact that they are coherent light sources. …”
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Qualitative study on cognition and interaction of users, of security and privacy features in Windows XP and Windows Vista. by Tan, Elvin Kian Hwee.

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Development of hand model and sensor placements for measuring thumb motion by Ong, Di Yong.

“…The hands play an important part in our daily life as it is capable of producing actions that are deemed too sophisticated for robots to perform. …”
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Relevance of ownership structure on profitability and financial policies by Ang, Suat Ching, Koh, Hui Lan, Lee, Lai Hiang

“…While the tests fail to reveal any significant differences between the performance of our sampled firms, they provide valuable insight into the role which ownership structures play in determining a firm 's financial performance, capital structure, dividend policies adopted as well as the directors' remuneration schemes.…”
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Land reclamation in Singapore : a history of governmental approaches to coastal development and management by Kang, Clarence Ming Hua

“…Tensions between human development and the environment are always at play, no more so than for Singapore, given its scarcity of available land for use. …”
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Cleaning false information in social networks with herd behaviours : a simulation study by Zhou, Lin

“…By comparing between different cases, we could figure out the factors that obstruct and promote the rumor cleaning process respectively, and the roles that are well-known and influential individuals may play in rumor cleaning process.…”
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Development of database management system for underground cavern construction by Tan, Shao

“…For design and excavation of underground space, geological uncertainties such as Quality Index (Q), Rock Mass Ratio (RMR) and Geological Strength Index (GSI) play very important role. Though the importance is known, the database of these important uncertainties has not been established. …”
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New moon by Chen, Danning

“…Incorporating the HTC Vive headset and controllers, you play as the Astronaut exploring the universe. However, things go awry as your spaceship starts malfunctioning mid-way and you crash land on an unknown planet ... …”
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A serious game design and development by Pang, Er Chao

“…This project seeks to justify the use of games as a potential rehabilitation tool for memory loss, one of many the symptom of the Alzheimer’s Disease. Through leisure play of the game, it is expected that the elderly will improve their memory capabilities while slowing the onset of Alzheimer’s disease.…”
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Peak injustice: solving Britain’s inequality crisis by Dorling, D

“…What part does living with high inequality play in understanding how we have got to the point of peak injustice, when surely the situation cannot become worse? …”

A model of information security and competition by de Cornière, A, Taylor, G

“…When firms are advertising-funded platforms, security plays a business-stealing role, and may be overprovided. …”

Security and subversion in a time of monsters by Andersson, R

“…Anthropology, that compromised trickster-science of the human, has an important role to play in understanding and perhaps subverting this monstrous reality.…”

Three mechanical models for blebbing and multi-blebbing by Woolley, TE, Gaffney, E, Waters, S, Oliver, JM, Baker, R, Goriely, A

“…Membrane protrusions known as blebs play important roles in many cellular phenomena. …”