Aging and the self : perceptions of the aging process and one's body on the development of the self among Singaporean seniors by Khrisha Chatterji

“…Unlike their Western counterparts, findings suggest that Singaporean seniors tend to be accepting of the aging process and are willing to deal with the changes that come with aging.…”
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Gendered experiences among strength athletes in Singapore by Chng, Ivan Oon Wei

“…Negotiating gender within strength sports becomes a complex issue right from the start when female athletes decide to participate, as connotations of masculinity is imbued into notions of strength and subsequent muscle gains. The findings will show how athletes make sense of and redefine what it means to be strong and muscular through in-depth interviews with 16 strength athletes in Singapore. …”
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Quality management : does it really pay? by Bukoh, Seng Khoon, Tan, Choon Huat, Toh, Choon Boon

“…The final portion of the text summarizes the findings of the Chi-Square as well as the Student T tests conducted, before concluding that there exists a positive relationship between TQM and common stock performance.…”
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Electrical characterization of metal oxide thin film transistors by Mak, Wei Liang

“…However a-Si:H has electrical performance problems when used in high resolution displays (e.g. organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) and 3D display with high frame rates). This leads to the finding of a new material, which are amorphous oxide semiconductors (AOS) to be the channel layer in next generation TFTs.…”
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Passion for family business in Singapore by Tan, Lay Hong, Ng, Tina Lee Kiang, Tan, Trina Chay Boon

“…The implications of the findings and suggestions for management improvements are also discussed in the report.…”
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Speech emotion recognition on smart computer : can you tell the mood ? by Shao, Qing

“…After a set of tests based on the changing of parameters and various combinations of speech features, the model with best performance is selected. Finding out best value of parameters and the most significant features, which have the greatest impact on speech emotion recognition, could improve the accuracy and also reduce the processing time.…”
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Stigma management : an exploratory study on middle class Chinese naturalised citizens by Chua, Xiu Juan

“…Notwithstanding the limitations of nonprobability sampling, this study reveals three key strategies: distancing, selective disclosure, and situated identity. Notably, the findings mirror those of neo-Goffmanian studies that reflect the diversity of the stigmatized; it suggests that the stigma management strategies employed by respondents change depending on the visibility of stigmatizing traits and the varying motivations of the participants in the face of stigma or potentially stigmatizing circumstances.…”
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Residential stability and novelty-seeking behaviour by Low, Jun Min

“…Prosocial behaviour, which is an individual’s attempt and inclination to engage in behaviours that benefit others in the community, has been proposed to be a possible explanation for the findings. Other aspects of potential cross-disciplinary research are also explored.…”
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Demand for energy & energy market integration in Asean by Chua, Jing Yi, Lee, Justin Cheng Han

“…Our results shows three main findings in a 50% open power trade regime amongst ASEAN nations. …”
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Rhythm of textures in ink and wash painting by Tee, Merissa, Hui Shi

“…To gain a better understanding of the medium in which I have no former training in, I embarked on a personal study to experiment with ink painting. I then utilized my findings to form a variety of image-making approaches. …”
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Arts in the lives of Singapore's seniors: Perceived benefits, barriers, and strategies of arts participation by Toh, Wee Peng

“…Qualitative framework analysis revealed that (1) seniors who are active in the arts demonstrate positive ageing, (2) arts participation holds important benefits for seniors’ developmental domains, specifically in terms of health, social, emotional, and personal growth domains, and (3) barriers to arts participation were observed on three levels: intrapersonal, interpersonal, and external levels. Based on these findings, strategies for future policy are recommended to improve the arts participation rates of seniors from a health promotion perspective.…”
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Have I “adulted”? Understanding conceptions of adulthood amongst young people in Singapore by Chua, Jean

“…Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 Chinese Singaporean graduates who have been working for 1 to 5 years. Findings revealed that young people describe “adult” in their individualistic terms, and parental support is crucial in their transition to adulthood.…”
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Use of mobile phone data for determining multimodal traffic by Prawirodidjojo, Eric Valega

“…The project has partially completed its aims, mainly as the findings are still not usable for the commuters.…”
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The perceptions of student teachers’ on student-centred learning by Shee, Mei Ling

“…Using thematic analysis, 12 themes were elicited and categorised under four theme dimensions of student teachers’ perceptions on SCL. Findings revealed that student teachers have a diverse and comprehensive understanding of SCL. …”
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Sensory, motor, and emotion associations for landscape concepts differ across neighbouring speech communities by Striedl, P, Majid, A, Purves, RS

“…This suggests more caution is required when extrapolating findings about landscape understandings and preferences across cultures and languages.…”

A genre, scoring and authorship analysis of AI-generated and human-written refusal emails by Wilson, W, Rose, H

“…Key concerns for assessors were tone, relationship, language choice, content and structure. The findings inform four key areas of focus for teaching business writing in the AI age.…”

Reforming taste through Pope’s ‘celebrated moonlight scene’: Southey, Coleridge, and Wordsworth’s ‘A Night-Piece’ by Cox, O

“…Pope’s ‘passage of descriptive poetry, which at this day finds so many and such ardent admirers’, did not impress Wordsworth, Southey, and Coleridge, all three of whom drew specifically on this verse-paragraph of Pope’s to expose what they perceived to be faulty poetic diction and ‘corrupted’ taste. …”

Percy Manning’s archaeological survey of Oxfordshire by Roberts, A

“…Thurlow Leeds, Esq., M.A., F.S.A.’.1 The article consisted of a concise topographically organized index of archaeological finds from the county together with a short introduction that stated (p. 227) that the work ‘is almost entirely based on the material in the Manning Collections and stands therefore as a monument to one whose knowledge of Oxfordshire’s past has had few rivals’. …”

Folk pedagogy? Investigating how and why UK early years and primary teachers use songs with young learners by Hamilton, C, Murphy, VA

“…To investigate why teachers use songs, this mixed-methods study explored teachers’ self-reported purposes for using songs in an online questionnaire (n = 103) and semi-structured interviews (n = 7), finding that respondents hold strong beliefs about songs’ effectiveness for teaching content, establishing classroom routines, and supporting pupils’ linguistic and social development. …”

How to choose a law review: an empirical study by Cofone, I, Malé, P-JG

“…The optimal publication strategy for authors depends on whether they want to maximize prestige among peers or rather their impact on the discipline, as well as on authors’ career stage and risk averseness. These findings have implications for law school hiring, law review reform, and the study of exposure bias in academia.…”