BIM: automated quantity retrieval of expansion joints using revit & dynamo by Lim, Brendan Jie Kang

“…The problem experienced by the main contractor was that despite recent advances in building information modelling (BIM) tools, the process to obtain information about the expansion joints was still highly manual. While the consultant firm provided the building models in Revit and Navisworks, along with PDF drawings, expansion joints were not present in the models. …”
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Race and Racial Identity: The [Other]s’ Face of Singapore by Jin, Mark Rong

“…Although race in Singapore is still heavily influenced by the state’s discourse, this paper hypothesizes that respondents still possess the ability to exercise agency and to engage in various mechanisms to negotiate their racial identity. …”
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Reframing reflexivity: collaborative ethics, collective responsibility, and learnings from researching Russia’s war on Ukraine by Howlett, M, Kurylo, B

“…This paper critically examines the role of reflexivity in the study of wars, conflicts, and authoritarianism, drawing on insights gained from researching Russia’s war against Ukraine. …”

Cooking up change: an exploration of gender roles and food-related responsibilities in Singapore's globalised landscape by Chin, Ying Jie, Neubronner, Charlotte Ling

“…Women still do most of these tasks while men play a supporting role. …”
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Louise Moillon by Stevenson, Lesley

“…This illustrated biography examines some of the ways in which Moillon’s story has been represented since the revival of interest in her work and draws on recent scholarship to situate the painter in her rightful place. …”

Novel material composites for dielectric elastomer actuators by Ankit

“…Generally, researchers have tried to modify either of these properties with addition of solid conductive or ceramic fillers, or chemical modification of the elastomer, and this has led to undesirable changes on the other material properties. Drawing inspiration from biological materials like skin, which is a soft material system filled with fluids, a novel composite is synthesized utilizing a solid polymer matrix and a high dielectric constant liquid filler, an ionic liquid. …”
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涂涂写写 = Alchemy of color and brushwork by Ng, Woon Lam

“…I consider brushworks and lines as drawing, and the process of filling colors as painting. …”
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Insurgent envelopment: the emergency blanket and scenes of exposure at border zones by McCormack, D

“…Fabricated from metallised polymer films, emergency blankets are used commonly to provide thermal protection for bodies at risk of exposure in a range of situations. …”

Magnetohydrodynamics CU˗TiO2 hybrid nanofluid with viscous dissipation by Rahimah, Jusoh, Zulkhibri, Ismail, Muhammad Khairul Anuar, Mohamed, Nooraini, Zainuddin

“…Boundary layer flow is often described as a thin layer filled with fluid that is next to a solid object’s surface. …”
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Volunteer service motivations in eldercare : an explorative study of meaningful inputs from existing volunteers, with the purpose of devising strategies for increased volunteer par... by Lim, Russell Fang Yu

“…On the other hand, there is a sense that volunteer participation, can be much improved; with active volunteers still in the minority. This paper draws on past works, such as “Functional Approach in Volunteering” and “Public Service Motivation” theory (in the fields of Psychology and Public Administration respectively), and synthesizes it with Symbolic Interactionists (Sociology) perspectives. …”
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Research on the influence of consumer Perceived Value on the purchase of new energy vehicles by Hu, Xiaofang, Raja Yusof, Raja Nerina, Dato Mansor, Zuraina

“…At present, Chinese consumers are still in the initial stages of understanding and research on carbon tax. …”
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Assessment reform in Chile: a contested discursive space by Flórez Petour, M

“…The consideration of this broader framework allows for the inclusion of those aspects that are generally left out of research on assessment reforms, filling a relevant research gap and reconceptualising the field through a more complex approach. …”

Media regulation in Singapore : empirical study of the instruments of media policy and its efficiency with regard to the attainment of political objectives by Carsten, Gäbel

“…Singapore's government justifies the regulation and control of the media by drawing on the “Developmental Concept”, a variation of authoritarian media theory that delineates the role of the media in developing countries. …”
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The removal of Irish paupers from Britain: 1819 to the early twentieth century by Darwen, Lewis, MacRaild, Donald M.

“…Even though the settlement rights of Irish immigrants gradually improved over time, removals were still taking place into the twentieth century. …”

Making mutineers? Reimagining religious education for the promotion of virtuous digital citizenship by Tridgell, J

“…I argue that RE could do this while still retaining its academic credentials and its crucial role in personal development and community cohesion. …”

An epistemic case study: how businesses exploit consumers in self-care by Kok, Wenyi

“…With references to specific companies involved in the topic of self-care, and drawing theories from Fricker, Goldman, Carson, Wokutch and Cox, businesses’ interests for profits, along with its strong influence can shape the public’s belief regarding self-care. …”
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Knowledge transfer and entrepreneurship in industrial hubs in Nigeria by Ogbonna, NC

“…Despite the increasing number of clusters and Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in Nigeria, significant gaps still exist in our understanding of their performance and the implications for an economic development strategy that prioritises their growth. …”

Security protocol design against malicious attacks in neighborhood area network in smart grid by Li, Xiaochen

“…However, the new protocol still has the vital problem when it is faced with the DoS attack and replay attack. …”
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Attempting developmental regionalism through AFTA : the domestic politics - domestic capital nexus by Helen E. S. Nesadurai

“…Developmental regionalism, which draws on stategic trade theory from the International Economics discipline, describes and approach to regionalism in which an initial period of partial and temporary resistance to global competition is employed to build up domestic firms able to eventually engage in global competition. …”
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Meaningful eating: a new method for food design by Zampollo, Francesca

“…This interdisciplinary research draws on leadership studies for Visual Explorer, from hospitality for the Five Aspects Meal Model, and from design management with Verganti's perspective on meanings; components and perspective from different disciplines are used to develop a design method for Eating Design. …”
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