Perceptions of females participating in a perceived ‘masculine sport’ : dragon boat by Vijaikumar Rangabashayam

“…Nevertheless, stereotyping of women, particularly in areas such as Sport, still exists today. Therefore, the perceptions of female athletes participating in a perceived ‘masculine’ sport - Dragon Boat, will be examined by determining the effects of gender (male vs. female) and athletic identity (athlete vs. non-athlete) on these perceptions. …”
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Reimagining traditional still art in an immersive and engaging form by Lim, Lai Ting

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Self-healable multifunctional fibers via thermal drawing by Qi, Miao, Liu, Yanting, Wang, Zhe, Yuan, Shixing, Li, Kaiwei, Zhang, Qichong, Chen, Mengxiao, Wei, Lei

“…The development of soft electronics and soft fiber devices has significantly advanced flexible and wearable technology. However, they still face the risk of damage when exposed to sharp objects in real-life applications. …”
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Women’s quest for home: spatial imaginary in Kazuo Ishiguro’s a pale view of hills by Ling, Xu, Awang, Mohammad Ewan, Singh, Hardev Kaur Jujar

“…This paper examines the meanings of home in A Pale View of Hills by drawing upon Blunt’s and Dowling’s concept of home as a spatial imaginary. …”
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What lessons can Singapore draw from the Norwegian Welfare system for its family policy? A comparative study between Norway and Singapore’s family policies by Chan, Vivian Ker Ling

“…This paper is written on the premise of social capital, family policy, and how the two complement each other to create conditions for holistic progress in a state. It draws inspiration from Norway’s highly successful family policy structure, forming the bedrock for discussion of possible policy transference. …”
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Follow the Tulip, researching into the textile manufacturer Henry Nathan by Pierce, Gina

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Venue : the garden celebrating Singapore’s greenery planning by Zhao, Wenwen

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“雍正西服伏虎图” 与 “雍正伴身西服图” 研究 = A study of Emperor’s Yongzheng western costume portraits by 曾琬瑜 Ching, Elis Wan Yee

“…Moreover the source of whom and when these two portrays were drawn still remains unknown. This article aims to speculate the origins of Emperor Yongzheng’s western portrays and the reason behind these paintings.…”
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Malaysia's 13th general election : prospects and challenges for DAP by Farish A. Noor

“…The Democratic Action Party (DAP) which is one-third of the Pakatan Rakyat opposition alliance today, draws its support primarily from non-Malay, non-Muslim voters. …”
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Louise Moillon by Stevenson, Lesley

“…Offering a sweeping exploration of the genre of still life, this book also chronicles how a woman in early modern France was able to capture the attention of the artistic world while dissecting why her prominence waned in the centuries following her death.…”

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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Application of Judith Butler’s “gender performativity” in Asian cultures by Ding, Gary Yongping

“…While Butler’s theory of Gender Perfomativity may have been founded on continental philosophy, its validity still holds when applied to Asian Cultures.…”
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Between City and Self: Reading Beirut in Mohamed Soueid’s Tango of Yearning by Anouti, Ghida

“…Weaving historical realism with fabulation to fill or distort representational lacuna, his film offers doubled lenses – one of his life and another of Beirut’s contemporary history. …”
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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. …”

Attempting developmental regionalism through AFTA : the domestic politics - domestic capital nexus by Helen E. S. Nesadurai

“…In particular, it was to preserve domestic businesses that were closely allied with members of the political/ruling elite that led certain member goverments in ASEAN to advocate a developmental role for AFTA through its investment liberalisation programme, while still using the regional tariff liberalisation component programme as the 'carrot' to attract FDI.…”
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Meaningful eating: a new method for food design by Zampollo, Francesca

“…This research contributes to knowledge by (I) identifying an area of knowledge still unexplored, Eating Design from a design theory perspective, by (2) developing, assessing and proposing a design method for the preparation phase of an Eating Design process, and by (3) producing a set of themes available for designers to generate ideas on the ideal eating event.…”
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Black hole binary formation and mergers in supermassive black hole discs by Rowan, C

“…A single range of impact parameters, typically of width $\sim0.8-1.6$ binary Hill radii (depending on the AGN disk density) reliably leads to binary formation. …”

Le christianisme laïc de Pierre Bayle by Hooks, JM

“…In his Pensées Diverses (1682), Bayle draws upon original sin, and in his Commentaire Philosophique (1686), Bayle uses the doctrine of the Imago Dei. …”

Global fertility in 204 countries and territories, 1950–2021, with forecasts to 2100: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Bhattacharjee, NV, Schumacher, AE, Aali, A, Almidani, O, Bandyopadhyay, S, Graham, SM, Lacey, BWH, Maude, RJ, Runghien, T, Rodriguez, JAB

“…<p><b>Funding</b></p> Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.…”

Information structure of subordinate clauses in Miriwoong by Sim, Michelle Jia En

“…Finally, paratactic clauses were found to 1) express sequential events or 2) draw a relation between two observations.…”
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