Development of green nutrient delivery substrates for hydroponics culture by Tan, Hui Lin

“…Pak Choy (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis) and Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) plant tests were conducted with the composite sponges to determine their effectiveness in plant growth enhancement against the commercial substrate Oasis cube (control) and to compare the effectiveness of sponges made from CMF and CNF. Our findings demonstrated the ability of the composite sponges in enhancing plant growth, and their potential as hydroponics substrate that can also function as agricultural fertiliser.…”
Get full text

Event detection in spatiotemporal soccer data using neural networks by Wilbert

“…However, all neural networks were unable to detect ‘Tackle’ event successfully. Nonetheless, the findings from this project still further verify that using neural networks is a highly suitable approach to perform automatic event detection in spatiotemporal soccer data. …”
Get full text

BEACon : a boundary embedded attentional convolution network for point cloud instance segmentation by Liu, Tianrui, Cai, Yiyu, Zheng, Jianmin, Thalmann, Nadia Magnenat

Get full text

A meta-analysis of the effect of virtual reality on reducing public speaking anxiety by Lim, Mei Hui

“…This meta-analysis consisted of an examination of the homogeneity of the studies (the I2 indexes), publication bias (Kendall’s tau and Egger’s regression values) and an estimation of the grand effect size for all studies. The three major findings of this meta-analysis are: (1) Overall, VR had a statistically significant effect on reducing public speaking anxiety, which suggests that VR is a useful and promising therapeutic tool for the treatment of public speaking anxiety; (2) Studies that found VR to be effective in the treatment of public speaking anxiety conducted an average of approximately six VR sessions, with each session lasting around 37 minutes; and (3) VR is statistically as effective as other treatment methods such as cognitive behavioral therapy. …”
Get full text

A low-cost, portable, active noise control unit : an optimal fixed-filter active noise control solution for construction noise sources by Wee, Ervin Liang Zheng

“…A total of 5 noise sources for training the ANC system and 13 construction noise samples were used in the analysis. Research findings are as reported in the conclusion section of this report.…”
Get full text

Sproutly : plantable packaging by Dhanusha Surendran

“…As such, the packaging germinates when planted. The main findings show that supermarkets are flooding the planet with single-use plastics to portion out products conveniently and cheaply for consumption. …”
Get full text

Human genetic determinants of tamoxifen metabolism by Koh, Everett Chier Wei

“…In combination, rs5751245 and rs2413670 explain up to 30% of the variance observed in steady-state serum endoxifen levels. Our findings further contribute to our understanding of the genetic architecture of endoxifen metabolism, with the potential for translation into better outcomes for estrogen-receptor positive breast cancer patients.…”
Get full text

Psychological predictors of short-term lower-limb orthotic device adherence : an exploratory study by Leong, Utek

“…Only body image disturbance [t(35) = -2.20 , p = .035] and the HRQoL domain of energy/fatigue [t(35) = 2.08 , p = .045] significantly changed after 30 days of wear. Our findings here emphasise the need for more concordant patient-clinician relationships to promote orthotic device adherence.…”
Get full text

Distributed algorithms for computing a fixed point of multi-agent nonexpansive operators by Li, Xiuxian, Xie, Lihua

“…This paper investigates the problem of finding a fixed point for a global nonexpansive operator under time-varying communication graphs in real Hilbert spaces, where the global operator is separable and composed of an aggregate sum of local nonexpansive operators. …”
Get full text

A preliminary path planning algorithm for the last-mile delivery by an unmanned aerial vehicle in urban town areas by Zhang, Mingcheng, Low, Kin Huat

Get full text

Transferability of visual search behaviour across different shot techniques in floorball by Neo, Xi

“…While this study provides some support of a generalised VSB training to improve accuracy across the three shots, more research is warranted to sustain these findings and develop relevant cues to fixate on during these interventions. …”
Get full text

What do the rocks tell us? : A look at Tanjong Riamu's January 2021 landslides by Ng, Shannon Yan Yun

“…The landslides reported in January 2021 result from the bedrock collapse at its toe in response to heavy rainfall. Our findings also suggest that the disrupted slopes are progressing towards achieving a new structural equilibrium. …”
Get full text

Disaster governance and prospects of inter-regional partnership in the Asia-Pacific by Cook, Alistair David Blair, Chen, Christopher Zhiming

“…Through the conduct of desk research and interviews, this article first presents findings and observations on the disaster governance landscape and future developments in the Pacific. …”
Get full text

Automated image quality assessment and its applications in computer vision by Zhou, Phoebe Huixin

“…This validates earlier studies investigating the relationship between perceptual quality and the accuracy of object detection systems. Our findings emphasize the importance of adapting object detectors to improve their robustness against image quality distortions.…”
Get full text

Study of bioheat transfer and cardiac thermal pulse of aneurysm in the abdominal aortic using computational fluid dynamic and fluid structure interaction by Looi, Jun Cong

“…Besides, from CFD rigid-body and FSI Analysis, the bioheat transfer effect resulted in a circular thermal elevation on the temperature profile of midriff skin surface patient, at both regular body temperature and supine position, under normal clinical temperature. These findings then correlated the relationship between natural convective heat transfer coefficient with AAA and provided reference for potential clinical diagnostic using infrared thermography (IRT).…”
Get full text

ELM embedded discriminative dictionary learning for image classification by Zeng, Yijie, Li, Yue, Chen, Jichao, Jia, Xiaofan, Huang, Guang-Bin

“…Existing methods focus either on finding a dictionary that produces discriminative sparse representation, or on enforcing priors that best describe the dataset distribution. …”
Get full text

Exploring Singlish as a pedagogical resource in the ELT classroom: implementing bidialectal pedagogy in Singapore by Lu, Luke

“…This study presents findings from a definitive attempt at implementing such bidialectal pedagogy in Singapore in a mainstream secondary school. …”
Get full text

Non-targeted metabolomics revealing the effects of bisphenol analogues on human liver cancer cells by Jia, Shenglan, Li, Caixia, Fang, Mingliang, Marques Dos Santos, Mauricius, Snyder, Shane Allen

“…While attenuated glycolysis was observed under BPE treatment. These findings may provide potential biomarkers indicating the cytotoxicity of BPs and prompt a deeper understanding of the intramolecular metabolic processes induced by BPs exposure.…”
Get full text

Clustering-triggered emission of EPS-605 nanoparticles and their application in biosensing by Li, Chengcheng, Shi, Xiaotong, Zhang, Xiaodong

“…It could be used to detect Fe3+ with a low limit of detection (0.06 μM) and a wide detection range from 0.05 to 250 μM. Overall, these findings not only benefit the exploitation of EPS-based nonconventional biomacromolecule luminogens, but also reveal the potential applications of EPS-605 in biosensing/bioimaging, anticounterfeiting, and encryption owing to its excellent biocompatibility, environmental friendliness, and intrinsic photoluminescence property.…”
Get full text

Construction of performance evaluation index system of green building project management in China by Wang, Xiaowei

“…A survey is used to gather the importance of these indicators, and Analytic hierarchy process (AHP) is applied to calculate the weight of these indicators. This study finds that the project performance evaluation index system of green building can be divided into four stages, including the decision-making stage, the design stage, the construction stage and the operation stage. …”
Get full text