Poverty and meritocracy in Singapore by Ang, Jonathan Choong Yew, Chua, Joyce Hui Ping, Zhang, Alethea Shimin

“…This paper draws upon these responses to discuss the implications of meritocracy as a value system and recommends some solutions to remedy the unintended consequences of implementing this system across all facets of life.…”
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Liddat oso can by Tng, Adeline Wen Ting

“…The choice of title for my project reflects how Singlish is a big part of growing up in Singapore as well as the phrase being a fitting way to describe responses from the surprises in life faced by the protagonist in my narrative illustration book. …”
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Mathematical model for a new refrigeration compressor by Wibawa, Hutama Satria

“…The development of compressors over the years has helped to improve quality of life. The demand for the compressor is expected to grow. …”
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Interactive e-learning environment for smith chart In RFIC by Muhammad Syafiq Salahudin

“…The implementation of the interactive e-learning environment is modeled based on a five-phase System Development Life Cycle (SDLC); planning, analysis, design, implementation, testing & maintenance. …”
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Human activity recognition based on smartphone sensors by Rajendran, Abinaya

“…Human Activity Recognition otherwise called as HAR is a challenging research field that promotes quality of life by means of ambient intelligence and assisted living. …”
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Simulation based safety assessment of autonomous vehicles by Jeyaraj, Sherine

“…However, physical testing on the road or on a test circuit has several limitations including the potential risk of causing damage to life and property. This brings out the need for scenario-based virtual testing of critical situations that can be reproduced in a realistic simulation environment, where the AV software can be allowed to operate independently in different conditions. …”
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“I’m sorry, my child has autism” : lived experiences of low-income parents of children with autism in Singapore by Ong, Tze Ping

“…This research is done in hopes that there can be increased empathy and access to more resources and services for lower income families of children with ASD in Singapore to allow for a better quality of life.…”
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The influence of nostalgia on serious leisure participation to achieve personal growth and happiness by Low, Shirmin Li Min

“…Serious leisure promotes life satisfaction and improves well-being. As a concept, it encompasses both reasons and outcomes for participation. …”
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The effects of Indonesia's ‘Midwife in the Village’ programme 10 years post-launch by Triyana, Margaret

“…Data from the Indonesian Family Life Survey (1993–2000) were used to examine whether the effects of the Indonesian ‘Midwife in the Village’ programme persisted more than 10 years after its implementation. …”
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The working class in Schrader’s Blue Collar (1978) by Wheeler, Mark

“…(Schrader and Schrader 1978) Due to the fictional American Union of Autoworkers’ (AAW) (representing the real life Union of Autoworkers (UAW)) indifference to their poor working conditions, the trio break into their local branches’ safe.…”
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‘Welcome to favelas, but in Italy’: urban precariousness, right-wing ideology and phatic nihilism on social media by Levy, Helton

“…Numerous social media projects have depicted grim scenes of urban life in big cities. By exploiting crime or garbage collection problems, for example, these pages have created pessimistic ways of perceiving the city and engaging citizens in search of memes or viral videos. …”
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François de Foix de Candalle: Euclidean authorship in the sixteenth century by Wardhaugh, B

“…It provides an outline of Foix's life, education and career, and it describes in particular his editions of the Elements published in 1566 and 1578. …”

Bridging science and accessibility: a tactile journey from gluten through to coeliac disease by Henneken, LM, Loh, TJ, Ciacchi, L, Ciacchi, L, Lim, J-J, Reid, HH, Tye‐Din, JA

“…Tactile models underscored the severe consequences of the proinflammatory immune response to gluten on patient health and quality of life. This educational event affirmed to us the value and importance of fostering inclusivity in science education.…”

Ethics roundtable: choice and autonomy in obstetrics by Wilkinson, D, Teli, S, Litchfield, C, Madeley, A, Kelly, B, Impey, L, Brown, R, Kingma, E, Turnham, H

“…In this clinical ethics roundtable, service users, midwives, obstetricians, philosophers and ethicists respond to two hypothetical cases drawn from real-life scenarios. …”

Computer vision-based dynamic identification of a reinforced concrete elevated water tank by De Santis, S, Sangirardi, M, Altomare, V, Meriggi, P, de Felice, G

“…There is a growing need for monitoring the structural health conditions of aging structures and for prioritizing maintenance works to extend their safe service life. This requires cheap, flexible, and reliable tools suitable for everyday use in engineering practice. …”

Mapping inequalities in London by Hennig, BD, Dorling, D

“…The paper discusses education, child poverty, income, employment in the financial industry, and life expectancy, and looks at the existing spatial patterns of these indicators. …”

The limits of agency: aspirational frustrations amongst working-class Chinese youths by Jiang, E

“…Specifically, I argue that agency is exercised in cases when means and ends fit together, and this tenuous relationship between means and ends depend on an array of factors, which are often changeable in principle even if they do not change in real life. Along the way, I describe how amongst my Chinese interlocutors, the standards of agency – the normative assumptions of what counts as agentive – are tethered to aspirations to participate in the middle class.…”

Insights into the behaviour of biomolecules on the early Earth: The concentration of aspartate by layered double hydroxide minerals by Grégoire, B, Erastova, V, Geatches, DL, Clark, SJ, Greenwell, HC, Fraser, D

“…The role of mineral surfaces in concentrating and facilitating the polymerisation of simple protobiomolecules during the Hadean and Archean has been the subject of much research in order to constrain the conditions that may have led to the origin of life on early Earth. Here we examine the adsorption of the amino acid aspartate on layered double hydroxide minerals, and use a combined computer simulation – experimental spectroscopy approach to gain insight into the resulting structures of the host-aspartate material. …”

Recommended changes to standard of care for monitoring of cortically blind fields by Willis, HE, Cavanaugh, MR

“…Up to 60% of stroke survivors will suffer visual impairments, which significantly reduce quality of life and independence. Despite the high prevalence, patients are hugely underserved by the medical and research communities. …”

Relationship between Islam and democracy in Dr. Mahathir Mohamad’s thought by Jaf, Dana Nawzar Ali

“…Mahathir Mohamad’s worldview on Islam, Islam’s role in public life and Islam’s relationship with democracy. This study has adopted a qualitative research design. …”
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