Aerogel and ionogel strain sensors by Tan, Melissa Siew Ting

“…Scientists have been interested in mimicking these properties of skin using synthetic materials to create electronic-skin. …”
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Investigating the Illusion of Wetness: Cold Dry Stimuli in Sensory Perception by Ozor-Ilo, Ozioma

“…Humans lack specialized receptors for perceiving wetness and so it is a compound sensation based on changes in skin temperature and contact pressure that are sensed by thermoreceptors and mechanoreceptors in the skin. …”
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Elephant trunk wrinkles: a mathematical model of function and form by Liu, Y, Goriely, A, Mihai, AL

“…In summary, the mechanical compatibility between the skin and the muscle enables them to grow seamlessly, while the wrinkled skin acts as a protective barrier that is both thicker and more flexible than the unwrinkled skin.…”

Virtual palpation by Luo, Ting.

“…By defining a proper formula to generate the force feedback, user could feel like touching the real skin and view the skin deformation when touching or moving on the skin, and by performing palpation, user could feel the doubtful organs in abdomen area like liver and spleen.…”
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Acne Severity Classification on Mobile Devices using Lighweight Deep Learning Approach by Nor Surayahani Suriani, Nor Surayahani Suriani, Ahmad Tarmizi, Syaidatus Syahira, Hj Mohd, Mohd Norzali, Mohd Shah, Shaharil

“…Acne is a prevalent skin condition affecting millions of people globally, impacting not just physical health but also mental well-being. …”
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Taking Flight: FROM WAR ORPHAN TO STAR BALLERINA/ by Deprince, Michaela, author 656399, Deprince, Elaine, author 656400

“…Michaela DePrince was known as girl Number 27 at the orphanage, where she was abandoned at a young age and tormented as a "devil child" for a skin condition that makes her skin appear spotted. …”

Profiling microbial communities in idiopathic granulomatous mastitis by Ong, Seeu Si, Xu, Jia, Sim, Choon Kiat, Khng, Alexis Jiaying, Ho, Peh Joo, Kwan, Philip Kam Weng, Ravikrishnan, Aarthi, Tan, Benita Kiat-Tee, Tan, Qing Ting, Tan, Ern Yu, Tan, Su-Ming, Putti, Thomas Choudary, Lim, Swee Ho, Tang, Serene Ee Ling, Nagarajan, Niranjan, Karnani, Neerja, Li, Jingmei, Hartman, Mikael

“…A total of 21 IGM and 3 LM paired pus and skin samples underwent metagenomic analysis. Bray−Curtis ecological dissimilarity distance showed dissimilarity across four sample types (IGM pus, IGM skin, LM pus, and LM skin; PERMANOVA, p < 0.001). …”
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Fundamental ADI-FDTD method for multiple-pole Debye dispersive media by Heh, Ding Yu, Tan, Eng Leong

“…The interaction of terahertz pulse with human skin, in particular, healthy skin and basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is shown. …”
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Preparation, characterisation, and topical delivery of Terbinafine by Hossain, Monjur, Sil dos Santos, Bruno, Iliopoulos, Fotis, Lever, Rebecca, Hadgraft, Jonathan, Lane, Majella E.

“…Terbinafine (TBF) is commonly used in the management of fungal infections of the skin because of its broad spectrum of activity. Currently, formulations containing the free base and salt form are available. …”
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Beat the beam: an applied research study on sunscreen usage habits amongst young adults in Singapore by Yeo, Cassandra Jia Xi, Ow Yong, Gladys Xin Yi, Ho, Wen San, Galistan, Tessa Yu-Ting

“…Beat The Beam is an applied communications research project aimed at addressing the fight against skin cancer through the use of sunscreen. Our project aims to develop effective strategies for promoting the usage of sunscreen as a protective measure against skin cancer in young adults aged 21 to 29 in Singapore. …”
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Mechanics in dehydration-induced leaf morphing behaviors by Guo, Kexin

“…Typically, folding in is induced by the differential strain between two layers at a folding hinge. Here we discover that in-plane strain mismatch can also drive the folding of a lamina. …”
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Improvement of thermal performance of building envelope through passive technologies by Yap, Adeline Su Jing

“…In this project, the author carries out both 2D and 3D investigations on the double-skin roof model in Energy Systems Lab followed by CFD simulations using ANSYS Workbench 14.5 – FLUENT. …”
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Design, fabrication, evaluation of low-speed UAV wing flap actuated with shape memory alloy by Seow, Aik Khiam

“…It is then followed by design, fabrication and actuation tests for two concepts, namely the shim-based version and hinge-based version. Flexible skins, a key requirement to smooth camber change, are also explored and experimented. …”
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The significant effect of hydromagnetic on carbon nanotubes based nanofluids flow and heat transfer past a porous stretching/shrinking sheet by Abdul Samat, Nazrul Azlan, Bachok, Norfifah, Md Arifin, Norihan

“…Besides, the increment of magnetic field into the flow will increase both the skin friction and the heat transfer coefficient, while on the contrary, the decreasing in both the skin friction and the heat transfer coefficient will occur if the porosity parameter is raised. …”
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Hybrid nanofluid flow over a shrinking rotating disk: response surface methodology by Yahaya, Rusya Iryanti, Md Arifin, Norihan, Pop, Ioan, Md Ali, Fadzilah, Mohamed Isa, Siti Suzilliana Putri

“…The current study optimized the local skin friction coefficient and Nusselt number in Al2O3-Cu/water hybrid nanofluid flow over a permeable shrinking rotating disk. …”
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Modeling distance-dependent individual head-related transfer functions in the horizontal plane using frontal projection headphones by Sunder, Kaushik, Gan, Woon-Seng, Tan, Ee-Leng

“…Soc. 61, 989–1000] project the sound directly onto the pinnae from the front, and thus inherently create listener's idiosyncratic pinna cues at the eardrum. …”
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“The face of the Singaporean woman : a qualitative research study on the beauty construction of Indian women and their negotiations with Singaporean beauty narratives.” by Visvanathan, Shobanu

“…With both narratives contested on skin colour, this paper delves into the experiences of Singaporean Indian women, who are perceived as a dark-skinned population. …”
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Transdermal Drug Delivery by Ong, Yuhui

“…In addition, simulation was done to simulate the injection of the liquid into the human skin. Through the simulation, we were able to find out that the shape of the injected liquid differs slightly in the human skin as compared to the jelly.…”
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A paper-based glucose sensoring microneedle patch by Zheng, Shu

“…However, the current most methods of clinical analysis of the glucose level need to pierce skin to take blood sample or takes a long time to analyze which will cause skin infection and uncomfortable of patients. …”
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Further development of the multipurpose scooter : main stand by Ng, Ray Lim

“…It was decided that there were two key areas that were in important need of improvement; one of which was the main stand, where the other the hinge of the passenger compartment of the taxi scooter. …”
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