Bursting the bubble on bacterial biofilms : a flow cell methodology by Crusz, Shanika A., Diggle, Stephen P., Popat, Roman, Rybtke, Morten Theil, Cámara, Miguel, Givskov, Michael, Tolker-Nielsen, Tim, Williams, Paul

“…The adoption of a common and reliable methodology amongst researchers would enable findings to be shared and replicated amongst the biofilm research community, with the overall aim of advancing understanding and management of these complex and widespread bacterial communities.…”
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Exploration of critical external partners of Architecture/Engineering/Construction (AEC) firms for delivering green building projects in Singapore by Li, Yuanyuan, Chen, Po-Han, Teo, Chee Chong, Ding, Rong Gui, Chew, David Ah Seng

“…Finally, a stepwise multiple regression analysis was applied and "clients," "government," "qualified/certified materials and products suppliers," and "good green consultants" were found to be significant external partners of Architecture/Engineering/Construction (AEC) firms for successful delivery of Green Mark certified projects. The research findings will help AEC firms understand how to achieve competitive advantages in the Green Building market in Singapore by using external resources.…”
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A consumption model for measuring poverty: an exploratory exercise by Paim, Laily

“…Two consumption models - orthogonal and oblique - were tested using confirmatory factor analysis. The findings revealed that the oblique model was better fitted to the data than the orthogonal model.…”
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Intangible factors contribution to value or benefit creation in infrastructure asset valuation by Hamzah, Ezdihar, Abdullah Hashim, Hariati, Ismail, Azizah

“…This research is conducted through qualitative approach by using in-depth interview with the experts. The findings of this research have classified the items detailed for infrastructure asset valuation in the case study of Custom, Immigration and Quarantine Complex (CIQ Complex). …”
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Islamic Retail Banking - An Integrated Customer Centric Framework to Study Intentions to Use Islamic Banking Products in Malaysia (S/O: 12921) by Abdul Rahman, Maria, Ramli, Mona Fairuz, Chauhan, Ajay

“…Data collected from the Islamic banking customers were analyzed using Smart PLS 3. Findings showed that awareness, risk taking behavior, word of mouth and perceived value have significant influence on the customer usage intentions toward Islamic banking products. …”
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The Effect of Product Innovation and Technology orientation on the Firm Performance. Evidence from the manufacturing Small and Medium Enterprises of Pakistan by Tariq, Tamoor Ali, Mad Lazim, Halim, Iteng, Rosman

“…The data was collected from 381 manufacturing SMEs of Punjab, Pakistan, and analyzed using PLS-SEM 3.0. The finding of this empirical study suggests that product innovation and technology orientation have positive influence on a firm’s performa…”
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Engineering Mechanical Counter Pressure Spacesuits and Compression Garments: Active Pressurization and Design for Mobility by Kothakonda, Akshay

“…The process of estimating the optimum fabric pattern will be iterative and the resulting pattern may comprise of a composite of different fabric types with varying parameters. Mapping skin Lines of Non-Extension (LoNE’s) informs contours for inextensible cables in such a way that they do not impede movements. …”
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Content-based image retrieval with statistical machine learning. by Zhang, Lining.

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Determining climate in a new primary school by Rohani Ahmad.

“…Their responses towards curriculum and instruction, school administration and management and relationship with parents gave an indication of the existing climate in the school. Many of the findings point to a positive school climate. The information gained through the analyses was used to make recommendations for meaningful change.…”
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Effect of lubrication on the nano-structure of soft metals by Peh, Jasper Jun Ming

“…Similar experiments will be conducted with varying imprinting forces and lubrication concentration to determine the optimum parameters in the fabrication process. Preliminary findings suggest some correlation in the use of the lubrication to the improvement of nanowires fabricated.…”
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Attracting the right people in an IT labor-scarce economy : a study of Singapore and Philippine recruitment advertisements and strategies. by Guevarra, Monalou S.

“…Amidst increasing global IT labor shortage problems, organizations in Southeast Asia and the rest of the world are finding it more difficult to fill job vacancies for information technology (IT) related functions that require a new skills-set necessary for global competitiveness and growth. …”
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Emigration attitudes : perceived needs of parents and national identity by Nagashima, Aki

“…In this study undergraduate subjects were recruited as part of their course bonus point’s accumulation programme. The findings were that the perceived high financial needs of the parents resulted in participants having a greater desire to be overseas. …”
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Effect of negative mood on working memory in 3 to 5 year old pre-schoolers. by Revathy Pachamuthu.

“…Preschoolers also engaged in the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT), Dimensional Change Card Sort (DCCS) and Digit and Block Span tasks. The findings did not give support to our main hypothesis, as results showed that there was no significant difference in reaction time between negative and neutral mood manipulated group in the SOPT, but additional insights were revealed.…”
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Positive mood and working memory in young preschool children. by Tang, Mavis Yi Wen.

“…However, positive mood did not significantly affect children’s working memory span. These findings suggested that positive mood elicits an additional load on underlying executive processes (inhibition) in the service of working memory, decreasing cognitive resource capacity to devote to the task at hand.…”
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Is Ying Chou an act of corruption? : An exploratory study of Ying Chou and the multidimensionality of Taiwanese female’s perception and judgement of Ying Chou in Taiwan. by Liew, Shi Min.

“…Also, the study adopted five dimensions from Sousa (2008) study to evaluate their opinions regarding Ying Chou (on whether Ying Chou is an act of corruption) from their interview transcripts. Findings revealed that Ying Chou is not deemed as an act of corruption according to the female interviewees. …”
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The call to complain : antecedents to complaint behaviour (telecommunications industry). by Lim, An Qi., Ng, Shi Hui., Tan, Ming Hui.

“…The research scope was narrowed to the telecommunication industry based on the findings. As the local telecommunication market approaches saturation point, the competition between players intendify, increasing the importance of customer service and customer retention rate as the players grab market share from each other.…”
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Understanding Buddhist environmentalism in Singapore : explaining how religious ideas motivate environmental action. by Quek, Ri An.

“…The analysis also includes the influence of local socio-political conditions. Findings suggest that young Buddhists’ knowledge and awareness of environmental concern is not a guarantee of actual action. …”
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Dimensions of perfectionism and contingencies of self-worth in differential outcomes related to perfectionism. by Lee, Kit Ying.

“…Results demonstrated that PSP correlated with both internal and external domains of CSW while ECP correlated only with external domains of CSW. Our findings showed that individuals high in personal standards perfectionism were vulnerable to basing their self-worth on successes and failures in external domains of contingencies. …”
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Impact of Beijing Hukou on non-Beijinger talents working in Beijing. by Sun, Peiyi.

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Relationship between emotional intelligence and past involvement in co-curricular activity by Tamrin, Adzim Khairunnashier

“…The results suggest that, during secondary school years, participants who were in student associations is correlated to a significantly higher level of EI in later years than participants who took up sports as their CCA. Findings in this study are discussed in reference to the investment model of EI development and the Intentional Change Theory (ICT), followed by limitations faced in this study and directions for future research.…”
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