An exploration of factors which contribute to the effectiveness of national campaigns in Singapore from a social design perspective by Tan, Wei Wen

“…The findings reveal the pivotal role of the M-C-S framework in shaping impactful social campaigns in Singapore. …”
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Optimization of the thermal performance of building double-skin envelope by Chua, Wei Jin

“…From the parametric studies, it was found out that the double-skin roof efficiency increases as the roof inclination angle increase and finding shows that the optimum inclination angle is 40 degrees. …”
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Tunnel face stability in non-homogeneous soil by Khezri, Nima

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Reverse translational approaches to population neuroimaging: using rodent models to interpret genetic associations with MRI by Tisca, C

“…</p> <p>This thesis proposes to investigate key findings from the UK Biobank population neuroimaging studies using mouse models. …”

Adverse events of common psychiatric medications: an umbrella review by Bartellas, K

“…Antipsychotic medications (60%) accounted for the majority of the findings, followed by antidepressants (16%), stimulants (13%), mood stabilisers (8%) and anxiolytics (3%). …”

Pilot study of a ketogenic diet in bipolar disorder: a process evaluation by P. Rigby, B, Needham, N, Grossi, H, Kamenska, I, H. Campbell, I, Meadowcroft, B, Creasy, F, Fisher, C, Bahuguna, P, Norrie, J, Thompson, G, C. Gibbs, M, Mitchell-Grigorjeva, M, McLellan, A, Moses, T, Burgess, K, Brown, R, J. Thrippleton, M, Campbell, H, J. Smith, D, A. Simpson, S

“…Fidelity checklists completed by research dietitians were analysed using descriptive count and percentage statistics. Findings are reported post-hoc, following the analysis and publication of the main pilot study findings. …”

Private, non-profit, and plantation: Oil palm smallholders in management-assistance programs vary in socio-demographics, attitudes, and management practices by Reiss-Woolever, VJ, Wakhid, W, Ikhsan, M, Caliman, J, Naim, M, Azmi, EN, Shufiyan, S, Howes, J, Azmi, R, Ying Lim, Y, Abdul Jan, SZ, Barrock, I, Azhar, B, Drewer, J, Ward, C, Jones, JA, Luke, SH, Turner, EC, Hidayat, P, Buchori, D

“…When taken in context, our findings may inform the interventions of management-assistance programs, ensuring they are approaching the most relevant farmer groups in the most effective way.…”

Social inclusion in the legal profession: a study of the solicitor apprenticeship by Polding, E

“…Further, the study uses a social theory of learning to frame the stakeholders’ experience of the apprenticeship as a mechanism of inclusion, both within the individual organisations as communities of practice, and in the wider legal constellations of practice that form the legal profession.</p> <br> <p>The findings indicate that the solicitor apprenticeship avoids some potential mechanisms which can adversely affect social inclusion. …”

Determining the feasibility of a full-scale randomised controlled trial evaluating rehabilitation for people after acute patellar dislocation by Forde, C

“…This suggests that the low retention may have been for reasons other than the outcome measurement instruments and follow-up methods used.</p> <p>The main finding of this thesis was that a full-scale RCT evaluating rehabilitation is feasible. …”

Cytotoxic effect of Bajong LN rice methanol extract on human squamous cell Carcinoma, ORL-48 by Vivi Noryati Ahmad, Nur Aliana Hidayah Mohamed, Zulkhairi Amom, Khor, Goot Heah, Nurhayati Mohamad Zain, Indah Mohd Amin

“…Morphological analysis and the Trypan blue exclusion assay corroborated the MTS assay's findings. Our preliminary findings provide the first scientific evidence of the cytotoxic effect of BLN-ME specifically against human squamous cell carcinoma, ORL-48 cells. …”
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Effectiveness of interpretive exhibits in influencing students’ intention in birdwatching activity at a Bird Interpretive Center, Fraser’s Hill, Pahang, Malaysia by Mokhli, Nuraain Amalina

“…Questionnaire data were collected from 119 first-year students from the Faculty of Forestry and Environment, Universiti Putra Malaysia. The findings indicated significant differences between the mean scores of the control and intervention groups for the affective responses, intentions and design evaluation, except for the birds’ sound construct in the affective responses and the title and contents construct in the design evaluation. …”
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ESBL producing E. coli in chickens and poultry farms environment in Selangor, Malaysia: a cross-sectional study on their occurrence and associated risk factors with environment and... by Aliyu, Abdulrasheed Bello, Jalila, Abu, Saleha, Abdul Aziz, Zunita, Zakaria

“…In the determination of possible factors associated with the presence of ESBL-EC at poultry farms, a questionnaire was used to obtain the information and data. Results: The findings demonstrated the wide distribution of ESBL-EC in all the farms with an overall occurrence of 37.2%. …”

Antibiotic resistance profile, potential drivers and genotype of Escherichia coli, Salmonella sp. and Vibrio sp. isolated from hybrid red tilapia and Asian seabass in the West Coas... by Dewi, Rita Rosmala

“…The result of this study highlighted the aquaculture production system is an important reservoir of clinically important bacteria. The findings revealed that bacteria isolated had a high level of resistance to antibiotics classified as priority and critically important for human use, as well as veterinary critically important medications for food-producing animals, posing a significant risk to human, aquatic and animal health. …”
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Optimization and mechanistic insight of phenol removal using an effective green kaolin adsorbent through experimental and computational approaches by Zubir, Aisyah, Erna Normaya, Erna Normaya, Zuhaidi, Nurul Huda, Goh, Pei Sean, Mat Piah, Mohd. Bijarimi, Ismail, Mohamad Wafiuddin, Show, Pau Loke, Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi, Ahmad, Mohammad Norazmi

“…Based on the response surface methodology findings, the optimum conditions were pH 1.6, 40 min, 50 mg/L, and 2 g with 92.19 % maximum percentage removal. …”

Fabrication and characterization of a novel mullite-stainless steel composed hollow fibre membrane for oil/water separation by Almukhtar Omar, Najib Meftah, Othman, Mohd. Hafiz Dzarfan, Zhong, Sheng Tai, Jaafar, Juhana, A. Rahman, Mukhlis, Puteh, Mohd. Hafiz, Abu Bakar, Suriani, Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan, Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan, Tao, Li

“…Afterwards, they were evaluated in an oil/water separation system regarding water flux and oil rejection rate. Based on the findings, there was a gradual increase in the bending strength from 32.1 to 79.8 MPa with increased SS contents from 0 to 12 % (w/w). …”
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Implementation of lean manufacturing practices and six-sigma among Malaysian manufacturing SMEs: intention to implement IR 4.0 technologies by Ibikunle, Afeez Kayode, Rajemi, Mohamad Farizal, Mohd Zahari, Fadhilah

“…The data were collected using the six-point Likert scale questionnaire. Findings – Based on research findings, about 86% Malaysian manufacturing SMEs implement 6s. …”
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Drive-specific selection in multistable mechanical networks by Kedia, Hridesh, Pan, Deng, Slotine, Jean-Jacques, England, Jeremy L.

“…In equilibrium, a multistable system is more likely to be found in configurations with lower energy, but the presence of an external drive can alter the relative stability of different configurations in unexpected ways. …”
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Cluster-selective 57Fe labeling of a Twitch-domaincontaining radical SAM enzyme by Namkoong, Gil, Suess, Daniel LM

“…The labeling selectivity likely originates primarily from differences in the clusters' accessibility to small molecules, with secondary contributions from the different redox properties of the clusters. …”
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Overturning of No-Tension Towers by Moir, Katherine

“…A comparison of the predictions for each of the two tower geometries shows that the predicted critical angles of overturning are very close, while the cylinder is likely to begin cracking at lower inclinations compared to rectangular towers. …”
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Semantic sensitive satellite image retrieval by Li, Yikun

“…Although various relevance feedback approaches have been proposed to bridge this gap, most of them can only work well under the assumption that regions belonging to the same or similar signal classes are very likely to share the same semantic concepts as well. …”
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