Foot care behaviours and associated factors among patients with type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study by Ang, Chin-Siang, Goh, Kelley Fann Ing, Lodh, Nandika, Qin, Vicky Mengqi, Liew, Huiling, Sidhu, Harvinder Raj Singh, Ng, Jun Jie, Subramaniam, Tavintharan, Tan, Elaine, Koh, Gerald Choon Huat, Best, James, Wong, Julian, Car, Josip, Ho, Andy Hau Yan, Venkataraman, Kavita

“…Methods: We used a cross-sectional design and collected data through self-reported questionnaires administered to a sample of 586 patients from five medical centres. We conducted descriptive and inferential analyses to explore the relationships between potential risk and protective factors and FC behaviours. …”
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Predictors of functioning in treatment-resistant schizophrenia: the role of negative symptoms and neurocognition by Li, Yanhui, Ang, Mei San, Yee, Jie Yin, See, Yuen Mei, Lee, Jimmy

“…Methods: Participants were assessed on the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS), to calculate scores for five symptom factors (Positive, Negative, Cognitive, Depressive and Hostility) and two negative symptom constructs (Diminished Expressivity (DE), and Social Anhedonia (SA) as part of the Motivation and Pleasure-related dimension), based on a previously validated model, modified in accordance with EPA guidelines on negative symptoms assessment. …”
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When mobile phone use becomes problematic : the influence of self, parents and peers on adolescents' mobile phone behavior in Singapore and Malaysia by Chuah, Soo Fei

“…This study contributes to the growing literature of mobile phone use and problematic mobile phone use by supporting the Big Five Theory, parenting styles model, parental mediation theory, social norm theory, and the social capital theory. …”
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Offset-16QAM-based coherent WDM with multi-carrier group detection by Xiang, Meng, Fu, Songnian, Tang, M., Shum, P., Liu, Deming

“…Here, we demonstrate a transmission of five-carrier 100 Gb/s polarization-multiplexed offset-16QAM signal with 12.5 GHz channel spacing. …”
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Cytogenetic and molecular aberrations of multiple myeloma patients : a single-center study in Singapore by Ng, Yit Jun, Tan, Yu Min, See, Karen Hsu Shien, Choo, Natasha Swee Lian, Lim, Sherry Xin Er, Lim, Alvin Soon Tiong, Lim, Tse Hui, Yee, Yenny, Lau, Lai Ching, Tien, Sim Leng, Sathish, Kumar, Tan, Daryl Chen Lung

“…The aim of this study was to determine the chromosomal abnormalities of MM patients in our Singapore population. Methods-Forty-five newly-diagnosed, morphologically confirmed patients comprising 18 males and 27 females, aged 46-84 years (median 65 years) were investigated by karyotyping and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). …”
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Message from ICME'12 technical program chairs by Cai, Jianfei, Hanjalic, Alan, Magli, Enrico, Pickering, Mark, Friedland, Gerald, Hua, Xian-Sheng

“…We have designed the program in such a way that ICME audience will not miss the keynotes, overview talks and the plenary session, and can always find a high quality talk of interest at the parallel oral sessions. In addition, a 1.5 ~ 2 hour session is held in each afternoon with poster presentations and demos. …”
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Afiksasi nomina dalam bahasa Indonesia by Denistia, K, Rajeg, GPW

“…Furthermore, we analyze the productivity of each noun-forming affix, examine the development of affix productivity per year, and the distribution of word class of the base word for the five most productive noun-forming affixes: -an, ke-/-an, peN-, peN-/-an, and per-/-an. …”

Consensus on current management of endometriosis by Johnson, NP, Hummelshoj, L, World Endometriosis Society Montpellier Consortium

“…</p> <p><strong>Wider implications of the findings:</strong> This is the first time that a large, global, consortium, representing 34 major stakeholding organizations from five continents, has convened to systematically evaluate the best available current evidence on the management of endometriosis, and to reach consensus. …”

Antihyperlipidemic and hepatoprotective effect of Zingiber cassumunar Rhizome extract in high-fat diet-induced hyperlipidemic rats: the role of antioxidant activity by Mahfudh, Nurkhasanah, Sulistyani, Nanik, Sari, Novita Sari, Sari, Indah Puspita, Dedi, Adrian, Othman, Fezah, Zakaria, Zainul Amiruddin

“…In this study, the rhizomes of Z. cassumunar was extracted using ethanol 96% (v/v) and evaporated to get the concentrated Z. cassumunar rhizome extract (ZCRE). …”
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Optimization, encapsulation and characterization of bromelain-generated angiotensin I-converting enzyme (Ace) - inhibitory hydrolysates from stone fish (Actinopyga lecanora Jaeger) by Auwal, Shehu Muhammad

“…The hydrolysates were further profiled in which five novel ACE-inhibitory peptides including ALGPQFY, KVPPKA, LAPPTM, EVLIQ and EHPVL were identified with their respective IC50 values of 0.012 mM, 0.980 mM, 1.31 mM, 1.44 mM and 1.68 mM. …”
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The Effectiveness of Flipped Classroom Strategy on Self-Directed Learning Among Undergraduate Mathematics Students by Mohd Nasir, Mohd Azrin, Alaudin, Ros Idayuwati, Ismail, Suzilah, Mat Ali, Nor A’tikah, Mohd Faudzi, Farah Nadia, Yusuff, Noraini, Mohd Pozi, Muhammad Syafiq

“…On the contrary, the lowest score of the post-assessment performance using the flipped classroom strategy was five (5) scores. Moreover, the majority of the respondents achieved eight to ten scores. …”
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Investigation of two dimensional floquet topological insulator using microwave network by Hu, Wenchao

“…Wang et al. experimentally confirmed this idea by observing a uni-directional transmission line in a gyromagnetic photonic crystal operating in the microwave frequency range. …”
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Effects of contrast enhanced positron emission tomography/computed tomography in cancer imaging by Mahmud, Mohd Hafizi

“…Therefore, contrasted contemporaneous PET/CT protocol canbe usedas a first line tool in routine PET/CT study in selectedoncologycases optimizing the value of this integrated imaging modality for clinical investigation of cancer disease.…”
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Quantum scale biomimicry of low dimensional growth : an unusual complex amorphous precursor route to TiO2 band confinement by shape adaptive biopolymer-like flexibility for energy... by Choi, Dahyun, Sonkaria, Sanjiv, Fox, Stephen John, Poudel, Shivraj, Kim, Sung-yong, Kang, Suhee, Kim, Seheon, Verma, Chandra, Ahn, Sung Hoon, Lee, Caroline Sunyong, Khare, Varsha

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Automated lesion segmentation and quantification for prediction of paradoxical worsening in patients with tubercular serpiginous-like choroiditis by Kalra, Gagan, Agarwal, Aniruddha, Marchese, Alessandro, Agrawal, Rupesh, Bansal, Reema, Gupta, Vishali

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Error measurements for a quantum annealer using the one-dimensional Ising model with twisted boundaries by Chancellor, Nicholas, Crowley, Philip J. D., Durić, Tanja, Vinci, Walter, Amin, Mohammad H., Green, Andrew G., Warburton, Paul A., Aeppli, Gabriel

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Electrochemical kinetic energy harvesting mediated by ion solvation switching in two-immiscible liquid electrolyte by Lee, Donghoon, Song, You-Yeob, Wu, Angyin, Li, Jia, Yun, Jeonghun, Seo, Dong-Hwa, Lee, Seok Woo

“…Also, the system provides a continuous current flow of approximately 5 μA cm-2 at 0.005 Hz for 23 cycles without performance decay. …”
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Energetic, exergetic, and entropy generation prediction and optimization of photovoltaic thermal system integrated hexagonal boron nitride-water nanofluid by Nurhanis Sofiah, Abd Ghafar, Kumar Pandey, Adarsh Kumar, Rajamony, Reji Kumar, Samykano, Mahendran, Pasupuleti, Jagadeesh, Nur Fatin, Sulaiman, Saidur, Rahman Md

“…The actual vs. predicted graph aligns closely along the 45° line, and the residual vs. predicted plot shows a random distribution of residuals, indicating reliable predictive performance and model resilience. …”
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Organizational Architecture Design and Assessment of Statistical Feasibility for NPM Implementation in an Airplane Subassembly by Daigle, Lea (Lea A.)

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Cosystolic Expansion of Sheaves on Posets with Applications to Good 2-Query Locally Testable Codes and Lifted Codes by First, Uriya A., Kaufman, Tali

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