Stigma-making and narrative ethics in Singaporean cultural representations of HIV and AIDS by Hyder, Sophia

“…Since the start of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s, significant medical strides have improved the quality of life and life expectancy for people living with HIV. …”
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李商隐诗歌的伤春主题 = The theme of "sentiment for spring" in Li Shang-yin's poetry by 郭欣瑜 Kerk, Sin Yee

“…It can be defined as the poetry about the interaction between the sadness in life and the scenery in spring, in which sadness is always the main emotion in these poetry. …”
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A preliminary investigation into the use of cannabis suppositories and online mindful compassion for improving sexual function among women following gynaecological cancer treatment by Banbury, Sam, Tharmalingam, Hannah, Lusher, Joanne, Erridge, Simon, Chandler, Chris

“…Conclusions: These preliminary and exploratory outcomes look promising and provide a foundation for future research to develop varied healthcare options to improve mental health service delivery and quality of life for this cohort.…”
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A study on the sustainable financial inclusion in selected SAARC countries: a gender-based perspective by Survase, Madan, Parida, Ratri, Antony, George V.

“…The policy implications are further suggested in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).…”
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Members’ participation, empowerment and sustainability of self-help groups in Kano City, Nigeria by Ibrahim, Abdul-Aziz

“…With regards to this finding the researcher concluded that, community members’ involvement in self-help groups has leads to empowerment in the self-help group. …”
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Exploring Malaysian public universities Japanese language students' views on the effects of LGBT elements in anime and manga by Paee, Rokiah, Abdul Rashid, Roswati, Ahmad, Normah, Mamat, Roslina

“…There were 56 (37%) male and 94 (63%) female respondents. Findings: 34 (22.7%) respondents mentioned anime and manga titles that have LGBT elements, with some titles fitting under the LGBT genre. …”
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Swallow me (Again) by Qin, Ai Xin

“…swallow me (Again) is a time-based, multi-media installation that seeks to present an abstraction and exploration of the Mother Wound (the inter-generational pain passed between women in a line of inheritance) through the ritualisation of physical motions in sculptural interaction.    …”
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Modeling of plasma motion in a toroidal solenoid by Tu, Yuqiang.

“…Filtered Cathodic Vacuum Arc (FCVA) deposition technique has received extensive attention recently due to its unique feature: vacuum arc is generated at one end of a toroidal solenoid filter, in which those ions and electrons in the arc follow the force line of the magnetic field and pass through, while those neutral particles moving in straight lines are filtered away, and a "purified" plasma is obtained at the other end. …”
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Study of power flow control by unified power flow controller by Yam, Chien Meng

“…In recent years, energy, environment, right-of-way, and capital cost issues have delayed the construction of both generation facilities and new transmission lines, while the demand f o relectric power has continued to grow. …”
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Performance analysis for continuous antennas in Rician channels by Smith, PJ, Khordad, E, Senanayake, R, Coon, JP

“…We derive a gamma approximation for the instantaneous received signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) under a Rician channel with a spatially-correlated non-line-of-sight (NLoS) component. We also derive the mean and an upper bound for achievable rate. …”

Fabrication and spectroscopic properties of transparent Yb:YAG laser ceramics by Luo, Dewei, Zhang, Jian, Xu, Changwen, Yang, Hao, Qin, Xianpeng, Ma, Jan, Tang, Dingyuan

“…The in-line transmittance of the sample reaches 84% at 1100 nm wavelength. …”
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Image-driven simplification with single viewpoint by Tan, Cheen-Hau, Chau, Lap-Pui

“…The proposed single viewpoint simplification runs an estimated twenty-five times faster than the original method at comparable to better quality.…”
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Shear behaviour of steel members and beam-to-column joints under elevated temperatures by Qian, Zhenhai

“…In this study, the beam web shear component of a joint has first been simplified into an equivalent girder web panel subjected to shear force. Five series of beams have been tested at both ambient and elevated temperatures, without thermal restraints. …”
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An empirical study of material damage insurance rates for property risks. by Goh, Chiaw Gek.

“…It was hypothesised that the fire insurance rates in Singapore are the lowest while the incurred loss ratios are comparable, and that while the rates in all the five countries have decreased, the loss ratios have not increased correspondingly.…”
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Demographic factors and their correlations with loss aversion and framing effects. by Huang, Wei., Ng, Qunkai., Lee, Candice Li Fen.

“…The purpose of this study was to understand more about the correlations between five demographic factors (i.e. level of income, level of education, age, race and gender) and individuals’ level of financial loss aversion. …”
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Bit-error rate simulation for frequency-hopped multiple-access systems over fading channels by Le, Thi Ngoc Anh.

“…In this report, bit-error-rate (BER) performance of a fast frequency-hopped binary frequency-shift-keying (FFH/BFSK) system using diversity-combining over multiple-access interference (MAI), partial-band jamming (PBJ), additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) and fading channels is presented. Five diversity-combining methods utilized in BER simulation to counter MAI and PBJ effects are square-law linear combining, product combining, hard-decision majority-vote (HDMV), self-normalizing and clipper receivers.…”
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The deaf divide by Kham, Priscilla, Tan, Josephine Wen Hui, Tay, Eileen Kai Ying, Tay, Qiao Wei

“…The Singapore School for the Deaf, home to five decades of Deaf culture and history, is set to close in 2016. …”
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Predicting statistics performance beyond statistics anxiety by Kwek, Kenneth Shuan Gui

“…A total of 115 participants completed a questionnaire which included five measures adapted from PALS, MSLQ, CSSE, LRE and STARS. …”
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Study on properties of fibre ring resonators by Zhou, Benjamin Zhiyao

“…Both linear and non-linear applications were tested with different coupling ratio optical coupler under continuous wave and pulsed light injection respectively. A set of five couplers with different coupling ratio will be used individually on the fibre ring resonator prototype. …”
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Catalytic wet air oxidation (CWAO) catalysts for environmental applications by Leong, Kingsley Jerome Ying Zheng

“…. >80% dye removal efficiency still can be obtained after five times of reuse indicating that it exhibited a good reusability and catalytic stability.…”
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