Skeleton tracking with kinect sensors by Nguyen, Viet Dung

“…In order to reduce the risk of falling accident, many researches have been carried out to monitor the daily activities of older people and warn about falling threats. …”
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A 12-week Taijiquan practice improves balance control and functional fitness in fall-prone postmenopausal women by Bai, Xiaorong, Xiao, Wensheng, Soh, Kim Geok, Zhang, Yang

“…Purpose: Falls are the leading cause of accidental death among older persons, with postmenopausal women facing a greater hazard of falling due to osteoporosis. …”
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The black swan of American Presidency : comparing Obama and Trump's foreign policies on Southeast Asia by Desker, Reesa Corrie

“…Within the span of a decade, America has elected two successive presidents whose personalities and visions stand far apart on the leadership and political spectrum. …”
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Attachment to God and death anxiety in later life : does race matter? by Jung, Jong Hyun

“…Moreover, religion provides greater psychological benefits for older Blacks than older Whites, reinforcing a long-standing claim that religion is particularly valuable for individuals from marginalized backgrounds.…”
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Movement detection by brainwave : local processing by Zheng, Yi Cheng

“…The specific movement for this project is selected to be the sit-to-stand transition, as research in 2012 shows that inappropriate sit-to-stand transfers have been found related to 41% of all falls in the vulnerable elderly population [29]. …”
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Development of human-machine interface for mixed-swarm robot team by Nur Amirah Binte Rhymie

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Age differences in leadership positions across cultures by Vaughan-Johnston, Thomas, Imtiaz, Faizan, Lee, Albert, Ji, Li-Jun

“…Study 1 (N = 1,034) showed that business leaders were significantly older in Eastern (e.g., China, India, and Japan) cultures than Western (e.g., United States, Sweden, and United Kingdom) cultures, even while controlling for population structure (e.g., percentage of elderly in the society), gross domestic product (GDP), and wealth distribution across the population (GINI). …”
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The size inherited age effect on radiocarbon dates of alluvial deposits: redating charcoal fragments in a sand-bed stream, Macdonald River, NSW, Australia by Wood, R, King, F, Esmay, R, Chen, Q, Schneider, L, Dotte-Sarout, E, Fallon, S, Fryirs, K, Gillespie, R, Blong, R

“…However, charcoal is often older than its depositional context because old-wood can be burnt and a range of transport and storage stages exist between the woodland and stream or lake bed ("inherited age"). …”

Cinema industry in Singapore by Ng Ee San, Shang Pei Lin, Yue Lai Ping Sherry

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Design and development of stabilized control systems for space application by Chia, Jie Xiang

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'Marks of true sportsmanship' : the conceptions of sportsmanship in Singapore from colonial era to present day by Hong, Benjamin Kay Sheng

“…Schooling’s views on sport are a contrast to older Singaporean athletes, such as Tan Eng Liang. …”
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Demographic factors and their correlations with loss aversion and framing effects. by Huang, Wei., Ng, Qunkai., Lee, Candice Li Fen.

“…In our study, we discovered that older individuals are more loss averse than younger individuals; women are more loss averse than men; level of income has an inverse U-shaped relationship with loss aversion; Chinese are less loss averse than Malay and Indian; and higher educated individuals have lower loss aversion than lower educated people. …”
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Effectiveness of supervised versus self-directed rehabilitation for adults aged 50 years and over with ankle fractures: protocol for the AFTER trial by Keene, DJ, Achten, J, Forde, C, Png, ME, Grant, R, Draper, K, Appelbe, D, Tutton, E, Peckham, N, Dutton, SJ, Lamb, SE, Costa, ML

“…<p><strong> Conclusion</p></strong> This study will assess whether supervised rehabilitation is more effective than self-directed rehabilitation for adults aged 50 years and older after ankle fracture. …”

Is psychological capital the same in Singapore? : an exploration of psychological capital and its relationship with engagement in an Asian context by Aw, Cherie Qiu Ying, Seah, Charlene Kai Qi, Lee, Alex Yi

“…The results indicated that the higher-order PsyCap core factor predicted engagement. Further analyses revealed that defensive pessimism is a better predictor of engagement than optimism because defensive pessimism, efficacy, hope and resilience were better able to predict engagement than the composite PsyCap. …”
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Books : The History and Future of Reading / by Price, Leah, author 656033, Hachette Books Group (Online service) 647103

“…In encounters with librarians, booksellers and activists who are reinventing old ways of reading, Price offers fresh hope to bibliophiles and literature lovers alike.…”
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Large and unequal life expectancy declines during the COVID-19 pandemic in India in 2020 by Gupta, A, Hathi, P, Banaji, M, Gupta, P, Kashyap, R, Paikra, V, Sharma, K, Somanchi, A, Sudharsanan, N, Vyas, S

“…Life expectancy declines in India were larger and had a younger age profile than in high-income countries. Increases in mortality were greater than expected based on observed seroprevalence and international infection fatality rates, most prominently among the youngest and older age groups. …”

Age-related bone loss is associated with FGF21 but not IGFBP1 in healthy adults by Lee, Shuen Yee, Fam, Kai Deng, Chia, Kar Ling, Yap, Margaret M. C., Goh, Jorming, Yeo, Kwee Poo, Yap, Eric Peng Huat, Chotirmall, Sanjay Haresh, Lim, Chin Leong

“…Younger adults were 22–39 years old and older adults 60–71 years old. The BMD and serum concentrations of FGF21, IGFBP1, receptor activator of nuclear factor-𝜅B ligand (RANKL), tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase 5b (TRAP5b) and bone-specific alkaline phosphatase (BAP) were measured. …”
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Low power PWM based sensor readout circuit by He, Shengyu

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Outcomes of shoulder replacement surgery in routine care by Craig, RS

“…The lifetime risk of implant revision surgery following an elective shoulder replacement was less than 1 in 20 for patients aged 85 years or older, but as high as 1 in 4 for some patients aged less than 60 years. …”

Fluids and Electrolytes under Confinement in Single-Digit Nanopores

“…Confined fluids and electrolyte solutions in nanopores exhibit rich and surprising physics and chemistry that impact the mass transport and energy efficiency in many important natural systems and industrial applications. Existing theories often fail to predict the exotic effects observed in the narrowest of such pores, called single-digit nanopores (SDNs), which have diameters or conduit widths of less than 10 nm, and have only recently become accessible for experimental measurements. …”
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