“I decide myself” - a qualitative exploration of end of life decision making processes of patients and caregivers through Advance Care Planning by Lall, Priya, Dutta, Oindrila, Tan, Woan Shin, Patinadan, Paul Victor, Kang, Natalie Q. Y., Low, Chan Kee, Car, Josip, Ho, Andy Hau Yan

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Bifunctional layer-by-layer metal-organic framework thin films for gas detection by Tan, Fu Lun

“…The advancement of flexible electronics has played an important role in various fields, offering the potential for versatile applications, including wearable devices, flexible displays, and sensors. …”
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Fault tolerant control for unmanned ship by Ang, Zhi Yong

“…To meet the requirements given from Rolls-Royce, Park’s vector approach will be proposed under comparison of the other different kinds of control approach. …”
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The identification of significant features towards travel mode choice and its prediction via optimised random forest classifier : An evaluation for active commuting behavior by Nur Fahriza, Mohd Ali, Ahmad Farhan, Mohd Sadullah, P.P. Abdul Majeed, Anwar, Mohd Azraai, Mohd Razman, Musa, Rabiu Muazu

“…The study aims to highlight the role of a transport system that encourages physical activity among users by applying an active door-to-door transport system. …”
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A product conceptualization strategy based on crowd-innovation by Chang, Danni

“…Product conceptualization plays a critical role in new product development. Research has shown that 75–80% of a product’s lifecycle cost is determined during the conceptual design phase. …”
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Electro spun dual structured and three-dimensional biodegradable scaffolds for bone and cartilage tissue engineering by Vidya Chamundeswari Narasimhan

“…Tissue engineering (TE) is envisaged to play a vital role in improving the quality of life by restoring, maintaining or enhancing tissue and organ functions. …”
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Relationship of sperm protamine content with bull breeding soundness evaluation and sperm DNA damage by Mohamed Abbad Alfadel, Fatima

“…Protamine is a major nuclear component in mature spermatozoa known to be responsible for paternal genome protection through its roles in sperm chromatin condensation and DNA stability. …”
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Behavioural study of Asian golden cats in the night safari, Singapore. by Lee, Pei Shan.

“…The estrous period of the female lasted seven days, when rolling, interactions, and rubbing frequencies increased significantly. …”
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Modeling and control for generator in aerospace applications by Yeo, Alex Beng Keong

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Control and operation of DC microgrids by Adhikari, Sujan

“…Hence, a frequency coordinating virtual impedance concept has been explored in this thesis for the co-ordination control of an HESS in DC microgrids. …”
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Progressive collapse behaviour of precast concrete structures with advanced joints by Nguyen, Van Hung

“…Secondly, the pull-out test results highlighted a pivotal role of bearing force in anchorage strength of headed bars and strain behaviour. …”
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The development and application of fish scale waste for tissue engineering applications : waste-to-resource conversion of resource resilient materials by Wang, Jun Kit

“…Hence, collagen is one of the most studied biomaterial for tissue engineering (TE) applications. …”
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Neuroprotective effect of tocotrienol-rich fraction and a-tocopherol of vitamin E against glutamate toxicity in neuronal cells and astrocytes by Selvaraju, Thilaga Rati

“…Glutamate is the main excitatory amino acid neurotransmitter in mammalian central nervous systems; it can be excitotoxic and has been suggested to play a key role in neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease. …”
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Fabrication of hollow fiber membranes using amphiphilic block copolymers as pore-forming additives by Loh, Chun Heng

“…It is possible that due to the long PPO and PEO blocks in these Pluronics, PEO brush layer that reduces the apparent membrane pore size has formed on the internal pore surface and hence the solute rejection of the resultant membranes is improved. …”
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Micro-systems mechanics VOLUME I by Lin, Rongming, David J. Ewins

“…In order to improve design capabilities and hence performance of micro-systems, it is obvious that these various mechanics issues need to be rigorously studied and thoroughly understood to enable accurate modeling, characterization and control methodologies needed to be developed for micro-system applications.…”
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Impact of host gut microbiome on pathogen colonization by Low, Wai Leong

“…Compositional changes in this commensal gut microbiota result in the outgrowth of gut pathogens, but the mechanisms underlying this phenomenon remain largely unexplored. Hence, it would benefit the field of medical microbiology to understand the roles played by the gut microbiota in resisting the colonization of gut pathogens. …”
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Development of single seedling nursery tray for the System of Rice Intensification by Zubairu, Usman Bashar

“…Ironically, farmers are forced to pay for replanting hence increasing the production cost. Therefore, this study was intended to create modern techniques for increasing the quality and transplanting potentials of rice seedling by improving SRI nursery and reducing seedlings transplanting shock. …”
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Investigation of residual stress retention of titanium alloy after different levels of material removal by Muhammad Siddiq Bin Abdul Shukor

“…To induce them, industries commonly utilize processes such as deep cold rolling and hammer peening, which involves plastically deforming the surface of the material. …”
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Relative deficiency in interferon-γ-secreting CD4+ T cells is strongly associated with poorer COVID-19 vaccination responses in older adults by Ho, Vanda W. T., Boon, Low Heng, Cui, Jianzhou, Juequn, Zhou, Shunmuganathan, Bhuvaneshwari, Gupta, Rashi, Tan, Nikki Y. J., Qian, Xinlei, Purushotorman, Kiren, Fong, Siew-Wai, Renia, Laurent, Ng, Lisa F. P., Angeli, Veronique, Chen, Jinmiao, Kennedy, Brian K., Ong, Catherine W. M., Macary, Paul A.

“…Although the two-dose mRNA vaccination regime provides protection against SARS-CoV-2, older adults have been shown to exhibit poorer vaccination responses. In addition, the role of vaccine-induced T-cell responses is not well characterised. …”
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Revisiting SMEs’ Business Strategy: Shifting Outsourcing to Crowdsourcing Practices to Enhance SMEs’ Performance by Mansor, Mohd Fitri, Abu, Noor Hidayah, Abdul Halim, Hasliza, Ahmad, Noor Hazlina

“…The emergence of digital technology platforms such as crowdsourcing platform allows SMEs to establish an unmediated connection between suppliers and the customers; hence, enabling a close engagement with other stakeholders. …”
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