A family of curves for the geometric mean distance of one rectangle from another by Uluant, Cemal Ali.

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Rethinking the meaning of retirement : retirement village concept for the Singapore elderly by Ang, See Nee, Eu, Pei Pei, Lew, Eileen

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The state and the family : Singapore families in the economy. by Tan, Shaline Yen Ling.

“…More than often, the state’s policies impact the citizens economically, in particular, the middle-class families. And this gives rise to a phenomenon of materialism, where the middle-class families see pursuing of material wants as a means of comfort in Singapore. …”
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Our changing family : a study on family beliefs and practices by Peh, Rebecca Min-Li

“…Thus the family is a site brimming with subjective experiences and meanings that arise through the interplay between individual autonomy and structural conditions.…”
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Evaluation of a pilot family planning educational seminar and subsequent attitudes towards family planning among Muslim communities in Tanzania by Cordeiro, AA, Gumanneh, H, Nzali, A, Lambert, VJ, Yussuph, A, Kihunrwa, A, Mchondo, Y, Mtita, R, Yahaya, H, Kalluvya, SE, Wamoyi, J, Suleman, M, Downs, JA, Mwakisole, AH

“…Participants rated the seminar as highly acceptable, appropriate, and feasible, with mean scores above 4.5 out of 5 for every statement. …”

Winning Models for Grade Point Average, Grit, and Layoff in the Fragile Families Challenge by Rigobon, Daniel E., Jahani, Eaman, Suhara, Yoshihiko, AlGhoneim, Khaled, Alghunaim, Abdulaziz, Pentland, Alex, Almaatouq, Abdullah

“…However, predictions were at most 20 percent better than a baseline that predicted the mean value of the training data for each outcome.…”
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Redefining guardianship: a study of the intellectually disabled, their family, and their social sphere in cinema by Lim, Tammie

“…By evaluating three primary texts in the cinematic medium, namely Robert Zemeckis’ Forrest Gump (1994), Lee Chang-dong’s Oasis (2002), and Bong Joon-ho’s Mother (2009), the essay negotiates both valuable and detrimental guardianship strategies in the films, so as to outline the ways in which family-centred care of ID patients can be more constructive, in not only facilitating these individuals’ formation of identities, but also their capacity for meaning-making of the world. …”
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Heuristic control of multiple batch processors with incompatible job families and future job arrivals by Tajan, John Benedict C., Sivakumar, Appa Iyer., Gershwin, Stanley B.

“…We analyse the problem of minimising the mean cycle time of a batch processing stage containing K > 1 batch processors in parallel with incompatible job families and future job arrivals. …”
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Characterization and gene expression analysis of the cir multi-gene family of plasmodium chabaudi chabaudi (AS) by Lawton, Jennifer, Brugat, Thibaut, Yan, Yam Xue, Reid, Adam James, Böhme, Ulrike, Otto, Thomas Dan, Pain, Arnab, Jackson, Andrew, Berriman, Matthew, Cunningham, Deirdre, Preiser, Peter Rainer, Langhorne, Jean

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Influence of family background on academic achievements among nursing students at Universiti Sains Malaysia health campus by Adam, Nursyazana

“…This study was aimed to investigate the family background factors that can influence students’ academic achievement among nursing students at Universiti Sains Malaysia Health Campus. …”
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"$50 wedding you say?" A look into the motivations and meanings of wedding choices for young Malay couples in contemporary Singapore by Nadrah Sadali

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21A.232J / WGS.172J Rethinking the Family, Sex, and Gender, Fall 2010 by Paxson, Heather

“…Through investigating cross-cultural case studies, this course introduces students to the anthropological study of the social institutions and symbolic meanings of family, household, gender, and sexuality. …”
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Meaningful eating: a new method for food design by Zampollo, Francesca

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Effect of educational intervention on the intention to provide family-centered care among selected hospitals’ paediatric nurses in Tehran, Iran by Rostami, Forouzan

“…Family-centred care (FCC), which has become the cornerstone for paediatric nursing practice, supports the trust of child and family health. …”
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Instrument for premarital counselling (PREPARE) in Singapore by Khong, Angela Lay Ching.

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Paternal parenting behaviour, self-esteem, and psychological health of adolescents in Malaysia by Yahya, Amira Najiha

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Marriage and fertility dynamics in India by Dommaraju, Premchand

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Understanding lived experiences of bereaved parents of children with chronic life-threatening Illness : towards a culture-specific and meaning-oriented narrative E-writing interven... by Dutta, Oindrila

“…In Singapore, while deaths among children and youths (age<19) have been steadily declining over the past decade, the number of child deaths caused by chronic conditions has increased by about 27% from 120 in 2014 to 152 in 2016. This means that every year, both globally and locally, tens of millions of parents, grandparents and extended families are left in a state of despair and devastation due to the death of a young child in the family. …”
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Effects of behavioural parent training programme with and without teacher intervention on attention-deficit / hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms among ADHD children in Iran by Shaban, Sepideh

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WGS.101 Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies, Fall 2014 by Walsh, Andrea, Fox, Elizabeth

“…This course offers an introduction to Women's and Gender Studies, an interdisciplinary field that asks critical questions about the meanings of sex and gender in society. The primary goal of this course is to familiarize students with key issues, questions and debates in Women's and Gender Studies, both historical and contemporary.…”
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