Reframing stigma in Tourette syndrome: an updated scoping review by Pring, K, Malli, M, Hardy, BW, Rapp, SR, Storch, EA, Mink, JW, Martindale, JM

“…On the individual level, youth with PTD had lower self-esteem than peers, often leading to fear of future stigmatization, avoidant behaviors, and self-stigmatization. …”

Conceptualize, design, simulate and develop a contact tracing scheme based on the Android platform by Woon, Tse Liang

“…The method of contact tracing is for people to check in to the locations that they have visited. …”
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Evaluation of low-cost RFID hardware for automated equipment tracking in first-response vehicles by Chua, Joo Heng

“…First-response vehicles often need to arrive at the scene as fast as they can, however they have a lot of equipment to be brought to the scene. Just checking the correct items and equipment needed could take up to several hours. …”
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Next point of interest (POI) recommendation by Guvvala, Sanjusha

“…This project also involves the evaluation of some common recommender system techniques, applied to POI check-ins. From the evaluation, we get a few important discoveries in order to utilize POI recommendation models in different scenarios. …”
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Abelian codes in principal ideal group algebras by Jitman, Somphong, Ling, San, Liu, Hongwei, Xie, Xiaoli

“…For abelian codes in a PIGA, which can be viewed as cyclic codes over a semisimple group algebra, it is shown that every abelian code in a PIGA admits generator and check elements. These are analogous to the generator and parity-check polynomials of cyclic codes. …”
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The effects of instructional and motivational self-talk on vertical jump performance and kinematics by Muhammad Hakim Mustadza

“…After each trail, participants were put through a manipulation check to assess adherence to self-talk conditions. …”
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Facial expression quantification and analysis by Ramya Sridharan

“…This dissertation mentions some of the latest techniques available in the above field and proposes two design techniques that exceed the performance of their peers in both technical aspects and applications.…”
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A boundary element approach for solving plane elastostatic equations of anisotropic functionally graded materials by Ang, Whye-Teong

“…The proposed boundary element method is applied to solve some specific problems to check its validity and accuracy.…”
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Ten quick tips for ensuring machine learning model validity by Goh, Wilson Wen Bin, Kabir, Mohammad Neamul, Yoo, Sehwan, Wong, Limsoon

“…The 10 quick tips described here discuss useful practices on how to check AI/ ML models from 2 perspectives—the user and the developer.…”
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Automated shielding effectiveness test system for shielded enclosures by Foo, Chew Houw.

“…Such shielding effectiveness tests check whether an enclosure is sufficiently shielded from external electromagnetic interference. …”
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The Inspiration Design Toolkit: A Human-Centered Design Tool for a System Engineering Course by Lee, Sheng-Hung, Yang, Maria C, Carramolino, Beatriz, Rudnik, John

“…The aim of the IDT is to improve the participants’ learning experience and course engagement, increase opportunities for them to interact with their peers and teaching team, enable them to practice and reinforce the concepts through the creation of their own IDT cards, and share the cards in the discussion to increase learners’ engagement with course material and peers. …”
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Experimental investigation on working of PCR chip by Ahluwalia Kunal

“…This project puts together all these best practices and comes out with a series of check list cum factors to prepare a working chip and present to the reader, means of incorrect as well as correct operation of successful chip making and working which is necessary for DNA analysis. …”
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Counterexample computation in compositional nonblocking verification by Malik, Robi, Ware, Simon

“…Counterexamples are an important feature of model checking that explains the cause of a detected problem, greatly helping users to understand and fix faults. …”
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Perceptions of gifted adolescents in Singapore towards the "gifted" label and its effects on their social relationships by Tan, Chee Soon.

“…Some of the disadvantages include high expectations from parents and teachers and being discriminated by peers in the mainstream. Results of case studies parallel these findings.…”
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Signalling through deviance by Teo, Xin Yi, Chia, Gary Yong Wen, Ang, Yan Ting

“…Stimuli were presented in a 2X2 mixed-model design, by manipulating the subjects, whether they are more successful or less successful than their peers, and if the question presented encompasses an identity threat or not. …”
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Mothers’ social networks and socioeconomic gradients of isolation by Andrew, AR, Attanasio, O, Augsburg, B, Behrman, J, Day, M, Jervis, P, Meghir, C, Phimister, A

“…Wealthier women and women from more-advantaged castes and tribes have smaller networks than their less-advantaged peers, primarily because they know fewer women within their own socioeconomic group. …”

A study of convolutional neural networks for clinical document classification in systematic reviews: Sysreview at CLEF eHealth 2017 by Lee, Grace Eunkyung

“…From retrieving numerous clinical documents to manually checking the documents with detailed criteria requires a tremendous amount of time and skilled workforce. …”
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Dopamine Nation : Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence / by Lembke, Anna, Dr., author 655980, Penguin Publishing Group (Online service) 655981

“…Condensing complex neuroscience into easy-to-understand metaphors, Lembke illustrates how finding contentment and connectedness means keeping dopamine in check. The lived experiences of her patients are the gripping fabric of her narrative. …”
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PandoraHearts : Caucus Race, by Shinobu Wakamiya, author 655895, Jun Mochizuki, illustrator 655896

“…Within these pages, four fairy tales unfold, each peering into one of the houses of the four great dukedoms: Vessalius, Rainsworth, Barma, and Nightray. …”
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The epistemic significance of religious disagreements: cases of unconfirmed superiority disagreements by Choo, Frederick Wen Yeong

“…In this paper, I argue that many religious disagreements are cases of unconfirmed superiority disagreements, where parties have good reason to think they are not epistemic peers, yet they lack good reason to determine who is superior. …”
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