Exploring the perspectives of child health strategy stakeholders on resilience and well-being in children and youths in Singapore: A qualitative study by Yee Keow Chiong, Kee Seng Chia

“…The factors associated with resilience are homogeneous across studies, which are individual attributes such as self-regulation and problem-solving skills, relational attributes such as secure attachment relationships, and connections to school and community.4 This is relevant to the Singaporean context, as the Singapore Mental Health Study conducted from 2016 to 2018 revealed that 1 in 5 youths, aged between 18 and 34 years old have a mental disorder.5 Mental disorders were also reported to be the largest contributor to disease burden for Singaporeans aged 10 to 34 years old, peaking for 15 to 19 year-olds, for whom it represented 25.8% of total disability-adjusted life years (DALYs).5 In 2020, suicide is the leading cause of death for those aged 10 to 29 years old. …”
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Transforming Alliances: A 20-Year Overview of Singapore-US Relations under Lee Hsien Loong by TRUONG HUE

“…Over the past two decades, their bilateral ties have been strengthened through collaboration in defense, trade, and security, with key agreements like the 2005 Strategic Framework Agreement and the renewal of the 1990 Memorandum of Understanding on U.S. military access to Singaporean facilities. These agreements have cemented Singapore’s role as a crucial partner in U.S. …”
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COVID-19: An Updated Situation from Singapore by Ke-Yan Loo, Angel Yun-Kuan Thye, Lydia Ngiik-Shiew Law, Jodi Woan Fei Law

“…The public has also upheld their social responsibility in cooperating with the Singaporean government to control the disease spread. …”
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Auto Coloring with Enhanced Character Registration by Jie Qiu, Hock Soon Seah, Feng Tian, Quan Chen, Zhongke Wu, Konstantin Melikhov

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Poldérisation et préservation des paysages côtiers Singapouriens by Claire Doussard

“…The article questions to what extent the Singaporean territorial expansion is an expression of the discrepancy between the economic policies for economic development and the ecological management of the coast, as well as their impact on the landscape. …”
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Sub-Nanosecond Greater-Than-10-V Compact Tunable Pulse Generator for Low-Duty-Cycle High-Peak-Power Ultra-Wideband Applications by Renfeng Jin, Subrata Halder, Walter R. Curtice, James C. M. Hwang, Choi L. Law

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Attitudes and practices of exercise among pregnant mothers in Singapore by Yin Ru Tan, Kok Hian Tan, Fei Dai, Hak Koon Tan, Lay Kok Tan

“…Conclusion: Although most Singaporean pregnant women perceived exercise as beneficial, the majority did not engage in PA. …”
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Visitor segmentation of heritage tourist attraction in Indonesia using google trend analysis by I Gusti Bagus Rai Utama, Ni Putu Dyah Krismawintari, I Wayan Ruspendi Junaedi, PA Andiena Nindya Putri, I Made Sumartana

“…The segmentation of heritage tourism attractions in Indonesia is domestic tourists, and International tourists by Singaporean, Malaysian, Thai, Philippines, South African, Australian, Indian, Taiwanese, Italian, and French. …”
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Efficacy of SG Shield in reducing droplet contamination during collection of oropharyngeal swab culture specimens by Phui-Sze Angie Au-Yong, Xuanxuan Chen, Wen Hao Low, Keen Chong Chau, Stephanie Fook-Chong, Shariq Ali Khan

“…A cheap, single-use variation of the face shield invented by a Singaporean team, SG Shield, aims to reduce this risk. …”
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Genomic landscape of head and neck cancer in Asia: A comprehensive meta-analysis of 1016 samples by Srikanth S. Manda, Nafisa Arfa, Neha Sharma, Aparna R. Parikh, Thomas J. Roberts, Sewanti Limaye, Venkataraman Ramachandran, Kumar Prabhash, Moni A. Kuriakose, Prashant Kumar

“…Additionaly, specific mutations like MET in Singaporean patients can be effectively addressed with drugs like Crizotinib, leading to rapid responses in HNSCC. …”
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Linking obesity-associated genotype to child language development: the role of early-life neurology-related proteomics and brain myelinationResearch in context by Jian Huang, Jinyi Che, Michelle Z.L. Kee, Ai Peng Tan, Evelyn C. Law, Patricia Pelufo Silveira, Irina Pokhvisneva, Sachin Patel, Keith M. Godfrey, Lourdes Mary Daniel, Kok Hian Tan, Yap Seng Chong, Shiao-Yng Chan, Johan G. Eriksson, Dennis Wang, Jonathan Yinhao Huang

“…Methods: In a longitudinal Singaporean mother-offspring cohort, we leveraged trans-ancestry polygenic predictions of body mass index (BMI) to interrogate the causal effects of early-life BMI on child language development and its effects on molecular and neuroimaging measures. …”
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Families, Friends, and the Neighborhood of Older Adults: Evidence from Public Housing in Singapore by Treena Wu, Angelique Chan

“…This empirical paper examines how the Housing Development Board (HDB) public housing neighborhood influences older urban Singaporeans' social interactions and ameliorates social isolation. …”
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices towards COVID-19 among multiethnic elderly Asian residents in Singapore: a mixed-methods study by Amudha Aravindhan, Alfred Tau Liang Gan, Ester Pei Xuan Lee, Preeti Gupta, Ryan Man, Kam Chun Ho, Sharon Cohan Sung, Ching-Yu Cheng, Moi Lin Ling, Hiang Khoon Tan, Tien Yin Wong, Eva Katie Fenwick, Ecosse Luc Lamoureux

“…Introduction: We investigated the knowledge, attitudes and practice (KAP) towards coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and its related preventive measures in Singaporeans aged ≥60 years. Methods: This was a population-based, cross-sectional, mixed-methods study (13 May 2020–9 June 2020) of participants aged ≥ 60 years. …”
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Incidence of chronic wounds in Singapore, a multiethnic Asian country, between 2000 and 2017: a retrospective cohort study using a nationwide claims database by Nicholas Graves, Kelvin Bryan Tan, Orlanda Q Goh, Ganga Ganesan, Yi Zhen Ng, Keith Harding

“…We aimed to estimate the incidence trend of a multiethnic Asian population.Design Retrospective cohort study.Setting Singapore’s nationwide claims database.Participants Singaporeans and permanent residents.Outcomes Patients were identified by International Classification of Disease, Ninth Revision, Australian Modification (ICD-9-AM) and ICD-10-AM codes from all admissions between 2000 and 2017, and categorised according to aetiology: venous, arterial, diabetic and pressure. …”
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