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The 1961 Kampong Bukit Ho Swee fire and the making of modern Singapore
No full textBy 1970, Singapore’s urban landscape was dominated by high-rise blocks of planned public housing built by the People’s Action Party government, signifying the establishment of a high modernist nation-state. A decade earlier, the margins of the City had been dominated by kampongs, home to semi-autonomous communities of low-income Chinese families which freely built, and rebuilt, unauthorised wooden houses. This change was not merely one of housing but belied a more fundamental realignment of state-society relations in the 1960s. Relocated in Housing and Development Board flats, urban kampong families were progressively integrated into the social fabric of the emergent nation-state. This study examines the pivotal role of an event, the great Kampong Bukit Ho Swee fire of 1961, in bringing about this transformation. The redevelopment of the fire site in the aftermath of the calamity brought to completion the British colonial regime’s ‘emergency’ programmes of resettling urban kampong dwellers in planned accommodation, in particular, of building emergency public housing on the sites of major fires in the 1950s. The PAP’s far greater political resolve, and the timing of and state of emergency occasioned by the scale of the 1961 disaster, enabled the government to rehouse the Bukit Ho Swee fire victims in emergency housing in record time. This in turn provided the HDB with a strategic platform for clearing other kampongs and for transforming their residents into model citizens of the nation-state. The 1961 fire’s symbolic usefulness extended into the 1980s and beyond, in sanctioning the PAP’s new housing redevelopment schemes. The official account of the inferno has also become politically useful for the government of today for disciplining a new generation of Singaporeans against taking the nation’s progress for granted. Against these exalted claims of the fire’s role in the Singapore Story, this study also examines the degree of actual change and continuity in the social and economic lives of the people of Bukit Ho Swee after the inferno. In some crucial ways, the residents continued to occupy a marginal place in society while pondering, too, over the unresolved question of the cause of the fire. These continuities of everyday life reflect the ambivalence with which the citizenry regarded the high modernist state in contemporary Singapore
Deconstruction analysis in Dr. Ang Swee Chai's perspective on the novel from Beirut to Jerusalem
No full textThis thesis is a research about deconstructive analysis in Dr. ang swee chai's novel from beirut to jerusalem by usig the deconstructive approach. the purpose of this research is to find out (1) the kind of conflict that happen between israel and palestine in Dr. Ang Swee Chai's novel fro, beirut to jerussalem, (2) the deconstructive analysis about the conflict that happen between israel and palestine in Dr. Ang Swee Chai's novel from beirut to jerussalem.x, 45 hlm.; 29 c
A comparison of bistatic scattering from two geologically distinct mid-ocean ridges
No full textThesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Ocean Engineering, 1999.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 118-119).by Chin-Swee Chia.S.M
Fig. 2. Eunapius conifer. A, Holotype ZEV 7105 – 6 in A First Record Of Freshwater Sponge From Singapore And Redescription Of Eunapius Conifer (Annandale, 1916) (Haplosclerida: Spongillina: Spongillidae)
No full textFig. 2. Eunapius conifer. A, Holotype ZEV 7105 – 6/7 from ZSI showing encrusting sponge on surface of leaf blade of Vallisneria spiralis. B, Paratype USNM 21524 (dry material). C, Paratype USNM 21524 (slide).Published as part of Lim, Swee-Cheng & Tan, Koh-Siang, 2013, A First Record Of Freshwater Sponge From Singapore And Redescription Of Eunapius Conifer (Annandale, 1916) (Haplosclerida: Spongillina: Spongillidae), pp. 453-459 in Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 61 (2) on page 455, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.535222
Model-driven development of adaptive web service processes with aspects and rules
No full textAbstract not availableJian Yu, Quan Z. Sheng, Joshua K.Y. Swee, Jun Han, Chengfei Liu, Talal H. Noo
A survey of the current status of library automation in Malaysian Chinese secondary schools / Tee Lay Swee
No full textThe study was undertaken to determine the current status of library automation in Malaysian Chinese secondary schools (MCSSs), which comprise the Independent Chinese Secondary School (ICSS) and the National-type Secondary School (Chinese) (NTSS [C]). This study employed a survey research method. It primarily used mailed questionnaire for data collection. Telephone interviews and personal interviews were carried out to gather supporting data. An 8-page questionnaire, divided into 12 parts, with 45 questions was mailed to the school libraries from all the 60 ICSS and 76 NTSS (C) throughout the country. A total of 89 respondents (65.4%) returned the questionnaires, of which 56 (73.7%) were from NTSS (C) and 33 (55.0%) from ICSS. The study showed that the MCSS libraries only start to adopt library automation during the 1990s and actively involved in library automation starting the year 2000. As at 31st March 2003, there are only 43.8% libraries (39.3% NTSS (C) and 51.5% ICSS) implementing library automation. A total of 50 (56.2%) libraries are not automated, however 39 of them (78.0%) plan to do in the future. The study found that circulation is the function mostly automated by libraries, followed by cataloguing. Turnkey system is the choice for most automated NTSS (C) libraries, whereas ICSS, opt for systems developed in-house. The research study has also identified important factors in determining the types of systems used, and areas need for future planning initiatives in implementing library automation
CRISPR/Cas-enabled paper microfluidic device to detect SARS- CoV-2 and its variants for wastewater-based epidemiology
No full textCullen, David C. - Associate SupervisorWastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has been demonstrated to be a
powerful tool for monitoring public health through the detection of biomarkers,
such as drugs and pathogens, in wastewater. During the COVID-19 pandemic,
it evolved into a significant supplementary approach to clinical diagnostics,
offering capabilities as an early warning system, enabling population-level
infection monitoring, and tracking down the virus including the variants of
concern. However, current methods for wastewater analysis are heavily
dependent on the centralized laboratory which requires expensive equipment,
specialized personnel, and result in slow turnround. This thesis addresses
these critical challenges by developing innovative approaches for the detection
of SARS-CoV-2 and its variants, combining molecular diagnostics with field-
deployable paper microfluidic devices. A comparative analysis of polyethylene
glycol (PEG) precipitation and ultrafiltration for concentrating SARS-CoV-2
RNA from wastewater led to the development of an optimized protocol suitable
for routine analysis. This protocol was applied for long-term monitoring of viral
loads (N-gene) in a local wastewater treatment plant, providing valuable
insights into infection trends. Additionally, a CRISPR/Cas12a-based
fluorescent assay was developed to detect SARS-CoV-2 and its variants with
high specificity and sensitivity, able to detect as low as 5 copies µL¯¹ . To enable
on-site diagnostics, a portable paper microfluidic device was designed,
integrating the optimized concentration methods and CRISPR/Cas12a assays.
The device demonstrated a rapid detection of wastewater within 90 minutes for
SARS-CoV-2 even without laboratory settings. This research findings advances
WBE by bridging the gap between laboratory-based techniques and in-field
testing. The technology provides a scalable, cost-effective platform for rapid
and onsite monitoring SARS-CoV-2 and other pathogens, contributing
significantly to global health management, particularly in resource-limited
settings.PhD in Wate
Fabrication and characterization of free-standing thick-film piezoelectric cantilevers for energy harvesting
No full textResearch into energy harvesting from ambient vibration sources has attracted great interest over the last few years, largely as a result of advances in the areas of wireless technology and low power electronics. One of the mechanisms for converting mechanical vibration to electrical energy is the use of piezoelectric materials, typically operating as a cantilever in a bending mode, which generate a voltage across the electrodes when they are stressed. Typically, the piezoelectric materials are deposited on a non-electro-active substrate and are physically clamped at one end to a rigid base. The presence of the substrate does not contribute directly to the electrical output, but merely serves as a mechanical supporting platform, which can pose difficulties for integration with other microelectronic devices. The aim of this paper is to describe a novel thick-film free-standing cantilever structure that does not use a supporting platform and has the advantage of minimising the movement constraints on the piezoelectric material, thereby maximising the electrical output power. Two configurations of composite cantilever structure were investigated; unimorph and multimorph. A unimorph consists of a pair of silver/palladium (Ag/Pd) electrodes sandwiching a laminar layer of lead zirconate titanate (PZT). A multimorph is an extended version of the unimorph with two pairs of Ag/Pd electrodes and three laminar sections of PZT
Congenital Hypogonadotrophic Hypogonadism: Minipuberty and the Case for Neonatal Diagnosis
No full textCopyright \ua9 2019 Swee and Quinton. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.Congenital hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism (CHH) is a rare but important etiology of pubertal failure and infertility, resulting from impaired gonadotrophin-releasing hormone secretion or action. Despite the availability of effective hormonal therapies, the majority of men with CHH experience unsatisfactory outcomes, including chronic psychosocial and reproductive sequelae. Early detection and timely interventions are crucial to address the gaps in medical care and improve the outlook for these patients. In this paper, we review the clinical implications of missing minipuberty in CHH and therapeutic strategies that can modify the course of disease, as well as explore a targeted approach to identifying affected male infants by integrating clinical and biochemical data in the early postnatal months
FIGURE 2 in A new species of Tethycometes Sarà, 1994 (Porifera: Hadromerida: Tethyidae) from Singapore
No full textFIGURE 2. Tethycometes radicosa, sp. nov. A, ovoid body transverse section of choanosome and cortex (the cortex region is indicated by two arrows). Scale bar: 200 μm. B, stalk, under light microscope. Scale bar: 400 μm. C, tangential skeleton and spicule bundle of stalk (the ovoid body is at the top end). Scale bar: 400 μm. D, transverse section of stalk. Scale bar: 200 μm. E, primary rooting process (indicated by arrow) attached to stalk. Scale bar: 500 μm. F, tertiary rooting processes. Scale bar: 300 μm.Published as part of Lim, Swee Cheng & Tan, Koh Siang, 2008, A new species of Tethycometes Sarà, 1994 (Porifera: Hadromerida: Tethyidae) from Singapore, pp. 65-68 in Zootaxa 1841 on page 66, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18320
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