109 research outputs found
重来 = Restart
No full textRestart is a 18 minutes 53 seconds drama short film produced by Convoluted Films as a final-year project in the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information (WKWSCI) at Nanyang Technological University. The production team consists of undergraduates Tan Yong Lay Hayden, Lim Hui Yoong, Wong Si Jin (Victoria) and Soon Swee Huang Briana.
Restart is a time travel film that revolves around the themes of dealing with regrets and accepting one’s fate in life. It tells the story of a young man who struggles to come to terms with the evitable demise of his mother and wishes to return to the past to rewrite the present. After meeting with a fateful car accident, he successfully travels back in time and is determined to not repeat his mistakes again. However, his attempt later proves to be futile as he is forced to face the reality of fate again.
This report documents in detail the processes the team underwent to complete the project, from pre-production, to production and post-production. It also highlights the creative thought processes, challenges faced and their solutions.Bachelor of Communication Studie
Home swee home.
No full textMigration is a hot issue in many countries around the world, but Singapore’s recent
immigrant-driven population explosion has been exceptional in magnitude.
The recent influx of immigrants in Singapore has caused tension and uncertainty, prompting
us to question what it truly means to be Singaporean. Through Home Swee Home, the
filmmakers explore our society’s rapidly changing demographics and learn about our
common national identities.
We set out to understand through research and interviews why some Singaporeans
discriminate against immigrants, and find out what it would take to integrate them into our
society. A key question was to define who qualifies as a Singaporean, by first defining the
Singaporean identity.
With our diverse cultural heritage, the Singaporean identity is a complex concept with dual
aspects of nationality and ethnicity. We felt that the question of the Singaporean identity
could not be answered by any one person but only as a collective community.
To communicate these abstract issues to a local audience, we needed to express them in
concrete experiences. We sought to make a semi-observational documentary that would
show diverse subjects and their interaction with the Singaporean spaces around them, such
as hawker centres and void decks.
Through the everyday lives of three people who are all Singaporean in their own unique
ways, Home Swee Home celebrates the diversity of the Singaporean identity.
The title refers to the significance of Singapore as our home and highlights the relationship
between our identity and the spaces we live in. Swee is a colloquial term for something
beautiful and expresses our collective desire to live in a fine city.Bachelor of Communication Studie
Chinese literary works translated into Baba Malay: a bibliographical study
No full textAnalyses 68 unique titles of Baba translated works published between 1889 and 1950. The titles are held in the libraries of the University of Malaya (UM), Science University Malaysia (USM), National University of Malaysia (UKM), the Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP), National University of Singapore (NUS), National Library of Singapore (NLS) and the British Library (BL). The results reveal three periods of active publication of Baba translated works. A total of 18 works were translated before World War I, followed by 10 just after the war, 39 titles were published before the break of the World War II and 1 was identified in 1950. There were 103 persons involved in the 68 translated works, some of whom are responsible for more than one title. The most prominent translators were Chan Kim Boon, Wan Boon Seng, Seow Chin San and Lee Seng Poh. Some of the translators were also be editors, illustrators or editors. There were 31 publishers and 21 printing presses involved, all were located in Singapore. The most active publishers were Wan Boon Seng, Kim Seck Chy Press and Nanyang Romanised Malay Book Co. The translated works mainly cover historical classical Chinese stories, chivalrous stories, romances, folklore and legends. The titles were priced between 10 cents to 2 dollars in Straits currency. The University of Malaya Library held the largest number of unique title (62) out of which 15 were unique titles
Pulsate '08 : there's more in you than you think
No full textThis paper presents the “Pulsate ’08” campaign, a collaboration between the United World College (UWC) National Committee of Singapore and Team Pen N’ Paper, a team of four final-year students from the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University.
The UWC is a global education movement aimed at providing education and foster international understanding and peace. The UWC is represented by National Committees, and the committees offer scholarships that allow holders to study in one of their colleges.
The campaign aims to increase awareness of the UWC scholarship, to share the UWC experience with the target audience, to create interest in the scholarship in 2008 and attract more applicants, and to create sustainable contacts and avenues for publicizing the UWC scholarship.
The objectives are achieved through school presentations, a one-day workshop, a speech contest, and a constant online presence in the form of a blog and forum. Through this campaign, the team has managed to promote the scholarship to the 162 secondary schools in Singapore, personally visit 12 schools and expose more than 3000 students to the scholarship.Bachelor of Communication Studie
Content analysis of the user studies literature.
No full textThis computer-aided analysis explored the characteristics of research on user studies.Master of Science (Information Studies
Modelling of Escherichia coli in The Serin River, Serian Using The QUAL2K Model
No full textSerin River is an important river because it is a source of drinking water and is used for recreation by the villagers. Hence, the objectives of this study were to determine the impact of different land uses on the faecal bacteria concentration and to determine the suitability and reliability of QUAL2K model to predict faecal bacteria concentration in the river water. A total of 8 trips were made from September 2009 till March 2010 with 5 stations along the main river and 4 tributaries that were studied. Results of analysis showed that tributaries that received pig farm effluent recorded significantly higher mean concentration of Escherichia coli (E. coli) of 3.31 log CFU/mL and total suspended solids (TSS) of 57 mg/L. Present study also showed that there is significant correlation between E. coli concentration and TSS. According to the NWQS, all the stations fell into Class III and Class IV based on E. coli concentration. The model was calibrated and validated using field data from October 2009 to March 2010. The prediction results showed that for the river water to be suitable as drinking water source, no E. coli contamination should be discharged from the headwater and from Sg. Bukah. As for the suitability of river water for recreational purposes, the maximum recommended concentration of E. coli allowed for the headwater, SB, SP and SR; were <400 CFU/100mL, <900 CFU/100mL, <1000 CFU/100mL and <380 CFU/100mL respectively during low tide, and during high tide, maximum concentration of E. coli allowed were <400 CFU/100mL, <1600 CFU/100mL, <2500 CFU/100mL and <510 CFU/100mL respectively. It is recommended that further studies be conducted on monitoring water quality by using models to ensure long term planning and sustainability use of river water
Breast cancer in women with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1): a comprehensive case series with molecular insights into its aggressive phenotype
No full textPurpose: The purpose of the study was to improve the understanding of NF1-associated breast cancer, given the increased risk of breast cancer in this tumour predisposition syndrome and the limited data. Methods: We identified 18 women with NF1 and breast cancer at our institution. Clinical and pathologic characteristics of NF1-associated breast cancers were compared with 7132 breast cancers in patients without NF1 from our institutional database. Next generation sequencing was performed on DNA from blood and breast cancer specimens available. Blood specimens negative for NF1 mutation were subjected to multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA) to identify complete/partial deletions or duplications. Expression of neurofibromin in the NF1-associated breast cancers was evaluated using immunohistochemistry. Results: There was a higher frequency of grade 3 (83.3% vs 45.4%, p = 0.005), oestrogen receptor (ER) negative (66.7% vs 26.3%, p < 0.001) and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive (66.7% vs 23.4%, p < 0.001) tumours among NF1 patients compared to non-NF1 breast cancers. Overall survival was inferior in NF1 patients in multivariable analysis (hazard ratio 2.25, 95% CI 1.11-4.60; p = 0.025). Apart from germline NF1 mutations (11/16; 69%), somatic mutations in TP53 (8/10; 80%), second-hit NF1 (2/10; 20%), KMT2C (4/10; 40%), KMT2D (2/10; 20%), and PIK3CA (2/10; 20%) were observed. Immunohistochemical expression of neurofibromin was seen in the nuclei and/or cytoplasm of all specimens, but without any consistent pattern in the intensity or extent. Conclusions: This comprehensive series of NF1-associated breast cancers suggests that their aggressive features are related to germline NF1 mutations in cooperation with somatic mutations in TP53, KMT2C and other genes.Yoon-Sim Yap, Prabhakaran Munusamy, Cindy Lim, Claire H.T. Chan, Aldo Prawira, Sau-Yeen Loke, Swee-Ho Lim, Kong-Wee Ong, Wei-Sean Yong, Sarah B.H. Ng, Iain B.H. Tan, David F. Callen, Jeffrey C.T. Lim, Aye-Aye Thike, Puay-Hoon Tan, Ann S.G. Le
Shades of grey : the complexities and challenges of evolving with Singapore's new old.
No full textOur articles are targeted at the New Old with the purpose that they would be able to understand the situation they might be facing in 2030 at a deeper level after reading them.Bachelor of Communication Studie
Utility of the Morisky Medication Adherence Scale in gout: a prospective study
No full textCSL Tan,1 GG Teng,1,2 KJ Chong,2 PP Cheung,1,2 AYN Lim,1,2 HL Wee,3,4 A Santosa1,2 1University Medicine Cluster, Division of Rheumatology, National University Health System, 2Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, 3Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Science, 4Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore Background: The outcomes of any chronic illness often depend on patients’ adherence with their treatment. A tool is lacking to assess adherence in gout that is standardized, allows real-time feedback, and is easy to understand.Objective: We set out to evaluate the utility of the 8-item Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS-8) in monitoring medication adherence in a multiethnic Asian gout cohort on urate-lowering therapy (ULT).Methods: This cohort study recruited patients with gout where baseline and 6-monthly clinical data, self-report of adherence, and health status by Gout Impact Scale (GIS) and EuroQoL-5 dimension 3 levels were collected. Those who received at least 9 months of ULT were analyzed. Convergent and construct validities of MMAS-8 were evaluated against medication possession ratio (MPR) and known groups, clinical outcomes, and patient-reported outcomes. Internal consistency and test–retest reliability were assessed using Cronbach’s alpha and intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), respectively.Results: Of 91 patients, 92.3% were male, 72.5% Chinese with mean age 53.5 years. MMAS-8 (mean 6.17) and MPR (mean 96.3%) were poorly correlated (r=0.069, P=0.521). MMAS-8 did not differ between those who did or did not achieve target serum urate (SU) <360 µmol/L (P=0.852); or among those whose SU improved, stagnated, or worsened during follow-up (P=0.777). Adherence was associated with age (β=0.256, P=0.015) and education level (P=0.011) but not comorbidities, polypharmacy, or flare frequency. Concerns for medication side effects and anxiety or depression were associated with lower MMAS-8 (P<0.005). Internal consistency was acceptable (α=0.725) and test–retest reliability was satisfactory (ICC =0.70, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.36–0.88).Conclusion: MMAS-8 had limited construct validity in assessing medication adherence to ULT in our gout patients. Nevertheless, it identified patients bothered or worried about ULT side effects, and those with underlying anxiety or depression, for whom targeted education and coping support may be useful. Keywords: gout, 8-item Morisky Medication Adherence Scale, MMAS-8, serum urate, urate-lowering therapy, Singapor
Optimization of the directed energy deposition process parameters to improve throughput for steel-based material
No full textIn this dissertation, a dimensionless theory is developed for rapid parameter development to study single-track clads. A temperature-based cooling time delay technique was developed to improve the fabrication of thin-walls, which is made by stacking the single track clads on top of one another. This study aims to improve adoption of the directed energy deposition (DED) additive manufacturing process to transform manufacturing companies for industry 4.0. Some challenges lie in the lack of skilled workers for this process, which resulted in a few companies pioneering in this technology, with many others lagging due to long material-process-machine development.
DED is a metal additive manufacturing (AM) process that deposits molten metal on metallic surfaces, enabling large part fabrication and part repair. Though it can print on any surfaces, it follows a layer-by-layer approach during the AM process that has to start from a datum plane. Challenges such as unknown optimized parameters required for new materials or melt-down and overheating parts and substrates have plagued development time.
This study thus aims to further develop methods in the parameter development and temperature control of the DED process for steel-based materials for industrial projects. The development of such a method targets critical parameters for faster material development, thus indirectly improving the adoption rate, and developing a simple yet effective temperature-based cooling process, which helps fabricate high-aspect-ratio parts.
First, the various parameters within the DED system were identified to see the influence on part geometry. Next, a dimensionless theorem was developed for rapid parameter development to study its effect on the microstructure and size of single-track clads. Lastly, a temperature-based cooling system was developed to improve the printing of thin walls.
The results identified the key parameters crucial in the DED process and further improved the development speed using a dimensionless theorem. Validation work was carried out successfully with steels of different compositions. Further improvements were made using temperature-based cooling to develop methods for Corrax thin wall fabrications that showed higher strength relative to a normally cooled part.
This study contributes to the scientific knowledge regarding applying the dimensionless theorem into the DED process and studies the various microstructure evolution in the fabrication of Corrax thin wall parts. It also simplifies the material-process parameter-machine development process for ease of adoption for the manufacturing industry.Doctor of Philosoph
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