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L.I.F.E@NTU: NTU Open House 2014, NIE Campus Tour (8 Mar 2014)
No full textAssoc. Prof. Lim Kam Ming (Assoc. Dean, Programme Planning & Management) speaking to the participants at NTU Open House 2014
Visit by International Advisory Panel (IAP) (21 Aug 2001)
No full textProf. Richard Shavelson (left) (School of Education, Stanford University), Prof. Cheng Kai Ming (right) (Chair Professor of Education and Pro-Vice-Chancellor, University of Hong Kong and Visiting
Professor at Harvard Graduate School of Education) and Prof. Kwong Lee Dow (second from right) (Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Melbourne) during their visit to NIE
Visit by International Advisory Panel (IAP) (21 Aug 2001)
No full textProf. Cheng Kai Ming (second from right) (Chair Professor of Education and Pro-Vice-Chancellor, University of Hong Kong and Visiting Professor at Harvard Graduate School of Education) and Prof. Kwong Lee Dow (right) (Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Melbourne) during their visit to NIE
Ma Huan (original author), Wan Ming (ed.) Ming chaoben " Yingya shenglan " jiaozh
No full textPtak Roderich. Ma Huan (original author), Wan Ming (ed.) Ming chaoben " Yingya shenglan " jiaozh. In: Archipel, volume 71, 2006. Autour de la peinture à Java. Volume II. pp. 240-244
Educational Research Association of Singapore (ERAS)-Asia-Pacific Educational Research Association (APERA) International Conference 2018
No full textSelected members of the ERAS-APERA International Conference 2018 organising committee. From left to right: Dr. Jarina Peers, A/P Gwendoline Quek Choon Lang, Mr. Ethan Wong Chuan Yuh, Ms. Ek Soo Ben, A/P Eddy Chong, A/P Lim Kam Ming (ERAS President), Dr. Samson Tan Yong Tiong, Assistant Prof. Stefanie Chye Yen Leng, Ms. Berlinda Khu Siew Pheng, Mr. Sunny Sitoe Choon Yip, Ms. Joey Lim Li Ling, Mr. Chris Chua Wee Ann, Ms. Candy Wu Yuhua, Dr. Chua Bee Leng (ERAS Vice-President). The conference was held at NIE from 12 to 14 November 2018
7th Redesigning Pedagogy International Conference 2017 & Dr Ruth Wong Professorship in Teacher Education (31 May 2017)
No full textGroup photo taken at the 2017 Dr Ruth Wong Professorship in Teacher Education: Front row (L to R): Prof Leo Tan, A/P Liu Woon Chia (Dean, TE), Prof Tan Oon Seng (Director, NIE), Dr Wong Hee Ong, Prof Clare Kosnik, Prof Emeritus Clive Beck, Dr Seng Seok Hoon and Dr Agnes Chang. Back row (L to R): A/P Tan Geok Chin Ivy (Associate Dean, TE), Dr Chua Bee Leng (Assistant Dean, TE), A/P Lim Kam Ming (Deputy Divisional Director, OAAS), Mr Koh Boon Long, Dr Oliver Seet, Dr Christina Tong, Miss Lim Bee Lum, Miss Susan Tan, Mrs Belinda Charles, Dr Vanithamani Saravanan, Dr Rosemary Khoo and Mrs Wan-Yeoh Seok Kwan (Head, LIBRIS)
An adaptive gait event detection method based on stance point for walking assistive devices
No full textThis paper presents an adaptive and fuzzy logic-based gait event detection method for wearable assistive devices. A conventional and straightforward way to detect gait events is to utilize gyroscope measurements in the sagittal plane for time-series pattern recognition (positive peaks and negative peaks) based on a predefined threshold. This approach works well in the biomechanics analysis while it may have difficulties adapting to the changes in human walking speed for wearable robot applications. To tackle the above issue, first, we keep updating the detection threshold according to the last stride information. Second, we detect the stance point (zero-velocity point) as an indicator to distinguish between the heel strike and toe off events by combining the information about the foot angular velocity and acceleration. A method to construct a fuzzy membership function is also proposed via a series of moving intervals from foot acceleration data. Validation of the proposed gait event detection method using force plates showed that the method obtained high detection accuracy (-score = 0.99) for healthy subjects with and without the robotic support limb (RSL)
Adaptive Ground Clearance Control for Preparation for Fall in a Wearable Assistive Device
Get PDFReducing the risks of falls is one of the main tasks for walking assistive devices. Some elderly people who fear falls tend to lower the distance between the ground and the support tip of the assistive device (ground clearance), but it is very easy to obstruct their walking and also not good for their health by always providing support because they lose the opportunities to use their muscles. However, if the ground clearance is too large, the risk of falls would also increase. In this paper, we introduced the concept of adaptive ground clearance to adjust the ground clearance dynamically during walking so that the assistive device can always prepare for falls. First, the ground reaction forces on two feet are modeled based on the symmetry walking assumption. Thus, the vertical motion on the hip during walking can be estimated. Second, a wearable device prototype was built according to the information about hip vertical displacement. Finally, a PID position control method was implemented on the prototype, using a low-cost distance sensor to enable real-time ground clearance adjustment. This work may inspire the design of rollators and walkers to reduce the reaction time and to prepare for falls
The politics of fashion: perceptions of power in female clothing and ornamentation as reflected in the sixteenth-century Chinese novel Jin Ping Mei
Get PDFThis thesis examines issues of female power and influence in sixteenth-century China focusing on how women and their roles were perceived in the changing social environment of the mid-late Ming dynasty. Using aspects of a New Historicist approach, information from contemporary literary and historical sources are analysed alongside each other. With its emphasis on the lives of women and preoccupation with the description of material objects, the late Ming novel Jin Ping Mei forms an important element in the thesis. China in the sixteenth century saw expanding urbanisation, the emergence of a new wealthy merchant class, increasing visibility of women and a questioning of traditional morality. Fashion consciousness, as one of the most conspicuous aspects of the new material culture, is a possible indicator of these trends. Traditional Western theories contend that fashion began in the particular context of Renaissance Europe. However, this study argues that a similar fashion awareness existed in China too, and was manifested in a competitive striving for social status, in this case specifically among women. In contrast to previous studies which downplayed the impact women had on defining traditional Chinese culture, this thesis demonstrates how women and their sartorial choices began to redefine the boundaries of material culture, influencing literati discourse which, in turn, re- influenced female behaviour
Returning to the Root: The Formative Political Career and Intellectual Development of Nie Bao, 1487-1548
Get PDFNie Bao 聶豹 (1487–1563) was a Neo-Confucian philosopher and scholar-official of sixteenthcentury Ming China. In his Ming ru xue an 明儒學案 (Case studies of Ming Confucians), Huang
Zongxi 黃宗羲 placed him in the Jiangxi (Jiangyou 江右) group of Wang Yangming followers.
Nie Bao met the influential founder of the Ming School of Mind in 1526 and was inspired by his
teaching of the innate knowing (liangzhi 良知). However, he differed from other followers in his
quietist approach to realizing and extending this knowledge. While developing his ideas over the
course of two decades, as a holder of the highest civil service examination degree, Nie Bao also
held a series of impactful official positions, and earned a reputation for effectiveness and integrity.
However, he was also the unwitting victim of factionalism at the Ming court, which led to his imprisonment in 1548. The goal of this article is to provide a sketch of Nie Bao’s political trajectory
and intellectual development from his early years until his imprisonment, as well as translation of
significant passages pertaining to that trajectory and development. By the time of his imprisonment, Nie Bao had articulated the essential elements of his philosophy of returning to the root (by
which he meant silence), and attaining centeredness and, with that, his unique interpretation of his
teacher’s central tenet
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