A Review of Software for Predicting Gene Function

Swee Kuan Loha,Swee Thing Low,Mohd Saberi Mohamad,Safaai Deris,Shahreen Kasim,Choon Yee Wen,Zuwairie Ibrahim,Bambang Susilo,Yusuf Hendrawan,Agustin Krisna Wardani 보안공학연구지원센터 2015 International Journal of Bio-Science and Bio-Techn Vol.7 No.2

A rich resource of information on functional genomics data can be applied to annotating the thousands of unknown gene functions that can be retrieved from most sequenced. High-throughput sequencing can lead to increased understanding of proteins and genes. We can infer networks of functional couplings from direct and indirect interactions. The development of gene function prediction is one of the major recent advances in the bioinformatics fields. These methods explore genomic context by major recent advances in the bioinformatics fields rather than by sequence alignment. This paper reviews software related to predicting gene function. Most of these programs are freely available online. The advantages and disadvantages of each program are stated clearly in order for the reader to understand them in a simple way. Web links to the software are provided as well.

Efficiency May Not Be The Best Policy for Creativity

( Swee Fong Ng ) 한국수학교육학회 2010 수학교육 프로시딩 Vol.45 No.-

The Malaysian English Language Competency Dilemma: RecoveringLost Grounds through MUET

( Swee Heong Chan ),( Bee Eng Wong ) 범태평양응용언어학회 2002 범태평양응용언어학회지 Vol.6 No.1

Volunteer Motivations in Sport: Gender Differences among College Students in Singapore

( Swee Seung Chew ),( Do Young Pyun ) 중앙대학교 학교체육연구소 2015 Asian Journal of Physical Education of Sport Scien Vol.3 No.2

With the growth of Singapore``s sport industry, more manpower is needed to meet the demands of increasing sporting events. Given the economic and non-economic benefits that young volunteers bring, sport organizations should aim attract more of such personnel. In order to do so, they should have an understanding of sport volunteering motivations and how these motivations differ between genders. This would allow them to customise their recruitment campaigns to target each gender more effectively. The aim of the study was to examine gender differences in sport volunteering motivations. The study used the Volunteer Functions Inventory (VFI) scale to test for importance placed on six motivators (i.e., values, understanding, social, career-related, enhancement, and protective) with regards to sport volunteering. Online questionnaire was sent to undergraduates in a sport-related field of study. There were 126 responses, comprising of 68 males and 58 females. One-way MANOVA testing showed that females placed significantly more importance on values motivator; F(1, 124) = 4.91, p = .028, understanding motivator; F(1, 124) = 5.06, p = .026, and protective motivator; F(1, 124) = 4.43, p = .037. Results implied that volunteer recruitment messages should emphasise on benefits related to values and understanding, especially if the aim is to attract females volunteers, given that these two motivators were also ranked as most important among the six motivators. Ways to improve males`` perception towards volunteering should also be looked at by volunteering organisations and government agencies.

As Long As the Drawing is Logical, Size Does Not Matter

Swee Fong Ng,Kerry Lee 대한사고개발학회 2008 The International Journal of Creativity & Problem Vol.18 No.1

The use of letters as a variable is one of the obstacles faced by students as they make the transition from arithmetic to letter-symbolic algebra. Primary students in Singapore are in a unique position as they are presented with opportunities, right across their primary years, to work with less abstract representations of numbers. These students are taught to use a set of proportionately sized rectangles to model arithmetic as well as algebra word problems. fMRI studies show that adults used similar processes in generating the rectangles and letters used to solve algebraword problems. How do primary students perceive these model representations? Ten primary 5 students were interviewed on a one-to-one basis after they had completed a series of mathematics tasks. The written and interview data suggest that these students’ familiarity with the model method had enabled them to construct a new meaning of how numbers could be represented. This finding may offer educators an alternative route to facilitate the transition from arithmetic to letter-sym-bolic algebra.

Fuel for South Korea’s “Global Dreams Factory”: The Desires of Parents Whose Children Dream of Becoming K-pop Stars

Swee-Lin Ho 한국학술연구원 2012 Korea Observer Vol.43 No.3

This paper is an ethnographic account of the desires and struggles of some parents in South Korea who invest — financially and emotionally — in their children’s dream of becoming K-pop stars in the hope of securing a better future for their young, and repositioning themselves more favorably in an extremely restrictive and competitive environment. It is based on personal interviews with 15 mothers and 8 fathers, and participation-observation of young South Koreans’activities in a private academy where they receive “professional training.” This study contends that these parents are strategically benchmarking and re-benchmarking their place within a rapidly changing society by following shifting trends of pursuits that have emerged as new measures of success and status, so that they would not be “left behind” by a rapidly globalizing society.

After an English Language Policy Initiative: Listening to the Voices of Classroom Implementers

( Chan Swee Heong ),( Ain Nadzimah Abdullan ) 범태평양응용언어학회 2005 범태평양응용언어학회지 Vol.9 No.1

Malaysian language policy implementers need to institute a sound language education policy to meet the nation``s goals. While recognizing the need to learn English, current language education programs in Malaysia have not been totally effective in achieving the desired outcomes. As such, more drastic measures have to be taken to set the wheel into motion so that an obvious improvement in language ability can be seen. This actualized in the introduction of teaching mathematics and science in English in Malaysian schools in 2003, a strong measure to uplift the standard of English. The policy change led to several implications, among which is the question of how the new policy would affect classroom implementers of teaching mathematics and science in English. These teachers form a significant segment of stakeholders involved in the education innovation. Their attitudes, concerns and reactions are a significant indicator of the efficacy of the policy change. Investigating teacher perspectives is relevant as the teachers are an important factor in ensuring quality education as teacher expectations, their sensitivity, priorities and values, contribute to the quality of the learning process. With this in mind, a study was carried out to gauge the language policy impact on mathematics and science teachers, upon whose shoulders lies the heavy burden of ground implementation.

A Multistreming RISC Processor for Image Processing

Choe Swee Yew,Chan Choong Wah,Chua Ley Mui 대한전자공학회 1993 JTC-CSCC : Joint Technical Conference on Circuits Vol.- No.-

Knowledge is Key to Variability in Solving Algebraic Word Problems

( Ng Swee Fong ) 한국수학교육학회 2011 수학교육 학술지 Vol.2011 No.-

In this paper I propose that teaching students the most efficient method of problem solving may curtail students` creativity. Instead it is important to arm students with a variety of problem solving heuristics. It is the students` responsibility to decide which heuristic will solve the problem. The chosen heuristic is the one which is meaningful to the students.

남중국해에서의 행동수칙 기준: 또 다른 데자뷔인가?

콜린고 ( Swee Lean Collin Koh ) 제주평화연구원 2017 JPI 정책포럼 Vol.2017 No.16

최근 아세안이 주도하여 8월 초 마닐라에서 몇 차례 열린 회의는 남중국해를 둘러싼 기대감 어린 긴장감을 적어도 일시적으로는 종식시켰다. 앞으로 약 1년간 아세안과 중국은 행동수칙 공포를 위한 협의를 진행할 예정인데 이 수칙의 공포로 이어지는 과정에 많은 불확실성이 내재되어 있다. 어떤 형태로든 궁극적으로 구체화될 행동수칙은 아세안과 중국이 남중국해에서 “평화를 구축”하는 역할을 원한다는 것을 보여줄 것이다. 그러나 그들의 기본적인 의제는 여전히 다를 것이다. 한편으로 아세안은 아시아 태평양 안보 구조에서 핵심적 역할을 할 수 있는 기구로 보여지기를 원한다. 다른 한편으로, 중국은 남중국해에서의 과거행위로 인해 세계 언론을 통해 나쁜 평판을 얻었기 때문에, 긍정적인 시각으로 묘사되기를 원하고 있고 아세안과의 행동수칙 협상과정에서 분쟁에 대한 역외 간섭을 차단하고 싶어 한다. 따라서, 행동수칙은 어느 국가든 ― 당사국이든 아니든 ― 자신들의 목적을 위해 이용할 수 있는 허점투성이의 합의안이 될 것이라 예측하는 것도 가능하다. 군비 통제의 역사는 행동수칙과 같은 기제가 지리적 범위뿐 아니라 관련된 당사자의 범위도 넓게 적용될 필요가 있다는 것을 보여준다. 이 경우에 적용 대상이 되는 것은 어느 불특정 해상지역이 아니라 전 세계의 경제적, 전략적 이해관계에 직결되는 국제해역인 남중국해이다. 남중국해의 일부 영역만 선택적으로 수칙에 포함시키거나 협상당사자를 선택적으로 제한하는 것은 이 수칙에 치명적인 결함을 초래할 것이다.