The optimal debt structure : economic experimental analysis on the impact of liquidation policy and credit history by Zhang, Yaping, Chen, Feng, Li, Li

“…Moreover, comparison across treatments suggests that liquidation policy functions as an effective tool in deterring strategic defaults and firm credit history gives further incentive to honest behaviors. With this study, we hope to provide supplement to the existing theoretical studies in Optimal Debt Structure and bring out possible deviations arising from human behavioural considerations in real life applications.…”
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Bunkering in Singapore : challenges and ideas to maintain Singapore as the world's top bunkering port by Ng, Ming Wei.

“…In particular, the economic feasibility of LNG in a largely divided market for LNG globally, high cost of infrastructure required and the gaps in regulatory aspects are some of the big issues. It is with hope that this report will be able to provide the Singapore bunkering industry with more clarity to these issues on what some have described to be the inevitable next phase for shipping.…”
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Development of new methods in membrane protein science : tools in aquaporin-based research by To, Janet Yiu Ying

“…Several biophysical techniques have been employed to assess the binding and inhibitory efficiency of the hits to the human aquaporin 1. Overall, we hope that this research effort can play a part for future treatment of the devastating human diseases related to aquaporins.…”
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Virtual reality on vision improvement by Yu, Haitao

“…Thus, a study of a combination of new technology and old exercise methods come out and hope to provide useful function in prevention and treatment in eye disease.…”
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Predictive accuracy of the RSI in the shipping freight market (dry bulk sector) by Tee, Sandrina Jie Yi

“…This hence serves as a motivation for this study to test the accuracy of Relative Strength Index on the shipping market in hope of providing a useful tool for investors.…”
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The Nightingale / by Hannah, Kristin, author 369246, Macmillan Books (Online service) 655983

“…Without food or money or hope, as danger escalates all around them, she is forced to make one impossible choice after another to keep her family alive. …”
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A synthetic biology platform for malaria parasites based on orthogonal transcriptional control by Cárdenas Ramírez, Pablo

“…We develop automated DNA design software to apply this technology to study essential parasite genes for functional genomics and confirm compound-protein interactions for drug discovery. We hope these tools advance efforts to engineer and control malaria parasites in the future.…”
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新谣 ：我们的心声 = Xinyao : our voice by Low, Charlotte Qian Hui

“…By experiencing Xinyao vicariously from my personal sharing, I hope that one will find a connection with the music through nostalgia, know about it a little more and gain interest in it which in turn would allow for a continued preservation of the music.…”
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A study on the motivating factors and marketing strategies that affect donations to Singapore-based charities. by Lee, Jenevie Yu Ling., Ong, Yi Ning., Su, Han-Inn.

“…Our motivation in this research is to attract new donors and retain existing ones. We hope fundraisers can use this knowledge to target the appropriate segment of the population. …”
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Situating, anatomizing and enunciating Singapore literature prize - Understanding Singapore's new cultural field. by Wong, Winifred Li Min.

“…By enunciating SLP’s role in Singapore’s new cultural field, using the case study of its four English fiction winners, we can understand what stance a ‘genuine’ cultural mechanism/ practitioner can take in this new field. It is the hope of this research project to illuminate Singapore’s new cultural field so that cultural practitioners and audience (which effectively include everyone) can understand their cultural production and consumption.…”
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A study and evaluation of the old and new bankruptcy acts. by Chin, Collins Ye Kai., Khoo, Kenny Boo Pean., Lee, Ee Loon.

“…It is a situation which every person hopes to avoid. In the unfortunate event that a person is made bankrupt, bankruptcy brings forth many restrictions while carrying a social stigma. …”
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Automated ensemble multimodal machine learning for healthcare by Imrie, F, Denner, S, Brunschwig, LS, Maier-Hein, K, van der Schaar, M

“…We have open-sourced our framework as a tool for the community and hope it will accelerate the uptake of multimodal machine learning in healthcare and spur further innovation.…”

Engineering culture: logics of optimization in music, games, and apps by Morris, JW, Prey, R, Nieborg, DB

“…We draw on these instances to better understand the similarities and differences in the optimization of cultural content and metadata for economic or cultural gains. We hope our comparative approach reveals different conceptions of the term optimization, and that this term—in all its digital, financial, and cybernetic connotations—might prompt new ways of thinking about the interactions between content, (meta)data, platforms, and culture that have long shaped the circulation of cultural goods.…”

Rule Britannia: Brexit and the end of empire by Dorling, D, Tomlinson, S

“…<br> And yet, there is hope. In this wide-ranging and thoughtful analysis, now fully updated to cover the fallout from Brexit and the impact of coronavirus, Dorling and Tomlinson argue that if Britain can reconcile itself to its new place on the world stage, a new identity can be born from the ashes. …”

The religious life of viking armies by Abrams, L

“…By offering a speculative sketch of ‘pagan’ religious protocols, I hope to draw attention to the interest of the religious dynamics of Scandinavian armies at this transitional stage between mobility and permanence.…”

Injustice: why social inequality still persists (revised edition) by Dorling, D

“…By showing these beliefs are unfounded, Dorling offers hope of a more equal society. <br> We are living in the most remarkable and dangerous times. …”

How should we do racially just research? learning from a qualitative study on COVID-19 pandemic experiences in the UK by Rai, T, Dowrick, A, Qureshi, K, Munro, H, Wild, C, Douglas, J, Ziebland, S

“…By illustrating these ideological, practical and interactional components of research, including some uncomfortable reflections, we hope to encourage more open conversations among researchers and research funders. …”

Improving Practicum Assessment Instruments for IT Programme by Using Action Research Approach (S/O 14142) by Muhd Darus, Norida, Che Pa, Noraziah

“…The improved design is hope to be capable in measuring Practicum performance accurately and can be used to further assess many other aspects that reflect Practicum performance in preparing IT experts to face the industry as stated in IR4.0.…”
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21W.730-4 Writing and the Environment, Fall 2002 by Taft, Cynthia B.

“…John Muir, founder of the Sierra Club, evoked the wonders of California's Hetch Hetchy Valley in the hope that he could stop a dam with words. Another early environmentalist, Aldo Leopold, summoned up a world made barren by the loss of predators in the hope that he could stop the slaughter of wolves. …”
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15.389 Global Entrepreneurship Lab, Fall 2002 by Locke, Richard M., 1959-, Murray, Fiona E., Johnson, Simon, Pentland, Alex Paul

“…We also hope your experience will help you decide whether, when and how you would like to work as a global entrepreneur. …”
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