The motivation of SPH journalists. by Chiam, Esther Shuen Ning., Teo, Hwee Nak.

“…The perception of journalists yielded some interesting findings. The third person effect, especially, seems to apply to Singapore journalists. …”
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3D photographing by Hadi, Halim Suroso

“…Then the images produced are compared to find the effectiveness of this method. There are some limitation occurred, so some special method should be developed in the future.…”
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Effects of morphology on the synthesised graphene-manganese dioxide compounds. by Chen, Frank Shao Yang.

“…The organic property of alcohol allowed the production of some morphology which was unattainable in a purely deionized water medium. …”
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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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Engineering G-quadruplex DNA : a combined computational and experimental study by Lech, Christopher Jacques

“…We approach this problem through a combination of experimental and computational approaches. We examine some of the fundamental interactions that govern G-quadruplex structure and their high order assemblies. …”
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Instagram-ing tourism : re-evaluating ‘tourist gaze’ in web 2.0 by Hongadi, Jacqueline

“…By comparing findings drawn from 200 photographs gathered from Instagram accounts of Singapore tourism institutions and tourists who have visited Singapore, this paper concludes that Urry’s theory remains valid to some extent in the context of Instagram as some tourists’ photographs were found to mimic institutions’ photographs. …”
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Effects of quarantine in imperfect disease control by Yang, Jiongcheng

“…The epidemic was so serious that many countries are infected, mainly in West Africa. At the same time, some similar symptoms are also observed in other areas all over the world. …”
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Social constructs and how not to ground them by Baysan, E

“…While there are intelligible grounding claims that can explain certain ideas in social ontology, such grounding claims add nothing to what we have learnt from constructionists about race and gender. Although some applications of this grounding approach attempt to remedy this and offer detailed analyses of how social kinds are grounded, they yield results that are inconsistent with some very plausible views about social construction. …”

Robust Markov decision processes: a place where AI and formal methods meet by Suilen, M, Badings, T, Bovy, EM, Parker, D, Jansen, N

“…Robust MDPs (RMDPs) overcome this assumption by instead defining the transition probabilities to belong to some uncertainty set. We present a gentle survey on RMDPs, providing a tutorial covering their fundamentals. …”

Why do rural migrant mothers in urban China digitally monitor their children? by Murphy, R, Wu, G

“…We examine how and why some rural intra-provincial working migrant women in cities in central China used digital monitoring technologies in their mothering. …”

Non-slipping adhesive contact between dissimilar elastic solids under normal and tangential loads by Ma, L, Chen, Y, Hills, DA

“…These results provide the foundation for understanding and modelling some tribological phenomena at the macro-, micro- and nano- scales.…”

Invited perspectives : how machine learning will change flood risk and impact assessment by Wagenaar, Dennis, Curran, Alex, Balbi, Mariano, Bhardwaj, Alok, Soden, Robert, Hartato, Emir, Mestav Sarica, Gizem, Ruangpan, Laddaporn, Molinario, Giuseppe, Lallemant, David

“…Overall, machine learning is likely to drastically improve future flood risk and impact assessments, but issues such as applicability, bias and ethics must be considered carefully to avoid misuse. This paper presents some of the current developments on the application of machine learning in this field and highlights some key needs and challenges.…”
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Generic web application for NTU lifelong-learning courses platform by Irfan Zaky Harlen

“…Whereas some people are interested only in some part of the courses rather than completing the whole degree. ]Singapore government recognizes this problem and supports the idea of lifelong learning by introducing Skills. …”
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The effects of music-induced emotions on English-Chinese bilinguals' resolution of standing ambiguity. by Ho, Sher Min.

“…English, Danish) while some others prefer NP1 or NP-high attachment (e.g. …”
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High performance control of a permanent magnet synchronous machine with flux weakening operation by Yu, Yi.

“…Given the tight deadline, some limits and drawbacks still exist. The simulation on the condition when the rotor speed exceeds the basic speed is not conducted yet. …”
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Hand sign language translator in human computer interaction by Yang, Da Rui

“…In order to understand and feel these people’s world, we need some medium to help both the hearing-impaired people and normal people. …”
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Obama's energy policy: the crucial role of coal in the US climate legislation by Robinson, D

“…And, finally, it draws some conclusions.</p> <p>The reader should take away two messages. …”

Very good lives : the fringe benefits of failure and the importance of imagination / by Rowling, J. K., July 31, 1965-, author 466163

“…Drawing from stories of her own post-graduate years, the world famous author addresses some of life's most important questions with acuity and emotional force…”

Multilateral security cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region : prospects and possibilities by Ball, Desmond

“…This paper seeks to (i) describe the achievements with respect to the institutionalisation of multilateralism in the Asia-Pacific since 1992; (ii) provide a critical assessment of this progress; (iii) consider some of the principal problems affecting the process; (iv) provide some net assessment of the achievements to date and what this suggests for the future; and (v) outline and agenda for action. …”
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Differential evolution with large initial populations by Qian, Yanfei

“…They are compared using some statistic tests. The results show that game theory can improve performance.…”
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