Investigations into femtosecond laser hybrid manufacturing for 3D power sources by Tham, Nicholas Cheng Yang

“…This methodology is demonstrated with a custom lab-built fsDLW platform consisting of a femtosecond laser source coupled with in-line monitoring and a two axis galvano-scanner. A fsLIL platform incorporating the same in-line monitoring is developed in parallel. …”
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Organic electronics and beyond (Advanced Optical Materials 14/2021) by Gather, MC, Lüssem, B, Reineke, S, Riede, M

“…With this Special Issue, we would like to celebrate the 60th birthday of Prof. Karl Leo, one of the leading scientists in the field of Organic Electronics (see also the Guest Editorial, article number 2101108). …”

The ‘inauthentic’ naturalized citizens: the case of foreign sports athletes in elite sports by Woo, Shawn

“…We then analyze how opinions between members of the public differ from national elite athletes themselves, a group that is directly affected by the introduction of the scheme. Our findings showed that factors like age and embeddedness in the sporting set-up were significant factors in affecting their perceptions of the effectiveness of the FST scheme and the acceptance of the foreign athletes themselves.…”
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Asymmetric pathways in the electrochemical conversion reaction of NiO as battery electrode with high storage capacity by McDermott, Eamon, Shukla, Alpesh K., Yi, Tanghong, Boesenberg, Ulrike, Marcus, Matthew A., Teh, Pei Fen, Srinivasan, Madhavi, Moewes, Alexander, Cabana, Jordi

“…This asymmetry is enabled by the presence of small metallic clusters and, thus, is likely to apply to other transition metal oxide systems. …”
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Tournaments of financial analysts by Yin, Huifang, Zhang, Huai

“…Using data from 1991 to 2007, we find that interim losers are more likely to increase the boldness of their forecasts in the remainder of the tournament period than interim winners. …”
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User satisfaction and service quality improvement priority of bus rapid transit in Belo Horizonte, Brazil by Zheng, Yunhan, Kong, Hui, Petzhold, Guillermo, Barcelos, Mariana M, Zegras, Christopher P, Zhao, Jinhua

“…Our results show that “expenses with public transport” (i.e. fares) should be addressed first among all the attributes, and the improvement priorities of “speed”, “reliability” and “customer service” increased after the BRT opening. These findings can help policymakers fine-tune improvement strategies targeted at different types of services.…”
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The development of lead-less perovskite materials for the photovoltaic application by Chen, Yan

“…In summary, the major findings presented in this thesis dissertation highlight the significance of compositional engineering of the perovskite materials to the fine-tuning of their optoelectronic properties and the performance of their associated devices. …”
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Human resource practices in the Singapore Civil Service. by Lee, Wai Yin., Ng, Yen Ling., Sim, Siew Lan.

“…Our project covers a wide spectrum and explores issues like the recruitment and selection of employees, the performance appraisal system, transfer and promotion procedures, compensation packages, training and development programmes, control, monitory and audit practices, retirement and layoffs procedures and lastly, one of the most talked about topics, their productivity improvement programs.…”
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Are Singaporeans saving enough to lead a comfortable life upon retirement? by Tan, Irene., Quek, Cindy., Toh, Hoon Choo.

“…To attain our objective, our report covers factors like medical expenses, housing trends and financial obligations. …”
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Analysis of alternative energy sources and their impact on shipping by Chia, Ting Ting., Wee, Jun Xiang., Munira P. A Abdulla Kunhi.

“…This paper explores how alternate sources of energy like Biofuels, LNG and CNG will affect the shipping industry by looking at current market trends, various cost analyses as well as their impact on the marine environment when used as fuel in vessels and the effects of various governmental efforts.…”
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An autonomous ultrasonic fastener holes inspection system of an aircraft lower wing skin by Lim, Chee Wei.

“…An aircraft structure is subjected to stress and fatigue during flying. Fasteners like rivets and bolts bear a large part of the stress and thus require frequent inspection for cracks around the fastener's holes. …”
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The state of the UMNO-PH union by Hamdan, Shahril

“…With the passage of time, Malaysia’s post-election coalition looks like it is being normalised by all key parties in government. …”
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Application of parabolic reflector to harness solar energy by Valliappan, Arunachalam

“…Concentrating on these factors like abundance, cost in terms of money, environment and efficiency, researches are being in progress to trap the maximum possible energy from this largest natural resource. …”
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Real-time control of activated sludge process by Chen, Chung-Yuan.

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Carbon footprint and energy used in mega underwater reinforced concrete structure by Phua, Yee Hwee.

“…With Singapore’s increasing population, a demand of land space for housing development raises. Several of methods like building HDB flats higher, were being looked into for better use of the land space we have. …”
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Design of perching mechanism for UAV by Lee, Wei Chong.

“…Research and development toward improving surveillance capabilities include extending mission life, by allowing the UAV to perch on locations such as tree branches, like birds.…”
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Implementation of reinforcement learning using neural networks by Tan, Keng Hui

“…Reinforcement Learning is a unique machine learning paradigm that has the ability to mimic behaviors and learn like what human do. Reinforcement learning can be used to train machine to do our daily job such as cleaning the house, driving the car and may even one day breach into the manufacturing world.…”
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Overseas listing of China's companies : causes and consequences by Wu, Yujun

“…Examines the causes and consequences of the overseas listing decisions and explains why these firms would like to list on the overseas market, through a study of 72 Chinese firms listed in the Hong Kong Exchange and 663 domestically listed Chinese firms.…”
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Historic development of regional economic integration and its impact on Singapore. by Lim, Wee Lee., Woo, Yam Yam.

“…This paper attempts to trace the historical development of regional economic integration and whether bilateral agreements like Free Trade Agreements will really help to accelerate and maintain Singapore’s growth momentum and review the pros and cons in the regional integration process, the economic impact of the FTAs to Singapore, and the challenges that Singapore is facing in her endeavor of this pursue.…”
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Individualism, collectivism and innovation. by Chan, Yin San., Lee, Yann Mei., Ng, Hui Yee.

“…Research results has also identified factors such like decision-making and problem solving to influence innovation within the firms.…”
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