The inhibition effect: privacy concerns disrupt the positive effects of social media use on online political participation by Saifuddin Ahmed, Lee, Sangwon

“…Two studies in Singapore (Study 1 using cross-sectional survey data) and the United States (Study 2 using two-wave panel data) find that social media news use is positively associated with online political participation. …”
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Analysis of corporate governance and corporate performance in the 2007-2008 financial crisis by Tan, Kean Bu, Teo, Jing Jing, Jodi Yanto

“…This phrase caught our attention and we immediately took an interest to find out the main cause of this crisis that the whole world is embroiled in. …”
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Chemical synthesis of graphene oxide and graphene by Soh, Kian Bin.

“…The success of the synthesis was affirmed by using Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) to find out the experimental values of GO and then comparing it with values obtained from other research papers. …”
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Neural network based intelligent image analyzer and retrieval by Khoo, Jia Jun.

“…Experiments were carried out to find out the performance of the proposed system.…”
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Electrical characterization of Si Nanowire based devices – transistors and SONOS memory by Xiong, Tian Zhong.

“…In this work, the main aim is to find out the electrical characteristic of both devices. …”
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Performance testing of steam ejector air conditioning system by Yap, Fang Yu.

“…Performance testing is carried out on the vapor compression cycle alone so as to find the optimal conditions required to achieve its maximum COP.…”
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Webpage ranking: how it affects your selections? by Tan, Pei Li.

“…However, even today‟s most successful search engines struggle to provide high-quality search results: Approximately 50 percent of Web search sessions fail to find any relevant results for the searcher.[1] This project not only helps readers to have a better understanding of how the top 4 search engines works and how they rank their pages but also shows readers method(s) to manipulate the order of displaying results. …”
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Development of an intelligent solar energy system for off-grid application by Ng, Cindy Shi Hui.

“…The second parts followed by studying the photovoltaic (PV) module to find its characteristics and maximum power point (MPP) under various solar radiations. …”
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The state and the family : Singapore families in the economy. by Tan, Shaline Yen Ling.

“…Families in Singapore find it difficult to detach themselves from the economy and the state. …”
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Primate resting postures : an adaptation to mammalian herbivory? by Chua, Physilia Ying Shi.

“…Other than in sloths, a primate’s resting postures has not been studied before. To find out if a primate’s resting postures is an adaptation to its diet, the resting postures, amount of rest time, correlation between the rates of ingesta passage time and resting postures, and terrestrial/arboreal adaptations of five groups of primates (Colobinae, Cercopithecinae, Alouattinae, Atelinae and Apes) were studied. …”
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Information theory & quorum sensing by Chui, Wai Hon.

“…Next, the author compares the findings with three other conventional communication methods to provide a gauge of the effectiveness of quorum sensing. …”
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Study of remediation of heavy metals contaminated sediments with hydrothermal technology and sediment washing facilitated by chelating agents by Wong, Angeline Shou Yee.

“…Hydrothermal treatment under varying conditions with short contact time and low EDTA concentrations were then carried out to find out the effects of hydrothermal treatment on heavy metals. …”
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Image analysis of plasmonic sensor for high-throughput biomarker detection by Li, Xiaochao.

“…In future work, the SPR biosensor can find potential applications in biomedical research for the detection of different bio-molecular interactions in the laboratory.…”
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An empirical study on service quality of shipping lines and its relationship with customer satisfaction by Chye, Hui Hong, Lim, Imy, Soh, Hui Ping

“…This serves as the foundation of the present research from which relevant conceptual issues are applied to derive the findings. In tum, possible implications and recommendations are provided to the shipping lines. …”
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Data mining and discovery for structured English questions by S Shalini Menon

“…Due to the limited time and with so many topics and subjects to focus on, students and educators are often trying to find faster and efficient ways to improve learning and to better prepare for the examinations. …”
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Patent information aggregation and analysis by Chen, YanHua

“…One of the significant findings is the development focus in areas in network especially in network security and application development. …”
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Mobile apps development for NTU canteens by Chua, Joy Yun Hui

“…Thus, with the increase in demand for Smartphone and efficiency of wireless networks, the demand for mobile applications has increased incredibly.Android is one of themost popular open source platforms that offer developers full access to the framework API’sso as to build innovative applications.The main objective of this project is to build an Android application that facilitates NTU users to find out where and what to eat in NTU canteens as well as identify nearby restaurants. …”
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Pharmaceutical clinical trial supply chain : modelling and analysis by Tan, Dennis Wei Jie

“…For this project, a simulation model is created to find the drug usage rate for patients at sites. The inventory levels for DCs and sites are also compared and discussed.…”
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Is sentence processing really automatic? by Lin, Melicia Jia Ying

“…There are abundant journal articles written on Stroop effect for words. This study aims to find out 1) whether similar effects can be replicated in sentences and 2) if sentence processing has occurred during Stroop task. …”
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Transparent conductive thin film by Sri Jeeva Santhira Seakaran

“…After finding the required number of cycles need to achieve the best results, the concentration of ZAD are varied between 0.5 mol/l and 0.7 mol/l. …”
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