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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An analysis on the Vietnam's equity market. by Sng, Ya Ying., Chang, June Tneg., Tran, Thanh Thuy.

“…Subsequently, a more in-depth analysis is done on the Vietnam’s corporate governance mechanisms since this is the main issue found in this study. Finally, the paper ends with recommendations for Vietnam’s reform efforts and possible future research in this area.…”
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Neural network based intelligent image analyzer and retrieval by Khoo, Jia Jun.

“…CBIR could be the key to removing the need for the tremendous amount of manual labour of annotating the images. The main goal of a CBIR system is to identify closely matched images and return them to the user accurately in the shortest possible time. …”
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Security issues of WiMAX by Tan, Yong Qi.

“…In IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX), security has been considered as the main issue during the design of the protocol. However, security mechanism of the WiMAX still remains a question. …”
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Surviving the economic crisis in distribution and warehousing business by Chia, Tow Fong.

“…Specifically, the reduction in business volume was rated as the main reason for causing the poor performance of the company. …”
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Electrical characterization of Si Nanowire based devices – transistors and SONOS memory by Xiong, Tian Zhong.

“…A vertical gate-all-around (GAA) non-volatile memory (NVM) SONOS and PMOS vertical gate-all-around (GAA) Silicon Nanowire with the height of 150nm and diameter of ~20nm for the memory and height of 600~700nm and diameter of ~5nm is being study. In this work, the main aim is to find out the electrical characteristic of both devices. …”
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Operational efficiency and productivity in container terminals part (II) : service quality and port pricing by Chan, Sek Yeong.

“…The quality of services has become a major factor affecting the customers‟ choice of terminals and ports and especially, main hub ports to be used (Fleming 1997). This paper shows the top 5 segments of “Importance”, “Satisfaction” and “Possible Improvements” in service quality according to the customers‟ demands of PSA Singapore Container Terminals by using Quality Attribute Ranking (QAR), which provides an evaluation of the priority levels of consumer requirement attributes. …”
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Grid integration techniques with wind power plants by Ong, Tee Wee.

“…Closed-loop controllers are designed for both the DC-AC Inverter (in main circuit) and SSSC Inverter to maintain the output voltage at a stable level for the power grid. …”
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NTU campus E-bike Android project by Yao, Chang

“…This report generally described how the author gathered information from the project resource base and used these resources to realize the requirements of the project. The main design philosophies of this project are simple, fast, accurate, and user friendly. …”
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MANET test-bed implementation and performance analysis by Cai, Ruojun

“…I developed two basic frameworks which are mobility test bed and bandwidth test bed, since these are two main factors that are particular to MANETs.…”
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Information theory & quorum sensing by Chui, Wai Hon.

“…The author briefly summarizes the main concepts of information theory and quorum sensing in chapter 2 and 3, respectively. …”
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Design and develop an ornithopter by Wahyu Benardo Fanthony

“…The model will used electrical power from battery and perform flapping mechanism from dc motor. The main objective is to be able to perform basic movements such as wing flaps, tail flaps and tail twist. …”
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The causes of presenteeism : a study of the antecedents of sickness presenteeism in the Singapore context. by Chang, Hua Lin., Yeo, Ciau Er., Phua, Justin Wei Zheng.

“…Sickness presenteeism has gained increasing awareness among organizations in recent years. The main reason for its growing importance in the eyes of professionals is the overwhelming cost, surpassing the cost of absenteeism, incurred by employers when employees turn up for work feeling unwell. …”
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HTTP over UDP for data intensive applications by Teo, Chou Chun.

“…This project can be broadly divided and executed in four main tasks. First, we will conduct a Literature Survey to establish what similar published studies that have been done before so as to avoid overlap as well to gather background information and gain comprehensive knowledge that pertains to data transfer over UDP. …”
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Deradicalisation of terrorists : a psychological perspective. by Shi, Priscilla Wanting., Ho, Cheryl Hui Wen.

“…This paper attempts to provide a better understanding of this process from a psychosocial perspective. The main research questions in this paper were: What are the concepts of deradicalisation? …”
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Operation and control of PEM fuel cell system by Tan, Chun Xu.

“…However, integration of a variety of small-size distributed generators is changing the traditional structure of electric power distribution systems and affecting system dynamics, whose main source of power supply is the substation. …”
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Design and characterization of multiple-stimuli responsive shape memory hybrids by Tan, Jun Liang.

“…Shape-memory hybrids are stimuli-responsive materials which are formed by a combination of two or more materials that can be of different nature. The main working principle of the shape-memory hybrid is similar to the conventional shape-memory alloy or shape-memory polymer – which is the ability to recover their original shape with the right stimuli after being deformed plastically. …”
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Investigation on the mechanism of amyloid beta peptides oligomerization and the process for its inhibition by Zhao, Li Na

“…It is generally believed that the Abeta oligomers are the main source of toxicity and the leading contributor to neuronal cell death. …”
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Human factors evaluation of conflict resolution aid in future air traffic control by Pereira, Theresse Vanessa

“…There is a need to provide better support for the ATCOs as there will definitely be an increase in air traffic density in the future. The main focus in carrying out this research is to study the effect the presence of a CRA has on the Situational Awareness of an ATCO. …”
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A study of tidal turbine array - I by Zhang, Xiang

“…A wind turbine is a rotating machine that converts kinetic energy into mechanical energy. It is one of the main source of renewable energy that has gained interested in the recent years due to the environmental concerns such as climate change and depletion of fossil fuels. …”
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