Assessing the financial performance of container shipping companies by Cai, Kewei

“…Over the past few decades, a phenomenon was observed where container shipping lines are adapting vertical integration strategies towards the ports and logistics market, which is outside of their core business. …”
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Multi-sensor distributed detection in presence of communication cost by Tan, Kok Poh.

“…The subject of multi-sensor data fusion (or 'sensor fusion' in short) has grown explosively and a multitude of approaches and areas have been covered over the past decade ever since the first related paper was presented by Tenney and Sandell in 1981. …”
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City Clubs : critical success factors and prototype design. by Loo, Daisy., Phan, Thanh Truc., Tan, Tee Meng.

“…Characteristics of the five city clubs studied include image and positioning, objective and commitment, current and past strategies, organisation and culture, cost structure, strengths and weaknesses, size, growth and profitability. …”
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The Scene. by Lim, Rachel Shi Ean.

“…Hence, a majority of my past works has explored the various social rituals of these people that live within Singapore, uncovering human emotions, environmental relationships, or even hierarchical structures within groups. …”
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Growth strategies for liner companies in the time of economic recession by Toon, Nicholas Zhenjie.

“…The liner market, being unique in its own rights as a product and commodity, has been on the rise for the past two decades. This research paper takes a closer look at the liner industry, and specifically on growth strategies in times of economic downturns. …”
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Rheological characteristics of gelation by Lim, Lin Luan.

“…These three properties are selected as their variations during the gelation process are closely linked to the rheological behaviour of the gel that will greatly affect the use of hydrogels in various industries. Many past works have been done on the surface tension and shear rheological behaviour of the hydrogel but few of them analysed the extensional rheological behaviour of the hydrogel. …”
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The role of monetary and fiscal policies in handling the global financial crisis : effects and defects. by Lum, Wan Teng., Turakhia Aditya.

“…The boom of the world economy during 1990-2007 made economists envisage that recessions are a phenomenon of the past, and through careful study and understanding of world economies, setbacks in the business cycle can be combated (Krugman, P., 2009). …”
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Study of the preservation awareness programme in NLB by Chuang, Teck Nam.

“…Community libraries in Singapore have seen an increase in numbers in the past two years, accompanied by an immense increase in membership and loans. …”
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Open source security issues of the Android operating system by Hong, Hsiang Ted.

“…Security issues among smart phone platforms are putting at lower priority which shows the same trend in internet development in the past. Therefore, it might follow the footsteps of internet that huge amount of money and property lost due to malicious intrusions.…”
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Preliminary study on the characterization of forward osmosis hollow fiber membranes by Ng, Yen Ting.

“…Forward osmosis (FO) has received intensive studies recently for its potential application in water production and treatment processes. Many of the past researches paid great emphasis in optimizing the commonly used asymmetric composite FO membrane structure to achieve high water flux and solute rejection. …”
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Moving online - exploring the effects of online communication on social interactions. by Goh, Gloria Yu Yu.

“…Past studies show a mixture of responses to online communication, with some research indicating that online communication is detached from offline interactions. …”
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Fiscal reforms in Thailand by Chow, Yew Shiong, Ho, Joyce Hwee Chuen, Mah, Pui Ping

“…The fiscal crisis facing most developing countries and the corresponding problems of resource mobilization, external debt and widening savings-investment gap have directed new attention to the importance of sound fiscal policies over the past few years. Like many other developing countries, Thailand was unable to escape from the aftermath of the fiscal crisis. …”
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Design and development of an android application “Bus NTU” by Yin, Bangqi.

“…Since the past few years, smartphones have been playing increasingly important role in daily life. …”
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Flood risk studies for Jakarta, Indonesia by Ang, Ying Ru

“…Lastly, imperviousness percentages from past reports were modeled to determine the change in peak flow rate over a period of 30 years due to rapid urbanization in Jakarta.…”
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Income distribution in Singapore - an overview by Chua, Kok Chuan, Hoh, Chee Chong

“…At the same time, we will see if the income gap between the rich and poor are widening or narrowing through the past decade. Comparisons will also be made with other countries to understand the situation in Singapore in a better context. …”
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Accounting and distribution of service changes in the hotel industry by Low Choon Fui, Ong Chye Huat Simon, Wong Po Yuen Wong Shean Fwu

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Control of airflow rate in ACB – HVAC systems using Damper by Krishnan, Ananth

“…HVAC systems have gained a lot of popularity over the past few decades. Active Chilled Beams have been incorporated in HVAC systems to result in an increase energy efficiency, cost reduction and reduce building height. …”
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An evaluation on the local government expenditure in China : productivity, efficiency and optimality by Liao, Zhaopeng, Chen, Lin, Tong, Yiling

“…This paper evaluates the effectiveness of government expenditure in China from 1995 to 2013 in three aspects: productivity, efficiency and optimality, using data extracted from official sources such as China Statistical Yearbook, Finance Yearbook of China. In light of past work, we revise and generalize Barro’s model and apply it in the context of China. …”
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Performance of Singapore banking industry by Sin, Yang Fong, Tan, Siew Yean, Wong, Say Hui

“…Singapore's financial sector has achieved significant growth over the past few decades and now reigns as the region's leading foreign exchange trader. …”
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Chinese Chinese (Xiang Qi) : GUI development by Tan, Joo Hong

“…Over thousands of years, its has always been a popular past time activity for many, especially within the Chinese community. …”
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