Detection of simultaneous structural problems using multiple structural health monitoring techniques by Yang, Lu

“…After the construction, cracks, wear and tear, fatigue, creep, etc., will appear anytime during their life span, which significantly affects the capacity of the structure to bear loads. Hence structure health monitoring (SHM) technique came into existence to detect the structural problems and increase its life span. …”
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Study of warm mix technologies for asphalt concrete by Sim, Joey Xin Yi

“…However, the move to expand road infrastructure underground sees its own shortcomings. Road construction in tunnels has been notoriously worrisome. …”
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'Donkey Friends' in China: the Internet, civil society and the emergence of the Chinese backpacking community by Lim, Francis Khek Gee

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Aesthetic innovation and radical nostalgia in Kazuo Ishiguro's when we were orphans by Chew, Sim Wai, Murphy, Neil

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The economics of climate change and its impact on policy : comment by Chang, Youngho

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Healthcare : containing costs without compromising quality by Tan, Linda, Chew, Soon Beng

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East Asian energy supply, demand and cooperation outlook by Chang, Youngho, Thomson, Elspeth

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Cluster analysis for non-stationary time series by Bing, Gao, Ombao, Hernando, Ho, Moon-Ho Ringo

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What's human life worth? by Quah, E., Chia, Wai-Mun, Sng, H. Y.

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Household production as a moderator in Singapore's economic development by Quah, Euston Teong Ewe, Lim, Sze How

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Chapter 1. The deepening global recession and the Great Depression fear by Lim, Chong Yah

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The Global Financial Tsunami: implications for East Asian economies by Tan, Kong Yam

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Is the environment a game? Game theoretical analysis of the Kyoto Protocol by Teo, Ernie Gin Swee

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Hobbes and the tragedy of democracy by Holman, Christopher

“…Democracy is tragic to the extent that it must be a regime of self-limitation, there existing no ethical standard external to society that may intervene so as to guide our political self-activity, and yet the structure of deliberation in democratic assemblies tends to render such self-limitation impossible. Hence what Hobbes sees as the inherent tendency of democratic activity to descend into excess and madness. …”
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Without passage by Chee, En Cui

“…They change across perspectives. I see a girl exploring her psyche. Maybe you see a witch trying to escape a prison? …”
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Stiffness of RC columns with hollow section by Teng, Ganyu

“…In particular, an accurate and reliable OpenSees model was proposed and validated against experimental data. …”
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Shi'ism, politics, and identity in Bahrain by Tan, Feng Qin

“…A 'naive' view of identity sees it as straightforwardly and deterministically causative, but if so the 2011 Pearl Uprising in Bahrain appears a paradox - a primarily secular episode of political contestation in a country with a Shi'a majority, against a Sunni dominated regime, in a political realm with a Shi'a Islamist-dominated opposition. …”
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Notions of "subject" by LaPolla, Randy J.

“…Up to the early 1970's that would have been a generally common assumption, though there was much disagreement about and no universal notion of "subject" (Platt 1971; Van Valin 1977, 1981; Foley & Van Valin 1977, 1984; Gary & Keenan 1977; Comrie 1981), though most theories assumed some conception of syntactic functions. …”
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Just Doing My Job: Normative Dimensions of Social Roles by Wells, Eliza

“…It also means that role-occupants are not off the moral hook. Ultimately, we each bear responsibility to create a more just social world.…”
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Data analysis of local scour around abutment in compound channel by Zhang, Ruixin

“…When building bridge structures in natural rivers, intricate local water flows, and the geological evolution of river beds will have a tremendous adverse impact on the safety of the bridge. …”
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