Competition in two-sided market : with heterogeneous users and negative externalities. by Chen, Hongyu.

“…Social networking sites (SNS) like Facebook are fast becoming part of our daily lives. …”
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The post-modern Japanese identity of Haruki Murakami's literature. by Ling, Shannon.

“…And for the modern Japanese writers like Haruki Murakami, this conflict presents a pertinent issue with his literature often derided by Japanese scholars and writers alike for the failure to represent the real Japan in his novels.In the first part of my thesis, I would seek to explore the influence that the writer himself has on his writing, discussing a little about his history such as the generation of Japanese that he was borne into. …”
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Plasmonic effect on visible light driven photoelectrochemical activity of semiconductor by Zhang, Huanchao

“…Semiconductors have been intensively explored in harvesting solar energy in recent years, among which TiO2 attracts many interests essentially for its excellent photostability. Nevertheless, like other semiconductors, TiO2 responds only to ultraviolet excitation for its wide band gap. …”
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Improvement of the riding comfort for sentosa cable car cabin by Er, Han Guang

“…Various ideas were considered, not only in electrical power aspect but also in mechanical design such as a simple fin-like structure (Diverting Fin) which would improve the interior air circulation inside the cabin. …”
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Simulation and investigation of Gradient Refractive Index Profile (GRIP) and photonic effect in micro-fluidic waveguide of different geometries by Zhang, Ruiyang

“…With the aid of professional software COMSOL’s Microfuildic model and RSoft’s beamprop module by designing liquid core and liquid cladding waveguides of different shapes including rectangle ,up-trapezoid, down-trapezoid, para-saddle and para-rhombus and injecting deionized water with refractive index of 1.335 into liquid core and 5M CaCl2 solution into liquid core at from 1ul/ min to 15 ul / min , the GRIN profiles and optical effects like chirped focusing and interference vary accordingly .The purpose of the study is to find the pattern of how the GRIN profile and optical effects change with the composition ,flow rate and shape.…”
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Raman spectroscopic study of the effects of dissolved NaCl and temperature on water structure by Wang, Yanan.

“…Further exploitation of the water anomalies like why water has such high heat capacity and why solid phase water (ice) has a smaller density will also be introduced.…”
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Revisiting “conversations between father and son” by Ong, Bendini Junior Boon Kok

“…Their last conversation before his legal death has been pivotal in Marla’s artistic practice and activism ever since- his plea for her to undergo sexual reassignment surgery, in order to secure the legal birthright that she should enjoy like cisgender people. The notion of a loving father encouraging his son to undergo castration in order to advance had a profound effect on her philosophy in life. …”
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The investigation of impact induced particle resuspension by Kwa, Wilson Wei Sheng

“…By extending the present model to include other effects like outdoor particle concentration and air filtration rate, it would allow people to apply necessary precautions against these contaminants. …”
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Leadership styles of women entrepreneurs in Singapore by Gow, Hui Yian, Lau, Choon Huei, Lau, Louisa Su May

“…Relationships between other demographic factors and leadership styles showed a lower significance of dependency (as revealed by the statistical analysis). Like all other research, this study has its assumptions and limitations. …”
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Development of a repair service locator Android application by Jiang, Jessie Jielin

“…RepairWhere is specifically designed to search for repair services in a city like Singapore, and the application can support any Android devices with different Android platform versions starting from API (Application Program Interface) level 14. …”
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Creating special image effect by image decomposition and reconstruction by Li, Mengguo

“…Most of lime, we will use digital image processing instead of analog image processing because it can allow much wid er range of algorithms applications to the input image and also can avoi d pro blems like incre asing noise and sign al distortion during processing. …”
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Synchronous reluctance motor-drive for energy efficiency solution by Xu, Han

“…Flexible loads with variable speed applications can be made more efficient if power converters based electrical drives are used. Industries like Siemens, Schneider, Rockwell, Danfoss and many others have come up with converter designs to optimize the solution for a given application. …”
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A study on the impacts caused by developments in the arctic region by Yeo, Melisa Hui Mei

“…Qualitative and quantitative methods like interviews and surveys will be utilised as well to substantiate key findings.…”
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Data analystics for earthquake social tweets using clustering approach by Wang, Lanlan

“…In terms of areas having earthquakes in cluster 3, in addition to preaching seismic knowledge and regular rehearsing, governments also need to do assistance measures to reassure and pacify the public, like psychological appease and economic assistance.…”
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Charge modulation spectroscopy of solution-processable field-effect transistors by Chin, Xin Yu

“…Our results lay down the path for developing mathematical device models as well as optimizing the molecular design of organic and hybrid organic-inorganic semiconductors for the development of high-performance, solution-processable FETs, as well as high brightness light-emitting devices like gated light-emitting diodes and electrical injection lasers.…”
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Mechanical and electrical characteristics of screen printed stretchable circuits by Tang, Reuben Wei Liang

“…Many of these researches uses conventional lithography, etching method or vapour deposition to sinter a continuous thin film of metal in the form of meanders or wavy-like structure to provide flexibility and stretchability. …”
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360 Immersive VR website for experiencing Singapore by Tan, Don Charlton Keat Peng

“…Building such a platform is akin to having a first glimpse of how websites of today would look like in VR. The platform would also challenge the definition of VR, as with WebVR, high powered head mounted displays (HMDs) becomes an optional accessory to enhance the experience; it is not compulsory. …”
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Condition monitoring of thermal comfort and energy efficiency for indoor environment of buildings by Chua, Andy Bing Zhong

“…Examples of such scenarios are industrial parks like Tuas and Jurong Island. In such scenarios, the solid desiccant system can achieve a total cost that is 59.4% lower than the vapour compression system over a 10-year period. …”
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Wavelength tuning of the soft-approached whispering gallery mode microlasers for display and sensing by Yang, Shancheng

“…Although the mature but sophisticated top-down and bottom-up approaches for semiconductor processing can provide WGM microcavities and microlasers with high quality and ultra-compact integration, the intrinsic rigid nature of the materials hinders the development of flexible applications like displayand sensing, which require the tuning of the wavelengths within the cavity. …”
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Analysis and design of RSSI in the RF receiver chain by Bhaskar Yashaswini

“…Cascaded structure of IFA is used and the output of each IFA is rectified. Few more accessories like chopper and comparators are added to these basic building blocks to meet the design specifications. …”
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