From smartphones to phantom limbs : examining how the smartphone constitutes the self in Singaporean millenials by Cheah, Dionne Wei Lin

“…Individuals have grown increasingly attached to their smartphones, to the extent that it has been viewed as an ‘extension of the self/body’. This paper aims to explore how the use of smartphone is embbeded in the everyday lives of local Millenials and how it constitutes the self. …”
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Effects of facility familiarity (home ground advantage) on state anxiety and performance of youth bowlers by Tan, Calista Li Xuan

“…Little research has been done on the effects of facility familiarity with regard to individual sports. …”
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Analysis of total factor productivity growth in marine and offshore industry by Chia, Cheryl Xin Yu, Lin, Joyce Shi Ying, Neo, Kai Min

“…The overall trend of estimated TFPG has been found to be declining gradually and there is a positive and significant relationship between output growth and TFPG in M&O industry from 1981 to 2013. …”
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Multi-vortex magnetic nanoparticles for magneto-mechanical cancer cell destruction by Ng, Yee Yen

“…In recent years, magnetic nanoparticles have been used in various biomedical research and also the research in targeted cancer cell destruction. …”
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An investigation into communication theories as it applies to air traffic control by Ong, Jason Jia Sheng

“…Air traffic volume has been growing exponentially ever since the massive improvement to the jet engines in the 1970s. …”
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Large eddy simulations of flow over solid circular cylinders and rectangular blocks by Lim, Yong Xiang

“…Due to the rising need to understand flow across circular cylinders, many investigations have been conducted in the past. The aim of the current work was to investigate the influence of various parameters by conducting three dimensional numerical simulations for flow across a circular cylinder. …”
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Development of Kinect based robot control system with obstacle avoidance capability by Chew, Boon Jin

“…Obstacle avoidance has been a developing field of research in robotics for many years. …”
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A vision-based positioning system by Chen, Victor Jiajun

“…Technology in image processing had always been improving over the past few decades. From the simplest face detection, to the face recognition programs the world have now, the ability to break down and process images to each individual’s requirement had helped mankind in many areas, such as tracking and identification. …”
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Data and mobile device protection by Toh, Kok Keong

“…All the data will be stored in the SQLite database. This project has been successfully delivered and implemented despite several challenges along the way. …”
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Design and development of a UML use-case assessment manager software application by Thanigaivel Nirmalkumar

“…Hence, a new UML Use-Case assessment manager had been developed to allow students to submit their UML Use-Case Diagram assignments. …”
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Predicting statistics performance beyond statistics anxiety by Kwek, Kenneth Shuan Gui

“…Statistics anxiety has been the focus of past researchers seeking to improve students’ statistics performance. …”
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Physics education research: the teaching and learning of quantum mechanics by Lai, Joel Weijia

“…Thus, when physics concepts are taught, students need to have been equipped with the relevant skills in mathematics in their long-term and working memory so that they are not distracted by learning the mathematics while, at the same time, learning the physics. …”
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Development of database management system for underground cavern construction by Lim, Li Wei

“…In recent years, there is an increasing trend in the development of underground spaces, and is one development with great potential especially for a land scarce city like Singapore. …”
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Li-Fi : transmitting data wirelessly using light by Wang, Yi

“…Being a disruptive technology, there has been a large growing research interest to explore the potential of using the light as a medium to transfer the information instead of the conventional wireless transmission methods such as Wi-Fi and RF. …”
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Classification of helicopters for passive radar - theoretical studies and measurements by Qiao, Na

“…The model of rotating blades has been established based on the mechanism of rotation. …”
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Virtual reality on vision improvement by Yu, Haitao

“…VR has become a hot word in recent years, it can be implemented in many different areas to help people to fasten their work flow and improve their productivity. …”
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Poverty and meritocracy in Singapore by Ang, Jonathan Choong Yew, Chua, Joyce Hui Ping, Zhang, Alethea Shimin

“…Particularly, there have been cases of individuals struggling to make ends meet. …”
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Teaching and learning enabled by technology : design and development of active learning for small classes by Khor, Le Yi

“…Research has found that the traditional learning environment does not cultivate skills required in the 21st century. As such, in recent years, there have been introduction of many new methodologies of learning. …”
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A software system for business by Tan, Joel Jun Rong

“…Many independent systems have been invented which creates little value for consumers as their loyalty are often neglected by the payment software and companies. …”
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Analysis of EEG trials with external tactile stimulus-identification and rejection of artifacts using EEGLAB by Sng, Brian Wen Hao

“…It is now certified to be used on humans and multiple software have been created to analyse data from EEG. One such software is a package by MATLAB, called EEGLAB. …”
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