Chasing the city that cannot stop: Exploring transportation and urban co-development in São Paulo’s history by Borges Costa, Adriano, Zegras, P Christopher, Biderman, Ciro

“…Over the entire 130 years, we find that urban expansion and road development pushed and pulled each other, in a somewhat “orderly” way. …”
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Microfluidic studies on flow manipulation to assist metastasis research by Tran, Duc Quang

“…We further characterize this transient point and find that the critical pressure at the transient point depended on the different loading rates of the flow. …”
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Retirement instruments and their distribution channels. by Ong, Cheow Chong., Poh, Choon Kiat., Ong, Joo Liang.

“…More has to be done to help people plan for retirement. First, we hope to find out about the relationship between demographics and instruments used by them. …”
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Multipoint sensing for energy efficient operation in buildings by Zhang, Han Wen

“…The first experiment is to find the effect of the multipoint sensing system due to the moving heat source. …”
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Analysis of underground excavation in rocks by Tang, Zhu Min

“…The purpose is to find out the factors which affect the instability and displacements of the underground excavations. …”
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Elastic-plastic fracture mechanics investigation on two interacting cracks by Lee, Jonathon Zhao Feng

“…The second step is to find the relationship between crack, inclusion and dislocation whereby the CTOD of the crack will also be affected by an additional dislocation. …”
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Governing in the face of a global crisis: when do voters punish and reward incumbent governments? by Duch, RM, Loewen, P, Robinson, TS, Zakharov, A

“…Using machine learning techniques, we find only muted heterogeneity in the magnitude and distribution of these treatment effects. …”

A mean field game between informed traders and a broker by Bergault, P, Sánchez-Betancourt, L

“…<p>We find the solution to the stochastic game between a broker and a mean-field of informed traders. …”

Framing, friction, and the continuity of social movements : the case of the ambonese peace movement in Indonesia by Rohman, Abdul

“…Previous studies have focused on their rise and fall but not their continuity and change. This study investigates through the lens of the framing approach why and how a movement manages to continue. …”
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Corporate governance : an empirical study of Malaysian companies by Neo, Roslyn Hui Zhi, Lim, Alfred Yung Way, Koh, Xin Yi

“…Specifically, we find that firm performance is positively associated with equity ownership concentration.…”
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An online marketplace platform by Kwek, Theophilus

“…Secondly, it is a platform where they can outsource their problems or find potential partnerships. Thirdly, it is also a platform for companies to list out their products or/and services, thus, enabling them to form an additional stream of revenue. …”
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An open-ended approach to enhance critical thinking skill in mathematics among secondary five normal (academic) pupils by Seoh, Bee Hua.

“…The study is an attempt to explore how an “Open-Approach” Mathematics programme can be used in the teaching of thinking skills in Mathematics. The main aim is to find out whether the Open-ended Approach programme designed for this study can be used to develop the pupils’ critical thinking skill in Mathematics. …”
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The study of target costing in Singapore. by Chia Wei Siang, Goh Sze Hwee, Tea Wei Li

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How Physical Proximity Shapes Complex Social Networks by Stopczynski, Arkadiusz, Pentland, Alex, Lehmann, Sune

“…Here we focus on a different dimension: rather than the strength of links, we study physical distance between individuals when a link is activated. The findings presented here are based on a dataset of proximity events in a population of approximately 500 individuals. …”
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Intercity connectivity and urban innovation by Liang, Xiaofan, Hidalgo, César A, Balland, Pierre-Alexandre, Zheng, Siqi, Wang, Jianghao

“…In China, models with social media and mobility networks explain more heterogeneity in the scaling of innovation, whereas in the United States, scientific collaboration plays a more significant role. These findings support the significance of a city's position within the intercity network in shaping its success in innovative activities.…”
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Rising power... to do what? : evaluating China's power in Southeast Asia by Goh, Evelyn

“…Drawing on China’s relations with its relatively weak neighbours in Southeast Asia where we ought to find evidence of China getting other states to do what they otherwise would not have done, this paper asks how and how effectively China has converted its growing resources into influence over other states, their strategic choices and the outcomes of events. …”
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Mitigating quantization effects on distributed sensor fusion : a least squares approach by Zhu, Shanying, Chen, Cailian, Xu, Jinming, Guan, Xinping, Xie, Lihua, Johansson, Karl Henrick

“…Simulation results are presented to validate theoretical findings and highlight the improvements over existing algorithms.…”
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Prototypical career paths in urban, suburban, and rural locations in the United States by Setor, Tenace, Joseph, Damien

“…We close by discussing our findings’ implications for career research and practice.…”
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Green and gamified! An investigation of consumer participation in green last-mile from a gamification affordance perspective by Liu, Xiaodi, Zhou, Zengze, Yuen, Kum Fai, Wang, Xueqin

“…This influence is mediated through perceived enjoyment, ease of use, and perceived usefulness. Furthermore, we find that consumers may prioritise social factors such as interactivity affordance over competition and achievement affordances in the gamified green logistics behaviour. …”
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Prejudice against foreign students in university : does priming articles reduce implicit prejudice? by Sor, Hong Yuen.

“…Study 1 of the present research investigates whether Singaporean students display a greater degree of prejudice against foreign students from China, compared to foreign students from other nationalities. It also aims to find out whether psychological and social factors, such as perceptions of realistic threats, symbolic threats and the need of dependence as well as the social interactions contribute to the prejudice. …”
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