Association between government share ownership, investment opportunity set and corporate policy choices : evidence from Singapore. by Chia, Shu Siang., Chye, Yook Yee., Sim, Kuan Yang.

“…Consistent with prior studies, we find that IOS is negatively associated with leverage and dividend yield. …”
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Job performance of engineers in Singapore : a comparison of the two genders. by Hoa, Kai Ee., Ong, Priscilla Loo Ming., Woon, Jing Shing.

“…With the results of our findings, we hope that companies who hire female engineers will be able to make better-informed human resource decisions.…”
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Chinese drama in Singapore : yesterday, today and tomorrow. by Tan, Edgar Ti Seng.

“…To date, MediaCorp has failed to find the right formula for global success. The paper will outline an action plan or strategy for Chinese language drama production in MediaCorp.…”
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Image stitching by Chen, Wei Qiang.

“…The magnitudes of gradient and orientations are added to each keypoint before creating each keypoint descriptor.These correspondences are then used to find m candidate matching images for each image. …”
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Empirical models & analysis of the Japanese equity market by Li, Zhongqi

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Effect of horizontal mergers and acquisitions on industry composition : a study of U.S. listed firms. by He, Yuxuan., Lee, Wee Leng., Ong, Kwan Siang.

“…The results further reveal that the relationship is stronger during times of recession. We find that there is no difference in the relationship between horizontal mergers and acquisitions and the number of net entrants regardless of whether there is deregulation or the industry is highly competitive.…”
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Facebook : a study of power relations. by Wong, Liwen.

“…This exploratory study attempts to find out how power dynamics are shaped in social relationships through the use of Facebook. …”
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Natural resources and income inequality in Africa. by Charasz, Pawel.

“…Using a panel dataset for 53 African countries over the period 1960-2010 I empirically test my prediction and indeed find natural resources to be a significant factor affecting the level of income inequality. …”
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The rates of return to education and effectiveness of training programmes for Singaporean workers by Ho Yuet Yen

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NTU smart audio tour by Tan, Chan Wei

“…These visitors can easily be overwhelmed by the huge and complex campus, making it difficult for them to find their way around. Furthermore, ambassadors are often required to guide and introduce the rich history, diverse functions and various achievements of NTU to these distinguished visitors. …”
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Development of an online forum for mental health related topics by Tan, Jia Lin

“…This makes it difficult to find relevant information and target the right audiences. …”
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The Aircraft Carrier: An Idea That Refuses to Die by Bitzinger, Richard A.

“…The aircraft carrier, denigrated by some as obsolete and a “cruise missile magnet,” continues to find new users and new uses. Consequently, over the next decades expect the number of aircraft carriers and the number of countries in the Asia-Pacific operating carriers, to expand, not decline.…”
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The mediating role of halal supply chain integrity in enhancing performance for halal herbal-based food SMEs by Rajendran, Salini Devi, Kamarulzaman, Nitty Hirawaty, Abd Rahman, Azmawani

“…Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to analyze the data and test the hypotheses. Findings – The findings showed that supply chain integration (SCI), Islamic human capital and HSCI have a significant relationship with SMEs’ performance. …”
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Examining twitter discourse on electronic cigarette and tobacco consumption during national cancer prevention month in 2018: topic modeling and geospatial analysis by Lu, Jiahui, Lee, Edmund Wei Jian

“…Background: Examining public perception of tobacco products is critical for effective tobacco policy making and public education outreach. While the link between traditional tobacco products and lung cancer is well established, it is not known how the public perceives the association between electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) and lung cancer. …”
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Corpus Linguistics for Health Communication : A Guide for Research / by Brookes, Gavin (Linguist), author 629273, Collins, Luke, author 656146

“…Both those with a little or a lot of experience in either field will find value in its pages"--…”
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Efficient Processing of Deep Neural Networks / by Sze, Vivienne, author 656123, Chen, Yu-Hsin, author 656124, Yang, Tien-Ju, author 656125, Emer, Joel S., author 656126

“…The book includes background on DNN processing; a description and taxonomy of hardware architectural approaches for designing DNN accelerators; key metrics for evaluating and comparing different designs; features of DNN processing that are amenable to hardware/algorithm co-design to improve energy efficiency and throughput; and opportunities for applying new technologies. Readers will find a structured introduction to the field as well as formalization and organization of key concepts from contemporary work that provide insights that may spark new ideas.…”
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Ethics and Law for School Psychologists : A Vignette-Based Workbook / by Whalen, Angela, author 655199, Diamond, Elena, author 655200, John Wiley & Sons (Online service) 647106

“…The authors bridge the gap between ethics and law coursework and real-world ethical and legal dilemmas by offering opportunities for practice applying robust decision-making models to vignettes and cases distilled from the authors' experiences in practice. Readers will also find: Explanations of the DECIDE ethical-legal decision-making framework for approaching practice dilemmas; Worksheets illustrating the problem-solving process for school psychology practitioners; Structured role plays for practicing difficult conversations with administrators, colleagues, parents, and others. …”
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Who2chat: A Social Networking System for Academic Researchers in Virtual Social Hours Enabling Coordinating, Overcoming Barriers and Social Signaling by Park, Soya, Song, Jaeyoon, Karger, David R., Malone, Thomas W.

“…Our results highlight that the interface allowed users to find relevant researchers and helped them feel confident in joining conversations. …”
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The relationship between ridehailing and public transit in Chicago: A comparison before and after COVID-19 by Meredith-Karam, Patrick, Kong, Hui, Wang, Shenhao, Zhao, Jinhua

“…Furthermore, using spatial regression, we find that an increased tendency of TNC trips to substitute transit is related to a lower proportion of elderly people, greater proportion of peak-period TNC travel, greater transit network availability, a higher percentage of white population, and increased crime rates. …”
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The cognitive and neural basis of complex decision-making in the primate brain by Ramadan, Mahdi F.

“…In chapter two, I train two monkeys on the task and find that monkeys also adopt a hierarchical and revision strategy to solve the task, like humans. …”
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