Three essays on the funds allocation of U.S. Firms by Shih, Chia Mei

“…We examine the spending patterns of these proceeds and find that firms do not have a greater tendency to spend option proceeds than they do with other equity proceeds. …”
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Galaxy bias in the era of LSST: perturbative bias expansions by Nicola, A, Hadzhiyska, B, Findlay, N, García-García, C, Alonso, D, Slosar, A, Guo, Z, Kokron, N, Angulo, R, Aviles, A, Blazek, J, Dunkley, J, Jain, B, Pellejero, M, Sullivan, J, Walter, CW, Zennaro, M

“…While we find that we can reduce the complexity of the bias model for HEFT without compromising fit accuracy, this is not generally the case for the perturbative models. …”

How are cognitive maps formed and encoded in humans? by Glitz, L

“…We investigate map learning using maps consisting of discrete images. We find that the spatial sampling of transitions during training affects participants’ retention as well as multi-step inference ability. …”

THE MAYFLY / by Hazel, James, author 656313

“…When his attacker is found murdered the next day, Priest becomes a suspect and the only way to clear his name is to find out about the mysterious House of Mayfly - a secret society that people will kill for. …”

The Effects of Spending Rules and Asset Allocation on Non-Profit Endowments by Halem, Zachery M., Lo, Andrew W, Matveyev, Egor, Quraishi, Sarah

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Smallest job completion time heuristics for yard crane dispatching in container terminals by Ching, Yu Xin.

“…Indeed, the computational results show that the proposed heuristic can find effective solutions for the scheduling problem.…”
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Implementation of Dijkstra's shortest path algorithm for vehicle routing by Pang, Jacquelyn Jiaqi

“…Services like Uber and Grab, have been finding the most optimum way to make their services less costly so as the increase their profit margin. …”
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Design a 16-bit Low power multiplier by Gu, Bin

“…By the comparison of the result, we are going to find a better design for low power consumption. …”
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Effect of gap resonance between moored ships by Tay, Kenny Zhi Xian

“…Mooring operations accident is the most common and dangerous operation onboard ship. It is essential to find ways to minimize it to reduce the number of fatality and injuries onboard ship. …”
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Heterogeneities in landed costs of traded grains and oilseeds contribute to unequal access to food by Verschuur, J, Vittis, Y, Obersteiner, M, Hall, JW

“…Here we quantify the landed cost for six grain commodities across 3,500 administrative regions, capturing regional cost differences to produce grain and transport it across international borders. We find large heterogeneities in the costs of imported grain, which are highest in Oceania, Central America and landlocked Africa. …”

Local-flexural interactive buckling of S690 high strength steel slender welded I-section columns: testing, modelling and design by Sun, Yao, Liang, Yating, Su, Andi, Zhao, Ou

“…A testing programme, adopting two S690 high strength steel slender welded I-sections, was firstly conducted and included initial geometric imperfection measurements and ten pin-ended column tests. The testing programme was accompanied by a numerical modelling programme, where finite element models were developed and validated against the test results and then employed to perform parametric studies to generate further numerical data over a wide range of cross-section dimensions and member effective lengths. …”
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Marketing of iQue Nest : exploratory research in consumers' purchasing behaviour of health tonic products by Goh, Mei Ming, Tan, Yun Ping, Pang, Boon Seng

“…This research aims to find out the purchase preferences of consumers on health tonics and how they perceive iQue Nest, a soon-to-be launched bottled bird?…”
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Consumers' perception of organic food in Singapore : now and future by Ng, Mee Eng, Leung, Kum Ping, Ang, Poey Hoon

“…This study aims to find out Singaporeans' perception of and attitude towards Organic Food. …”
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General profile of the Singapore Chinese gay community and their attitudes towards products or services catered to the gay community. by Ng, Alvin Kok Ping., Lim, Qing Yi., Chow, You Yah.

“…Also, using the Theory of Reasoned Actions (TORA), we aim to find out this community’s attitudes towards products or services that are catered to them, how different social parties influence their attitudes and their likelihood to purchase.…”
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Feeling disconnected from others : The effects of ambient darkness on hedonic choice by Huang, Irene Xun, Dong, Ping, Labroo, Aparna A.

“…This research documents a novel effect of ambient lighting on consumer choice. We propose and find that ambient darkness (vs. brightness) can result in consumers feeling disconnected from others. …”
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High and Dry: Rental Markets After Flooding Disasters by Brennan, Mark, Srini, Tanaya, Steil, Justin

“…How, if at all, do disasters affect rents? We find that severe floods are associated with significant increases in rents for households renting units priced at the bottom of the rent distribution, but not the middle or the top. …”
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New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) : Day-of-the-week effect and bid-ask spreads by Guo, Lisa Xiuhui, Ernest Julian Sutanto, Quek, Benny Shiwei

“…We find that the technology sector is associated with higher transaction cost. …”
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Research firm reputation and investors' reaction to research reports by Lei, Thi Quynh Giang, Le, Thao Nguyen, Nguyen, Viet Anh

“…Contrary to our expectation, we do not find any significant relationship between research firms’ ownership in the listed companies and abnormal returns. …”
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Build your own Android App by Kyaw, Thu Zin

“…In a developed country like Singapore, finding a car park can be difficult during peak hours. …”
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Three essays on corporate finance by Si, Fangbo

“…Using the 2003 mutual fund scandal as a shock to institutions’ risk-shifting incentives, we find that lenders charge higher loan spreads and impose more covenants after the scandal. …”
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