Simultaneous achievement of an ultrashort length and a high extinction ratio polarization splitter based on the dual-core photonic crystal fiber with Ge₂₀Sb₁₅Se₆₅ glass by Chu, Lihua, Liu, Min, Shum, Ping, Fu, Yongbo

“…A comparison with other designs demonstrates the advantages of our polarization splitter, which can find potential applications in optical communication systems, optical fiber sensing, etc.…”
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Why East Asian war is unlikely by Bitzinger, Richard A., Desker, Barry

“…Secondly, when one looks more closely at the Chinese military buildup, one can still find many deficiencies in its offensive capabilities. …”
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Exploring translation strategies for didactic literature by Liao, Shuyan

“…In the Chinese culture, self-love is a rare topic, making relevant resources difficult to find. Considering this trend, I have chosen the book The Gift of Self Love: A Workbook to Help You Build Confidence, Recognize Your Worth, and Learn to Finally Love Yourself as the source text, to introduce this concept to the Chinese audience. …”
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Mortality and probability: philosophical considerations in selected contemporary British and Irish literature by Lai, Zaneta Zhi Yan

“…As the 21st century human struggles to find meaning in a world that is increasingly saturated with technological advancements, the human necessarily struggles with the fact that death is the one inevitable and irrefutable truth of life. …”
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Practical fuzzing on open-source projects by Ng, Chun Kai

“…The goal of this project is to find crashes that may lead to a previously unknown vulnerability in the targeted program. …”
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Business contingency and continuity plan by maritime firms in Singapore by Muhammad Fahrur Razi Bin Yusoff

“…Background study, industry surveys and in-depth interviews were conducted to triangulate the finding for useful and comprehensive understanding of BCCP practices as well as obtaining feedbacks. …”
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The inhibition effect: privacy concerns disrupt the positive effects of social media use on online political participation by Saifuddin Ahmed, Lee, Sangwon

“…Two studies in Singapore (Study 1 using cross-sectional survey data) and the United States (Study 2 using two-wave panel data) find that social media news use is positively associated with online political participation. …”
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Analysis of corporate governance and corporate performance in the 2007-2008 financial crisis by Tan, Kean Bu, Teo, Jing Jing, Jodi Yanto

“…This phrase caught our attention and we immediately took an interest to find out the main cause of this crisis that the whole world is embroiled in. …”
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Chemical synthesis of graphene oxide and graphene by Soh, Kian Bin.

“…The success of the synthesis was affirmed by using Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) to find out the experimental values of GO and then comparing it with values obtained from other research papers. …”
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Neural network based intelligent image analyzer and retrieval by Khoo, Jia Jun.

“…Experiments were carried out to find out the performance of the proposed system.…”
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Electrical characterization of Si Nanowire based devices – transistors and SONOS memory by Xiong, Tian Zhong.

“…In this work, the main aim is to find out the electrical characteristic of both devices. …”
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Performance testing of steam ejector air conditioning system by Yap, Fang Yu.

“…Performance testing is carried out on the vapor compression cycle alone so as to find the optimal conditions required to achieve its maximum COP.…”
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Webpage ranking: how it affects your selections? by Tan, Pei Li.

“…However, even today‟s most successful search engines struggle to provide high-quality search results: Approximately 50 percent of Web search sessions fail to find any relevant results for the searcher.[1] This project not only helps readers to have a better understanding of how the top 4 search engines works and how they rank their pages but also shows readers method(s) to manipulate the order of displaying results. …”
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Development of an intelligent solar energy system for off-grid application by Ng, Cindy Shi Hui.

“…The second parts followed by studying the photovoltaic (PV) module to find its characteristics and maximum power point (MPP) under various solar radiations. …”
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The state and the family : Singapore families in the economy. by Tan, Shaline Yen Ling.

“…Families in Singapore find it difficult to detach themselves from the economy and the state. …”
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Primate resting postures : an adaptation to mammalian herbivory? by Chua, Physilia Ying Shi.

“…Other than in sloths, a primate’s resting postures has not been studied before. To find out if a primate’s resting postures is an adaptation to its diet, the resting postures, amount of rest time, correlation between the rates of ingesta passage time and resting postures, and terrestrial/arboreal adaptations of five groups of primates (Colobinae, Cercopithecinae, Alouattinae, Atelinae and Apes) were studied. …”
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Information theory & quorum sensing by Chui, Wai Hon.

“…Next, the author compares the findings with three other conventional communication methods to provide a gauge of the effectiveness of quorum sensing. …”
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Study of remediation of heavy metals contaminated sediments with hydrothermal technology and sediment washing facilitated by chelating agents by Wong, Angeline Shou Yee.

“…Hydrothermal treatment under varying conditions with short contact time and low EDTA concentrations were then carried out to find out the effects of hydrothermal treatment on heavy metals. …”
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Image analysis of plasmonic sensor for high-throughput biomarker detection by Li, Xiaochao.

“…In future work, the SPR biosensor can find potential applications in biomedical research for the detection of different bio-molecular interactions in the laboratory.…”
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An empirical study on service quality of shipping lines and its relationship with customer satisfaction by Chye, Hui Hong, Lim, Imy, Soh, Hui Ping

“…This serves as the foundation of the present research from which relevant conceptual issues are applied to derive the findings. In tum, possible implications and recommendations are provided to the shipping lines. …”
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