Construction of novel optical imaging probes and their applications in bioassays by Shao, Qing

“…By combining enzyme recognizing specificity and photosensitizing function, this probe displays promising imaging and photokilling capabilities to the drug resistant strains, including pathogenic species like clinically isolated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. …”
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Hand sign language translator in human computer interaction by Yang, Da Rui

“…As a normal people live in this world, we can’t imagine what life is like if we can’t communicate with each other by speaking. …”
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Strategic adaptabilty and firm performance : an empirical study of the miles and show typology by Boey, Stephanie Lai Fong, Leong, Ngai Fong, Tan, Bee Bee

“…Performance results were measured based on performance indicators like Return on Investment (ROI) and Market Share. …”
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Healthcare alarm system by Ng, Xue Ting

“…In this report it records and depicts what the student have learned and done over the 2 semesters which includes areas like brainstorming which ideas to use, researching, understanding how to program using Matlab software and Arduino software, troubleshooting for both hardware and software, also the steps and implementation of the whole project.…”
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Maximizing airport runway throughput via sequencing arrival schedule by Lin, Chuanwen

“…Through an understanding of how the different factors can have an impact on the throughput capacity of the airport runway, this report will outline some ways which the SAS method can be further improved and subsequently be applied to other areas like surface management.…”
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Co-located face-to-face social interaction using multiple smartphones by Tee, Yu Chao

“…The survey results show that the game created has achieved its goal of encouraging communication and collaboration as a team to achieve a common goal. Players would also like to try the game again to attempt for a better score. …”
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Biochemical characterisation of NS2B-NS3 protease from flaviviruses by Nah, Jojo Qian Hui

“…Among the viral proteins, non-structural protein 3 (NS3) is a multi-functional protein, which the N-terminal domain comprised of a chymotrysin- like serine protease (NS3pro), responsible for viral polyprotein cleavage. …”
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EMS of hybrid AC/DC micro grid by Zhao, Yi

“…Large application of renewable resources like solar energy, wind power, energy storage systems has been widely utilized. …”
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In silico assessment of a compliant vascular prosthesis by Wong, Yi Jean

“…Compliance test will also be done to have a comparison between the fibers fabricated and the native blood vessel to observe the physical changes when the vascular prosthesis are placed in a “physiological-like” environment. Results have shown that the design of the fiber indeed has an effect on mechanical properties, in particular the von Mises Stress. …”
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Investigation of Ni as Zn substitute in CZTS thin film solar cell by Quek, Ka Jun

“…The highest efficiency achieved was around 5.45% for pure Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) device using static mode, meanwhile the nickel-substituted samples behave like a metal instead of semiconductor when the Ni is substituted. …”
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Universal machine learning classifier using extreme learning machines by Chen, Jinnan

“…Also, it can give us some accurate prediction based on the currently collected data and then automatically realize the objective of trend prediction, pattern recognition or segmentation like the development of autonomous vehicles, or the stock market forecasting. …”
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Fast analysis of a large-scale inductive interconnect by block-structure-preserved macromodeling by Tan, Sheldon X. D., Yu, Hao, Chu, Chunta Lei He, Shi, Yiyu, Smart, David, He, Lei

“…This enables us to efficiently build and simulate the macromodel within a SPICE-like circuit simulator. Experiments show that our method achieves up to 7× faster modeling building time, up to 33× faster simulation time, and as much as 67× smaller waveform error compared to SAPOR [a second-order reduction based on nodal analysis (NA)] and PACT (a first-order 2×2 structured reduction based on modified NA).…”
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InGaP grown on Ge (100) by molecular beam epitaxy: a spectroscopic ellipsometry study by D’Costa, Vijay Richard, Loke, Wan Khai, Zhou, Qian, Yoon, Soon Fatt, Yeo, Yee-Chia

“…The far-infrared dielectric function reveals two absorption peaks that can be attributed to InP- and GaP-like vibrational modes. The visible-UV dielectric function of In0.52Ga0.48P alloys nearly lattice-matched to Ge shows the critical points E 0, E 1, and E 2, energies of which are determined using a derivative analysis. …”
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Cytoplasmic long noncoding RNAs are frequently bound to and degraded at ribosomes in human cells by Carlevaro-Fita, Joana, Rahim, Anisa, Guigó, Roderic, Johnson, Rory, Vardy, Leah Karen Anne

“…Polysomal lncRNAs are distinguished by a number of 5′ mRNA-like features, including capping and 5′UTR length. …”
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Modeling, simulation, and analysis of birefringent effects in plastic optics by Adhikari, Achyut, Asundi, Anand

“…Birefringence is caused due to many effects like stress induced birefringence temperature induced due to thermal gradient and pressure during manufacturing. …”
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Up-regulation of Mcl-1 and Bak by coronavirus infection of human, avian and animal cells modulates apoptosis and viral replication by Zhong, Yanxin., Liao, Ying., Fang, Shouguo., Tam, James P., Liu, Ding Xiang.

“…Virus-induced apoptosis and viral mechanisms that regulate this cell death program are key issues in understanding virus-host interactions and viral pathogenesis. Like many other human and animal viruses, coronavirus infection of mammalian cells induces apoptosis. …”
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Hybrid-modality ocular imaging using a clinical ultrasound system and nanosecond pulsed laser by Lim, Hoong-Ta, Murukeshan, Vadakke Matham

“…It was demonstrated that PAI could successfully capture photoacoustic signals from the iris, anterior lens surface, and posterior pole, while USI could accomplish the mapping of the eye to reveal the structures like the cornea, anterior chamber, lens, iris, and posterior pole. …”
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Adaptive goal selection for agents in dynamic environments by Zhang, Huiliang, Luo, Xudong, Shen, Zhiqi, You, Jin, Miao, Chun Yan

“…Therefore, our work suggests an agent model that can effectively be applied in dynamic time-sensitive domain, like computer games and the P2P systems of online movie watching.…”
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Electrochemical performance of NASICON type carbon coated LiTi2(PO4)3 with a spinel LiMn2O4 cathode by Aravindan, Vanchiappan, Chuiling, W., Madhavi, Srinivasan

“…The LiMn2O4/C–LiTi2(PO4)3 cell retains 72% of initial discharge capacity after 200 cycles and the results suggest that, the full-cell can be used for miniature applications by replacing other rechargeable systems like lead–acid, Ni–Cd and Ni–MH.…”
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Titanium–aluminum–polytetrafluoroethylene coated stainless steel micromold via co-sputtering deposition : replication performance and limitation in hot-embossing by Hardt, David E., Chun, Jung H., Saha, Biswajit, Tor, Shu Beng, Liu, Erjia

“…It was observed that the Ti–Al–PTFE coatings were a mixture of carbide, PTFE-like material and amorphous carbon. The surface roughness of coated micromolds decreased with the increase in the PTFE concentration. …”
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