Tensile loading characteristics of free-form and water submerged single layer graphene sheet by Vijayaraghavan, V., Wong, C. H.

“…The effect of sheet size on the mechanical performance is investigated by subjecting the graphene sheet to tensile loading at various temperatures. The findings reveal that the elastic properties are strongly dictated by the size of the sheet and the temperature during loading conditions. …”
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Understanding Buddhist environmentalism in Singapore : explaining how religious ideas motivate environmental action by Quek, Ri An.

“…The analysis also includes the influence of local socio-political conditions. Findings suggest that young Buddhists’ knowledge and awareness of environmental concern is not a guarantee of actual action. …”
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Exploring blockchain - based applications for digital copyright protection by Liu, Bin, Yasin, Megat Al Imran, Abdul Rahman, Saiful Nujaimi

“…Furthermore, the review highlights the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration and comprehensive exploration to further advance digital copyright protection. The findings emphasize the need to strengthen user education on copyright protection, balance the interests of creators and users, and continue evaluating the feasibility and effectiveness of blockchain technology in practical digital copyright protection scenarios.…”
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Fakeheader: a tool to detect deceptive online news based on misleading news headlines and contents by Che Eembi @ Jamil, Normala, Ishak, Iskandar, Sidi, Fatimah, Affendey, Lilly Suriani

“…Unfortunately, based on several findings, readers tend to judge on specific events based on the news headlines rather than its contents. …”
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Impact of Central Bank Real Estate Purchases on Asset Prices by Batista, Quentin

“…Alternative research designs that exploit the counter-cyclical nature of the BoJ’s policy rule and cross-sectional variation in the eligibility of REITs for BoJ purchases are also considered. Overall, these findings are inconsistent with the predictions of canonical and recent models of asset pricing.…”
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Deep Learning Multimodal Extraction of Reaction Data by Wang, Alex

“…In addition, we explore the chemistry information extraction potential of Vision Language Models (VLM), which allow powerful large language models to leverage visual understanding. Our findings indicate that VLMs still require additional work in order to meet the performance of our bespoke models.…”
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Application of the affine stochastic model on Singapore mortality data. by Chia, Fu Yuan., Meng, Deshuo., Zou, Deshun.

“…Kalman Filter technique is adopted to facilitate the derivation of the maximum-likelihood estimators (MLE) and EM-algorithm with direct search technique is applied in finding the numeric estimates for the MLE. The affine stochastic state-space model allows us to capture two important features of mortality rates: time dependency and uncertainty of the future development. …”
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Globalization and environmental quality : insights from 128 countries by Le, Ha Chi

“…The results indicate that while international integration has a detrimental impact on most components of the ecosystem, effect varies across income groups. The findings emphasize the importance of an integrated approach in designing consensus policies and treaties to address conflict of interests between nations in order to tackle environmental challenges in this age of escalating globalization.…”
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Impact of gerontechnology on the physical, emotional and financial wellness aspects of the older Chinese adults in Singapore by Sim, Matthew Hui Xiang

“…Furthermore, gerontechnology was revealed to have little to no significant impact on the wellness of older Chinese adults in Singapore. Based on the findings, this paper recommends the implementation of a holistic nationwide ‘Active Ageing’ campaign to increase the awareness of active ageing and adoption of gerontechnology among the elderly.…”
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Communication of sex-related messages and the third-person effect amongst college students in Singapore. by Lim, Yan Wen., Ong, Natalynn Shu Lin.

“…Implications of the findings are discussed.…”
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Robust control for peg-in-hole assembly by Low, Soon Hing

“…However, the process of tuning controller gains and finding the optimal operating parameters can be very time and resource consuming. …”
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Assessing the financial performance of container shipping companies by Cai, Kewei

“…The financial ratio comparison analysis performed to compare periods prior to and after vertical integration implied a weak correlation between financial performance and vertical integration. Findings seem to suggest that the improvement in financial performance was not fully attributed to the integration strategy but as well as to the economic conditions prevailing at that time.…”
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Governance in professional service firms. by Brennwald, Alex Willy.

“…This paper aims to deliver new insights into the field of governance in professional service firms by bringing together and comparing the latest theoretical as well as practical findings and furthermore to provide recommendations for both practitioners and scholars. …”
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Optimising resources in management of maintenance : a study using electrical (building) services. by Chian, Thian Shian.

“…A three-months field trial followed and its data subsequently analyzed. Findings reveal the usefulness of this enhanced framework and its significant value when used within the 3-E model for an investor (or a building's owner) to compute, monitor and control the maintenance budget to achieve cost-effectiveness.…”
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Estimating outstanding claims reserves using copula. by Kee, Meng Yew., Chee, Kenny Wen Kai., Kuah, Xin Kun.

“…The copula method is then evaluated and compared with the chain ladder method based on a real data set. The findings show that the estimated outstanding claims reserves using the copula method is closer to the actual outstanding claims paid out compared to the Chain Ladder Method. …”
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Empirical evidence of benefits associated with overseas listings : Chinese companies listed in Singapore Stock Exchange by Apolinar, Christened Rikki Suarez, Toh, Shu Wen, Lim, Wei Liang

“…Empirical evidence is used to quantify the benefits and determine if the benefits in foreign listing exceeds that of local listing. Literature findings suggest that there should be measurable benefits for companies domiciled in China to list in the Singapore Exchange as compared to Chinese Exchanges. …”
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Business models for the base of the pyramid : how multinational corporations compete in a low-income environment by Diego Koenig

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How do occupation stereotypes influence memory? : investigating the effects of stereotype consistency/inconsistency, stereotype valence and perspective taking. by Ng, Jing Xuan.

“…This study provides novel findings regarding mechanisms governing stereotypes and memory. …”
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Do you know what I'm thinking about? Examining children's mental states understanding in conversations with peers. by Ho, SiRong.

“…There was also an increase in reference to children’s own mental states from 3 to 5 years old, suggesting a deeper mental-states understanding. Findings were discussed in relation to children’s ToM development as a universal phenomenon.…”
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Growth strategies for liner companies in the time of economic recession by Toon, Nicholas Zhenjie.

“…Due to the lack of available studies and literature as this topic has not been extensively discussed; our project tends to lean heavier towards primary sources of information, namely company interviews and mass industry survey. The main finding of this research was that, strategies for liner industries are not applied as stated from textbooks, and that each company’s demographic profile plays a major part on differences in strategies used and taken. …”
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