Engineering education with virtual reality (Drill press machinary) by Tan, Yong Liang

“…Due to the time duration given to pick up new programs and the Virtual World to work, the project will be focusing only on Drill Press Machine. The three-main aspect of this project aims to introduce how the Drill Press Machine works, the basic setup procedures for Drill Press Machine and safety while using the Drill Press Machine.…”
Get full text

Automated test case generation for user-interface changes on Android applications by Siew, Jie Sean

“…When the user interface of the android application changes, the old test cases used to test the previous version of the application cannot be used to test the newer version of the application due to the interface changing and some of the buttons are not where it’s supposed to be. The main idea is to use uiautomator, an open source tool that can run test cases automatically and creating a simple script which can help repair the testcases and create a new one to fit the newer version of the android application. …”
Get full text

Liddat oso can by Tng, Adeline Wen Ting

“…The choice of title for my project reflects how Singlish is a big part of growing up in Singapore as well as the phrase being a fitting way to describe responses from the surprises in life faced by the protagonist in my narrative illustration book. The main themes covered in my project fall under the umbrella of unspoken rules that the youth face while growing up in Singapore, portraying them in a light-hearted point of view, which will be covered in detail in this report. …”
Get full text

Data analytics of air pollution data by Kam, Jia Hao

“…A high population density is also a contributory factor or air pollution in urbanized areas. The main air pollutants are combustion products from heat engines, power plants and further reaction products from photochemical reactions in the atmosphere. …”
Get full text

WIthbuddy : virtual study group by Sujono, Edward

“…Regardless, student still find a difficulty to complete the online course. The main reason for not being able to finish the online course is varied on each person but it is most commonly due to the procrastination on completing the course. …”
Get full text

Effects of peer pressure on endogenous goal setting and performance by Lim, Wee Meng, Chua, Shannen Qi Shan, Tan, Li Xuan

“…This incentivizes subjects to set challenging yet attainable goals that can heighten their performance to their maximum. We have 2 main results. Firstly, we find that the effects of peer pressure on endogenous goals are significant in males. …”
Get full text

Testing of metallic specimens using "C" scan ultrasonic procedures to locate, size and determine shape of defects by Loke, Zhen Dong

“…This is due to the “C” scan being more complex to operate and less portable to bring to the test site. One of the main concerns during the inspection of materials is the reliability of the results obtained. …”
Get full text

Human activity recognition based on smartphone sensors by Rajendran, Abinaya

“…Some of these methods are discussed in this dissertation work and an attempt has been made to utilize them to recognize the human activities. The main goal of the work is to utilize the smart phone as data collection module and classify the basic activities based on the collected information. …”
Get full text

Catalytic wet air oxidation (CWAO) catalysts for environmental applications by Leong, Kingsley Jerome Ying Zheng

“…The mechanism investigation for catalytic activity revealed that superoxide radical (•O2-) is the main active oxidative species during CWAO of dye. >80% dye removal efficiency still can be obtained after five times of reuse indicating that it exhibited a good reusability and catalytic stability.…”
Get full text

Commentary: stumbling upon indirect self-enhancement in free will beliefs by Ross, Wendy, Firestein, Stuart

Get full text

On the manipulator-focused response to manipulation cases by De Marco, G, Cyr, TW

“…We conclude by comparing the prospects for this family of views with its main rival, namely bypassing views.…”

Profiting from prestige: the political economy of mega-events in Azerbaijan by Laporte, J

“…Since gaining independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, hydrocarbon exports have formed the backbone of the country’s economy and the main source of rents for ruling elites. Focusing on the development of Azerbaijan’s events industry in the 2000s and 2010s, the article uses available evidence and process tracing techniques to develop the hypothesis that Azerbaijan’s elites sought out hosting rights, at least in part, to diversify their sources of private rents. …”

Sustainable antimicrobial resistance surveillance: time for a global funding mechanism by Painter, C, Limmathurotsakul, D, Roberts, T, van Doorn, HR, Mayxay, M, Lubell, Y, Day, NPJ, Turner, P, Ashley, EA

“…Strengthening the knowledge and evidence base for AMR with surveillance and research is one of the five main objectives of the WHO Global Action Plan on AMR. …”

Inferno XVI: from the circling sodomites to Geryon’s cord by Gilson, S

“…<br><br> This essay presents a lectura of canto XVI of Inferno, analysing its main sections with particular attention to the dialogue between Dante-pilgrim and the Florentines, the medieval categorization of sodomy and its biblical and theological contexts, and the role of prophecy in the canto. …”

Gamson going global? Cabinet proportionality in comparative perspective by Chaisty, P, Power, T

“…Using a sample of 1551 country-years of coalitional government in 97 countries from 1966 to 2019, and comparing all main constitutional formats (parliamentary, presidential, and semi-presidential), we find that Gamson’s Law does not travel well outside its context of origin. …”

Apple's iPad City: subcontracting exploitation to China by Chan, J, Ngai, P, Selden, M

“…Violations of factory workers’ fundamental rights in export-oriented industry nevertheless remain intractable, prompting scholars and practitioners in corporate responsibility to promote the leverage of private and public power to create ‘just supply chains’ (Locke 2013; Mayer and Gereffi 2010; Boston Review 2013). The main effort of public–private partnerships is to call on a shared commitment of the national governments, transnational corporations and non-governmental labour organizations to better protect workers.…”

Bayesian image super-resolution, continued by Pickup, LC, Capel, DP, Roberts, SJ, Zisserman, A

“…By inte- grating over the registration parameters rather than the high-resolution image, our method allows for more realistic prior distributions, and also reduces the dimen- sion of the integral considerably, removing the main computational bottleneck of the other algorithm. …”

Multi-criteria decision analysis for aiding glyph design by Hsieh, H-P, Zavatsky, A, Chen, M

“…Glyph-based visualization is one of the main techniques for visualizing complex multivariate data. …”

Must refugees be grateful? by Buxton, R, Gibney, MJ

“…We examine the normative argument that refugees have a duty to be grateful to their host society, arguing that when the workings of the system of refugee protection are examined, it becomes clear that no such duty exists. Our main concern is that state-imposed barriers and hardships that refugees must endure to access asylum undermine any gratitude to the asylum state. …”

Stable isotope ratio analysis: an emerging tool to trace the origin of falsified medicines by Roncone, A, Kelly, SD, Giannioti, Z, Hauk, C, Caillet, C, Newton, PN, Perez-Mon, C, Bontempo, L

“…This review presents the main approaches, based on stable isotope ratios of the bio-elements, mainly Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry and Site-specific Natural Isotopic Fractionation by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, that can contribute to identifying the origin of these products, both in terms of geographical origin and raw materials employed as well as for the batch controls by the producers.…”