A gate of dragon's teeth : a decolonial approach to writing precolonial historical fiction in Singapore by Ng, Yi-Sheng

“…This creative dissertation consists of a novel titled A Gate of Dragon’s Teeth. This is a work of historical fiction based on the history and legends of precolonial Singapore and the region, as documented in Sulalatus Salatin (also known as Sejarah Melayu and The Malay Annals). …”
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Effect of polyvinylpyrrolidone additive in the substrate of thin-film composite forward osmosis polyvinylidene fluoride membrane on neodymium rejection by Yeoh, Yuan Xin, Mazrul Nizam, Abu Seman, Mohd Yusri, Mohd Yunus, Abdul Wahab, Mohammad, Nurul Ain, Ismail

“…Green technology innovations, especially green energy require a strong permanent magnet that utilizes rare earth elements (REE) such as neodymium (Nd) as raw materials. Direct mining of REE from primary sources and downstream recycling process from secondary resources are infeasible due to the pollution caused by strong acid used in the cracking and leaching process. …”
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Cave fever by Tan, Ke Yang

“…It is a 3D animated short film that blends elements of 2D animation techniques, telling a comedic story of a dragon and a goblin.…”
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Crosslinkable vegetable oil based natural materials for packaging applications by Ker, Adonica Yan Ting

“…In this project, the synthesis of castor oil and citric acid polyester was carried out to produce a biodegradable polymer film for packaging applications. Castor oil and citric acid been selected as raw materials due to its high versatility and potential in undergoing esterification reaction, leading to the formation of hydrolysable ester bonds, followed by the addition of resorcinol, 1,10 decandiol and 1,12 dodecandiol as a linker to adjust the polymer film mechanical and degradation properties.…”
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An innovative design of household civil defence shelters by Khong, Zhi Cong.

“…Another is a CDS with walls that are 40 percent leaner than the existing design. …”
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Biodegradable plastics from marine biomass: A solution to marine plastic pollution by Khan, Nida, Sudhakar, Kumarasamy, Rizalman, Mamat

“…The moisture content of the bioplastic film was found to be 21.16 %. The water absorption test demonstrated the film's hydrophilic nature, showing a 60 % increase in weight. …”
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15.269 Literature, Ethics and Authority, Fall 2005 by Hafrey, Leigh

“…Readings include work by Robert Bolt, Jane Smiley, Virginia Woolf, Ursula LeGuin, Wole Soyinka, and others; films include "Three Kings," "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," "Hotel Rwanda," and others. …”
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Detection of computer graphics using attention-based dual-branch convolutional neural network from fused color components by He, Peisong, Li, Haoliang, Wang, Hongxia, Zhang, Ruimei

“…With the development of 3D rendering techniques, people can create photorealistic computer graphics (CG) easily with the advanced software, which is of great benefit to the video game and film industries. On the other hand, the abuse of CGs has threatened the integrity and authenticity of digital images. …”
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Architecting a stable high-energy aqueous Al-ion battery by Yan, Chunshuang, Lv, Chade, Wang, Liguang, Cui, Wei, Zhang, Leyuan, Dinh, Khang Ngoc, Tan, Huiteng, Wu, Chen, Wu, Tianpin, Ren, Yang, Chen, Jieqiong, Liu, Zheng, Srinivasan, Madhavi, Rui, Xianhong, Yan, Qingyu, Yu, Guihua

“…The high abundancy and easy accessibility of aluminum raw materials further make AAIBs appealing for grid-scale energy storage. …”
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Wind power load factor in the United Kingdom by Constable, J, Aoyama, H

“…This programme is driven by the Renewables Obligation (RO), a support mechanism that adds around £1 billion a year to consumer bills at present and is forecast, in its current incarnation, to have cost the consumer around £32 billion in total by 2027. …”

Multimodal radar with wide band communication system by Danial Ritzuan Junaidi

“…In principle, Wall Penetration Radars must use low frequencies that range from Ultra High Frequency (UHF) to S-band so as to maximise the wall electromagnetic transmission [5]. …”
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Carbon dioxide capture from biomass pyrolysis gas as an enabling step of biogenic carbon nanotube synthesis and hydrogen recovery by Veksha, Andrei, Lu, Jintao, Tsakadze, Zviad, Lisak, Grzegorz

“…Utilization of renewable raw materials as feedstock defossilizes industrial manufacturing while subsequent carbon capture reduces carbon footprint. …”
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Plastic derived carbon nanotubes for electrocatalytic oxygen reduction reaction : effects of plastic feedstock and synthesis temperature by Moo, James Guo Sheng, Veksha, Andrei, Oh, Wen-Da, Giannis, Apostolos, Udayanga, W. D. Chanaka, Lin, Sheng-Xuan, Ge, Liya, Lisak, Grzegorz

“…Pure low density polyethylene (LDPE), polypropylene (PP) and mixed plastics (MP) were used as raw materials in the two-stage process. In the first stage, the plastics were pyrolysed at 600 °C. …”
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Carbon nanomaterial/thermoplastic polyurethane composites for sports application : preparation, characterization and simulation by Jing, Qifei

“…Polycaprolactone diol (PCL), as one of PU’s monomers in this work, and was selectively used to functionalize MWCNTs to prepare MWCNT-PCL so as to realize a good compatibility between the nanofillers and PU matrix. Besides, the raw MWCNTs and carboxylic acid groups functionalized MWCNTs (MWCNT-COOH) served as control. …”
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Colloidal quantum dot light-emitting diode architectures for high performance by Leck, Kheng Swee

“…In addition, in the thesis, we used gallium-doped zinc oxide (GZO) to replace tin-doped indium oxide (ITO) used as the electrode in QD-LEDs due to the increasingly expensive raw materials of ITO. The lowest sheet resistance and resistivity of the radio-frequency (RF) sputtered GZO films are 12.28 Ω/□ and 9.48×10-4 Ω·cm, respectively, comparable to those of commercial grade ITO. …”
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Antimicrobial activity, phytochemical and toxicity analyses of salam [Syzygium polyanthum (Wight) Walp.] leaf extract and its application in food by Ramli, Suzita

“…In conclusion, S. polyanthum extract exhibited antimicrobial activity, thus it can be developed as natural sanitizer for washing raw food materials and prevent the food spoilage during storage.…”
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