Searching for a cultural identity in Singapore – the idea of home, belonging and not belonging through the individual and collective in Kuo Pao Kun’s The Spirits Play. by Ho, Ziting.

“…It is a place that they desire to return to, a place that contains the self and the family, a place where they can find peace and thus rest in peace. Being in “a world of flux”, characters are unable to find this peace as they still hold on to hope even “when life’s over, [where] there won’t be a ‘tomorrow’ any more” (Kuo 74). …”
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Restaurant revenue management : study of cafe cartel. by Huang, Stuart Weirong., Phang, Kang Yu., Pravin Nagarajah.

“…This paper seeks to find out the profitable target party size through a 2 week observation study at 2 different branches of restaurants. …”
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Three essays on corporate finance by Zou, Kunru

“…To identify the role of patronage connection in privatization, we use the mandatory retirement age cut-offs of Central Committee members in the regression discontinuity design. We find drops in price discounts of privatization deals and jumps in efficiency for privatized SOEs when local politicians lose connections to Central Committee members around the retirement age cut-offs.The second essay studies the real and social impacts of debt contracting by exploring the effect of loan covenants on borrowing firms’ CSR (corporate social responsibility) performance. …”
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Application of COLD-PCR for improved detection of EGFR mutations in clinical samples. by Zhang, Zhi Xuan.

“…As such, this project was carried out to find out whether COLD-PCR would pick up low level mutant alleles that were missed by regular PCR. …”
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Design and development of small scale index matching tunnel by Tan, Yu Tiong

“…The Lorentz-Loren equation, along with 3 other equations, based on the theoretical electromagnetic work or determined empirically, are applied to find out the amount of sodium iodide needed for refractive index matching when studying flow in objects made of acrylic. …”
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Competitive overlap as a signal in expert partner choice: evidence from patent law firm selection by Borchhardt, G, Kovacs, B, Rogan, M

“…Companies rely on this signal most when they lack direct experience with potential partners or when entering new technological domains. …”

Investigation and enhancement of viola jones face detection algorithm performance using contrast-limited adaptive histogram equalization by Mulyadi, Erina

“…The goal of this project is to study Viola Jones algorithm in order to find and overcome Viola Jones weaknesses or limitations. …”
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Investigation of implementation of solar thermal energy on electric power system of Singapore by Ling, Gerald Chien-Ie.

“…This in turn will minimize the green-house gases produced when burning fuels for generating electricity, and will reduce global warming.…”
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The usage of apologies and group cooperation by Yeo, Jonathan, Zhuo, Shi

“…Examining the mechanisms, we find much consistency in the usage of apologies: participants apologise when contributing less than others and subsequently make amends by raising contributions. …”
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An experimental investigation on relation of stress with occurrence of tinnitus by Ng, Chee Seng.

“…Noise exposure stress experiment aims to find out the stress response of subject when exposed to high frequency pure tone noise which resembles the noise produced by tinnitus. …”
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Morphing structures by Tan, Sharon Si Ying.

“…This report will focus on application of smart materials, namely Smart Memory Polymer (SMP) and Smart Memory Alloy (SMA) in the area of morphing wings. In this report, there will be four distinct designs that make use of smart materials in different ways to create geometric changes to a wing. …”
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Critical analysis of the role of biodegradable polymeric scaffolds in differentiation of human embryonic stem cell into cardiomyocytes by Amritamayee Sahoo

“…Owing to the shortage of donors there has been a constant quest to find alternatives to organ transplant. Cell replacement therapy is a promising approach for the treatment of cardiac diseases, but is challenged by a limited supply of appropriate cells. …”
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Venous valve stent analysis by Chia, Mark Wen Hao

“…The issues of conducting the Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and the findings concluded from the various designs when subjected to the static structural analysis. …”
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Primate resting postures : an adaptation to mammalian herbivory? by Chua, Physilia Ying Shi.

“…All the groups except for the Apes showed a preference for resting in a sitting upright posture when on the trees as compared to when on the ground.…”
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Is it who you know or what you know? Evidence from ipo allocations and mutual fund performance by Hwang, Chuan-Yang, Titman, Sheridan, Wang, Yuxi

“…We show that the better performance of elite graduates is generated from their better connections with underwriters that facilitate allocations to underpriced initial public offerings (IPOs). Indeed, we find that the funds outperform only in months when they are connected to underwriters issuing IPOs. …”
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Link me baby one more time: social music discovery on Spotify by Babul, SA, Hristova, D, Lima, A, Lambiotte, R, Beguerisse-Díaz, M

“…This model elucidates which type of social and contextual features are most predictive, although peak performance is achieved when a diverse set of features are included. These findings provide new insights into the multifaceted mechanisms underpinning the interplay between music discovery and social processes.…”

Dark patterns and consumer vulnerability by Zac, A, Huang, Y, von Moltke, A, Decker, C, Ezrachi, A

“…This insight highlights the instances in which dark patterns would be most effective – when no further action is required by the user. Consumer vulnerability is therefore more pronounced when dealing with online providers who store users’ payment details and can rely on a ‘single click’ to complete the purchase.…”

Essays on blood supply management by Senga, Juan Ramon Liboro

“…The results show that more mature blood banks have more strategies available at their disposal when it comes to trying to maintain fill-rates. We also observe that the dynamic donation rate strategy results in lower fill-rates during disasters when the fill-rate is low despite being able to meet donation targets, and that multiple waves with short lead times exacerbate this effect. …”
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Enviro-toons : what do parents think about it? by Goh, Jeannette

“…With children’s methods of learning growing increasingly dependent on media, it comes as no surprise that when academics needed to find out what children know about nature, they would turn to that outlet. …”
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Strength of rotator cuff repair by Leong, Jeremy Zhi Wei

“…As such, it is essential to assess the biomechanical performance of various anchor repair techniques to find the ideal repair method. The objective of this study was to find out the strength of single-lateral-row rotator cuff repair through biomechanical testing. …”
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