Human metapneumovirus in Singapore : epidemiology, fusion-attachment protein interaction and virus-like particle assembly by Loo, Liat Hui

“…In the years that followed, an increasing number of research groups began to publish work on various aspects of HMPV. One of the main concerns was that this virus was detected in a significant proportion of children below the age of 3 years and caused respiratory symptoms very similar to its nearest related human pathogen: human respiratory syncytial virus. …”
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Development of portable current voltage measurement characterization system for outdoor testing of photovoltaic devices by Leow, Wei Zheng.

“…Solar energy technologies, which absorb the Sun’s energy to generate electrical power, are one of the fastest growing and most commonly used renewable energy in the market today. The main reason for implementing renewable energy is due to the fact that our sources of fossil fuel will be eventually depleted, at certain point we have to be ready for such an event and be equipped with a system of energy production capable of supporting and sustaining our world. …”
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Investigation on proton exchange membrane fuel cell performance and control by Chilugodu Nikhita.

“…As Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells converts hydrogen and oxygen to electricity, waste heat and water in a single step, it is clean, environmentally friendly and sustainable systems for power generation. One of the main advantages of fuel cells is that they have higher energy efficiencies over conventional energy conversion devices. …”
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Toughening epoxy with lignin-based additive by Goh, Sally Hwee Li

“…After which, more tests were put in place to investigate the rheological properties, thermal stability, curing behavior, microstructure as well as mechanical properties of epoxy to study the impact of the toughening additive on the performance of epoxy. However the main focus of the report is placed on the investigation of thermal and mechanical properties. …”
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Causes of failures in computer contracts in the United Kingdom by Lee Hien-Weng Kevin, Lee Teck Hoon, Low Tze Hui Audrey

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The role of human resource department in expatriate assignment by Koh, Hoon Nee, Lee, Phuay Ling, Lim, Siew Kiang

“…Evidence from the study reveals that the HR departments of these two companies play similar roles regarding repatriation planning and the determination of (a) duration ofthe assignment; (b) positions to be filled by expatriates; (c) selection criteria and methods; and (d) the compensation packages. Their main differences appear to be in the areas of preparation, support and evaluation. …”
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Real-time face detection and recognition by Tang, Ying Hao

“…Real-time face detection (RTFD) and recognition is used widely in many areas from tagging faces on Facebook, custom services at airports and to unlocking phones through a face recognition application. The main functionality involves verifying the identity of a person and in doing so, applying that result in various other applications.. …”
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Asynchronous logic quasi delay insensitive (QDI) static/dynamic/pass logic transistor-level implementation half/full buffer realization approaches for robust VLSI system by Tsui, Yun Kan

“…High performance electronic circuit is the main design goal for current technology. However, the performance of traditional synchronous logic circuit is often limited by the global clock signal. …”
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Molecular beam epitaxy of dilute nitride indium antimonide materials for long wavelength infrared application by Pham, Huynh Tram

“…By adding a small amount of N into InSb, the band gap is found to decrease and this is useful for long wavelength infrared detector application. The main objectives of this thesis are to investigate the effect of N incorporation in InSbN and control the N incorporation to obtain the desired band gap. …”
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Radar-guided robot by Wang, Jiajun

“…The utilization of the radar system could make a great improvement on the navigation and obstacle avoidance capability of the robot. The main objective of this project is to utilize a small radar system using USRP to implement the guidance of the movement of an unmanned mobile robot to find an opened door in an indoor environment. …”
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Cloud gaming : pause & resume by Chua, Jason Qi Xian

“…The project will be using CentOS 6.5 as the operating system for the servers, with nginx deployed as the web server, MySQL used as the database server and Preprocessor Hypertext (PHP) and Python as the main programming languages used in the development of the modules.…”
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Information visualization of ageing genomics data of human and model organisms by Poluru Mastan, Nayana Rao

“…The overall result of the project is an effective visualization of genomes, which is simple to use and learn. Also, the user will mainly be able to view and analyse the genomic information which can be useful for research work on longevity genomes.…”
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CET-4 Cloze passage personalized learning by Thoo, Emilene Shu Ping

“…There are many sections in the CET and the main focus of this project is to develop a web application to assist undergraduates and postgraduates in acing the cloze passages section by providing a user profile for personalized learning.…”
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Development of fiber-reinforced reactive Mgo cement composites by Ong, Jacon

“…This research project focuses on the development of SHC involving reactive MgO and fly ash as compared to PC as the main binder component Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) fibers with different lengths and surface oil contents were used to reinforce the MgO and fly ash-based matrix. …”
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Development of chemical photonic crystal fiber sensor by Mak, Foo Liang

“…Advancement of the Photonic Crystal Fiber (PCF) since 1995 has increased immense enthusiasm to the research and development industry and many researches has been conducted since then. The main reason is PCF has immune to electromagnetic interface and their unique dispersion profiles and superior properties that have accomplished different achievement which normal optical fiber that could not able to deliver. …”
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Striking a new balance : tripartism and labour relations in post-colonial Singapore by Ho, Justin Chang Pern

“…It analyses the ways in which the state was able to posit itself as the main arbiter in the tripartite model, and to redefine the structure of industrial relations and the roles of trade unions in Singapore. …”
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Race and Racial Identity: The [Other]s’ Face of Singapore by Jin, Mark Rong

“…Although race in Singapore is still heavily influenced by the state’s discourse, this paper hypothesizes that respondents still possess the ability to exercise agency and to engage in various mechanisms to negotiate their racial identity. The main themes of discussion in this paper would thus explore how they do so, namely, through (i) the construction of specific, varied racial narratives, (ii) the adjustment of behaviour, (iii) and the exercising of reflexivity in problematic race-related situations – before exploring some of the struggles that mixed-race individuals in particular face and how the access to certain forms of capital also allows them to better negotiate racial boundaries.…”
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Ultrasonic guided wave inspection in large composite plate by Sakthivel Tamilarasam

“…Elastic waves that propagate in thin-walled structures are called as Guided waves or Lamb waves and their propagation follows the structure curvature. The main aim of this research work is to investigate the propagation of lamb waves over the thin composite plate of a large area. …”
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Control of bidirectional DC-DC converter for battery operation by Chen, Shuxin

“…The DSP tms28335 is used as the main control unit. Double loop control is applied to the power converter and multiple sets of PID parameters are designed for various input conditions. …”
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Nanosatellite on-board computer software development by Yeo, Stephen Tze Ping

“…The development stages were divided into two main parts. The first task was the implementation of an ECC mechanism for the OBC, with simulations carried out to confirm the correctness of the ECC logic. …”
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