A Singapore perspective : impact of disclosure and board independence on firm performance. by Chua, Zi Qin., Low, Jason Wei Jie., Yee, Derrick Hock Huat.

“…Using a difference-in-differences approach, we find that firms are rewarded with an increase in Tobin’s Q upon greater disclosure of board independence as recommended by the Code. …”
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Gamson going global? Cabinet proportionality in comparative perspective by Chaisty, P, Power, T

“…Among the constitutional predictors of cabinet proportionality, we find that pure presidentialism is a major outlier, with an exaggerated form of formateur advantage. …”

Casino time bomb : 8 reasons why the casino/IR may blow up in your face. by Goh, Nur Firdaus Firoz., Huang, Junmin.

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Battery operated portable fridge by Ng, Chun Kiat.

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Modeling and design of a three-degree-of-freedom permanent magnet spherical actuator by Yan, Liang

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Carlibration parameters of social force model (SFM) for customized personal mobility devices (PMD) by Yuan, Liqiang

“…After getting the parameters of SFM for different PMDs, simulation can be done to find out the correlation between PMD speed and lateral distance for PMD rider when encountering a pedestrian. …”
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Why is China in Africa? by Neo, Jackson Jie Sheng

“…This paper analyzes China's official financial flows to Africa by assessing 4 policies that could drive the financial flows. The paper finds that the Going Global Strategy is the primary determinant of official financial flows to Africa for the current phase of ChinaAfrica relations. …”
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Chasing the city that cannot stop: Exploring transportation and urban co-development in São Paulo’s history by Borges Costa, Adriano, Zegras, P Christopher, Biderman, Ciro

“…Over the entire 130 years, we find that urban expansion and road development pushed and pulled each other, in a somewhat “orderly” way. …”
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Retirement instruments and their distribution channels. by Ong, Cheow Chong., Poh, Choon Kiat., Ong, Joo Liang.

“…More has to be done to help people plan for retirement. First, we hope to find out about the relationship between demographics and instruments used by them. …”
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Multipoint sensing for energy efficient operation in buildings by Zhang, Han Wen

“…The first experiment is to find the effect of the multipoint sensing system due to the moving heat source. …”
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Analysis of underground excavation in rocks by Tang, Zhu Min

“…The purpose is to find out the factors which affect the instability and displacements of the underground excavations. …”
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Elastic-plastic fracture mechanics investigation on two interacting cracks by Lee, Jonathon Zhao Feng

“…The second step is to find the relationship between crack, inclusion and dislocation whereby the CTOD of the crack will also be affected by an additional dislocation. …”
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Governing in the face of a global crisis: when do voters punish and reward incumbent governments? by Duch, RM, Loewen, P, Robinson, TS, Zakharov, A

“…Using machine learning techniques, we find only muted heterogeneity in the magnitude and distribution of these treatment effects. …”

A mean field game between informed traders and a broker by Bergault, P, Sánchez-Betancourt, L

“…<p>We find the solution to the stochastic game between a broker and a mean-field of informed traders. …”

Wear properties of aluminum composites reinforced with carbon nanotubes by Woo, Kin Yuin Nicholas.

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Development of robotic interstitial laser therapy for benign prostatic hyperplasia by Shee, Cheng Yap.

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An open-ended approach to enhance critical thinking skill in mathematics among secondary five normal (academic) pupils by Seoh, Bee Hua.

“…The second aim is to find out whether the use of the open-ended problems that are related to the real life situations will generate active mathematical discussion.…”
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The study of target costing in Singapore. by Chia Wei Siang, Goh Sze Hwee, Tea Wei Li

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Corporate governance : an empirical study of Malaysian companies by Neo, Roslyn Hui Zhi, Lim, Alfred Yung Way, Koh, Xin Yi

“…Specifically, we find that firm performance is positively associated with equity ownership concentration.…”
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Search for Gravitational Waves Associated with Fast Radio Bursts Detected by CHIME/FRB during the LIGO–Virgo Observing Run O3a

“…A targeted search for generic GW transients was conducted on 40 FRBs. We find no significant evidence for a GW association in either search. …”
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