Effect of negative mood on working memory in 3 to 5 year old pre-schoolers. by Revathy Pachamuthu.

“…Preschoolers also engaged in the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT), Dimensional Change Card Sort (DCCS) and Digit and Block Span tasks. The findings did not give support to our main hypothesis, as results showed that there was no significant difference in reaction time between negative and neutral mood manipulated group in the SOPT, but additional insights were revealed.…”
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Positive mood and working memory in young preschool children. by Tang, Mavis Yi Wen.

“…However, positive mood did not significantly affect children’s working memory span. These findings suggested that positive mood elicits an additional load on underlying executive processes (inhibition) in the service of working memory, decreasing cognitive resource capacity to devote to the task at hand.…”
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Is Ying Chou an act of corruption? : An exploratory study of Ying Chou and the multidimensionality of Taiwanese female’s perception and judgement of Ying Chou in Taiwan. by Liew, Shi Min.

“…Also, the study adopted five dimensions from Sousa (2008) study to evaluate their opinions regarding Ying Chou (on whether Ying Chou is an act of corruption) from their interview transcripts. Findings revealed that Ying Chou is not deemed as an act of corruption according to the female interviewees. …”
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Understanding Buddhist environmentalism in Singapore : explaining how religious ideas motivate environmental action. by Quek, Ri An.

“…The analysis also includes the influence of local socio-political conditions. Findings suggest that young Buddhists’ knowledge and awareness of environmental concern is not a guarantee of actual action. …”
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Dimensions of perfectionism and contingencies of self-worth in differential outcomes related to perfectionism. by Lee, Kit Ying.

“…Results demonstrated that PSP correlated with both internal and external domains of CSW while ECP correlated only with external domains of CSW. Our findings showed that individuals high in personal standards perfectionism were vulnerable to basing their self-worth on successes and failures in external domains of contingencies. …”
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Impact of Beijing Hukou on non-Beijinger talents working in Beijing. by Sun, Peiyi.

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Relationship between emotional intelligence and past involvement in co-curricular activity by Tamrin, Adzim Khairunnashier

“…The results suggest that, during secondary school years, participants who were in student associations is correlated to a significantly higher level of EI in later years than participants who took up sports as their CCA. Findings in this study are discussed in reference to the investment model of EI development and the Intentional Change Theory (ICT), followed by limitations faced in this study and directions for future research.…”
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Civility in public spaces : a case study of MRT trains in Singapore. by Seto, Winifred.

“…To this end, participant observations and in-depth narrative interviews were carried out to analyze the (i) the boundaries of (in)civilities, (ii) responses towards uncivil behaviour, and (iii) how incivilities are disciplined. Through its findings, this study reveals the impact of the gaze, now extended by technology, has far-reaching effects on the ways commuters discipline their body according to the space around them.…”
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Understanding rising singlehood through the changing realities of young singles in Singapore – the confounding challenges to courtship and marriage. by Lee, Si Ting.

“…The respondents expressed positive attitudes towards marriage and spoke about their marriage expectations as well as the difficulties in finding a marriage partner today.…”
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Curtain call : a final bow for the traditional arts. by Chen, Shanshan., Khew, Carolyn Jin-Ny., Koh, Valerie Swee Fang.

“…Curtain Call explores the challenges that today's traditional artists battle on a daily basis, from making a living to finding a successor to hand over the ropes to. In the face of these challenges, many have taken to modernise their art forms, to the dismay of traditional arts purists. …”
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Providing electricity supply to houses in rural areas (Project B) by Lum, Kenneth Chi Wah.

“…As in-depth study of the methodology, topology, simulation, calculation, proofing of concept, analyzing data and results finding are also presented. Specifically, the research of the inverter and solar tracking device are addressed in detail. …”
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Segmentation of liver tumor from CT images by La, Cam Chung

“…Finally, a new semi-automatic method is proposed to improve liver tumor segmentation by finding out the ribcage curves on every CT slice, using the rib bone traces. …”
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Strategic decision making in banks in Singapore by Goh, Kwang Yong, Yang, Pik Wei

“…Fifty-seven managers from 49 banks responded. Findings suggest that strategic rationality or formal analysis which is much stressed in research and teaching in the strategic management field is perhaps detrimental to performance of fully-licensed banks in Singapore. …”
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A study of the expectation gap regarding fraud detection by Ang, Lay Hian, Chua, Hui Hoon, Tan, Teresa Tsai Lin

“…We analysed and compared our findings from our survey and available literature to draw our own conclusions and to suggest some recommendations for bridging the gap.…”
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Gendered experiences among strength athletes in Singapore by Chng, Ivan Oon Wei

“…Negotiating gender within strength sports becomes a complex issue right from the start when female athletes decide to participate, as connotations of masculinity is imbued into notions of strength and subsequent muscle gains. The findings will show how athletes make sense of and redefine what it means to be strong and muscular through in-depth interviews with 16 strength athletes in Singapore. …”
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Quality management : does it really pay? by Bukoh, Seng Khoon, Tan, Choon Huat, Toh, Choon Boon

“…The final portion of the text summarizes the findings of the Chi-Square as well as the Student T tests conducted, before concluding that there exists a positive relationship between TQM and common stock performance.…”
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Electrical characterization of metal oxide thin film transistors by Mak, Wei Liang

“…However a-Si:H has electrical performance problems when used in high resolution displays (e.g. organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) and 3D display with high frame rates). This leads to the finding of a new material, which are amorphous oxide semiconductors (AOS) to be the channel layer in next generation TFTs.…”
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Passion for family business in Singapore by Tan, Lay Hong, Ng, Tina Lee Kiang, Tan, Trina Chay Boon

“…The implications of the findings and suggestions for management improvements are also discussed in the report.…”
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Speech emotion recognition on smart computer : can you tell the mood ? by Shao, Qing

“…After a set of tests based on the changing of parameters and various combinations of speech features, the model with best performance is selected. Finding out best value of parameters and the most significant features, which have the greatest impact on speech emotion recognition, could improve the accuracy and also reduce the processing time.…”
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Stigma management : an exploratory study on middle class Chinese naturalised citizens by Chua, Xiu Juan

“…Notwithstanding the limitations of nonprobability sampling, this study reveals three key strategies: distancing, selective disclosure, and situated identity. Notably, the findings mirror those of neo-Goffmanian studies that reflect the diversity of the stigmatized; it suggests that the stigma management strategies employed by respondents change depending on the visibility of stigmatizing traits and the varying motivations of the participants in the face of stigma or potentially stigmatizing circumstances.…”
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