Development of an intelligent solar energy system for off-grid application by Ng, Cindy Shi Hui.

“…The growing demand for clean sources of energy has expanded dramatically in recent years as conventional energy like oil becomes scarce and more expensive. Because of this growth, it has led to demand for searching alternative source energy. …”
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Information and communication technology and its implications for knowledge management in the workplace : an exploratory study of perspectives from the SECI model. by Kelkar Rujuta Sumant.

“…In particular, Information and Communication Technology (ICT), is likely to play an important role to support KM initiatives in organizations. …”
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The monsters under my bed : fears and phobias. by Chong, Cherlyn Peiwen.

“…We thrive and protect ourselves with it. Humans like to be scared, we love watching horror films and we enjoy the rush of adrenaline that is a roller coaster ride. …”
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Design and develop an ornithopter by Wahyu Benardo Fanthony

“…Ornithopter or flying like aircraft is hot topic to imitate nature; recently many hobbies build their own remote control model to imitate bird. …”
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Forecasting of solar radiation using fuzzy neural networks by Seng, Anthony Sunjaya.

“…The growing concern of scarcity of fuel and gas has been one of the main reasons for scientists and researchers to develop more effective and efficient alternative energy, like wind, solar, stream energy and nuclear energy. …”
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Modeling erythropoiesis. by Saraf, Pritha.

“…In erythropoiesis growth factors like stem cell factor (SCF) and erythropoietin (EPO) react with intrinsically expressed receptors, c-kit and EPO receptor (EPOR) [1] respectively to regulate cell survival, differentiation and proliferation. …”
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Effect of WuWeiXiaoDuYin (五味消毒饮) and its components on LFA-1 mediated leukocyte adhesion to ICAM-1. by Tan, Kang Ting.

“…An important phase during leukocyte infiltration is the firm adhesion of leukocyte function associated antigen-1 (LFA-1) of leukocytes to intracellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) of endothelium cells and keratinocytes as it is an important initiator of leukocyte-dependent damage to keratinocytes and can worsen uncomfortable symptoms of pruritus, edema and erythema. Western medicine like corticosteroids and immunosuppressant are commonly prescribed to treat dermatitis. …”
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Functional food and autophagy. by Ong, Zhong Ren.

“…Autophagy clearance is essential for cellular homeostasis and its disruption is implicated in the development of neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease. Thus, pomegranate can possibly elicit its neuroprotective effects via autophagy. …”
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Design and development of tool for transferring and drilling perpendicular pattern hole by Ng, Gaston Jian Shan

“…In recent years, more people are motivated to conduct home improvements themselves either for economic reason or the need for customization. Fixing wall mounts like paintings, photos or even TV are noted to be one of the most common home improvements done by individuals. …”
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Vibration and thermal cycling effects on solder joint reliability by Selvanathen, Daryl

“…It highlighted the proclivity of LDSA to overestimate fatigue life while IDSA had the best life prediction amongst the models. However, parameters like interaction factors, coefficients and exponents can affect precise life predictions if relationships between them with materials, vibration and temperature are not thoroughly understood.…”
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Exploring the (im)possibilities of multicultural solidarity in Singapore by Koh, Seth Xi Liang

“…As the term implies, the state largely perceives ethnicity not in terms of inherent biological traits like one’s “race”, but as cultural practices that can be moulded into a harmonious configuration (Goh “Problem of Solidarity” 565). …”
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Design and development of a cost effective CanSat by Teo, Zhi Hui

“…From this project, the communications and connectivity between the microcontroller and various sensors will be a fundamental knowledge. Parameters like size, shape and weight of CanSat must also be taken into considerations as the descend rate may be affected. …”
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Face recognition in color space by Zhao, Tiansi

“…For the fast development of science and technology, and the amount applications of face recognition system like security systems, face recognition has attracted many researchers and engineers in the area of image processing, pattern recognition and computer vision. …”
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Towards numerical temporal-frequency system modelling of associations between ballistocardiogram and electrocardiogram by Aravind, Srinivasan

“…In this thesis we try to establish a statistical approach by building BCG-ECG models. Here we would like to promote the system modelling approach to BCG computing that allows to explore the underlying association between BCG and other physiological signals such as electrocardiogram (ECG). …”
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Preparation of carbon/transition metal dichalcogenide hybrids for water-related applications by Chen, Bo

“…Particular attentions are made to elaborate the following points in their respective chapters: how to synthesize novel carbon-based 3D architectures from biomass; how to coat ultrathin two-dimensional (2D) TMDs on the surface of 3D carbon; how to assemble of 2D nanosheets to 3D hybrid heterostructures via one-pot reaction; how to prepare flexible carbon/TMD hybrid fibers with good mechanical properties; how to use powerful techniques to characterize the as-obtained novel carbon/TMD hybrid materials; demonstrating the potential of these hybrid materials for water-related applications like water remediation and water-splitting.…”
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Productivity improvement for smart manufacturing systems by Sundararaman Manoj

“…So the pull production system applications like Kanban, CONWIP played a major role in productivity improvement. …”
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Secure code execution on cloud-based infrastructure with application containers by Chen, Fun Tat

“…However, execution of untrusted code is an issue even if the code is understandable. Nobody would like to run potentially malicious code on his or her own PC or laptop. …”
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Multi-view CNNS for hand gesture recognition by Dou, Yudi

“…In order to put this project into application, we also work on producing the real-time demo to output a string like Chinese spelling. Experiments show that the proposed approach could recognize 30 Chinese hand gestures accurately and produce demo in real-time.…”
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Theoretical study of fermi arc plasmons in Weyl semimetals by Xiong, Ying

“…Weyl semimetal is a type of crystals which host emergent quasiparticles that behave like Weyl fermions. In Weyl semimetals, the conduction band and the valence band cross at a single point in reciprocal space called the Weyl point. …”
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Experimental Investigation of the thermal performance of functional magnetic nanofluids by Lim, Wen Jing

“…This project aims to investigate the heat transfer capabilities of a novel type nanoparticles which consists chains of magnetite nanoparticles had been encased with silica shells to form a rigid rod-like structure will be suspended on the base fluid of deionised water. …”
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