Extracorporeal ultrasound angioplasty - effect of pulse repetition frequency of high-intensity focused ultrasound on thrombolysis by Yang, Wenjing

“…The vascular occlusion by the thrombi is the main reason for ischemic stroke and deep vein thrombosis. …”
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Immersing into 360 virtual reality by Lim, Zijie

“…This project has successfully achieved the main aim of producing an interactive 360 video whilst keeping costs as low as possible. …”
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Diet assistant by Soh, Andy Zi Feng

“…The application is implemented successfully on the Android platform where the main functions of the Diet Assistant have been developed.…”
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Enhancing the microstructure and strength gain of sustainable cement binders by Lin, Shiyi

“…This paper presents the result of two main aspects: durability characteristic properties of MgO-based and PC based and porosity of MgO-based. …”
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3-way tug-of-war configurable arena by Kang, Leland Hoe Jae

“…The project is divided into three main components. For the first component, the objective is to design a three way Tug-of-War system. …”
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Investigation of flow over rough surfaces by Gan, Kee Poh

“…Reduction of drag in fluid flow has been one of the main objectives of engineers in the field of fluid mechanics. …”
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Determining the motivational factors for participation in team sports in Nanyang Technological University Students by Chang, Han Yun

“…Team sports require students to interact and communicate with each other, hence it was hypothesized that friendship and teamwork are the main motivating factors for NTU students to participate in team sport, and that team sport promotes values such as friendship and teamwork. …”
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Design Si photonic devices for data centre and telecommunication applications by Vendy, Vicki

“…Micro-ring resonator could be used for biochemical sensing applications and many others [1], in this work simulations using LUMERICAL mode will be done by student to gain a better understanding of the design and optimization of micro-ring sensors. The main investigation of this project is index shift ring resonator based on Evanescent-Field (EF) interaction with surrounding analytes in H2O/IPA environment. …”
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Computer vision and sensor fusion towards better facilities management system for smart buildings by Arumugam, M Logaraj

“…Furthermore, the ever-increasing energy consumption coupled with the cost factor and the immense carbon footprint that Singapore has been facing in this modern era of demographic slowdown and economic restructuring also brings another glaring challenge to this industry. The main focus of this project is building on a previously done project under the supervision of Assistant Professor Li King Ho, Holden which was done by using sensors and combining data collected to analytics methods of Machine Learning (ML) to predict the temperature and subsequently control the air conditioner or fan. …”
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Undergraduates' use of social media as information sources by Kim, Kyung-Sun, Sin, Sei-Ching Joanna, Yoo-Lee, Eun Young

“…Focusing on undergraduate students, a survey was conducted to investigate the following: (1) which social media platforms are used as information sources; (2) what are the main reasons for using these social media platforms for information seeking; and (3) what kinds of actions are taken to evaluate the quality of the information gained from such sources. …”
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A Control Architecture for Optimal Power Sharing among Interconnected Microgrids by Sampath, Lahanda Purage Mohasha Isuru, Krishnan, Ashok, Chaudhari, Kalpesh, Gooi, Hoay Beng, Ukil, Abhisek

“…When many MGs are interconnected, it is sometimes preferable to exchange power among MGs in such a manner so as to minimize their operating cost while reducing dependency on the main grid. This paper proposes a cost based power sharing scheme combined with a more realistic EMS scheme. …”
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Livelihood Strategies Amongst Indigenous Peoples in the Central Cardamom Protected Forest, Cambodia by Long, Sarou

“…This study asks what these challenges are and how they impact upon these indigenous peoples’ livelihoods. The main objective of this study is to understand the various interventions by the government with regard to natural resource management policies, and how NGOs and other actors such as migrants and investors are affecting the livelihoods of the indigenous people. …”
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Review Of The Fatigue Performance Of Stainless Steel 316L Parts Manufactured By Selective Laser Melting by Zhang, Meng, Li, Hua, Zhang, Xiang, Hardacre, David

“…Therefore, this work reviews the formation and prevention of defects in the selective laser melting (SLM) process and examines their impact the quality of stainless steel 316L parts, using the fatigue properties as the main criteria. This will aid future works on the characterisation of material against key process parameters and fatigue tests, and support the development of predictive fatigue models in later phase of the project. …”
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Fiber-reinforced reactive magnesia-based tensile strain-hardening composites by Ruan, Shaoqin, Qiu, Jishen, Yang, En-Hua, Unluer, Cise

“…This study focuses on the development of a new strain-hardening composite (SHC) involving carbonated reactive MgO cement (RMC) and fly ash (FA) as the main binder. Rheological properties of the developed composites were investigated by varying FA and water contents to achieve desirable fiber dispersion. …”
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A micro motion sensing system for micromanipulation tasks by Tan, U Xuan, Latt, Win Tun, Georgiou, Andreas, Sidarta, Ananda Ekaputera, Riviere, Cameron N, Ang, Wei Tech

“…An optical-based motion sensing system has been developed for real-time sensing of instrument motion in micromanipulation. The main components of the system consist of a pair of position sensitive detectors (PSDs), lenses, an infrared (IR) diode that illuminates the workspace of the system, a non-reflective intraocular shaft, and a white reflective ball attached at the end of the shaft. …”
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Experimental investigation of bedding plane orientation on the rockburst behavior of sandstone by He, M. C., Nie, W., Zhao, Z. Y., Guo, Wei

“…The results show that the mass and velocity of fragments are the two main parameters for the identification of the energy-transferring process in the rockburst test. …”
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Creep behavior of EPS composite soil by Gao, HongMei, Chen, Yumin, Liu, HanLong, Liu, JinYuan, Chu, Jian

“…In this paper, the results of a series of oedometer creep tests and triaxial undrained creep tests on EPS composite soil were presented. Four main influencing factors were identified and their effects on the creep behaviors of EPS composite soil were studied. …”
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Project performance framework for stakeholder of residential construction project by Abolghasemi, Maryam

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Budget allocation management model for seismic rehabilitation of infrastructure assets. by Mohammadreza Yadollahi

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"You know, what is overspending" : working with compulsive buying : a critical discursive account by Parnes, Harriette Sophie

“…The transcripts were analysed using critical discursive psychology, a branch of Discourse Analysis. Findings Four main discourses were elicited from the data: ‘it’s self medicating’, ‘how should I work with this?’…”
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