Brazil: pre-salt outlook by Chauhan, V

“…This ranks alongside Kashagan as one of the largest and most significant oil discoveries of the past few decades. However, as has often been the case in recent history of the oil markets, a number of project delays and cost overruns have since taken the shine off the initial optimism.…”

Percy Manning’s archaeological survey of Oxfordshire by Roberts, A

“…Thurlow Leeds, Esq., M.A., F.S.A.’.1 The article consisted of a concise topographically organized index of archaeological finds from the county together with a short introduction that stated (p. 227) that the work ‘is almost entirely based on the material in the Manning Collections and stands therefore as a monument to one whose knowledge of Oxfordshire’s past has had few rivals’. The article was published in Archaeologia, the original journal of the Society of Antiquaries of London, which was appropriate not just as both Leeds and Manning were Fellows of the Society but also because Leeds stated that the Society had provided the model for Manning’s work.…”

Recent studies on common ownership, firm behavior, and market outcomes by Schmalz, MC

“…The literature on competitive effects of common ownership has grown at a fast rate in the past two years. Anticompetitive effects have been confirmed with alternative reduced-form and structural estimation methods, in different industries, geographies, and jurisdictions. …”

Entangled entitlements and Shuar tsantsa (shrunken heads) by Van Broekhoven, LNK

“…Newly installed interpretation replaced the original case display, to allow visitors to consider the problematic past academic practices of physical anthropology, its relationship to race science and how those are linked to racist ideas about superiority and inferiority that shape our present today. …”

Upstream : Selected Essays / by Oliver, Mary, 1963-2019, author 656023, Penguin Publishing Group (Online service) 655981

“…Upstream follows Oliver as she contemplates the pleasure of artistic labor, her boundless curiosity for the flora and fauna that surround her, and the responsibility she has inherited from Shelley, Wordsworth, Emerson, Poe, and Frost, the great thinkers and writers of the past, to live thoughtfully, intelligently, and to observe with passion. …”
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Genomic insights into Vibrio cholerae O1 responsible for cholera epidemics in Tanzania between 1993 and 2017 by Hounmanou, Yaovi Mahuton Gildas, Leekitcharoenphon, Pimlapas, Kudirkiene, Egle, Mdegela, Robinson H., Hendriksen, Rene S., Olsen, John Elmerdahl, Dalsgaard, Anders

“…We studied the evolution of Vibrio cholerae O1 isolated in Tanzania during the past three decades. Methodology / Principal findings: Genome-wide analysis was performed to characterize V. cholerae O1 responsible for the Tanzanian 2015-2017 outbreak along with strains causing outbreaks in the country for the past three decades. …”
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Effects of multilingualism on brain structure, cognition and language processing by Yee, Jia’en

“…This is despite multilingualism being a common phenomenon in many parts of the world. Findings from past bilingual studies have shown patterns of volumetric expansions that are followed with reductions as language experience increases; possibly signifying renormalisation. …”
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自译与他译 ：论黄孟文《再见惠兰的时候》不同英译版本的翻译策略 = Self-translation and conventional translation : the different versions of Wong Meng Voon’s when I see Hui Lan again and its translation strategies... by 蔡敷鈺 Chua, Rachelyn Fu Yih

“…黄孟文自译的短篇小说《再见惠兰的时候》收入在他1981年出版的英文书里，书名为 Glimpses of the past: stories from Singapore and Malaysia《昨日的闪现》（英文版） 。…”
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Low voltage CMOS operational amplifier design towards maximum CMR by Tan, Chee Lam.

“…For the past few decades, there has been a ceaseless drive to reduce the minimum feature size of a MOS transistor. …”
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Establishing a fully empirical ship manoeuvring model by Seto, Steifan Ming Long

“…Experiment data of second order wave forces and moment of similar ship models obtained from past studies, mathematical models from the Marine Ship Simulator (MSS), and empirical formulation derived by researchers – these three different types of manoeuvring models will be compared by incorporating the dimensionless hydrodynamic derivatives of each of these models. …”
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Design of a localization and navigation system for multi-mobile robot coordination by Tan, Jiue Lin

“…In order to achieve higher order of efficiency and productivity, the researched on multi-robot systems drawn significant attraction worldwide in the past decade. It has been observed cooperation between multiple robots able to perform complex task that would otherwise be impossible for one single powerful robot to accomplish. …”
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The Tampines Cybertimes : from conception to infancy by Goh, Adeline I Ling, Kwek, Amelia Woon, Yang, Jonathan Sun Cheung, Yeo, Jeffrey Wee Teck

“…Although The CyberTimes may not have reached all its lofty ideals, it has had numerous breakthroughs in the past year since it was first conceived. For one, it is Singapore’s first on-line community newspaper. …”
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RGB-NIR image fusion by Pan, Liangyi

“…A pre-trained VGG-19 network using ImageNet weights was chosen for this project. Past Image Fusion methods were also studied. A fusion strategy was then proposed. …”
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元的回忆录 = My bittersweet memory through textile exploration and expression by Guan, Karen Hui Boon

“…Design, when properly used, serves as a medium of expression, allowing hidden emotions to be properly examined and helping those with wounds to reconcile with their past.…”
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Modern nostalgia. by Chan, Rachel See Woon., Tan, Hwee Ting., Yuen, Bernadette Su Wen.

“…Thus, these young Singaporeans, who care about what they have lost or are losing in terms of their heritage, feel that their past and childhood memories are being threatened. …”
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Web-based speech recognition platform - SG decoding by Tan, Hui Zhan

“…This Final Year Project focuses on the design and development of a full-stack web application that allows users to perform offline audio transcription, live transcription through their microphones, and manage their past transcriptions by leveraging a suite of speech recognition APIs from NTU Speech Lab. …”
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Trend of temperature changes in Singapore by Wang, Qian.

“…Thus, the project focuses on data collection and analysis of the mean minimum temperature of the past three decades. By adopting general statistical approach and using the Zero-Crossing Method, the writer minimise the fluctuation of the data due to the cyclic components and establish a more definitive trend of the temperature distribution. …”
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Assessing the financial performance of container shipping companies by Cai, Kewei

“…Over the past few decades, a phenomenon was observed where container shipping lines are adapting vertical integration strategies towards the ports and logistics market, which is outside of their core business. …”
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Multi-sensor distributed detection in presence of communication cost by Tan, Kok Poh.

“…The subject of multi-sensor data fusion (or 'sensor fusion' in short) has grown explosively and a multitude of approaches and areas have been covered over the past decade ever since the first related paper was presented by Tenney and Sandell in 1981. …”
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City Clubs : critical success factors and prototype design. by Loo, Daisy., Phan, Thanh Truc., Tan, Tee Meng.

“…Characteristics of the five city clubs studied include image and positioning, objective and commitment, current and past strategies, organisation and culture, cost structure, strengths and weaknesses, size, growth and profitability. …”
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