The effect of China's weak institutional environment on the quality of Big 4 audits by Ke, Bin, Lennox, Clive S., Xin, Qingquan

“…The Big 4 are less likely to issue modified audit reports, and they charge lower audit fees for clients that are listed only in China. Finally, companies listed only in China have larger signed abnormal accruals than do companies cross-listed in Hong Kong. …”
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The Snail by Ngin, Yunxin

“…The Snail is a 2D-animated short film about a boy who lives in a post-apocalyptic world, who sees a snail for the first time. The film follows the boy as he curiously follows, looks, and observes the snail. …”
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Forster’s moral vision : an examination of the religious imagery in Edward Morgan Forster’s fiction. by Leong, Keith Yan-Hao.

“…It will argue that Forster has a conflicted view of religion because he sees on the one hand its moral restrictiveness and logical absurdity, and on the other its potential for moral emancipation, grounding, and linguistic transcendence.…”
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Experimental animation : alucinari by Loh, Li Wei

“…This Final Year Project is a created by a group of two students from School of Art, Design and Media - Digital Animation Major. The project sees into production an abstract experimental film, which focuses on analysing and developing the use of various design techniques to bring into being an original animated film with a distinctive art style. …”
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Digital image forensics by Chong, Alvin Sheng Yuan.

“…With professional image editing tools readily available in the market and the widespread adoption of digital images, a person cannot simply believe what he or she sees anymore as authentic as it has become increasing easy to create doctored images. …”
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Aging and the self : perceptions of the aging process and one's body on the development of the self among Singaporean seniors by Khrisha Chatterji

“…These views affect the way one sees one’s self. The analyses show that the aging body is seen in contrast to the youthful body which is deemed ideal. …”
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Driving home by Ulfahzatul Tysha Sher Zaman

“…Going to various places and meeting all kinds of people, a seemingly regular day ends up changing the way he sees the world. Armed with new ways of thinking, he drives home to his son with a new truth: that life is always simple.…”
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Unbroken by Lim, Alexander Si Yuan

“…And Puji, 13, who’s youngest brother was adopted away, sees him in the newest member of the Eden family, Hannah. …”
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T计划 ：跨性别者的异托邦空间 = The T project : a transgender heterotopic space by 符弼钧 Foo, Pi Gin

“…As Singapore sees an increase in discussion on LGBT related topics, the transgender community continues to remain an invisible group that is often neglected and misunderstood. …”
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Avoiding sovereign default contagion: A normative analysis by De Ferra, S, Mallucci, E

“…In our baseline specification, one of the two countries sees a decline of welfare under the planner’s rules. …”

Self-employment for autonomous robots using smart contracts by Castelló Ferrer, Eduardo, Berman, Ivan, Kapitonov, Aleksandr, Manaenko, Vadim, Chernyaev, Makar, Tarasov, Pavel, Wilson, Bryan, Greenwood, Dazza, Walters, Ed

“…In these transactions, the robot interacts with humans as a peer, not as a tool. In other words, the robot makes peer financial transactions with humans in the same way that another human would, first as an investment vehicle, then as a seller at an auction, and then as a shop customer and a client. …”
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Normal People / by Rooney, Sally, author 631806, Faber (Online service) 656045

“…Well-off Marianne blossoms at university, becoming pretty and popular, while Connell struggles for the first time in his life to fit in properly with his peers. The two weave in and out of each other's lives during their university years, developing an intense bond that exposes their traumas and insecurities.…”
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The Inspiration Design Toolkit: A Human-Centered Design Tool for a System Engineering Course by Lee, Sheng-Hung, Yang, Maria C, Carramolino, Beatriz, Rudnik, John

“…The aim of the IDT is to improve the participants’ learning experience and course engagement, increase opportunities for them to interact with their peers and teaching team, enable them to practice and reinforce the concepts through the creation of their own IDT cards, and share the cards in the discussion to increase learners’ engagement with course material and peers. …”
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Machine learning for industrial IOT by Yeow, Brandon Wei Liang

“…This paper concludes by proposing an algorithm for peer-to-peer Federated Learning where clients search for peers up to the 𝑘th degree and perform the best actions with 𝑛 peers under bandwidth constraints. …”
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Best practices and factors to enhance transfer of training in Oman by Al Ghafri, Ahmed Mohammed Issa

“…The list includes training designers, trainers, supervisor, managers, peers, top management, and customers or clients of the organizations. …”
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Making the world a better place? English higher education and global public good by Marginson, S, Yang, L, Brotherhood, T

“…Two-thirds of science papers with UK authors involve international collaboration, one-quarter of higher education students are international, and their fees constitute more than a fifth of institutional income. …”

Facial expression quantification and analysis by Ramya Sridharan

“…This dissertation mentions some of the latest techniques available in the above field and proposes two design techniques that exceed the performance of their peers in both technical aspects and applications.…”
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What is to reproduce? On the overlap, development, and persistence account of reproduction by Palacios-González, C

“…Her account seems able to answer the question of whether reproduction takes place, and who reproduces, when we employ biotechnologies that bear little to no resemblance to naturally occurring human sexual reproduction. …”

Finite element study of the properties and response of 3D printed lattice structures by Tay, Arissa Hui Yin

“…The variation of the unit cell’s aspect ratio, d/L, by increasing strut diameter, sees increased connectivity between layers within the structure, resulting in improved mechanical properties. …”
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Ethical governance of artificial intelligence for defence: normative tradeoffs for principle to practice guidance by Blanchard, A, Thomas, C, Taddeo, M

“…A recent shift from the what to the how of AI ethics sees a nascent body of literature published by defence organisations focussed on guidance to implement AI ethics principles. …”