Improved thermoelectric efficiency of Sb2Si2Te6 through yttrium-induced nanocompositing by Saglik, Kivanc, Tan, Xian Yi, Dong, Jinfeng, Suwardi, Ady, Wang, Xizu, Xu, Jianwei, Zhu, Qiang, Liu, Hongfei, Cao, Jing, Yan, Qingyu

“…However, its widespread use has been limited by relatively low power factor values. …”
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3D electron microscopy for analyzing nanoparticles in the tumor endothelium by Mladjenovic, Stefan M., Chandok, Ishaan S., Darbandi, Ali, Nguyen, Luan N. M., Stordy, Benjamin, Zhen, Mei, Chan, Warren C. W.

“…Delivering medical agents to diseased tissues has been challenging, leading researchers to study the in vivo transport process in the body for improving delivery. …”
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农作物秸秆污染防治及综合利用的公共政策研究 ：以江苏省淮安市为例 = On the public policies about pollution prevention and utilization of crops straw : taking HuaiAn city as an example... by 王立喜 Wang, Lixi, 王兴龙 Wang, Xinglong, 王江 Wang, Jiang, 王红红 Wang, Honghong, 孙志标 Sun, Zhibiao

“…In this paper, Huai'an City, Jiangsu Province, to the main crop stalks and straw, wheat straw as a typical in-depth analysis of crop straw burning or abandoned due to water environment, air pollution and other negative externalities, investigated the present situation and comprehensive utilization of straw Issues, such as economics, game theory analysis of the current crop straw theory of recycling the effectiveness of policies, from macro and micro aspects put forward specific policy on pollution prevention and recycling of crop straw utilization of public policy has been redesigned and improved To other parts of the crop stalks on pollution prevention and recycling for reference.…”
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Electrical characterization of bias temperature instability in MOSFETs with the ultrathin SiON and la-doped HfSiO gate dielectrics by Du, Guoan.

“…As a new measurement method, UFS has been proved as a valid measurement technique for state of art MOSFETs. …”
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Study on pedestrian and cyclist interactions at signalised pedestrian crossings by Liu, Jianye.

“…This area of study has been extensively researched in other Asian countries such as Japan (Alhajaseen & Nakamura, 2010) and Hong Kong (Lee & Lam, 2005). …”
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新马华语量词“粒”的泛化研究 = A case study on the generalization of Chinese noun classifier “li” in Singapore and Malaysia by 司徒奕龙 Situ, Yilong

“…“Semantic bleaching” has been proven to be the general direction for the evolution of Chinese words. …”
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Talent harbour : web career portal by Sri Hartati

“…In addition to the issue of competitive hiring market, the foreign labour quota has been a concern for many local firms and Multi-National Corporations operating in Singapore. …”
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Flexible whispering gallery mode optical microcavities for lasers and sensors by Ta, Van Duong

“…By incorporating organic dye molecules into these structures, lasing with excellent performances such as narrow spectral linewidth, well-defined polarization, clear mode spacing, and strong photostability have been observed under optical excitation. Single mode operation, being important for on-chip applications and optical integrated circuits, is achievable from the three configurations. …”
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Online learning with kernels by Fan, Haijin

“…The Mercer kernel function is applied to perform transformation of feature vectors from a low dimensional space to a high or even infinite dimensional reproducing kernel Hilbert space (RKHS), where linear solutions can be found in the high dimensional feature space. Kernel methods have been widely applied in batch learning or off-line learning contexts for various applications. …”
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Measurement of isotherms and kinetics by volumetric method by Zulqarnain Abdul Halil

“…The world is currently facing global warming, with the major cause being the emission of carbon dioxide (CO2) from flue gas released by industrial and power production plants. Technologies have been developed throughout the years, one of them being adsorption technology. …”
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Tin oxide based dye sensitized solar cells by Teh, Jun Jie

“…Besides, common problem of low fill factor (FF) in tin oxide based DSSC has been solved through gallium doping. Optimum gallium doping which moderate up-shift of tin oxide band edge results in better charge injection from dye to electrode and impedes electron from recombination with electrolyte, which in turn to increase Voc and power conversion efficiency. …”
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Essays in dynamic pricing, channel control and channel competition by Song, Boqian

“…Dynamic pricing has been successfully applied in the travel, hospitality, retail and entertainment industries to boost revenue and profits. …”
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Characterization and evaluation of bilayer coating for enhanced localization and sustained drug delivery for fibrosis-induced ureteral stricture by Chin, Jia Wen

“…Fibroblast proliferation can be managed with Mitomycin C (MMC) drug that has been widely documented in cancer treatments. However, an issue associated with drug release in the ureter is the low drug permeability of transitional membrane of ureter tissues. …”
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Investigation of the recyclability of applications involving MgO cement by Lim, Chin Haow

“…Reactive MgO cement has been considered a serious contender in this regard as it has a lower clinkering temperature, ability to sequester CO2 in the curing process and can be fully recycled when it is used as the only binder for cement product through calcination. …”
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新加坡华语中的倒置双宾结构 = Inverted double object construction in Singapore Mandarin by 林届霓 Lim, Jie Ni

“…However, the construction has not been discussed in depth. This thesis aims to further study how the construction is being used in Singapore. …”
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Characterisation of novel electroactive consortia from environmental samples enriched through potentiostatic growth by Doyle, Lucinda Elizabeth

“…Despite the great microbial diversity nature has to offer, a relatively small group of electrochemically-active microorganisms (EAM) has been discovered. This work aimed to explore the use of a three-electrode set-up to enrich and isolate novel EAM. …”
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Synthesis of noble metal-based nanocomposites for enhanced catalytic performance by Liu, Ye

“…Noble metals have been applied as heterogeneous catalysts for a long time. …”
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Novel nitric oxide donors for the dispersal and control of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms by Poh, Wee Han

“…In addition, due to the involvement of NO in various pathological processes, several classes of NO donors with varying pharmacological properties have been developed for different treatments. In the case of biofilm control, two main classes of NO donor are typically used to induce biofilm dispersal, sodium nitroprusside (SNP) and diazeniumdiolates (NONOates). …”
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Effect of residual soil depth on soil-water characteristic curve and unsaturated shear strength by Tikno, Nickanor

“…However, there are few quantification works that have been carried out on residual soil properties in terms of depth. …”
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Bio-modification of sand for cement grouting by Ng, Samuel Joel Rui Ming

“…Recently, new soil improvement methods based on the Microbial Induced Calcite Precipitation (MICP) process have been developed. The same approach may be used to improve the properties or gain surface of the sand or aggregates used for concrete and grouting and thus improve the strength of concrete and cement grout. …”
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