The four mini dragons by Ding, See Yue, Leo, Cher Ling, Seah, Boon Hock

“…A trend analysis of major economic indicators such as GNP, labour condition and other economic indicators is done for each country over a span of ten years. This period is in turn split into two five-year periods: 1985-1989 and 1990- 1994. …”
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Detecting unfair ratings attacks in online rating systems by Ho, Wenxu.

“…In order to ensure of getting the “best deals”, most people tend to turn to online rating systems for advices to make informed decisions regarding the purchase of products or services. …”
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Injection moulding of micro droplet generation thermoplastics devices by Goh, Qing Wen

“…Therefore, the studies done in this Final Year Project is to understand how residual stresses can be reduce which in turn reduces the deformations of the microchannels and also how the effects of the cooling time parameters during the injection moulding cycle affects the deformation of the channels after thermal bonding process.…”
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Demonstratives in Singapore Malay : expression of stance through the use of Itu and Ini by Soffia Ghazali

“…Stance is more commonly encoded in turn final positions and in the use of multiple demonstratives. …”
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Smile challenger by Ang, Shi Chao

“…Given that a smile can be measured, can we measure happiness and turn it into a fun Smile Challenger game? This paper presents an efficient approach to analyze a smile and assign a reasonable score (0 – 100%) to it. …”
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The Effect of cue attributes on the willingness to engage car-sharing service providers by Tan, Colette Jean Yi, Poh, Ting Fang

“…Aligning with previous studies, the results revealed that summary evaluations played a pivotal role in affecting perceptions about trust in the service provider and service quality standards, which in turn predicted willingness to engage the sharing service provider. …”
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The practice of soft power by Henne, Peter S., Öztürk, Ahmet Erdi

“…We argue that this can be better explained through the practice turn in international relations; Turkey follows commonly accepted religious practices that Balkans Muslims recognize, granting Turkey influence even if they do not internalize its dominant position. …”
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Incorporating elicited preferences for equality into electricity system planning modeling by Van-Hein Sackey, C, Nock, D, Cao, C, Armanios, D, Davis, A

“…These hybrid mini-grids, in turn, drive the carbon emissions intensity of the electricity system fourfold. …”

Simulation of national-scale groundwater dynamics in geologically complex aquifer systems: an example from Great Britain by Bianchi, M, Scheidegger, J, Hughes, A, Jackson, C, Lee, J, Lewis, M, Mansour, M, Newell, A, O’Dochartaigh, B, Patton, A, Dadson, S

“…Comparisons showed regional differences linked to lithological and climatic factors, which in turn can be associated with more or less groundwater resilience to extreme climatic events. …”

Single axis geometry by fitting conics by Jiang, G, Tsui, H-T, Quan, L, Zisserman, A

“…<p>In this paper, we describe a new approach for recovering 3D geometry from an uncalibrated image sequence of a single axis (turn-table) motion. Unlike previous methods, the computation of multiple views encoded by the fundamental matrix or trifocal tensor is not required. …”

Object level grouping for video shots by Sivic, J, Schaffalitzky, F, Zisserman, A

“…For example, the front and back of a car, or the front and side of a face. In turn this enables object-level matching and recognition throughout a video.…”

Entangled exclusions: borders, frontiers and urban geopolitics from northeast India by Das, P, Mittal, G, Sarma, J

“…With the rise of religio-national and neoliberal politics, new urban ‘developments’ and connectivity projects in the region have deepened exclusions based on class, caste, ethnic and religious borders. These have, in turn, led to further displacement, enclavization, and ghettoization of minority communities who are deemed ‘non-native’ along ethnocentric lines. …”

Does trade freedom affect exchange rate movement? A perspective of high-technology trade by Cong, Shufeng, Chin, Lee, Kumarusamy, Risidaxshinni

“…Changes in the degree of trade freedom influence economic development and foreign investment, which in turn, affect currency values and exchange rate movements. …”

Effects of various surface treatments on the storage life of guava (Psidium guajava L) at 10°C by Mohamed, Suhaila, Kyi, Khin Ma Ma, Yusof, Salmah

“…Paraffin treatment caused the skin to turn brown after 2 weeks storage. The ascorbic acid content was highest in control followed by clingwrapped guava. …”

That's Not How We Do It Here! : A Story About How Organizations Rise, Fall - and Can Rise Again / by Kotter, John P., 1947-, author 368412, Rathgeber, Holger, author 507836

“…Now, ten years later, they're back with another must-read story that will help any team or organization cope with their biggest challenges and turn them into exciting opportunities. Once upon a time a clan of meerkats lived in the Kalahari, a region in southern Africa. …”

How Stories Change Us : A Developmental Science of Stories from Fiction and Real Life / by Reese, Elaine, author 655966

“…Regardless of media platform, fictional stories with violent and stereotyped content increase aggression and prejudiced attitudes and behaviors, and excessive consumption of fictional stories is unhealthy. In turn, real-life stories with inaccurate or biased content (fake news) increase memory errors; real-life stories with negative or traumatic content increase mental health difficulties. …”
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Institutions and agricultural transformation: a study of induced innovation in the Philippine rice sector by Montesclaros, Jose Ma. Luis P.

“…The analysis also traced the persistence of these policies back to the state’s premature turn to industrialisation (Post-World War II era) even before the country’s rice sector could be made competitive: historical industrialisation policies 1) created initial conditions for currency overvaluation, and 2) set the stage for the outflow of financial resources from agriculture, leading to capitalisation challenges of farmers; 3) currency overvaluation in turn necessitated policies to protect the market share of farmers from trade (import) competition. …”
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Verifying Correctness of the Number Theoretic Transform and Fast Number Theoretic Transform in F⋆ by Ono, Rick R.

“…Because cryptographic algorithms often secure sensitive information, their correctness, and in turn their security is a top priority. The Number Theoretic Transform (NTT) is an algorithm that enables efficient polynomial multiplication and has recently gained importance in post-quantum cryptography. …”
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Trust in prescription drug brand websites : website trust cues, attitude toward the website, and behavioral intentions by Huh, Jisu, Shin, Wonsun

“…Perceived DTC website trust, in turn, was found to be significantly associated with consumers' attitude toward the DTC website and behavioral intention.…”
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Singlet fission materials for improved solar cells by Heng, Zhi Yin

“…This project report focuses on the chemical synthesis and characterization of organic compounds to determine its capability in exhibiting singlet fission phenomenon, which will in turn lead to an enhancement of solar cell efficiency when used in organic photovoltaic cells. …”
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