Flourishing in burnout society by Lim, Aaron Wei Heng

“…It calls for an examination and criticism of how individuals have lived the past few decades; it calls for a return to Vita Contemplativa alongside Eudaimonism.…”
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SCSE FYP and MSCS IA system development part 5 by Ong, Celestine Xin Rui

“…This report delves into the work previously accomplished by past batches of students, maintenance of existing systems by resolving current underlying issues, and the active development of new functionalities in the new system.…”
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The present state of PST/PTB reconstruction: can we even write a fable in Proto-Lolo-Burmese? by Matisoff, James A.

“…How much can we really recover from the past history of languages? What do we mean when we claim to have "reconstructed a proto-language"? …”
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Layer-wise learning framework for deep networks by Yu, Haoyao

“…With the increasingly extensive application of deep learning, research based on experiential results has made significant progress in the field of machine learning over the past few years. However, deep learning is very difficult to understand due to its use of artificial neural networks and a black-box approach. …”
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Study of ocular surface temperature of normal subjects by textural parameters by Li, Min.

“…In order to gain a proper understanding of the use of IR thermography in ophthalmology, a review of past and current works on ocular thermography is done to determine the factors that affect the OST and also how thermography is used. …”
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Investigation of silicon nanowires photodetector by Foo, Kai Lin.

“…Silicon nanowires (SiNWs) research has intensified over the past decade with the advancement in nanowires fabrication technology. …”
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Electrical characterization of Si Nanowire based devices – transistors and SONOS memory by Xiong, Tian Zhong.

“…As for PMOS vertical gate-all-around (GAA) Silicon Nanowire, results show that with the greatly decrease in the scalability of the transistor for SNWFETs NBTI degradation is not significant in test results due to the ultra small surface area of the SNWFETs, but it can be sure that from past study the scalability will contribute in NBTI degradation thus more study must be research in this area.…”
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Development of an intelligent solar energy system for off-grid application by Ng, Cindy Shi Hui.

“…Renewable energy has been a research area of exponentially increasing interest since the past decade along with the more attention that people pay to environment and energy problems. …”
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Investigation on NOGA XP cardiac navigation system by Liu, Wei.

“…As a result, technologies used to diagnose heart disease have expanded rapidly in the past 30 years. An advanced technology called NOGA XP system which can diagnose and treat some heart diseases in the means of cardiac mapping and injection is currently available in market. …”
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中国金融改革的评估 1978-1998 = Evaluation of financial reforms in China, 1978-1998 by 李靖 Li, Jing

“…The ultimate goal of the reform is to restructure the financial system and enhance its efficiency. During the past 20 years, the Chinese government has been pushing forward gradually the reform and made several achievements. …”
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Fullwave modeling of coplanar-waveguide discontinuities for applications in filter design and metamaterial characterization by Gao, Jing

“…Therefore, a good understanding of their circuit behavior is essential for design success. In the past few decades, great effort has been made to accurate characterization of a variety of CPW circuits and discontinuities by developing different advanced fullwave approaches, of which the method of moments (MoM) has been considered as the most efficient and powerful algorithm. …”
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Effect of nickel on localized surface plasmon resonance activity of gold nanorods by Tay, Aloysius Kay Chong.

“…Extensive research over the past few years have shown that strong electromagnetic enhancements can be provided by noble metal nanostructures via the excitation of localized surface plasmons (LSPs) using light. …”
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Unsteady flow-induced vibration of the slider in a commercial hard disk drive by Muhammad Haikal Khalid.

“…This report presents a numerical investigations on the characteristics of Flow-Induced Vibration (FIV) of the Head Gimbal Assembly (HGA) in a working hard disk drive (HDD).The work has been carried out by the author over the past 2 semesters for his Final Year Project (FYP). …”
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Investigation of passive bearing for biomedical applications by Lee, Jian Ming.

“…Results taken from the theoretical modeling by varying parameters such as film height and grooves, coupled with the results from past CFD simulations concluded that the equations had difference in the pressure rise across the SGB due to inertia effects that were not accounted for in the theoretical formulation. …”
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Demand response of lighting and air conditioner in AC/DC micro grid by Zhong, Yang.

“…In the past decades, electricity consumption increases quickly in Singapore. …”
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The perception of life insurance agents by the public by Chan, Mike Hong Keong, Kong, Yew Wah, Lee, Jiunn Woei

“…Many studies on how the general public view life insurance agents have initiated in the past. However, no research has been conducted on why individuals perceive life insurance agents as they do. …”
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Variation of stiffness of two magnetically coupled beams for broadband energy harvesting by Xiao, Jincheng

“…Smart structural health monitoring through wireless sensors is gaining significant importance over the past few decades. Consequently, many researchers are trying to power such sensors by harvesting energy from ambient energy sources. …”
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Does death penalty have a deterrent effect on homicides? by Du, Shangzhu, Sheng, Chao, Wen, Shaoyi

“…Death penalty has been practiced by most societies in the past but a growing number of countries have abolished this sanction. …”
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CHEWTOPIA : a visual communication exploration of positioning Teochew culture for a contemporary audience by Quek, Amanda Wei Yi

“…The slow death of Chinese dialects over the past decades, largely attributed to language policies put in place by the Singapore government, has resulted in many of the younger generations losing the ability to speak their own cultural dialect and consequently the understanding of their own cultural heritage. …”
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Motivation & family caregivers of elderly individuals : exploring the relevance of filial piety & autonomy by Nur 'Atiqah Mohd Farhan

“…Individuals who provide care for their sick or frail family members are reported to be at risk of developing depression and other psychosomatic symptoms due to the burden of caregiving. As past research has found that health is an outcome linked to motivation, the current study explores the underlying motivations of these family caregivers, specifically focusing on the concepts of filial piety and autonomy. …”
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