To study the commercial and operational advantages and disadvantages of mega-container ships (>14,000TEU) by Lai, Marie Jinbao

“…In order to bring down the per-unit cost of transporting the containers, many shipping lines have began to order container vessels with increased container carrying capacity. …”
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Globalization : Perak's Rise, Relative Decline, and Regeneration / by Nazrin Shah Ibni Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah, Sultan, 543480, Oxford University Press (Online service) 655242

“…Likewise, during the global rubber boom that began in the early 20th century as cars were mass-produced for the first time, Perak was the largest rubber-producing state in the peninsula. …”
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COVID-19 - where do we go from here? by Lee, Pei Hua, Vasoo, Shawn

“…The cluster of viral pneumonia cases that first began in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, in December 2019 has rapidly spread within China and globally. …”
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Car radar feature based road target classification by Poh, Deon Jing Rui

“…One of these wireless technologies is Radar (Radio Distance and Ranging Research into radar initially began in the 1930s as a method of early warning against enemy aircraft approaching. …”
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Virtual reality for medical application II by Yang, Cheng Yee

“…By applying Virtual Reality to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, it will be become a new approach to psychotherapy, especially for those shy patients. The project began with the design of the Virtual Reality system and allowed users to communicate with the virtual character in the system. …”
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The IMF: Dogma versus Unorthodoxy Can we afford another Clash? by Yang Razali Kassim

“…A number of serving officials were also there, such as those from the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Bank of Thailand – the central bank of the country where the crisis began. There were also prominent economists like K.S Jomo, who now serves as Assistant Secretary-General of economic affairs at the United Nations, and Lim Chong Yah, the guru of many an economist and currently professor at Nanyang Technological University.…”
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Managing Change in Lean Manufacturing Implementation by Nordin, Norani, Md Deros, Baba, Abdul Wahab, Dzuraidah, Ab. Rahman, Mohd Nizam

“…This study used an explanatory mixed method approach, which began with survey distribution, and then the general picture was further refined by conducting in-depth interviews on Malaysia automotive companies. …”
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Hydrodynamic stability of flow over Kramer-type compliant surface by Tan, Shi Nguan.

“…Thus, a pressure switch was designed to simplify the experiment process. The development began with five conceptual designs and the matrix evaluation table was then used to select the final design. …”
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Nanyang venture formula 1: testing and performance evaluation of formula vehicle under FSAE on-track regime by Yip, Seng Han

“…This FYP report details the assembly and setup of the steering, drivetrain and suspension systems and the testing and data analysis of NTUs first FSAE car, the NVF-1. The report began with the assembly and modification of systems previously designed by seniors who graduated. …”
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An evaluation of the RecycleNSave initiative in Singapore by Ho, Xin Rui

“…Despite four years having passed since the initiative began and the recent announcement of the upcoming Beverage Container Refund Scheme which has similar objectives, there is a lack of literature examining the effectiveness of this ongoing initiative. …”
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Multiple centers based fuzzy clustering for imbalanced data by Liao, Hongda

“…Clustering for data mining is a useful technique in terms of identifying interesting distributions and discovering groups in the underlying data. K-means is a particular clustering technique that is world-renowned and widely spread for its low computational cost, which mainly includes the hard k-means clustering algorithms and the fuzzy k-means clustering algorithms. …”
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Seoul-Hong Kong-Macau : love with an alien (1957) and postwar Korea-Hong Kong co-production by Lee, Sangjoon

“…Instead of making local cinema in vernacular languages, Shaw Brothers began to produce numerous Mandarin films for the thriving overseas Chinese communities.…”
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The westward spread of Zhouyi and the issue of its English name by Mu, Xiao Feng

“… - The second stage was the “Richard Wilhelm’s Yi-study stage”, which began with the appearance of Richard Wilhelm’s German translation in 1924. …”
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The inert online citizen : online political spaces in Singapore by Rachna Raghupathi

“…It is difficult to believe that as recently as 40 years ago, as academics began to delve into the ways in which countries could democratise, most of them had not even dreamed of what would be an eventual gamechanger: the internet. …”
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Getting from here to there : stitching together goods agreements in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement by Elms, Deborah

“…In these ongoing negotiations, officals began the talks in late 2009 and early 2010 with repeated pronouncements about the need to open markets "with no exceptions" to the other members. …”
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Translational tilings by a polytope, with multiplicity by Robins, Sinai., Shiryaev, Dmitry., Gravin, Nick.

“…The investigation of simple tilings by translations (which we call 1-tilings in this context) began with the work of Fedorov [5] and Minkowski [15], and was later extended by Venkov and McMullen to give a complete characterization of all convex objects that 1-tile Rd. …”
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Developing and validating a digital literacy assessment: bridging the digital divide among adolescents in Sabah, Malaysia by Shakira Arbine, Mohamad Shukri Abdul Hamid

“…Despite growing up in a digital era, many youths in Tawau demonstrate limited skills in essential software like Microsoft Office, highlighting a significant digital divide. The study began by identifying key themes from existing instruments, leading to the development of a tailored assessment tool for Tawau, Sabah. …”
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A marxist reading on the disintegration of American families in Sam Sherpard's true west and curse of the starving class by Majeed, Abdulhameed A.

“…American society began to experience the effects of capitalism in the twentieth century. …”
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Ability of ceramic composite beads as a pre-treatment for laundry wastewater and preparation of the process by Bakar, S A, Nizam, N S M, Musa, S, Mohamed, R M S R, Khamidun, M H, Al-Gheethi, A

“…This study aimed to enhance laundry wastewater treatment by employing ceramic composite beads using ceramic sanitary ware waste and chitosan. The investigation began by characterizing laundry wastewater to identify its specific attributes. …”
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Green practices in the hotel industry: the push and pull factors by Aripin, Norhani, Amran, Noor Afza, Saad, Natrah, Awalludin, Noor Rohin

“…The environmental issue in Malaysia has a long history, which began with river pollution because of tin mining operations.It has now become more critical as air pollution and waste disposal by the hotel industry have a negative impact on the environment.A total of 86 questionnaires were received from four-star and five-star hotels in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya.The dependent variable is green practices, while the independent variables are motivational factors and barriers. …”
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