Medical tourism in South East Asia: Science mapping of present and future trends by Muhammad Ashraf, Fauzi, Norhana, Mohd Aripin, Nur Sofia Nabila, Alimin, Ting, Irene Wei Kiong, Wider, Walton, Siti Sarah, Maidin, Zainul-Abideen, Ahmed Yousif Abbas

“…This study evaluates the knowledge structure of medical tourism within the geographical context of South East Asia. This region is one of the growing economic powerhouses in the world, and tourism activities have contributed a lot to its advancement. …”
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Water surge risk mapping using GIS-based spatial multi-criteria decision analysis approach by Syarifuddin, Misbari, Siti Sarah, Abd Razak, Muhammad Fuad Fahmi, Jaafar, Nadiatul Adilah, Ahmad Abdul Ghani, Mohd Faizal, Jamlos

“…The process entails gathering geographical data and evaluating data using GIS-based Spatial Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (SMCDA), which is generally based on the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) model in ArcGIS Pro. …”
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Research on Traditional Village Spatial Differentiation from the Perspective of Cultural Routes: A Case Study of 338 Villages in the Miao Frontier Corridor by Zhao, Weiqi, Xiao, Dawei, Li, Jing, Xu, Ziyu, Tao, Jin

“…With the help of 91-satellite maps and a geographic information system (GIS), a cultural and geographic database of the traditional villages in the Miao Frontier Corridor was constructed to objectively explore the roles of the traditional villages’ natural geography, historical, and humanistic elements in the spatial categorization on a large scale. …”
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Exploring green gentrification in 28 global North cities: the role of urban parks and other types of greenspaces by Triguero-Mas, Margarita, Anguelovski, Isabelle, Connolly, James J T, Martin, Nick, Matheney, Austin, Cole, Helen V S, Pérez-Del-Pulgar, Carmen, García-Lamarca, Melissa, Shokry, Galia, Argüelles, Lucía, Conesa, David, Gallez, Elsa, Sarzo, Blanca, Beltrán, Miguel Angel, López Máñez, Jesúa, Martínez-Minaya, Joaquín, Oscilowicz, Emilia, Arcaya, Mariana C, Baró, Francesc

“…We assessed improved access to different types of greenspace (i.e. total area of parks, gardens, nature preserves, recreational areas or greenways [i] added before the 2000s or [ii] added before the 2010s) and gentrification processes (including [i] gentrification for the 2000s; [ii] gentrification for the 2010s; [iii] gentrification throughout the decades of the 2000s and 2010s) in each small geographical unit of each city. To estimate the associations, we developed a Bayesian hierarchical spatial model for each city and gentrification time period (i.e. a maximum of three models per city). …”
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Three essays on corporate finance and research methodology by Li, Wei

“…Chapter three proposes that gambling preference is a determinant of the significant geographical variation in U.S. firms’ cash holding. Local gambling preference, measured as the ratio of local Catholics to Protestants, is positively associated with local firms’ cash holding. …”
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Wedge strategies, Japan-ASEAN cooperation, and the making of EAS: implications for Indo-Pacific institutionalization by Koga, Kei

“…I argue that it is difficult for ASEAN’s cooperation with Japan and other external powers to expand in geographic scope from Southeast Asia to the Indo-Pacific because of the availability of wedge strategies. …”
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Assessment of critical rainfall scenarios for slope stability analyses based on historical rainfall records in Singapore by Kim, Yongmin, Rahardjo, Harianto, Nistor, Margarit Mircea, Satyanaga, Alfrendo, Leong, Eng Choon, Sham, Aaron Wai Lun

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Crossing the linguistic causeway: a binational approach for translating soundscape attributes to Bahasa Melayu by Lam, Bhan, Chieng, Julia, Watcharasupat, Karn N., Ooi, Kenneth, Ong, Zhen-Ting, Hong, Joo Young, Gan, Woon-Seng

“…Translation of perceptual descriptors such as the perceived affective quality attributes in the soundscape standard (ISO/TS 12913–2:2018) is an inherently intricate task, especially if the target language is used in multiple countries. Despite geographical proximity and a shared language of Bahasa Melayu (Standard Malay), differences in culture and language education policies between Singapore and Malaysia could invoke peculiarities in the affective appraisal of sounds. …”
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Competition in rig building by Toh, Jermaine Yahui.

“…In order to enhance the long-term sustainability and competitiveness of Singapore's offshore rig-building industry, further business diversification in three dimensions, namely geographical diversification, vertical integration and horizontal integration, has been recommended. …”
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Service quality gaps in the container shipping industry by Phua, Jia Hui.

“…Further studies should be conducted in other geographical regions to strengthen the reliability of the service quality attributes identified in this paper.…”
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Study of 3PL selection and development in Singapore by Liu, Zelai

“…However the outcome varies from one research to another, depending on the specific industrial and geographical context in discussion. This research aims to address the gaps found in the literature by proposing a conceptual 3PL provider selection criteria framework which includes the most frequently cited factors, taking into account the characteristics of the Electronics and Electrical (EE) industry in Singapore. …”
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Population transcriptomics of human malaria parasites reveals the mechanism of artemisinin resistance by Mok, S., Ashley, E. A., Ferreira, P. E., Zhu, L., Lin, Z., Yeo, T., Chotivanich, K., Imwong, M., Pukrittayakamee, S., Dhorda, M., Nguon, C., Lim, P., Amaratunga, C., Suon, S., Hien, T. T., Htut, Y., Faiz, M. A., Onyamboko, M. A., Mayxay, M., Newton, P. N., Tripura, R., Woodrow, C. J., Miotto, O., Kwiatkowski, D. P., Nosten, F., Day, N. P. J., Preiser, P. R., White, N. J., Dondorp, A. M., Fairhurst, R. M., Bozdech, Z.

“…The expression profiles of UPR-related genes also associate with the geographical origin of parasite isolates, further suggesting their role in emerging artemisinin resistance in the Greater Mekong Subregion.…”
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Exploring population structure, antibiotic resistance and horizontal gene transfer in Neisseria gonorrhoeae by Unitt, A

“…</p> <p>Together, these results provide an improved understanding of <em>N. gonorrhoeae</em> genetics with implications for public health: informing efforts to survey and suppress the evolution of resistance inducing mosaic <em>penA</em> alleles, and describing how gonococcal population structure relates to features such as geographical location and antibiotic resistance, while providing a publicly available lineage nomenclature for future analyses. …”

Canadians' opinions towards COVID-19 data-sharing: a national cross-sectional survey by Savić Kallesøe, SA, Rabbani, T, Gill, EE, Brinkman, F, Griffiths, EJ, Zawati, M, Liu, H, Palmour, N, Joly, Y, Hsiao, WWL

“…Datatypes most supported for being shared publicly were symptoms (83.0% in support), geographical region (82.6%) and COVID-19 vaccination status (81.7%). …”

Place-based household vouchers for locally supplied fruit and vegetables: the Fresh Street pilot cluster randomised controlled trial by Relton, C, Blake, MK, Bridge, G, Umney, D, Taylor, SJC, Adams, J, Mihaylova, B, Griffiths, C, Hooper, R, Phillips, R, Palmer, L, Gamston, A, Williamson, K

“…Paper vouchers are offered to all households in a geographical area regardless of household type, size, or income with no requirement to demonstrate need. …”

A service evaluation of the implementation of a novel digital intervention for hypertension self-monitoring and management system in primary care (SHIP): protocol for a mixed metho... by Smith, A, Tucker, KL, Barnes, RK, Drakesmith, CW, Agwunobi, A, Bateman, PA, Forbes, A, de Lusignan, S, Ford, GA, Fujiwara, T, Hobbs, FR, Koshiaris, C, Mant, J, McKinstry, B, Pollock, S, Rice, C, Yang, Y, McManus, RJ

“…Semi-structured qualitative interviews will be completed with implementation and clinical leads, staff and patients in six general practices located in two different geographical areas in England. Informed by the non-adoption, abandonment, scale-up, spread, and sustainability (NASSS) framework, our analysis will identify the challenges to successful implementation and sustainability of the digital intervention in routine clinical practice and in patients’ homes. …”

Application of a targeted-enrichment methodology for full-genome sequencing of Dengue 1-4, Chikungunya and Zika viruses directly from patient samples by Kamaraj, Uma Sangumathi, Tan, Jun Hao, Pan, Louise, Chawla, Tanu, Ong, Xin Mei, Uehara, Anna, Wang, Lin-Fa, Ooi, Eng Eong, Gubler, Duane J., Tissera, Hasitha, Ng, Lee Ching, Wilder-Smith, Annelies, de Sessions, Paola Florez, Barkham, Timothy, Anderson, Danielle E., Sessions, October Michael

“…The frequency of epidemics caused by Dengue viruses 1–4, Zika virus and Chikungunya viruses have been on an upward trend in recent years driven primarily by uncontrolled urbanization, mobility of human populations and geographical spread of their shared vectors, Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. …”
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UVSQ-SAT, a pathfinder cubesat mission for observing essential climate variables by Meftah, Mustapha, Damé, Luc, Keckhut, Philippe, Bekki, Slimane, Sarkissian, Alain, Hauchecorne, Alain, Bertran, Emmanuel, Carta, Jean-Paul, Rogers, David, Abbaki, Sadok, Dufour, Christophe, Gilbert, Pierre, Lapauw, Laurent, Vieau, André-Jean, Arrateig, Xavier, Muscat, Nicolas, Bove, Philippe, Sandana, Éric, Teherani, Ferechteh, Li, Tong, Pradel, Gilbert, Mahé, Michel, Mercier, Christophe, Paskeviciute, Agne, Segura, Kevin, Alba, Alicia Berciano, Aboulila, Ahmed, Chang, Loren, Chandran, Amal, Dahoo, Pierre-Richard, Bui, Alain

“…We also present the results of a numerical simulation study on the spatial reconstruction of the Earth’s radiation budget, on a geographical grid of 1 ° × 1 ° degree latitude-longitude, that could be achieved with UVSQ-SAT for different observation periods.…”
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Monitoring human arboviral diseases through wastewater surveillance: challenges, progress and future opportunities by Lee, Wei Lin, Gu, Xiaoqiong, Armas, Federica, Leifels, Mats, Wu, Fuqing, Chandra, Franciscus, Chua, Desmond Feng Jun, Syenina, Ayesa, Chen, Hongjie, Cheng, Dan, Ooi, Eng Eong, Wuertz, Stefan, Alm, Eric J., Thompson, Janelle

“…Arboviral epidemics have increased in frequency, magnitude and geographical extent over the past decades and are expected to continue increasing with climate change and expanding urbanisation. …”
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Dynamic air traffic flow coordination for flow-centric airspace management by Ma, Chunyao, Alam, Sameer, Qing, Cai, Delahaye, Daniel

“…The air traffic control paradigm is shifting from sector-based operations to cross-border flow-centric approaches to overcome sectors' geographical limits. Under this paradigm, effective air traffic flow coordination at flow intersections is crucial for efficiently utilizing available airspace resources and avoiding inefficiencies caused by high demand. …”
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