A Synoptic- and Remote Sensing-based Analysis of a Severe Dust Storm Event over Central Asia by Broomandi, P, Mohammadpour, K, Kaskaoutis, DG, Fathian, A, Abdullaev, SF, Maslov, VA, Nikfal, A, Jahanbakhshi, A, Aubakirova, B, Kim, JR, Satyanaga, A, Rashki, A, Middleton, N

“…The prevailing meteorological conditions showed an intensification of air subsidence over eastern Kazakhstan, featured in a typical omega-blocking system over the region and two troughs to its west and east axis, one day before the dust storm. The prevailing high-pressure system and temperature gradients over Kazakhstan modulated the dominant anticyclonic wind pattern generated from the south Balkhash basin toward the Caspian Sea, causing a huge dust storm that covered the southern half of Kazakhstan and large parts of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. …”

A comparative analysis of virtual education technology, E-learning systems research advances, and digital divide in the global south by Akpan, Ikpe Justice, Offodile, Onyebuchi Felix, Akpanobong, Aloysius Chris, Kobara, Yawo Mamoua

“…The results show that ‘East Asia and the Pacific’ (EAP) spent significantly more on (R&D) and achieved the highest scientific literature publication (SLP), with significant impacts. …”
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The threshold analysis of economic growth, FDI and trade on environment pollution in China using provincial panel data by Tang, Caihong, Rosland, Anitha, Yasmeen, Rizwana, Long, Yunfei

“…Based on our empirical results, it is suggested that the Chinese government needs to pay more attention to the unbalanced economic development and environment governance between east and middle & western areas, and take measures to prevent the transfer of polluting industries from China’s developed provinces to undeveloped middle and western provinces.…”

Correlation analysis on crash factor in Surabaya-Manyar toll road by Nurani Hartatik, Nurani Hartatik, Prasetijo, Joewono, Dwi Prasetyo, Yudi, Muhammad Isradi, Muhammad Isradi, Khilda Nistrina, Khilda Nistrina, Atqiya Muslihati, Atqiya Muslihati

“…Data on the volume of vehicles and frequency of accidents on the Surabaya-Manyar Toll Road between 2014 and 2018 were gathered through a collaborative effort between the Highway Patrol division of the East Java Regional Police and PT. Margabumi Matraraya, the toll road's management company. …”
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Mapping of sentiment analysis on food security among Malaysians using social media analytics by Rusli, Noradila, Lee, Yoke Lai, Rosley, Muhamad Solehin Fitry, Lee, Cher Enn, Hamzah, Maheran, Alias, Nurul Ezaila, Bahari, Noraini, Mamat, Mohd. Razif

“…Regional trends were observed, with the East Coast states and certain West Coast states having the highest number of tweets. …”
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Numerical solutions of some multiscale problems by Pang, Chen Hui

“…The piecewise regularity with respect to the fast variable that is required to achieve the essentially optimal convergence rate is proved rigorously. …”
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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

“…Written by Sultan Nazrin Shah—the author of the highly acclaimed works Charting the Economyand Striving for Inclusive Development—this book is a pioneering study of the many economic and social changes of the natural resource-rich Malaysian state of Perak over the last two centuries. When globalization first took hold and international trade networks broadened and deepened in the first half of the 19th century, and a new capitalist world order emerged in the second, Perak was a key player. …”
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Integrated chemical distribution centre and application of information technology : a case study by Chiong, Yau Meng.

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An exploratory study into employee volunteerism in the Singapore financial industry by Koh, Ivan, Tsang, Eva, Au, Theresa

“…Financial institutions in particular have increased the scale of their CSR programmes over the past few years. Employees form a crucial component of any organisation. …”
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Corrosion evaluation and prediction in reinforced concrete specimens by Juan, Setiadi

“…This report aims to study the factors that may affect chloride induced corrosion rate of a reinforced concrete structure by analyzing the data from various past research data. Only corrosion rate research data which is measured by using Linear Polarization Resistance method from concrete specimens immersed into chloride solution is analyzed thoroughly in this report, data from other type of test conditions is not analyzed.…”
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To enter or not : the effects of network intensity on real options and market entry. by Kwek, Chiaw Hong., Goh, Si Hui., Loh, Jun Yu.

“…This paper examines the effect of network intensity on the relationship between real options and market entry by addressing the limitations of past real options research. By conducting tests on 2,655 publicly listed non-US firms from 1990 to 2010, we find that the presence of network intensity in markets does have a positive influence on the relationship between growth options and market entry but not for that of deferral options. …”
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An analysis of Singaporeans' investment in China : manufacturing, commerce and real estate industries by Ng, Boon Lin, Ong, Siew Ling, Tan, Yee Leng

“…The need to develop the external economy has been a national concern over the past few years and the purpose of our project is to highlight the problems encountered by Singaporean investors in china, the factors hindering Singaporeans’ investment and how to overcome these obstacles. …”
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Duterte: Delivering the Promised Peace to Mindanao by Singh, Bilveer

“…The potential game changer is President-elect Rodrigo Duterte who has promised to break the past deadlocks in favour of a new federalism with a peace agreement with the Muslims in the south.…”
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The unholy trinity: Hindutva, capitalism and imperialism by Nayak, Bhabani Shankar

“…The book provides an auto ethnographic and alternative analysis based on reflections on the realities of everyday lives and experiences of the past and present of this unholy trinity and its global implications.…”

Metaphors for the writing process by Van Hulle, D

“…This chapter discusses various metaphors that have been suggested as conceptual models by numerous authors in the past to try and understand aspects of their creative process and the roles of the literary draft. …”

Mathematical sequences behind genetic codes by Goh, Alfred Yuhui

“…There was never a hard and fast rule dictating the ways of Mathematics and Science. …”
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Impact of wireless application protocol (WAP) on e-commerce users in Singapore. by Kong, Wai Kuen.

“…It is a joint standardization effort for converging Internet and value-added services (VAS) to wireless devices like mobile telephones, pagers and personal digital assistants. WAP is fast becoming a service that is similar to Internet that provides remote access to information. …”
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Development of a learning system for robot control by Tan, Chee Wee

“…This project aims to solve the issue with occlusion by using the capability of the YOLOv5 model in fast and accurate object detection, and Transformer Network (TF) with trajectory predictions which proves to outperform current LSTM. …”
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Design of high speed advanced encryption standard (AES) encryption circuit by Li, Lantian

“…With the fast development of Internet network to share information and communicate from all over the world, the security of the information has become imperative. …”
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Traffic management system designs by Ng, Jackson Jian Cheng.

“…Although several researches have been done in this field, but as traffic problems are fast-evolutionary and highly interactive, only few practical projects have been implemented. …”
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