Next ASEAN Summit : How Will Vietnam Lead? by Hussain, Nazia

“…While China is fast making inroads, US seems to be withdrawing from a region it has long dominated. …”
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Xi's 'balance of interest solution': pre-empting an Asian NATO? by Suryanarayana, P. S.

“…Chinese President Xi Jinping has suggested a “balanced, effective and sustainable security architecture” to manage the fallout of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and to ensure stability regionally and worldwide. He seems to suggest that the balance of national interests, not balance of power, is better at promoting a regional order for Asia or East Asia too.…”
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以日本视角论述钓鱼群岛（尖阁诸岛）的主权归属 = The sovereignty of Diaoyu (Senkaku) Islands : the Japanese perspective by 刘志强 Liu, Zhiqiang

“…Why are the Japanese laying claims to the Diaoyu Islands when the islands have been a part of the Chinese territory since ancient times? …”
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Biovalorisation of food waste in Singapore : synergistic effect of a mixed culture in solid-state fermentation by Ong, Adwin Reng Jun

“…Okara and brewer’s spent grain (BSG) are manufacturing side streams produced in massive amounts from the soy and beer industries, respectively, and contributes significantly to food waste. …”
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Key Factors in Developing a Holistic Framework for Partnering in Sustainable Campus Development (S/O 13371) by Abdul Nifa, Faizatul Akmar, Salleh, Nurul Azita, Mohd Nawi, Mohd Nasrun

“…In line with the government's aim to place Malaysia as the top higher education provider in this region, it is imperative that campus development is at par with international universities especially in the matters of sustainability. Partnering has been recognized as one of the project delivery methods which allows for early involvement of all players in a project. …”
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North Korea Threat and Asian Markets: A Paradox? by Kumada, Mikio, Raska, Michael

“…For the region’s markets, the following equation seems to apply: the more North Korea conducts nuclear and missile tests, the better.…”
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Active control of microdroplets by Tan, Elton.

“…The ferrofluid droplet diameter seems to decrease linearly as the continuous phase flow rate was increased. …”
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Evaluation of three library automation systems : horizon, DRA and V-Lib by Chua, Seow Kie.

“…Despite the wealth of information on library automation systems, information on comprehensive functional and performance evaluation of library automation systems still seems lacking, particularly, in the context of local libraries' needs. …”
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The embodied, relational self: extending or rejecting the mind? by Gough, J

“…If they are correct, it initially seems damning for the view that the self is the mind. …”

Equilibrium queueing analysis in a ride-hailing service with sharing option by Wang, Jianfu, Chua, Geoffrey A., Sainathan, Arvind, Vijayendiran, Akshay

“…Finally, we propose a profit-maximizing admission fee structure in the hybrid model to maximize firm profits and demonstrate its effectiveness.…”
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Predicting child alimony under Islamic shariah law using hybrid fuzzy inference system by Rosili, Nur Aqilah Khadijah, Hassan, Rohayanti, Zakaria, Noor Hidayah, Che Rose, Farid Zamani, Kasim, Shahreen, Tole Sutikno, Tole Sutikno

“…Our model aims to expedite decision-making and minimize legal fees by accurately determining the proper amount of alimony for children after divorce. …”
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Investigating Social Presence and Communication with Embodied Avatars in Room-Scale Virtual Reality by Greenwald, Scott W., Wang, Zhangyuan, Funk, Markus, Maes, Pattie

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Online game for Chinese chess by Lee, Jia Woei.

“…Most of the board games and card games have been converted to online games for players around the world to spar online. …”
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An experimental investigation on the noise emission and fuel consumption of diesel engine by Foo, Jin Yuan

“…Road traffic has always been a source of noise pollution owing to the rapid advancement in technology and growing population. …”
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The thermodynamics of multicomponent high-entropy materials by Cantor, B

“…Human development has been based for millennia on manufacturing materials using a conventional alloying strategy of selecting a principal component for the primary property requirement of the material and then adding one or two minor alloying components at relatively low concentrations, either to enhance the primary property or to provide additional secondary properties. …”

Madrasah education in Singapore : the struggle to survive by Raihan Mohamed Yusoff

“…Discussion on madrasah education in Singapore seems to be circumscribed by the state’s perception of the attendant problems of madrasah education, the community’s negative reactions to the state’s policies regarding madrasah education, and parents’ perceptions of these madrasahs. …”
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Not a Religious War: Reacting to Killing of French Catholic Priest by Hedges, Paul

“…The killing of a French priest in a church in France seems to mark an escalation of ISIS/Daesh’s campaign in the West. …”
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Poincaré inequality for one forms on four manifolds with bounded Ricci curvature by Honda, S, Mondino, A

“…In this short note, we provide a quantitative global Poincar´e inequality for one forms on a closed Riemannian four manifold, in terms of an upper bound on the diameter, a positive lower bound on the volume, and a two-sided bound on Ricci curvature. This seems to be the first non-trivial result giving such an inequality without any higher curvature assumptions. …”

Application of smartphone-based biophotonic instrumentation for glucose sensing using colorimetric method by Azlan, Nur Ainin Sofhia Nurul

“…The calibration curves consistently confirm that the proposed method aligns with the Beer-Lambert law, in accordance with expectations with previous studies. …”
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Tibetan wa-zur and Laufer’s law by Jacques, Guillaume

“…However, Hill (2006) pointed out that this law seems to be contradicted by the existence of a genuine -wa rhyme in Old Tibetan: unless Old Tibetan -wa has a distinct origin, the sound law *-wa > -o cannot be valid. …”
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