'Women in an extraordinary time': the transnational network and educational spaces of the Canadian Eiwa Girls' mission schools in 1920s and 1930s Japan by Dugal, A

“…These actors envisioned Christianity, women, youth, education, and mutual exchange across state and East-West divides as able to foster understanding between individuals of different nations. …”

Rice stable carbon and nitrogen isotope values as potential indicators of watering and manuring regimes by Wu, R, Belfield, EJ, Dong, Y, Feng, S, Fu, X, Harberd, NP, Yang, F, Charles, M, Bogaard, A

“…Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is an important cereal crop across East, South and Southeast Asia, from prehistory to today, and grows in a range of ecological conditions, from rainfed upland to deep water. …”

Local rainfall is more likely than distant thunderstorms to affect movement behaviour in Northern Kenyan elephants by Mulder, T, Mortimer, B, Ferwerda, J, Vollrath, F

“…In our study site, lightning to the North and East often preceded local rainfall and could possibly be used to anticipate local wet periods, but local rainfall appears a more likely trigger of behavioural change. …”

Estimating parameter distributions and developing epidemiological methods and tools to support gastrointestinal outbreak investigation by Awofisayo-Okuyelu, A

“…In some high-profile outbreaks, such as the STEC O104 outbreak in Germany or the large 2009 STEC O157 outbreak in South East England, incubation periods were longer than expected complicating the collection of exposure data and the outbreak investigation process. …”

Divine assemblies in early Greek and Mesopotamian narrative poetry by Ballesteros Petrella, B

“…Although the Greeks are unlikely to have taken over the feature from the Near East, it is suggested that the Greek divine assembly is not to be detached form a Near Eastern context. …”

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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Exposure therapy with personalized real-time arousal detection and feedback to alleviate social anxiety symptoms in an analogue adult sample : pilot proof-of-concept randomized con... by Lin, Bernice Xiangting, Lee, Tih-Shih, Cheung, Yin Bun, Ling, Joanna, Poon, Shi Hui, Lim, Leslie, Zhang, Hai Hong, Chin, Zheng Yang, Wang, Chuan Chu, Krishnan, Ranga, Guan, Cuntai

“…Seven (14.9%, 95% CI 7.0%-28.0%) participants reported at least one mild adverse event over the course of study. …”
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Harnessing cooperative multivalency in thioguanine for surface-enhanced raman scattering (SERS)-based differentiation of polyfunctional analytes differing by a single functional gr... by Nguyen, Lam Bang Thanh, Tan, Emily Xi, Leong, Shi Xuan, Koh, Charlynn Sher Lin, Madhumita, Murugan, Phang, In Yee, Ling, Xing Yi

“…However, differentiation of polyfunctional analogs sharing multiple functional groups remains challenging for conventional mono- and bidentate receptors because their insufficient number of binding sites limits interactions with the least reactive yet property-determining functional group. …”
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Cognitive dynamic airspace management by Wong, Cheryl Sze Yin

“…Following that, the changing availability of airspace is tackled by the simultaneous optimisation of re-routing and resectorization. Last but not least, a deterministic multi-objective solver is developed to find optimal airspace sector shapes. …”
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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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