Modeling downward counterfactual events : unrealized disasters and why they matter by Lin, Yolanda C., Jenkins, Susanna F., Chow, Jun Rui, Biass, Sébastien, Woo, Gordon, Lallemant, David

“…Disaster risk research’s reliance on past events has proved inadequate when it comes to extreme events. …”
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Empirical examination of economic linkages between Japan and rest of Asia. by Lim, Kok Soon., Yong, Kin Loong.

“…The overall objective of our paper is to use econometric analysis to empirically examine whether the Japanese economy does, in fact, have strong effects on other East Asian economies. Our results indicate that although Japanese economic performance does affect the performance of the region’s economies, the effects are weaker than might be expected. …”
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Xi's 'balance of interest solution': pre-empting an Asian NATO? by Suryanarayana, P. S.

“…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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A study on the impact of corporate social responsibility on the brand equity of McDonald’s and KFC in Singapore. by Koh, Ren Kiat., Seet, Kenneth Wenlei., Seng, Robin Swee Meng.

“…This study investigates the impact of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) on the brand equity of two fast food chains in Singapore, McDonald’s and Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC). …”
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100 news @ wall projection by Sun, Zhongyinan

“…Then a word frequency analysis scheme was incorporated to interpret the top 100 keywords for the past hour and retrieve the related pictures and news stories for each keyword. …”
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Environmental perspectives of recycling various combustion ashes in cement production – a review by Yin, Ke, Ahamed, Ashiq, Lisak, Grzegorz

“…Herein, recycling various combustion ashes, such as municipal solid waste incineration fly ashes (MSWI FA), municipal solid waste incineration bottom ashes (MSWI BA), coal fly ashes (CFA), coal bottom ashes (CBA), blast furnace slags (BFS), biomass ashes (BIOA), sewage sludge ashes (SSA) and different co-combustion ashes (CCA), were comprehensively reviewed, from environmental perspectives combined with statistical data analysis (e.g. bulk components, trace metals, leaching potential, and etc.), to quantitatively explore their feasibility during cement production. …”
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Impact resistance of reinforced concrete members by Low, Kun Sheng

“…As building structures became modernized, there is an increased need to understand the behaviour of concrete structures against extreme loading conditions such as impact, blast and earthquakes. In this paper, we will focus on the impact resistance of reinforced concrete members. …”
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Numerical study of trapped vortex combustors characteristics in small ramjets by Chen, Song

“…Impossible utilization of relatively large air-blast fuel injectors in a small combustor provides more difficulties for the design. …”
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Pilot-project comparison of microbial water quality changes within continuous water supply and intermittent water supply by Khoo, Jun Sean

“…Dissimilarities in microbial community were observed with CWS-fast with IWS-fast, and occasional CWS-slow and IWS-fast conditions.. …”
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Triple boundary multiphase with predictive interleaving technique for switched capacitor DC-DC converter regulation by Xiao, Zhekai, Kok, Chiang Liang, Siek, Liter

“…Conventional hysteretic controller achieves fast regulation, but it uses N comparators or one shared comparator that operates at N times the single phase switching frequency, where N is the level of interleaving. …”
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2023 roadmap for materials for quantum technologies by Becher, Christoph, Gao, Weibo, Kar, Swastik, Marciniak, Christian D., Monz, Thomas, Bartholomew, John G., Goldner, Philippe, Loh, Huanqian, Marcellina, Elizabeth, Goh, Johnson Kuan Eng, Koh, Teck Seng, Weber, Bent, Mu, Zhao, Tsai, Jeng-Yuan, Yan, Qimin, Huber-Loyola, Tobias, Höfling, Sven, Gyger, Samuel, Steinhauer, Stephan, Zwiller, Val

“…This roadmap identifies some of the key challenges and provides insights on material innovations underlying a range of exciting quantum technology frontiers. Over the past decades, hardware platforms enabling different quantum technologies have reached varying levels of maturity. …”
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EEG based brain signal analysis on stress level by Ng, Yu Xin

“…In this fast pace world, one must complete multiple jobs at the same time. …”
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Growing Uighur Militancy: Challenges for China by Nodirbek, Soliev

“…With the emergence of a new generation of Uighur militants drawn to conflict in the Middle East, there has been a shift in the threat landscape of China. …”
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North Korea Threat and Asian Markets: A Paradox? by Kumada, Mikio, Raska, Michael

“…How are East Asian stock exchanges reacting to North Korea’s sabre rattling? …”
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The issue of Arab Jews : manipulating a justified cause by Dorsey, James M.

“…A recent United Nations conference on the rights of Jews forced to flee Arab countries in the wake of the establishment of the State of Israel focuses attention on a long overlooked consequence of the Middle East conflict. It also complicates the revival of Palestinian-Israeli peace negotiations.…”
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Islam buddhism : preserving harmonious relations by Mohammad, Alami Musa

“…The creeping Muslim-Buddhist tension and the recent alliance forged among hard-line Buddhist nationalist movements in the "saffron crescent" countries of South and South-east Asia will undermine inter-religious relations in the world today. …”
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Heteroatom modified graphenes : electronic and electrochemical applications by Pumera, Martin

“…Graphene exhibits zero band gap, very small electrical resistivity, fast heat dissipation, and fast heterogeneous electron transfer properties. …”
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Design of self-organizing fuzzy neural networks using evolutionary algorithms by Fan, Lihua

“…In this thesis, an improved fast and accurate online self-organizing scheme for parsimonious fuzzy neural networks (FAOS-PFNN) has been proposed. …”
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Real time power system simulation using Opal-RT by Shi, Donghan

“…This real time simulation can be used for further hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation or fast prototype development. Key words: marine power system; real time simulation; Opal-RT…”
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Wedge strategies, Japan-ASEAN cooperation, and the making of EAS: implications for Indo-Pacific institutionalization by Koga, Kei

“…Second, its geographical scope goes beyond Southeast Asia, focusing on East Asia—the combination of Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia. …”
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