Unveiling the future of budget hotels in Singapore by Chua, Hwee Lian, Kew, Wong Yip, Soh, Wee Li

“…Oflate, soaring numbers of budget-conscious tourists from China, India and the ASEAN region have revived the demand for budget accommodation. …”
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A study on business development strategies and tactics in the shipping industry to improve customer satisfaction (port sector) by Lau, Benedict Yew Fei

“…Finally, the impact of China’s One Belt, One Road (OBOR) initiative on the business developments in ASEAN shipping region can be further analysed.…”
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Adsorption characteristics of various adsorbent-adsorbate pairs by Soo, Jun Hao

“…The modified AQSOA-Z05 undergoes a gravimetric uptake water adsorption experiment at temperature of 25 ˚C, 30 ˚C, 40 ˚C, 50 ˚C and 60 ˚C with the relative humidity that varying from Henry’s region up to 90% under static and dynamics condition. …”
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Fracture assessment of cracked clad pipelines with weld misalignment by Zhao, Haisheng

“…The pipeline is constructed by joining one end of the pipe to the other end by girth welding process, and potential cracks are usually detected to initiate from the welding region. Furthermore, weld misalignment, centerline offset misalignment or angular misalignment, is also invariably introduced into the pipeline during the welding process, which further reduces the integrity of the pipes due to the introduction of local bending stress. …”
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Accelerating black objects and their holographic duals by Boido, A

“…<p>This thesis is devoted to the study of several geometric aspects, as well as their role in the holographic context, of certain supersymmetric AdS solutions that are expected to describe the near-horizon region of accelerating black holes in 4d and accelerating black strings in 5d. …”

Development and implementation of a 3d-HDR brachytherapy program for cervical cancer in a sub-Saharan African centre by Joseph, A, Balogun, O, Adegboyega, B, Salako, O, Irabor, OC, Ajose, A, Adeneye, S, Alabi, A, Ohazurike, E, Ogamba, CF, Oladipo, A, Fagbemide, O, Habeebu, M, Puthoff, D, Onitilo, A, Ngwa, W, Nwachukwu, C

“…Collaboration and innovative financial strategies are essential for ensuring sustainable access to cancer treatment in the region. Strategies such as remote training and proactive resource management, are critical for overcoming implementation barriers.…”

The sustainable use of species-rich grasslands for forage and biogas production by French, K

“…I demonstrate that biomass from species-rich grasslands can compete with other bioenergy crops, especially Miscanthus (the primary bioenergy feedstock in the region) and that species richness and species composition contributes strongly to the biogas yield of grasslands. …”

The anatomy of Westlothiana lizziae and a novel phylogenetic analysis of early amniotes by Igielman, B

“…I show that <em>Westlothiana</em> possesses a mosaic of primitive and derived traits, including a plesiomorphic, extensive palatal dentition, an amniote-like temporal region and a microsaur-like circumorbital series.</p> <br> <p>I produce a new, comprehensive phylogenetic dataset by compiling and editing the characters of previous analyses focussed on both early tetrapods and early amniotes. …”

Planetary health-informed health systems change: a circumpolar-based multi-methods approach by Redvers, N

“…Informed by this review, I then conducted interviews exploring physician perspectives around P-PH co-benefit prescribing in a Circumpolar region. Using reflexive thematic analysis, I found the current healthcare system does not support planetary health, with many physicians discussing difficulties. …”

The quest for knowledge and civilisation: museums in British East and Southeast Asia, 1820-1941 by Tsang, RKW

“…It argues that the dual quest of expanding knowledge and propagating civilisation propelled the development of colonial museums in the region. This dual quest was fuelled by British imperial ambitions, both formal and informal, to assert dominance and supremacy in the colonies. …”

Characterization of ubiquitin-activated DNA-protein crosslink repair in vitro by Zhu, X

“…The regulation of SPRTN activity, in particular the N-terminal SPRTN catalytic region (SprT) core, remains largely unknown.</p> <p><strong><em>Aim:</em></strong> The fluorescently labeled histone H1 is used as the model substrate for SPRTN proteolysis. …”

Extreme rainfall and landslides as a response to human-induced climate change: a case study at Baixada Santista, Brazil, 2020 by Couto de Souza, D, Crespo, NM, Vieira da Silva, D, Harada, LM, Parrode de Godoy, RM, Domingues, LM, Luiz, R, Bortolozo, CA, Metodiev, D, Magalhaes de Andrade, MR, Hartley, A, Cesario de Abreu, R, Li, S, Lott, F, Sparrow, S

“…In recent years, the region has experienced an increase in population growth and a rise in the proportion of irregular and/or precarious housing in high-risk areas. …”

A lncRNA transcriptome analysis of phycocyanin-treated non-small cell lung cancer A549 cell lines by Wu, Boxiong, Cheng, Haozhe, Li, Xinran, Zhang, Wenjing, Li, Qiancheng, Hao, Shuai

“…Bioinformatic analysis indicated that the differentially expressed lncRNAs and their target genes were enriched in the extracellular region, epithelium development, NOD-like receptor pathway, Notch signaling, and apoptosis process. …”
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Asia‐Pacific mussel watch: Monitoring of butyltin contamination in coastal waters of Asian developing countries by Sudaryanto, Agus, Takahashi, Shin, Monirith, In, Ismail, Ahmad

“…To our knowledge, this is a first comprehensive report on butyltin pollution monitoring in developing countries in the Asia-Pacific region.…”
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Effects of vr-based interactive interior design on the emotional and mental health of office worker by Xiang, Jialing, Mansor, Noranita, Azmi, Athira

“…According to the literature, the region and privacy of office interior design, the comfort and convenience of office furniture, the charm of office environment and individuation all have an impact on the mental health of office workers. …”
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The Role Perceived Customer Value, Relational Norms, and Switching Costs in Determining Islamic Banking Customes' Loyalty in Dual Banking Environment Settings (S/O 12698) by Abdul Rahman, Maria, Ramli, Mona Fairuz

“…Data collected from 139 Islamic bank customers of the dual-window banks in the Northern region of Malaysia was analyzed using Partial Least Squares. …”
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Towards in-situ texture analysis during LPBF: optical microscopy and texture control by Wang, Xiaogang

“…Examples of this microstructure heterogeneity include the occurrence of spatially-varying textures— namely regions in the material comprising grains with preferred crystallographic orientation—and grain structures, which directly affect the elastic and plastic behavior of alloys, as well as their resistance to failure. …”
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Referring expression segmentation: from conventional to generalized by Liu, Chang

“…The proposed method implicitly divides the image into regions and explicitly analyzes the relationship among them, achieving state-of-the-art performance on both RES and GRES datasets. …”
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Transferring a deep learning model from healthy subjects to stroke patients in a motor imagery brain-computer interface by Nagarajan, Aarthy, Robinson, Neethu, Ang, Kai Keng, Chua, Karen Sui Geok, Chew, Effie, Guan, Cuntai

“…Explainable AI analyses using transfer models determined channel relevance patterns that indicate contributions from the bilateral motor, frontal, and parietal regions of the cortex towards MI detection in stroke patients. …”
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Development of squaraine and croconaine probes for theranostic applications by Ferdinandus

“…This unique feature enables the development of probes with absorption in the far-red or near-infrared (NIR) regions. In this thesis, we delve into the synthesis of a library of SQR and CRO probes and explore their applications in theranostics. …”
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