The rise of political dynasties in decentralized Indonesia. by Yoes Chandra Kenawas.

“…Consequently, the Indonesian government is now proposing the anti-dynastic clause in the newly proposed Regional Election Bill to prevent the emergence of local political dynasties. …”
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Comprehensive maritime domain awareness : an idea whose time has come by Lim, Irvin Fang Jau

“…The impetus for developing a comoprehensive maritime domain awareness and information-sharing network is clear, and the tack to take would be to get buy-in on a building block regional approach.…”
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Heterogeneities in landed costs of traded grains and oilseeds contribute to unequal access to food by Verschuur, J, Vittis, Y, Obersteiner, M, Hall, JW

“…Here we quantify the landed cost for six grain commodities across 3,500 administrative regions, capturing regional cost differences to produce grain and transport it across international borders. …”

Exploring Communication Strategy in Agricuture Based Organization (S/O 14676) by Yusof, Norhafezah, Ramli, Romlah

“…The study is based on the experiences of five experienced officers in the federal, regional, and district-based organizations. In depth interviews was chosen as the method in data collection. …”
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Exploring Communication Strategy in Agricuture Based Organization (S/O: 14696) by Yusof, Norhafezah, Ramli, Romlah

“…The study is based on the experiences of five experienced officers in the federal, regional, and district-based organizations. In depth interviews was chosen as the method in data collection. …”
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Location-aware spatial keyword search for spatial web objects by Wang, Chun An

“…Given the use of 3G mobile devices is rapidly taking over the current mobile phone market and with the increase in the usage of GPS systems on vehicles around the word, a lot of applications that uses the spatial database have quickly emerged as a new segment for software industry in mobile applications. …”
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Factors affecting trans-scleral transport of poly (butadiene-b-ethylene oxide) polymersomes by Anita, Vincent

“…Periocular drug delivery presents an alternative treatment strategy for posterior segment eye disease (PSEDs) by administering drugs into the periocular space surrounding the eye orbit; the drugs then diffuse from this space across the sclera and choroid into the posterior segment of the eye, allowing for improved bioavailability and therapeutic effect. …”
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Electromyography signal processing based on time and time-frequency representations for prosthesis application by Mahdavi, Farzaneh Akhavan

“…In this study, it was presented that the techniques of segmentation and segment size affect the classification accuracy. …”
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The U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy and its implications for U.S.-ASEAN economic governance architecture by Pitakdumrongkit, Kaewkamol

“…During his visit to Asia in November 2017, President Donald Trump announced his vision of a “Free and Open Indo-Pacific” as the U.S. approach to the region. The Department of State unveiled in detail the economic elements of the Indo-Pacific strategy in April 2018. …”
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STandards for reporting interventions in clinical trials of tuina/massage (STRICTOTM): extending the CONSORT statement by Zhang, Xuan, Liang, Feng, Lau, Chung Tai, Chan, Jacky C. P., Wang, Nana, Deng, Jiashuai, Wang, Juan, Ma, Yanfang, Zhong, Linda Lidan, Zhao, Chen, Yao, Liang, Wu, Taixiang, Lyu, Aiping, Tian, Guihua, Shang, Hongcai, Miao, Jiangxia, Bian, Zhaoxiang

“…Results: A checklist of seven items (namely Tuina/Massage rationale, details of Tuina/Massage, intervention regimen, other components of the intervention, Tuina/Massage provider background, control or comparator interventions, and precaution measures), and 16 subitems were developed. …”
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Southeast Asia initiative to combat SARS-CoV-2 variants (SEACOVARIANTS) consortium by Nhu, LNT, Chambers, M, Chantratita, N, Cheah, PY, Day, NPJ, Dejnirattisai, W, Dunachie, S, Grifoni, A, Hamers, RL, Hill, J, Jones, EY, Klenerman, P, Mongkolsapaya, J, Screaton, G, Sette, A, Stuart, D, Tan, CW, Thwaites, G, Thanh, VD, Wang, L-F, Tan, LV, SEACOVARIANTS Consortium

“…Herein we outline five work packages to deliver strengthened regional scientific capacity that can be rapidly deployed for future outbreak responses.…”

Labeling of names in the video stream by Li, Hui Ting.

“…Firstly, the training data sets of Jackie Chan and Non-Jackie Chan must be prepared. The video needs to segment to frames and pick up those key frames as the test images. …”
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Automatic line matching across views by Schmid, C, Zisserman, A

“…The paper presents a new method for matching individual line segments between images. The method uses both grey-level information and the multiple view geometric relations between the images. …”

Automated multisensor polyhedral model acquisition by Ortin, D, Montiel, JMM, Zisserman, A

“…The vision algorithms are then able to compute a very accurate registration (via a plane to plane homography) which is used to segment the model into planar facets, and to improve the estimate of the model and sensor position. …”

Wedge strategies, Japan-ASEAN cooperation, and the making of EAS: implications for Indo-Pacific institutionalization by Koga, Kei

“…Wedge strategies make it less likely that an effective Indo-Pacific regional institution based on ASEAN will be established. …”
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Breast cancer patient-derived whole-tumor cell culture model for efficient drug profiling and treatment response prediction by Chen, Xinsong, Sifakis, Emmanouil G., Robertson, Stephanie, Neo, Shi Yong, Jun, Seong-Hwan, Tong, Le, Tay, Apple Hui Min, Lövrot, John, Hellgren, Roxanna, Margolin, Sara, Bergh, Jonas, Foukakis, Theodoros, Lagergren, Jens, Lundqvist, Andreas, Ma, Ran, Hartman, Johan

“…The accuracy was further supported by the correlation between WTC-based test results and patients' clinical responses in a separate validation study, where the neoadjuvant treatment regimens of 15 BC patients were mimicked. Collectively, the WTC model allows us to accomplish personalized drug testing within 10 d, even for small-sized tumors, highlighting its potential for individualized BC therapy. …”
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Why East Asian war is unlikely by Bitzinger, Richard A., Desker, Barry

“…The Asia-Pacific region is home to many unresolved geostrategic issues that could escalate into conflict; nevertheless, it is probably more stable than one might believe. …”
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Identity matters ... even in maritime security : China, Japan and maritime cooperation in East Asia by Eva Pejsova

“…The rise of China has been redefining the region’s international relations and power dynamics, triggering apprehensions in the neighbourhood and beyond. …”
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Complexity of Proto-Elamite administration system: insights from compositional data from sealings and tablets by Yeganeh, SJ, Holakooei, P, Nokandeh, J, Piran, S, Dahl, J

“…This research provides new insights into the administrative mechanisms of the Proto-Elamite civilisation and the extent of regional interactions. Results suggest that sealings, used to secure storage and portable objects, were typically made and used locally, with no evidence of inter-regional transport. …”

A topic recommendation control method based on topic relevancy and R-tree index by Yu, Jing, Lu, Zhixing, Li, Xianghua, Wu, Bin, Zhang, Shunli, Cui, Zongmin

“…Topic recommendation control aims to suggest relevant topics to users based on their preferences and regional trends. However, existing methods often lack effective measures to evaluate topic-user relevancy and require comparing large amounts of regional information, leading to low accuracy and efficiency. …”
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