Implementation of mesh-distortion tolerant 8-node quadrilateral plane elements using user-subroutine feature in abaqus by Zhou, Ye.

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Land transport in Singapore. by Khoo, Boo Leong., Loo, Wen Lieh., Ong, Chee Peng.

“…In this study, we looked into the land transport situation in Singapore since her independence. Central to this study is the attempt to answer the questions of whether Singapore is really facing a congestion and why is there a perceived failure in the policies implemented by the government to curb car ownership. …”
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By-elections in Myanmar : too early to lift sanctions by Alex Bookbinder

“…The victories by Aung San Suu Kyi and her party in recent by-elections in Myanmar signal a step forward in its political reform. …”
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kboolnet: a toolkit for the verification, validation, and visualization of reaction-contingency (rxncon) models by Carretero Chavez, Willow, Krantz, Marcus, Klipp, Edda, Kufareva, Irina

“…The verification script VerifyModel.R checks for responsiveness to repeated stimulations as well as consistency of steady state behavior. …”
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15.571 Generating Business Value from Information Technology, Spring 2007 by Weill, Peter

“…The familiar components of the place: cash, checks, paper reports and documents, store fronts, and face to face meetings remain important, but less so. …”
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Cooperative collision avoidance in multirobot systems using fuzzy rules and velocity obstacles by Tang, Wenbing, Zhou, Yuan, Zhang, Tianwei, Liu, Yang, Liu, Jing, Ding, Zuohua

“…In detail, at any time instant, a robot checks the robots that it may collide with and retrieves the most dangerous robot in each sector based on the predicted collision time; then, the robot generates its velocity in real-time via fuzzy inference and VO-based fine-tuning. …”
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Our weapons, our problem: arms exports, democracy and civil society in Brazil and the UK by de Moraes, RF

“…The causal mechanism is in part explained by activities conducted by norm entrepreneurs, whose emergence is facilitated by the existence of institutions commonly found in democratic countries, especially a system of checks and balances, contested elections, and political and civil liberties. …”

Hei Tech Excellence Award belongs to Nur Sofhia Izzaty by Siti Nurfarmy, Ibrahim

“…GAMBANG, 27 October 2024 – “Hold your vision, trust the process,” and believing in the prayers of her parents are the principles and guiding words always upheld by Nur Sofhia Izzaty Mohamad Azizi, 23, a graduate of the Bachelor of Computer Science (Software Engineering) with Honours, Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA).…”
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Dreams come true, Norfatihah Mazuki receives Postgraduate Research Award by Siti Nurfarmy, Ibrahim

“…GAMBANG, 26 October 2024 – Coming from a humble background fuelled the spirit and motivation for Norfatihah Mazuki, 29, to pursue her studies up to the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) level at Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA).…”
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Application real options infrastructure projects by Cheah, Charles Yuen Jen.

“…In all large engineering and infrastructure projects, valuation constitutes an important step during the initial stage as each stakeholder assesses the prospect of his/her investment. The complexity of valuation increases dramatically in the face of uncertainty especially when the risks are dynamic and stochastic in nature. …”
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A multiagent model of sexual selection in Malaysian diopsids by Kanika, Jain

“…A female chooses a male for an enhanced trait so that her progeny has a good genetic constitution. Male progeny inherits better genes for enhanced ornament. …”
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Pheu Thai's victory : prospects for peace in the deep south by Arabinda Acharya, Wang, Zhihao

“…However, the new prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra faces the prospect of working under the shadows of both the military and her brother Thaksin.…”
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Katherine Read: une carrière cosmopolite au féminin by Seth, CJ

“…This would be a hallmark of her success.…”

Artificial Intelligence and the US-China Balance of Power by Chang, Benjamin Angel

“…Finally, the third essay exploits supply chain datasets to assess each side’s ability to bring AI-enabled autonomous weapons to bear in future conventional conflicts. I find that control over the production of advanced AI chips by the United States and allies almost certainly means the United States would better exploit such weapons, if they emerged as decisive in modern warfare, within at least the next ten years. …”
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Object individuation and physical reasoning in infancy : an integrative account by Baillargeon, Renée, Stavans, Maayan, Wu, Di, Gertner, Yael, Setoh, Peipei, Kittredge, Audrey K., Bernard, Amélie

“…In this article, we argue that this confusing picture can be better understood by bringing to bear insights from a related subfield of infancy research, physical reasoning. …”
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Predicative adjectives in Thai: diachronic changes in the past century by Jaratjarungkiat, Sureenate, Park, Kyung-Eun, Tan, Samuel Yuan Han

“…Peripheral adjectives, on the other hand, bear resemblance to both nouns and verbs from a syntactic standpoint (e.g. they may co-occur with the negation marker, auxiliary verbs and even the copula /pen/). …”
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Electronic and optoelectronic devices using chemical vapour deposited 2D materials by Fan, Y

“…<p>Two dimensional (2D) materials bear a lot of expectations on playing important role in next generation electronics and optoelectronics. …”

Industrial policy refraction: how corporate strategy shapes development outcomes in Brazil by Zylberberg, E

“…My findings are brought to bear on three traditionally disparate bodies of research –industrial policy, corporate strategy and institutional theory – extending each and also bringing them into fruitful communion with one another.…”

Soft law, hard stakes? State commitment to non-binding international instruments and the case of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by Villeneuve, L

“…In this thesis, incorporating insights from public international law into rationalist IR approaches, I argue that soft law instruments can have important effects over time and bring substantial costs for states to bear. This is particularly the case for soft law instruments ‘hardening’ through domestic law, treaties or customary international law, increasing the sovereignty and implementation costs attached to commitment. …”

Unravelling giant molecular clouds by Liang, F

“…<p>Giant molecular clouds (GMCs) provide the fuel for star formation and bear various feedbacks. Thus, they are key to our understanding of galaxy evolution and the baryon cycle. …”