Southeast Asia’s Naval Shipbuilding Industry: Challenges Ahead by Bitzinger, Richard Allan

“…Naval shipbuilding in Southeast Asia, although ambitious in scope, is likely to remain limited to low-tech manufacturing (hulls and sub-assemblies), MRO (maintenance, repair, and overhaul), and a few showcase projects.…”
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Russian equipment and technology transfers to North Korea: a cause for concern? by Nah, Liang Tuang

“…Russia is likely assisting North Korea with military modernisation. …”
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Are environmental concerns deterring people from having children? Longitudinal evidence on births in the UK by Powdthavee, Nattavudh, Oswald, Andrew J., Lockwood, Ben

“…A person entirely unconcerned about environmental behaviour is estimated to be just over 50% more likely to go on to have a child than a deeply committed environmentalist.…”
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Investigating the role of RUNX3 in Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition (EMT). by Muhammad Bakhait Rahmat.

“…Further biochemical studies need to be followed up to investigate the mechanistic principles involved in RUNX3 mediated inhibition of EMT in intermediate stage A549 cell lines.…”
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Real time power system simulation using Opal-RT by Shi, Donghan

“…The power system model consists of generators, power distribution lines, transformers, power electronics converters and loads on both AC and DC buses. …”
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Interleukin-26 (IL-26) is a novel anti-microbial peptide produced by T cells in response to staphylococcal enterotoxin by Woetmann, Anders, Alhede, Morten, Dabelsteen, Sally, Bjarnsholt, Thomas, Rybtke, Morten, Nastasi, Claudia, Krejsgaard, Thorbjørn, Andersen, Mads Hald, Bonefeld, Charlotte M., Geisler, Carsten, Givskov, Michael, Odum, Niels

“…Here we show that (i) skin T cells in chronic wounds infected with S. aureus express interleukin-26 (IL-26) in situ, (ii) staphylococcal enterotoxins (SE) trigger IL-26 expression in T cell lines and primary skin T cells, and (iii) IL-26 triggers death and inhibits biofilm formation and growth of S. aureus. …”
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Systems medicine disease : disease classification and scalability beyond networks and boundary conditions by Berlin, Richard, Gruen, Russell, Best, James

“…When Disease is viewed beyond the thresholds of lines and threshold boundaries, disease definition is not only the result of reductionist, mechanistic categories which reluctantly face re-composition. …”
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Entangled exclusions: borders, frontiers and urban geopolitics from northeast India by Das, P, Mittal, G, Sarma, J

“…These have, in turn, led to further displacement, enclavization, and ghettoization of minority communities who are deemed ‘non-native’ along ethnocentric lines. Taking two cases from Shillong and Guwahati, we introduce the concept of entangled exclusions to analyse the layered, intertwined, multi-scalar nature of divides within these frontier cities. …”

Currency Crisis : The Next One in ASEAN? by Lim, Christopher H., Tan, Ming Hui

“…The impact of such currency turmoil would likely be more severe than the 1997-98 Asian Financial Crisis.…”
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Indonesia : new haven for cybercriminals? by Senol Yilmaz

“…A close examination, however, reveals that such traffic may not originate in Indonesia. More likely, Indonesian networks are exploited by outside e-criminals.…”
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RCEP : Another Missed Deadline by Pitakdumrongkit, Kaewkamol

“…However, the headway in the first half of 2019 is likely to be slow due to elections in some states.…”
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Comment to U.S Copyright Office on Data Provenance and Copyright by Mahari, Robert, Shayne, Longpre, Donewald, Lisette, Polozov, Alan, Pentland, Alex 'Sandy', Lipsitz, Ari

“…Supervised datasets may likely contain copyrightable contributions from the dataset creators in the form of annotations. …”
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Unlocking the mysteries behind baby viral videos. by Chung, You Lun., Tan, Peck Lim., Sia, Shang Ying.

“…Contrary to our initial findings, funny baby videos are actually more likely to be shared as opposed to purely adorable ones. …”
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Precursors and correlates of transient and persistent longitudinal profiles of psychotic experiences from late childhood through early adulthood by Rammos, A, Sullivan, SA, Kounali, D, Jones, HJ, Hammerton, G, Hines, LA, Lewis, G, Jones, PB, Cannon, M, Thompson, A, Wolke, D, Heron, J, Zammit, S

“…Thus, it might be that the severity of exposure, rather than the presence of specific disease-modifying factors, is most likely to determine whether psychotic experiences are transient or persist, and potentially develop into a clinical disorder over time.…”

Putting distance through cleansing : the mediating role of temporal distancing on the embodiment of moral purity by Nurul Mira Fatin Abdulkahar

“…More specifically, it is hypothesized that compared to individuals who do not clean their hands, those who do so after recalling a past immoral act would be more likely to temporally distance their present selves away from their past immoral selves so as to preserve favorable self-view, and hence are more likely to perceive their past moral transgressions as less severe than they would have normally believed. …”
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The risk management of unemployment. by Chan, Han Eng., Ling, Julian., Sim, Rodney Boon Hian.

“…Her population is greying. Singapore is likely to undergo a lot of changes, be it the social environment or the economic environment. …”
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Who inadvertently shares deepfakes? Analyzing the role of political interest, cognitive ability, and social network size by Saifuddin Ahmed

“…The findings suggest that those with higher political interests are more likely to share deepfakes inadvertently. Those with lower cognitive ability are also more likely to share deepfakes inadvertently. …”
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What might ASEAN expect from Biden? by Tan, See Seng

“…But for the ASEAN region, Biden’s approach will likely be characterised by both change and continuity relative to that of the Trump administration.…”
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South China Sea Disputes: Nearing a Solution - Or Is It? by Ghosh, P. K.

“…The likely announcement by Philippine President Duterte of the Scarborough Shoal as an environmental marine sanctuary and off limits to fishermen could prove to be the first incremental step towards defusing the South China Sea disputes and in the process endow considerable strategic advantages to Beijing.…”
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Indonesia's rise & its regional implications by Emirza Adi Syailendra

“…Indonesia's projected rise as a medium power may see at least two likely scenarios. The first is one of power diffusion while the second sees Indonesia asserting a greater leadership role in the Asia Pacific. …”
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