Through the looking glasses and anthropology comes 'Home': globalising the view on European cultures by Cash, Jennifer R.

“…Shortly after being confirmed as the new co-editor of AJEC, I attended the annual meeting of the East Asian Anthropological Association. With an institutional base in Singapore, there are not many anthropology meetings within easy reach, but EAAA meets most autumns; and the meeting of 2023, held in Hong Kong, was the third meeting I had attended since 2018. …”
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The effect of Mahakam sand on the mechanical and durability of porous concrete paving blocks by Yudi Pranoto, Yudi Pranoto, Mohd. Hashim, Nor Fazilah, Tumingan, Tumingan, Ashadi Putrawirawan, Ashadi Putrawirawan

“…The high price of Palu aggregate and the reduced catchment area in East Kalimantan have encouraged the improvisation of local materials as materials for infrastructure development. …”

Phase separation of a microtubule plus-end tracking protein into a fluid fractal network by Czub, MP, Uliana, F, Grubić, T, Padeste, C, Rosowski, KA, Lorenz, C, Dufresne, ER, Menzel, A, Vakonakis, I, Gasser, U, Steinmetz, MO

“…Here, we have study the phase separation of Bik1, a CLIP-170 family member and key +TIP involved in budding yeast cell division. Bik1 is a dimer with a rod-shaped conformation primarily defined by its central coiled-coil domain. …”

Lóngyóu tones and tone sandhi by Chen, Sherry Yong, Kenstowicz, Michael J.

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The first person pronoun in archaic Chinese, with a note on duplex characters by Benedict, Paul K.

“…The widely represented *nga, from Chepang, Chang (Northern Naga), and Trung (Nungish) on the north(/west) and Tujia (west-central China) on the east to Burmese-Lolo on the south(/east), as our "mouse," is at times firmly in the paws of our TM "cat": Waling (Kiranti) angka < *-nga-ga '1 p. prn.' …”
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UNCLOS and its Limitations as the Foundation for a Regional Maritime Security Regime by Sam, Bateman

“…The paper concludes that uncertainty in the law of the sea is likely to grow and that State practice in East Asia, under the influence of domestic politics and regional tensions, may well continue to diverge from more traditional views of the law. …”
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A Descriptive Analysis of Housing Affordability in Malaysia by Musaddad, Hafirda Akma, Maamor, Selamah, Zainol, Zairy

“…Therefore, this paper tends to discuss the descriptive analysis of housing affordability containing several variables (House Price, Household Income, Household Expenses, Land Cost, Population, Inflation, Interest rate and Rental Rate) used in this study for the sample of East Coast Region (Kelantan, Terengganu, and Pahang),Central Region (Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, and Negeri Sembilan), Southern Region (Melaka and Johor), Northern Region (Perlis, Kedah, Penang and Perak), and also East Malaysia (Sabah and Sarawak).…”
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Modelling pH dynamics, SCOBY biomass formation, and acetic acid production of Kombucha fermentation using black, green, and Oolong Teas by Chong, Ann Qi, Chin, Nyuk Ling, Talib, Rosnita A., Basha, Roseliza Kadir

“…Kombucha is a traditional, fermented beverage made with an essential biomaterial known as SCOBY (symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast). Three different tea types, namely black, green, and oolong, were compared in kombucha fermentation in terms of pH dynamics, the formation of SCOBY biomass, and the production of acetic acid. …”
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Application of scoby bacterial cellulose as hydrocolloids on physicochemical, textural and sensory characteristics of mango jam by Chong, Ann Qi, Chin, Nyuk Ling, A. Talib, Rosnita, Kadir Basha, Roseliza

“…BACKGROUND: The scoby pellicle of symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast is a by-product from kombucha fermentation. …”

Bifunctional diazirine reagent for covalent dyeing of Kevlar and inert polymer materials by Liu, Richard Y., Luo, Shao-Xiong Lennon, Hirst, Elizabeth S., Doona, Christopher J., Swager, Timothy M.

“…We report a convenient bifunctional diazirine reagent that is capable of photochemically modifying inert polymers, particularly those used in fibers and textiles for ballistics and blast protective gear, such as para-aramid and ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE). …”
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Crack healing in reactive MgO-slag system via bacteria induced carbonate precipitation by Zheng, Yanying

“…It gains strength through carbonation curing, which results in lesser net CO2 emissions as compared to PC. Ground granulated blast-furnace slag (GGBS), which is a type of supplementary cementitious materials (SCM), has also been employed in MgO mixes to reduce carbon footprint. …”
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Three isolate of actinomycetes as biological control against Magnaporthe orzyae and Fusarium solani by Aisyah Fatiha Zailan, Muhammad Asyraff Abd Samad, Anis Farhan Fatimi Ab Wahab, Shazilah Kamaruddin, Quay, Doris Huai Xia, Ahmad Bazli Ramzi, Farah Diba Abu Bakar, Abdul Munir Abdul Murad, Izwan Bharudin

“…This research focuses on identifying potential antagonistic microorganisms capable of inhibiting two common phytopathogenic fungi: Magnaporthe oryzae, responsible for rice blast disease, and Fusarium solani, causing Fusarium wilt disease. …”
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WHISPERS OF THE WIND / by Grace, Jeyna, author 655424

“…From the hazardous trip behind enemy lines to the festive East Asian-esque Meihua; from the kingdom hovering above the clouds to the military-driven Bevattna; from the heterogeneous society of a tunnelled realm to Aithan’s duel with the heir of Tentazoa, every step in his journey uncovers a gem of his past, present, and future. …”

The impacts of new shipping routes/ passages : a study on the impact of the expansion of the Panama Canal on various shipping sectors by Ong, Randolph Jian Jie

“…As container carriers seek to deploy larger vessels to lower slot costs, there has been no tangible increase in volume experienced on the US East Coast ports. Freight rates for shipments from Asia to East Coast has also became costlier than the West Coast. …”
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The militarisation of central Asia – a new great game? by Pardesi, Manjeet S

“…Captain Arthur Connolly of the British East India Company coined the phrase, ‘The Great Game’, in mid-1800s, to describe the contest for supremacy between Czarist Russia and Victorian England in Central Asia. …”
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Development of fed-batch strategy to produce bacteria cellulose by Chua, Gek Kee, Soo, Yang Kee

“…First, batch fermentation mode was carried out to determine the glucose consumption profile of Gluconacetobacter xylinus using Yeast Extract Glucose Chloramphenicol Medium (YGC). …”
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Molecular characterization of Candida auris outbreak isolates in Qatar from patients with COVID-19 reveals the emergence of isolates resistant to three classes of antifungal drugs by Abid, Fatma Ben, Salah, Husam, Sundararaju, Sathyavathi, Dalil, Lamya, Abdelwahab, Ayman H., Salameh, Sarah, Ibrahim, Emad B., Almaslmani, Muna A., Tang, Patrick, Perez-Lopez, Andres, Tsui, Clement Kin-Ming

“…During the COVID-19 pandemic in Qatar, many patients who were severely ill were colonized and infected by Candida auris, an invasive multidrug-resistant yeast pathogen that spreads through nosocomial transmission within healthcare facilities. …”
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Legionella pneumophila filamentous morphological form and the generation of novel spherical form upon interaction with protozoan hosts by Chan, Sock Hoai

“…Our investigation showed that filamentation cannot be neatly pegged to a single dominant factor but is promoted under a concerted influence of environmental conditions leaning towards (i) higher than ambient temperatures, at 37-42°C, (ii) static fluid movement, and (iii) with at least a minimal organic content of 5% buffered yeast extract, or equivalent. In the course of investigating interaction of the filamentous form with protozoan hosts, a spherical form was discovered. …”
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Characterization of the near native conformational states of the SAM domain of Ste11 protein by NMR spectroscopy by Gupta, Sebanti, Bhattacharjya, Surajit

“…SAM domain of the Ste11 protein of budding yeast plays important roles in mitogen-activated protein kinase cascades. …”
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On the total synthesis of complex alkaloids by Shennan, BDA

“…Following a concerted investigation into C−H oxidation for the former and a transfer of chirality approach for the latter, a Baker’s yeast reduction is adopted as an efficient route towards an enantioenriched, oxidised pyrrolidine building block which is advanced to a pentacyclic intermediate.…”