Checkpoint or Chokepoint: Aviation Security Lessons from Istanbul and Brussels by Tan, Eugene E. Guang

“…International airports are highly secured buildings, because they are attractive targets for individuals or groups seeking to make a statement, be it out of political, religious, or social frustrations. …”
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Southeast Asian maritime security in the age of terror : threats, opportunity, and charting the course forward by Bradford, John

“…Information in this working paper will be of interest to those seeking to understand the cooperation and security dynamics of this important and intensely maritime region. …”
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Compression dynamics and radiation emission from a deuterium plasma focus by Muhammad Shahid Rafique.

“…In order to study the correlation between the total neutron yield and the time-integrated energy spectra of the axially emitted deuteron beam, on a shot-to-shot basis, a magnetic spectrometer was successfully designed, constructed and implemented. …”
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Adaptive macro spatial modulation for mmWave dense networks by Luo, Sheng, Che, Yue Ling, Wu, Kaishun, Teh, Kah Chan

“…In the proposed scheme, a user equipment (UE) adaptively establishes communication links with multiple small base stations (SBSs) and switches its beam direction between these SBSs according to part of its transmitting information. …”
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Study on the passive mode-locking of Nd:GdVO4 laser by Lim, Kang Wei.

“…Measurements were taken from the output beam. From the experiment, we will demonstrate the stable high-power continuous wave mode-locking in the diode-pumped Nd:GdVO4 crystal laser.…”
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Robotic formation control in micro world by Lai, Chin Hong

“…Optical Tweezer (OT) systems operate via the use of a laser beam to create piconewton force over a focal point. …”
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UMP Champion MTUN Treasurer Department Sports Carnival by Nor Salwana, Mohammad Idris

“…PEKAN, 17 February 2023 – Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP), the host team, won the MTUN Treasurer Department Sports Carnival with nearly 150 Treasurer Department staff from four Malaysian Technical University Networks (MTUN) universities for two days recently.…”
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Action/inaction and regret : is closeness the moderating effect of regret? by Chua, Li Bing., Leong, Wan Bin., Leong, Yew Bin.

“…Persistent findings from Kahneman, Tversky and other psychologists have shown that action/inaction is a determinant of regret, with actions evoking more regret than inaction. We seek to discover if this holds true in all scenarios and whether closeness to the desired outcome is the moderator of the intensity of regret.…”
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36 stratagems & applications by Soe Thiha @ Nyan Lin Htun

“…There are some 6 different fields of strategies for different state of the situation, starting when one is superior, gaining ground to losing, each bearing 6 individual strategies each. It is now widely accepted that some war strategies could be applied in business world, behavioral science and thus taken another leap trying to better apply in other areas such as geopolitical affairs, behavioral change, public policy etc. …”
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Impact of jet fuel hedging on firm value : a study on global airlines. by Quah, Hui Li., Tan, Jazreel Yan Zhen., Teo, Lay Hui.

“…We also find three factors, namely managerial shares and options holdings, financial distress costs and the presence of alternative hedging mechanism that have significant bearing on airlines’ hedging decisions. Upon understanding how hedging value adds across different regions and periods of fuel price volatility, investors can pay more attention to these three factors in order to accurately predict and assess airlines’ hedging decisions. …”
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Development of an advanced nano-satellite VELOX-I – attitude control system by Ng, Yu Lian.

“…Experiments have conducted to measure the moment of inertia of an air bearing table test setup. In the experiments, the environmental frictional torque was characterized as well. …”
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Design and development of a solar-powered vehicle by Zhou, Bo

“…The two rear wheels are driven by a motor connected by the axle and bearings. The steering system in the front controls the direction of the front wheels. …”
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An evaluation of the legal rights, responsibilities and obligations of the traveller and the travel business by De Souza, Conrad Gerard

“…Not least among the reasons for this is that as more and more nations become developed and wealthy, their citizens correspondingly become affluent and begin to seek overseas travel as a new and upgraded form of leisure or relaxation.…”
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Gram-scale mechanochemical synthesis of atom-layer MoS₂ semiconductor electrocatalyst via functionalized graphene quantum dots for efficient hydrogen evolution by Hu, Bingjie, Wu, Yao, Wang, Kang, Guo, Huazhang, Lei, Zhendong, Liu, Zheng, Wang, Liang

“…Moreover, the ALMS catalyst showcases exceptional long-term durability, maintaining stable performance for nearly 200 h, underscoring its potential as a highly efficient and durable electrocatalyst. …”
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Taking data feminism to school: A synthesis and review of pre‐collegiate data science education projects by Lee, Victor R, Pimentel, Daniel R, Bhargava, Rahul, D'Ignazio, Catherine

“…In this review paper, we draw on principles from data feminism to review 42 different educational research and design approaches that engage youth with data, many of which are educational technology intensive and bear on future data-intensive educational technology research and design projects. …”
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Divergent reactivity of phosphapalladacycles toward E-H (E = N, P, As) bonds by Tay, Wee Shan, Li, Yongxin, Pullarkat, Sumod A., Leung, Pak-Hing

“…Subsequently, secondary arsines bearing the As-H bond were applied in deuteration by directed ortho-metalation (DoM) and decomplexation strategies. …”
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Two photon photoemission. by Goh, Teck Wee.

“…Optics directing the third harmonic (pump beam) and second harmonic (probe beam) light to the UHV chamber were set up. …”
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Development and characterisation of novel silicon pixel detectors for tracking and timing by Gaži, M

“…Multiple 1×1 mm^2 LGAD devices were tested in a test beam at the CERN North Area. The results demonstrate excellent hit efficiency (>99%), charge collection (>15 fC), and timing resolution below 20 ps.…”

UMPSA Confucius Institute hosts international conference by Nor Salwana, Mohammad Idris

“…PEKAN, 2 November 2023 – Nearly 50 lecturers and educators from across the country participated in the 2023 Malaysia Confucius Institute Conference and International Chinese Teachers Sharing Forum organized by Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA) at the Banquet Hall of UMPSA Pekan.…”
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Geoinformatics in Support of Urban Politics and the Development of Civil Engineering / by Lousada, Sérgio António Neves 1981-, editor 656274, IGI Global (Online service) 631983

“…"It's the big intention, portray the evolution of the world of Civil Engineering, what happened in recent decades, but what will develop in the future, what will be the path. Thus, this work will seek to characterize the different academic areas of Civil Engineering, demonstrating its evolution. …”
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