Southeast Asian space activities: recent trends in regional cooperation by Berthet, Maximilien

“…Though not new, it has increasingly flourished in the last ten years, especially in three areas: satellite engineering, space policymaking, and space entrepreneurship. …”
Get full text

Collaborative simultaneous localization and mapping for autonomous vehicles by Diluka Moratuwage

“…Unfortunately almost all those algorithms inherit above mentioned issues from their single-vehicle counterpart. In the recent years an alternative solution based on the finite set statistics (FISST) has been proposed as a radically different alternative solution to the mono-SLAM problem. …”
Get full text

Nature and effects of Chinese outward foreign direct investments. by Tjoenneland, Tor Erik.

Get full text

Prehistoric human migration between Sundaland and South Asia was driven by sea-level rise by Kim, Hie Lim, Li, Tanghua, Kalsi, Namrata, Nguyen, Hung Tran The, Shaw, Timothy Adam, Ang, Khai C., Cheng, Keith C., Ratan, Aakrosh, Peltier, W. Richard, Samanta, Dhrubajyoti, Pratapneni, Mahesh, Schuster, Stephan Christoph, Horton, Benjamin Peter

“…We show that sea-level rise, in particular meltwater pulses 1 A (MWP1A, ~14,500-14,000 years ago) and 1B (MWP1B, ~11,500-11,000 years ago), reduced land area by over 50% since the LGM, resulting in segregation of local human populations. …”
Get full text

Medical image segmentation using random forest and convolutional neural networks by Duan, You

“…Medical image analysis has received attention in recent years. It is an important part of disease analysis, diagnosis and treatment. …”
Get full text

“Virtual encounters: the making and manifestations of Deleuze’s Bergsonism” by Lundy, Craig

“…For example, Bergsonism is the fifth of Deleuze’s books, published 4 years after his book on Nietzsche and only 2 years before Difference and Repetition. …”
Get full text

Editorial introduction, Religions special issue, Peace, politics, and religion. Volume II by Haynes, Jeffrey

“…In recent years, a burgeoning body of literature on the relationship between peace, politics and religion has emerged. …”
Get full text

Detection and seroprevalence of Q fever infection in dairy goats in Besut district, Malaysia by Ahmad, Khairunnisa, Nik Mustaffa, Nik Danial Asyraf, Azmi, Nur Syafiqa, Zainal Ariffin, Siti Mariam, Ghazali, Mohd Faizal, Ibrahim, Noor Syaheera

“…Material and Methods: One hundred dairy goats (n = 100) aged 6 months to 6 years were randomly selected, and blood samples were collected for serological analysis using the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay technique. …”
Get full text

The international growth standard for children and adolescents project: environmental influences on preadolescent and adolescent growth in weight and height by Ulijaszek, S

“…The first is to identify important environmental influences on the growth of children aged 1 to 9 years and of adolescents, defined as those aged 10 to 19 years. …”

The state of health in the European Union (EU-27) in 2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease study 2019 by Santos, JV, Padron-Monedero, A, Bikbov, B, Grad, DA, Plass, D, Mechili, EA, Gazzelloni, F, Fischer, F, Sulo, G, Ngwa, CH, Noguer-Zambrano, I, Peñalvo, JL, Haagsma, JA, Kissimova-Skarbek, K, Monasta, L, Ghith, N, Sarmiento-Suarez, R, Hrzic, R, Haneef, R, O’Caoimh, R, Cuschieri, S, Mondello, S, Kabir, Z, GBD 2019 EU State of Health Collaborators, Freitas, A, Devleesschauwer, B

“…</p> <br> <p><strong>Methods:</strong> We used the Global Burden of Disease 2019 study estimates and 95% uncertainty intervals for the whole EU and each country to evaluate age-standardised death, years of life lost (YLLs), years lived with disability (YLDs) and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) rates for Level 2 causes, as well as life expectancy and healthy life expectancy (HALE).…”

Alcohol Use and Its Relation with Demographic, Environmental, and Psychological Factors among Adolescents in Nabawan, Sabah by Jaimon, Selly, Deligannu, Pravina, Robinson, Fredie

“…Analysis revealed that older age adolescents 18 years and 19 years, respectively (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 3.93; P=0.021; aOR, 5.38; P=0.003), having parents (aOR, 4.11; P=0.001) and peers (aOR, 11.57; P<0.001) who consume alcohol were significantly associated with alcohol use. …”
Get full text

Food terrorism : how real? : a historical survey since 1950 by Dalziel, Gregory

“…Concern has risen in recent years that the food supply chain could be a target of terrorists seeking to poison individuals on a mass scale. …”
Get full text
Get full text

Duterte: Delivering the Promised Peace to Mindanao by Singh, Bilveer

“…After years of starts-stops and derailment of peace agreements, the Philippines is today poised to make a peace breakthrough in strife-torn Muslim-dominated Mindanao in southern Philippines. …”
Get full text
Get full text

Geotechnical and micro-structural behaviour of chemically stabilized tropical residual soil by Latifi, Nima

Get full text

Optimizing resource allocation in large communications satellite constellations by Pachler de la Osa, Nils

“…Several approaches have been proposed to deal with the complexity of the added flexibilities at the spacecraft level. …”
Get full text

Three essays on the funds allocation of U.S. Firms by Shih, Chia Mei

“…We show that the said sensitivities were distinctive from zero for all sample years, and that the apparent disappearance of investment-cash flow sensitivity resulted from Chen and Chen (2012) using a restrictive measure of investment i.e., capital expenditure. …”
Get full text
Get full text

The anatomy of Westlothiana lizziae and a novel phylogenetic analysis of early amniotes by Igielman, B

“…<p>Amniotes (reptiles, birds and mammals) first evolved by the late Carboniferous, around 318 million years ago. Ecologically diverse members of the amniote total-group are known from the Carboniferous and early Permian. …”

Genomic diversity and antimicrobial susceptibility of invasive Neisseria meningitidis in South Africa, 2016–2021 by Mikhari, RL, Meiring, S, de Gouveia, L, Chan, WY, Jolley, KA, Van Tyne, D, Harrison, LH, Marjuki, H, Ismail, A, Quan, V, Cohen, C, Walaza, S, von Gottberg, A, du Plessis, M

“…<p><strong>Background:</strong>&nbsp;Invasive meningococcal isolates in South Africa have in previous years (&lt;2008) been characterized by serogroup B, C, W, and Y lineages over time, with penicillin intermediate resistance (penⁱ) at 6%. …”

31 students of the 3rd Cohort of the BJTU–UMPSA Dual Degree Programme celebrated in a simple ceremony at KLIA by Naqiah, Puaad

“…SEPANG, 20 September 2024 – A mix of emotions—sadness, joy, and various reactions—was evident on the faces of students and parents as they bid farewell to 31 students of Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA), who are set to continue their studies for another two and a half years at Beijing Jiaotong University (BJTU) as part of the UMPSA–BJTU Dual Degree Programme.…”
Get full text

Exploring effectiveness of augmented reality for learning geometry in primary schools : a case study. by Lee, Mike Cher Leow.

“…Advancements in technology have opened up opportunities for more creative use of innovation, and in recent years, in the innovation use of Augmented Reality (AR). …”
Get full text