US-China Conflict : Will ASEAN Centrality Be Derailed? by Yang Razali Kassim

“…The US-China trade war is fast escalating into a political one with security implications as US senators re-introduced a sanctions bill to check Beijing on its expansionism in the South China Sea and East China Sea. …”
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Japan in disaster : managing energy vulnerabilities by Sofiah Jamil, Caballero-Anthony, Mely

“…The nuclear crises should come as a reality check for other states pursuing nuclear energy plans, including ASEAN’s.…”
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Dopamine Nation : Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence / by Lembke, Anna, Dr., author 655980, Penguin Publishing Group (Online service) 655981

“…Condensing complex neuroscience into easy-to-understand metaphors, Lembke illustrates how finding contentment and connectedness means keeping dopamine in check. The lived experiences of her patients are the gripping fabric of her narrative. …”
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A perspective on the role of point-of-care "immuno-triaging" to optimize COVID-19 vaccination distribution in a time of scarcity by Zhang, Yi, Rogers, Angela, Nadeau, Kari, Gu, Jun, Yang, Samuel

“…Vaccine bears hope to bring COVID-19 pandemic under control. …”
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Functional genetics of cancer and congenital disorders by Zak, J

“…An integrative analysis of cancer genomic data revealed that <em>PPP1R13B</em>, encoding ASPP1, bears many hallmarks of a tumour suppressor gene, despite being mutated at a low absolute frequency. …”

Blind detection of interlever parameters for block and convolutional coded sequences by Liu, Xuezhe.

“…Channel encoding is implemented in most digital communications to combat transmission errors, which is achieved by adding additional parity check bits to the data stream. However, channel encoder will not be able to handle the effects of fading or burst errors. …”
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Hardware implementation of optimum channel codes by Sunish Bharathan.

“…Recently, a special class of block codes, known as Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) codes, has piqued interest upon many researchers for its capacity approaching performance as well as the speed of its decoding algorithm that transcends most existing channel codes.…”
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Can machines learn questions? by Soo, Alvin

“…To ensure the highest performance of the classifier, the dataset is pre-processed in different ways and tested to check its performance. Text pre-processing includes removal of common stop words, punctuation and numerical numbers. …”
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Clouds and hazes in Saturn's troposphere and stratosphere by Merlet, CTC

“…The haze physical and optical properties can however be independently retrieved from VIMS near-infrared spectra at shorter wavelengths in the 0.8-3.5 <em>μ</em>m spectral range. …”

Improved thermomechanical and viscoelasticity properties of bio-epoxy/date palm fiber composite by addition of eggshell particles by Siti Noorbaini, Sarmin, Jawaid, Mohammad, Ahmad Safwan, Ismail, Fouad, Hassan, Dhakal, Hom, Nurjannah, Salim, Singh, Balbir, Hashem, Mohamed Ibrahim

“…This research aims to check the influent of ES filler on thermal and viscoelasticity properties of bio-epoxy composite with incorporation of 40 wt.% date palm (DP) fiber. …”
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TDSF: Two-phase tamper detection in semi-fragile watermarking using two-level integer wavelet transform by Amrullah, Agit, Ernawan, Ferda, Anis Farihan, Mat Raffei, Liew, Siau-Chuin

“…The initial phase will check four segments to determine the tampered bit or not. …”
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Practice of CSFs for the Pre-Development Process in New Product Innovation Processes at SMEs: Questionnaire Development by Abu, Noor Hidayah, Deros, B.M., Abd Wahab, Dzuraidah, Ab Rahman, Mohd Nizam

“…After that the questionnaire was piloted at 55 food and beverage manufacturing SMEs to check its reliability by using Cronbach’s alpha value. …”
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Gene-primer a PCR primer design program by Kok, Wui Lim.

“…In addition, BLAST algorithm is utilized for the purpose of primer specificity check. In summary, selected primers adhered to both physico-chemical criteria and also display specificity to intended binding site in the genome.…”
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Expectations of undergraduates upon graduation and their means of financing it by Chen, Michele, Kam, Gladys Huey Li, Lee, Sharon Ai Leen

“…The MAS restrictions on unsecured personal loans and car loans, introduced in February 1995, is designed to check the sharp increases in personal loans and car loans over the years.…”
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Phase separation in the putative fractional quantum hall A phases by Simon, S, Balram, A

“…Finally, we uncover a new property of entanglement spectra that can be used as a check for the accuracy of numerics.…”

Loss analysis of a mix-flow turbine with nozzled twin-entry volute at different admissions by Xue, Yingxian, Yang, Mingyang, Martinez-Botas, Ricardo F., Romagnoli, Alessandro, Deng, Kangyao

“…Loss breakdown of turbine shows that loss is higher in nozzle but lower in rotor when the majority of flow is fed from upper part of the component (near shroud). Opposite phenomenon happens when the majority is fed from lower part (near hub). …”
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USRP-based wireless communication demonstrations for capacity improvement: from coding and waveform design perspectives by Liu, Yile

“…To address the impact of block fading on the bit error rate, researchers proposed a novel coding method based on the principle of Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) code, referred to as the Root-Protograph LDPC (RP-LDPC) code. …”
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Same data, different analysts: variation in effect sizes due to analytical decisions in ecology and evolutionary biology by Gould, E, Fraser, HS, Parker, TH, Nakagawa, S, Griffith, SC, Vesk, PA, Fidler, F, Hamilton, DG, Abbey-Lee, RN, Abbott, JK, Aguirre, LA, Alcaraz, C, Aloni, I, Altschul, D, Arekar, K, Atkins, JW, Atkinson, J, Baker, CM, Barrett, M, Bell, K, Bello, SK, Beltrán, I, Berauer, BJ, Bertram, MG, Wood, A

“…For the blue tit analyses, the average effect was convincingly negative, with less growth for nestlings living with more siblings, but there was near continuous variation in effect size from large negative effects to effects near zero, and even effects crossing the traditional threshold of statistical significance in the opposite direction. …”

Wrapped branes and punctured horizons by Bobev, N, Bomans, P, Gautason, FF

“…We present explicit AdS5 solutions dual to these SCFTs and check the holographic duality by showing the non-trivial agreement of ’t Hooft anomalies.…”

Wrapped branes and punctured horizons by Bobev, N, Bomans, P, Gautason, FF

“…We present explicit AdS5 solutions dual to these SCFTs and check the holographic duality by showing the non-trivial agreement of ’t Hooft anomalies. …”