Regionalisation : an economic analysis of outward foreign direct investment from Singapore by Teo, Thiam Hoe, Goh, Mien Zo, See, Bee Lin

“…The economic development of Singapore began with the role played by the Economic Development Board (EDB) in attracting foreign investors, mainly multinational companies into Singapore. …”
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Dear Chandler, Dear Scarlett : A Grandfather's Thoughts on Faith, Family, and the Things That Matter Most / by Huckabee, Mike, 1955-, author 464637

“…A few years ago, Mike Huckabee began drafting a series of letters to his grandchildren, Chandler and Scarlett, about the things that matter most: faith, love, family, overcoming adversity, and staying true to your values in the face of failure and temptation. …”

After Japan : waiting for Asia’s next big one by Yang Razali Kassim

“…Japan’s recent mega quake and tsunami have once again raised the question of whether this double calamity will recur, and where. …”
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“一带一路”倡议对新加坡经济的动力及阻力 = Economic stimulus and impetus to Singapore caused by the “Belt and Road” initiative by 肖彬 Xiao, Bin

“…The BRI consists of more than 68 countries, equivalent to 65% of the world’s population and 40% of the 2017 Global GDP, making it one of the most mammoth infrastructure and investment mega-projects in history. China-Singapore relation dates back to the late 1970s when China has just began its reforms under Deng Xiaoping. …”
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Cyclic simple shear behaviour of Cowden till by Qiu, Z

“…Published data on high-quality multidirectional soil element tests are limited, meaning their effects or impact are yet to be addressed in current design methods.…”

Nepal Earthquake One Year On: Building a More Effective Relief Effort by Shrestha, Maxim

“…While reconstruction efforts remain stifled, the immediate international relief operations experience offer some insights on how to deliver humanitarian assistance to mega disasters more effectively.…”
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Malaysia’s East Coast Rail Link: Bane or Gain? by Saravanamuttu, Johan

“…However, the proliferation of mega infrastructural projects in the country involving China companies could lead to Malaysia’s overdependence on China, undermining its foreign policy leverage with Beijing.…”
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Echoes From the Stone Reframing Preservation in Syria Through Haurani Folklore by Alrifai, Hajar

“…Through creative writing and cinematic intervention, Echoes from the Stone asks: what does it mean to preserve a place, and preservation for whom? …”
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Preterm birth and cardiometabolic health trajectories from birth to adulthood: the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children by Clayton, GL, Howe, LD, O’Keeffe, LM, Lewandowski, A, Lawlor, DA, Fraser, A

“…In children born preterm (versus term), systolic and diastolic BP were higher at age 7 (mean predicted differences 0.7mmHg;95%CI(-0.2,1.6) and 0.6mmHg;95%CI(-0.04,1.3), respectively). …”

A study on pedestrian crowd simulations through distributed personal mobility device (PMD) docking hubs by Ramakrishna Santhira Segaran

“…Public outcry began to pile up and reached its fever pitch when an accident caused a loss of life. …”
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Measurement of CP observables in B ± → DK ± and B ± → Dπ ± with D → K S 0 K ± π ∓ decays by Aaij, R, Abellán Beteta, C, Ackernley, T, Adeva, B, Adinolfi, M, Afsharnia, H, Aidala, CA, Aiola, S, Ajaltouni, Z, Akar, S, Albicocco, P, Albrecht, J, Alessio, F, Alexander, M, Alfonso Albero, A, Alkhazov, G, Alvarez Cartelle, P, Alves, AA, Amato, S, Amhis, Y, An, L, Anderlini, L, Andreassi, G, Andreotti, M, Bjørn, M, Fischer, KM, Gruberg Cazon, BR, Hadavizadeh, T, Hancock, TH, Harnew, N, Hill, D, John, M, Jurik, N, Li, L, Malde, S, Murphy, CH, Pili, M, Pullen, H, Renaudin, V, Rollings, A, Scantlebury Smead, LG, Wilkinson, G

“…Measurements of CP observables in B± → DK± and B± → Dπ± decays are presented, where D represents a superposition of D0 and D¯0 states. The D meson is reconstructed in the three-body final states KS0K±π∓ and KS0K∓π±. …”

Co-seismic ruptures of the 12 May 2008, Ms 8.0 Wenchuan earthquake, Sichuan : East–west crustal shortening on oblique, parallel thrusts along the eastern edge of Tibet by Liu-Zeng, J., Zhang, Z., Wen, L., Sun, J., Xing, X., Hu, G., Xu, Q., Zeng, L., Ding, L., Ji, C., Hudnut, K. W., van der Woerd, J., Tapponnier, Paul

“…It thus ranks as one of the world's largest continental mega-thrust events in the last 150 yrs. Field investigation shows clear surface breaks along two of the main branches of the NE-trending Longmen Shan thrust fault system. …”
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Hotel chain development - a case study in Singapore context. by Leow, Ei Ching., Tina.

“…In this study of corporate governance, the focus is on two local hoteliers whose chains began in SIngapore and extended their reach throughout the region, however, their rate of growth varied. …”
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Load classification and reshape for energy management of a power grid by Abbas, Mohamed Ameer

“…The Asian region is set to be one of the mega consumers of energy in the upcoming decades. …”
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Nuptiality in Soviet and post-Soviet Central Asia by Dommaraju, Premchand, Agadjanian, Victor

“…Although marriage remained universal through the end of that period, marriage age increased, and for younger cohorts, marriage rates declined considerably. Marriage age began to increase in the years following independence and there are no signs of any reversal. …”
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A measurement of ∆Γs by Aaij, R., Abdelmotteleb, A. S. W., Abellan Beteta, C., Abudinén, F., Ackernley, T., Adeva, B., Adinolfi, M., Adlarson, P., Afsharnia, H., Agapopoulou, C., Aidala, C. A., Ajaltouni, Z., Akar, S., Akiba, K., Albicocco, P., Albrecht, J.

“…The decay-width difference between the light and heavy mass eigenstates of the 𝐵0𝑠 meson is measured to be ∆Γs = 0.087 ± 0.012 ± 0.009 ps−1, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second systematic.…”
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Search for QCD instantons at the LHC using the ATLAS Detector by Harris, YT

“…Instanton field configurations are deeply embedded in the Standard Model of particle physics, being already essential in explaining the heaviness of the $\eta'$ meson. Yet they have never been observed. The search presented here uses a Machine Learning technique based on Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) for concomitant signal discrimination and background estimation. …”

In the realm of the disquiet by Quah, Felicia Qi Wen

“…Having had and lost, I began to explore in my work the transience of life and the reverberations of what happens after; the absence, the emotions, the marks left behind and the impact of it- that shape who I am and who I’ll eventually be. …”
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Study of charmonium production via the decay to p p¯ at √s = 13 TeV by LHCb Collaboration

“…The production cross-section of the η c meson is measured in a rapidity range of 2.0 < y < 4.0 and in a transverse momentum range of 5.0 < p T < 20.0 GeV / c , which is extended compared with previous LHCb analyses. …”
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Measurement of J/ψ production in association with a W ± boson with pp data at 8 TeV by Aaboud, M, Aad, G, Abbott, B, Abbott, DC, Abdinov, O, Abeloos, B, Abhayasinghe, DK, Abidi, SH, AbouZeid, OS, Abraham, NL, Abramowicz, H, Abreu, H, Abulaiti, Y, Acharya, BS, Adachi, S, Adam, L, Adam Bourdarios, C, Adamczyk, L, Adamek, L, Adelman, J, Adersberger, M, Adiguzel, A, Adye, T, Affolder, AA, Ambroz, L, Artoni, G, Backes, M, Balunas, WK, Barr, AJ, Beresford, L, Bortoletto, D, Burr, JTP, Cooper-Sarkar, AM, Frost, JA, Gallas, EJ, Giuli, F, Gwenlan, C, Hays, CP, Huffman, TB, Issever, C, Liu, JKK, Marchese, L, Nagai, K, Nelson, ME, Nickerson, RB, Norjoharuddeen, N, Paredes Saenz, SR, Petrov, M, Schopf, E, Sharma, A, Shipsey, IPJ, Stanislaus, B, Tosciri, C, Tseng, JC, Viehhauser, GHA, Vigani, L, Weidberg, AR, Zemaityte, G, Zgubič, M

“…A measurement of the production of a prompt J/ψ meson in association with a W± boson with W± → μν and J/ψ → μ+μ− is presented for J/ψ transverse momenta in the range 8.5–150 GeV and rapidity |yJ/ψ| &lt; 2.1 using ATLAS data recorded in 2012 at the LHC. …”