Identity matters ... even in maritime security : China, Japan and maritime cooperation in East Asia by Eva Pejsova

“…Cooperation in functional maritime domains should constitute a common ground for consensus, and even serve as a catalyst for enhancing broader security cooperation in the long run. However, given the specific, transnational character of maritime management in the twenty-first century, this would require States to rise above the traditional Westphalian understanding of sovereignty and beyond the Realist mind-sets.…”
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The contemporary development of netball in Singapore by Divyashree Balakrishnan

“…However, it was as early as 1962, when the body organizing the sport was officially recognized as an association. Despite its long maturation process and fruitful development as a major female team sport, few academic works have critically examined the place of netball in the development of sport in Singapore in the contemporary field. …”
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Gelatin-dopamine coating for improved biocompatibility on polydimethylsiloxane substrate surfaces by Quek, Kai Yun

“…This poses a major challenge in cell biology as the intrinsic high hydrophobicity property implicates incompatibility for long-term cell adhesion, proliferation and directed cell differentiation. …”
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Spin dynamics of two-dimensional systems in strong-coupling regime by Anastasiia Pervishko

“…For that reason, the study of the spin dynamics and the search for alternative particles, which can carry the information for relatively long time are the topics of high priority nowadays. …”
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Electrical charge transport and optical properties of iron pyrite by Shukla, Sudhanshu

“…Charge carrier dynamics in nanocube thin film revealed fast carrier localization and long-lived trap states in the pure pyrite. Temperature dependent electrical and magnetic behaviors supported the existence of intrinsic localized gap states. …”
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A human-centered design framework for the development of product-service systems by Wong, Thomson Chi Shing

“…The goals of this framework were to serve as a starting point to guide the development of PSSs for improved user acceptance and satisfaction, and to assist existing businesses with product-oriented PSSs to identify areas of service improvement and strengthen the long-term relationship with their customers. The Fitbit, a wearable activity tracker, was chosen as an exploratory case study to investigate the significance of HCD in PSSs. …”
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Solid waste allocation management based on optimization techniques by Lim, Sean Heng Yu

“…An effective and sustainable MSW management plan goes a long way in keeping the public area clean. However there are many uncertainties involved and these unknown parameters make formulating a reliable MSW management plan hard. …”
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Effects of three-dimensional radar display on emotion and stress during continuous climb and descent in ATC operations by Edward, Mak

“…The world of aviation has come a long way from its humble beginnings of just satisfying human desire to fly to a massive network of intercontinental passenger flights. …”
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Finite element vibration analysis using bar and beam elements with a new method for lumping mass matrix by Tan, Jia Yi

“…By being able to develop a code for it, we would enable everyone to be able to solve complex problems regarding structures, as long as they have all the information required to solve the problem. …”
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An investigation on the role of tarsal flexibility in insect walking by Tjuatja, Johan

“…While the tarsus has been long known to be flexible, there has currently been no study that explains what the purpose of this flexibility is in insect leg. …”
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Smart sensor-based pillbox for polypharmacy management by Kum, Brandon Zhi Wei

“…The inability to conform to regular medication regime has always been the main issue when it comes to increased hospitality and mortality rate in the world, especially to patients with long term illness such hypertension, dementia, cardiovascular disease and mental disorders. …”
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A new method of N to C sequential ligation using thioacid capture ligation and native chemical ligation by Hou, Wen, Liu, Lei, Zhang, Xiaohong, Liu, Chuanfa

“…Sequential peptide ligation strategy becomes more and more important in large protein or long peptides chemical synthesis due to the limited peptide/protein size obtained by solid phase synthesis of individual peptides or even one-step peptide ligation. …”
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Designing and implementing an evaluation of a national work support program by Ng, Irene Y. H., Ho, Kong Weng., Nesamani, Tharmalingam., Lee, Alex., Liang, Ngiam Tee.

“…The lessons learned from planning and implementing the research can be helpful to future researchers in negotiating long-term rigorous evaluations in an environment where collaborators lack sufficient research knowledge. …”
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Immigrants in the transnational far right: integration through racisms and negotiating white supremacy in a migratory context by Garapich, Michał P., Jochymek, Anna, Soborski, Rafał

“…Despite the historical and contemporary instances of immigrants and their descendants engaging with the far-right, whether through long-distance nationalism or country of residence politics, migration scholarship has surprisingly paid very little attention to this process. …”

Social networks and migration: relocations, relationships and resources by Ryan, Louise

“…Exploring rich, qualitative data, I analyse how migrants forge new ties in new places, while simultaneously negotiating long distance relationships transnationally. Particular attention is given to the field of employment and the role of networks in how migrants have accessed jobs and developed careers across various sectors of the labour market. …”

Altruism and natural selection in a variable environment by dos Santos, M, Downing, PA, Griffin, AS, Cornwallis, CK, West, SA

“…In contrast to the standard prediction from Hamilton's rule, recent studies have suggested that altruistic helping can be favored even if it does not benefit relatives, as long as it decreases the environmentally induced variance of their reproductive success ("altruistic bet-hedging"). …”

Learning battery model parameter dynamics from data with recursive Gaussian process regression by Aitio, A, Joest, D, Sauer, DU, Howey, DA

“…As a result, existing techniques based on fitting equivalent circuit models may exhibit inaccuracy at extremes of performance and over long-term ageing, or instability of parameter estimates. …”

Placing objects in context via inpainting for out-of-distribution segmentation by De Jorge, P, Volpi, R, Dokania, PK, Torr, PHS, Rogez, G

“…However, acquiring and labelling semantic segmentation data is expensive and unanticipated conditions are long-tail and potentially hazardous. Indeed, existing anomaly segmentation datasets capture a limited number of anomalies, lack realism or have strong domain shifts. …”

‘I don’t care who joins my choir’: investigating attitudes to diversity and inclusivity in lower- and upper-voice choirs in the United Kingdom by MacGregor, E

“…Recreational choral singing has long been a mainstay of amateur and community musicmaking in the United Kingdom, and there is much existing evidence for the potential social, physical, and psychological benefits of participation. …”

Social entrepreneurs as ecosystem catalysts: the dynamics of forming and withdrawing from a self-sustaining ecosystem by Savaget, P, Ozcan, P, Pitsis, T

“…Creating a long-lasting impact is one of the defining goals of social entrepreneurship. …”