WHISPERS OF THE WIND / by Grace, Jeyna, author 655424

“…From the hazardous trip behind enemy lines to the festive East Asian-esque Meihua; from the kingdom hovering above the clouds to the military-driven Bevattna; from the heterogeneous society of a tunnelled realm to Aithan’s duel with the heir of Tentazoa, every step in his journey uncovers a gem of his past, present, and future. …”

Stress amplification effect of lung by Zhou, Hongyuan, Ma, Guowei

“…Under a blast or impact load, rapid movement of the thoracic wall generates stress in lung, a foam-like structure of high compressibility, which is different from general solids. …”
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Green logistics practices in Malaysian food-based manufacturing industry by Hussin, Hilda

“…Logistics has been regarded as a key determinant to business performance over the past 50 years. However, the increase in environmental concerns over pollution, climate change, congestion, waste disposal, and resource depletion among others have triggered an increased attention from the government and society. …”
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Empirical investigation on container port competition and cooperation by Aw, Bing Zong

“…For the past few decades, East and South East Asia container ports are slowly edging out Europe‟s and America‟s container ports to be the top 20 busiest container ports in the world. …”
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Development of discontinuous deformation analysis for dynamic analysis of rock mass by Gu, Jiong

“…Simulations of the rock mass with underground blast loading and rock mass in scaled blast load test are carried out respectively. …”
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Factors influencing behavioural intention to use for E-government websites by Chan, Sook Yin, Chew, Christina Chun Jun, Lam, Kwong Fai

“…We collected survey from 200 respondents who had visited at least one of the Singapore government websites during the past year.…”
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Thermodynamics of complexity and pattern manipulation by Vedral, Vlatko, Gu, Mile, Garner, Andrew J. P., Thompson, Jayne

“…Here, we propose a framework to describe pattern manipulators—devices that convert thermodynamic work to patterns or vice versa—and use them to build a “pattern engine” that facilitates a thermodynamic cycle of pattern creation and consumption. We show that the least heat dissipation is achieved by the provably simplest devices, the ones that exhibit desired operational behavior while maintaining the least internal memory. …”
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Design of whole-genome tiling microarrays for pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1. by Chong, Anna Siew Chyn.

“…Results show that a total of 62,561 60-mer PAO1 probes were created via Agilent eArray and optimized by CLC bio Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST). These optimal probes were used to design the WGTAs for chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) and comparative genome hybridization (CGH) applications using Agilent eArray. …”
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Application of stock selection strategies on the Singapore market by Li, Xinhao

“…Past research has shown that Value strategy can achieve higher returns as compared to Growth strategy. …”
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Identification and characterization of Botrytis cinerea causing gray mold on tomatoes in Cameron Highlands, Malaysia by Siti Fairuz Yusoff, Siti Izera Ismail, Farah Farhanah Haron, Zahir Shah Safari, Rohasmizah Hashim, Paiman

“…The resulting sequences deposited in GenBank were accessions MT012053 to MT012062, respectively. A BLAST analysis of the resulting 550-bp nucleotide sequences showed 99-100% identity closest matched to B. cinerea. …”
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WARM BODIES : A NOVEL / by Marion, Isaac, 1981-, author 656199

“…First as his captive, then his reluctant house guest, Julie is a blast of living color in R's gray landscape, and something inside him begins to bloom. …”

Phenol degradation and molecular validation of phenol hydroxylase gene of Alcaligenes faecalis by Abdul Habib, Nur Muhamad Syahir

“…The BLAST result showed that the phenol hydroxylase gene was successfully amplified from the bacteria. …”
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Enhanced monsoon-driven upwelling in Southeast Asia during the Little Ice Age by Chen, Mengli, Martin, Patrick, Ren, Haojia, Zhang, Run, Samanta, Dhrubajyoti, Chen, Yi-Chi, Hughen, Konrad A., Phan, Kim Hoang, Vo, Si Tuan, Goodkin, Nathalie Fairbank

“…Our data indicates a link between surface ocean nutrient supply and the East Asian Summer Monsoon strength in an economically important marginal sea. …”
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Investment outlook for the medium range tanker segment from the perspective of a ship financier from 2011 to 2015 by Han, Peinan.

“…This research aims to provide the freight market outlook for MR product tanker in the East of Suez from 2011 to 2015 and determine whether investors should invest in MR tanker shipping equities. …”
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The effect of rare-earth nanoparticles on drug delivery by Li, Linda Shi Wen

“…Cancer, being one of the leading causes of death worldwide, has received much attention for the past century. Utilizing nanoparticles as a drug delivery vehicle has become widely popular in cancer therapy. …”
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The Accident / by Pavone, Chris, author 656312

“…In Copenhagen, Hayden Gray, a veteran station chief, wary of the CIA's obsession with the Middle East, has been steadfastly monitoring the dangers that abound in Europe. …”

Durability of Very-High-Strength Concrete with Supplementary Cementitious Materials for Marine Environments by Lim, Tze Yang Darren, Teng, Susanto, Bahador, Sabet Divsholi, Gjørv, Odd E.

“…In addition, an increase in the fineness of ground-granulated blast-furnace slag would benefit early-age strength development of the concrete. …”
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A study on the extent of Singaporeans' knowledge of their history by Chan Lai Yin Ivy Hannah, Ong Siok Lay Jessie, Tay Siang Ling Hannah

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Solving the modern marriage puzzle : the problems of creating value in marriage by Ang, Claudia Hui Lin

“…This paper argues that marriage should be disestablished, or at the very least, reformed. Marriage lacks intrinsic value, and if socioeconomic purposes that necessitated marriage in the past are no longer valid now, then there remains no good justification for marriage. …”
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The battle for Asia in crude oil markets: an easier road ahead for India? by Sen, A

“…This, together with the deregulation of product prices, will help boost Indian fiscal balances immensely, in a complete reversal of the trend seen over the past decade.…”