Meanings of sovereignty: Implications for humanitarian intervention. by Ang, Benedict K. L.

“…Since the end of the Cold War, the international community has demonstrated a greater proclivity for bestowing legitimacy on humanitarian intervention. …”
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The emergence of JI's political front by Arianti, Vidia, Rahmah, Unaesah

“…Two decades since it was first discovered, despite a crackdown by the authorities in the region, JI continues to show its resilience, developing a political arm as a hybrid organisation.…”
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Analysis of construction industry and market in China by Kuo, Li Ho., Weng, Chao Ko.

“…China has been implementing the policy of open door to the outside world and actively attracting foreign investment flow in to accelerate its modernization practice since 1978. After sixteen years China has achieved a great economic development.…”
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Quality control circles : the success stories by Ho, Meng Mee, Lee, Huan Siak, Wong, Sue Min

“…Since the introduction of Quality Control Circles (QCC) in Singapore, many organisations have embarked on the programme. …”
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Entrepreneurship in the fashion industry in Singapore by Kang, Sook Han, Ngo, Juliette Faith Beng Choo, Tan, Meng Siew

“…The concept of entrepreneurship has received worldwide attention since its evolution. Through research, surveys and personal interviews, this paper will isolate the makings of entrepreneurs which set them apart from the rest.…”
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女性媒介形象建构与话语权赋权 ——《脱口秀大会》系列为例 = Female discourse power and construction of female image —— Rock&Roast stand-up comedy series... by 郭跃男, Guo, Yuenan

“…Traditional forms Chinese comedy, represented by comic strips (xiao pin) and sketches (xiang sheng), has been produced by and for the gaze of male, both in terms of its historical development and the content. …”
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Social Structure and Social Stratification in Contemporary China / by Xueyi, Lu, author 654605, Wittrock, Yan Peng, translator 654606

“…Lu Xueyi, the former leader of the institute of sociology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, published since the 1980s. The author discusses the social structure, social stratification, social construction and development of contemporary Chinese society from a sociological perspective. …”
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Encore Valentine / by Adriani Trigiani, author 656192

“…Meet the Roncalli and Angelini families, artisans of handcrafted shoes in Greenwich Village since 1903. Valentine's dreams are dashed when her grandmother names her brother and nemesis Alfred her partner at Angelini Shoes. …”

The US–China Trade War: Quantify the Negative Shocks to Local Housing Markets and Land-Based Finance in Chinese Cities by Li, Boning, Liao, Wen-Chi, Sun, Weizeng, Zeng, Yongxuan, Zheng, Siqi

“…However, the trade war has severely struck the cities’ housing markets and land sales since 2018. This article applies 2016–2019 data to a shift-share analysis and finds the following. …”
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Resiliency Oriented Scenario Generation Framework for Natural Gas Infrastructure by Lahogue, Malo

“…Our ML model does not require detailed modeling of gas extraction rates and flows along pipelines since such information is not readily available. …”
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Tripartite partnership for the transformation of the Singapore maritime industry - Part B : Industry's perspective by Tan, Xian Jun

“…Singapore has served as the preferred global maritime hub in the region since the early 2000s. The country’s maritime industry prides itself to be a one-stop solution that serves most of the maritime-related needs of the region. …”
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Design of a special vent component for hydrogen-on-demand system by Lim, Sin Wei

“…The use of hydrogen as a fuel for fuel cell has also attracted much attention since it can be derived from renewable sources, clean and non-toxic. …”
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Does testing order affect performance and outcome during physical fitness tests? by Low, Seow Ting

“…In Singapore, students must complete a bi-annual National Physical Fitness Award Scheme (NAPFA) test, consisting of 6 health-related components of fitness in which 5 are often completed back-to-back on the same day. However, since its existence in 1980s, there is no recommended order of testing for NAPFA and only a few studies have examined the testing order in fitness tests. …”
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Eikonal equation-based earthquake location by Li, Xiaoyan

“…In fact, relocation methods can be applied to many other science disciplines and industries as well, such as petroleum resource exploration and nuclear weapon tests, since it provides much more information besides geological structures, such as events occurence time and historical sequence. …”
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Business contingency and continuity plan by maritime firms in Singapore - part B: maritime services sector by Matin Ahmad Bin Kamal

“…Business Continuity Management (BCM) has evolved dramatically since its conception in the 1970s due to disruptions and megatrends like pandemics, globalisation, and digitalisation, in addition to rule-based measures and governance in its approach. …”
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Empowering communication for mute individuals through AI-assisted conversations by Au, Roydon Yew Rong

“…Being mute has a significant impact on one’s daily life since it affects social interactions, personal relationships and even professional opportunities . …”
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Sparse machine learning methods for financial signal processing by Pucha Srinivasa Sai Chakravarthy

“…Ever since stock trading came into force, financial economists are keen on identifying optimal methods that track stock movements and make a prediction on future prices with a high degree of accuracy. …”
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Secure image encryption based on an ideal new nonlinear discrete dynamical system by Lin, M. Rongming, Ng, Teng Yong

“…Extensive numerical experiment results have revealed that the proposed image encryption algorithm offers advantages of unlimited key space and high-level security, since those problematic periodic windows are no longer present within the key space, and it is extremely robust against known-plain-text attack, since the chaotic sequence generated bears no correlation whatsoever due to the folding effect of modulo operation. …”
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Dynamic Time Warping fixed - frame coefficient with pitch feature for speech recognition system with neural network by Sudirman, Rubita

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Cohort differences in physical health and disability in the United States and Europe by Gimeno, L, Goisis, A, Dowd, JB, Ploubidis, GB

“…Still, in both the United States and Europe, we observed a structural break in disability trends, with declines observed in prewar cohorts slowing, stalling, or reversing for cohorts born since 1945. <p><strong> Discussion</strong></p> In all regions, we found evidence for worsening health across cohorts, particularly for those born since 1945. …”