Australia’s New Defence White Paper: Is It Achievable? by Sam, Bateman

“…Australia’s new Defence White Paper provides for a massive increase in defence spending, largely to acquire new maritime capabilities, but questions surround whether this plan will be achievable and whether the paper’s long term strategic outlook is valid.…”
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The politics of consumption in Thailand : back to basics by Rappa, Antonio L.

“…The Abhisit government in Thailand is intervening to help the country out of the long, L-shaped curve of the global recession. Initial measures involve a back-to-basic economics and a rhetorical attempt to thwart materialism.…”
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ASEAN regional forum at 17 : the curse of “ad hoc-ism”? by Tan, See Seng

“…At 17, the ASEAN Regional Forum remains largely ineffectual concerning the region’s serious security challenges. So long as ASEAN — the core of the forum — maintains an ad hoc approach to regionalism, the utility of the ARF as Asia’s premier security institution will at best be limited.…”
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South China Sea : reducing the China-Vietnam tension by Zhen, Sun

“…The disputed South China Sea is a source of long-running tension and instability in Asia, worsened by controversial actions and sharp reactions by the various territorial claimants. …”
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Nodal reliability and nodal price in deregulated power markets by Yi, Ding

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Impact of renewable power penetration on power market operation by Zhao, Qian

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Model predictive control for converters in hybrid AC/DC microgrid part II by Loh, Zheng Yang

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Towards A Robust Integrated Urban Mobility System: Public Transit and Ride-Sharing Systems by Guo, Xiaotong

“…This is attributed to their capacity to move large numbers of people over long distances at a relatively low cost and an environmentally friendly way. …”
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Quorum sensing signalling and activated sludge microbial communities by Tan, Chuan Hao

“…However, defining the relevance of QS in complex, multi-species microbial communities remains one of the greatest challenges for understanding the ecological role of QS in nature. Here, a long-term bioreactor ecology study was performed to address the links between QS, metabolic function, organization and composition of complex microbial consortia of the activated sludge system. …”
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Stratosphere - troposphere interaction during stratospheric sudden warming events by Domeisen, Daniela I. V. (Daniela Iris Vera)

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Laser assisted micro patterning atop shape memory polymer by Goh, Chee Siew.

“…The aim of this project is built on this property of the SMP, in which micro-sized arrays in the form of protrusion bumps and lines will be created onto the SMP surface. SMP has existed for a long time and in the past few years, its usefulness has been illustrated in many industries include the biomedical industry. …”
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Entangled exclusions: borders, frontiers and urban geopolitics from northeast India by Das, P, Mittal, G, Sarma, J

“…An epicentre of ethnicity-based identity politics and exclusions, India's northeastern region has long been politically imagined as both a ‘frontier’ and ‘borderland’ for state control, territorialization, extractive economies and (re)developments by colonial and subsequent post-colonial regimes. …”

Immune Checkpoint Blockade sensitivity and Progression-Free Survival associates with baseline CD8+ T cell clone size and cytotoxicity by Watson, R, Tong, O, Taylor, C, Kumar Sharma, P, Verge De Los Aires, A, Mahe, E, Ruffieux, H, Nassiri, I, Middleton, M, Fairfax, B

“…Cytotoxic effector clones were more likely to persist long-term following ICB and overlapped with public tumour-infiltrating lymphocyte clonotypes. …”

Development of serum alternative with fermented soybean residue (okara): towards cultured meat production application by Teng, Ting Shien

“…Excessive consumption of animal derived products has also been linked to health deterioration, rise in cancer incidence, and exposure to zoonotic diseases. …”
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Sequential phreatomagmatic eruptions during the lateral propagation of giant dyke swarms by Pryce, E, Cartwright, J, Kirkham, C, Phillips, D

“…The failure of these dykes to erupt magma at surface partly accounts for their long-range propagation. However, the lack of preservation of the upper regions of most terrestrial dykes is a barrier to fully explaining the reasons for this upward arrest below ground level. …”

Characterising the functional role of GATA1short isoform in normal and malignant haematopoiesis by Cruz Hernandez, D

“…Both TAM and ML-DS are driven by mutations in the gene encoding the X-linked erythroid-megakaryocyte transcription factor GATA1 that result in truncation of 83 N-terminal amino acids to produce GATA1short (GATA1s). …”

Abe's Russia visit : widening Japan's options? by Rupakiyoti Borah

“…However, Japan-Russia relations continue to be hobbled by a long-festering territorial dispute.…”
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Indonesia-Philippines agreement : lessons for South China Sea claimants by Arif Havas Oegroseno

“…The successful conclusion of long-dormant negotiations between Indonesia and the Philippines over maritime boundaries holds key lessons for claimant states of disputed waters in the South China Sea.…”
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Developing sustainable human macaque communities by Jones-Engel, Lisa, Engel, Gregory, Gumert, Michael David, Fuentes, Agustín

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Efficient implementation of turbo coding using C6x DSP from Texas instruments by Siaw, Tchung Jing.

“…The developed software solutions exploit the advanced VLIW (very long instruction word) architecture, efficient instruction sets, and powerful software optimization capability of the TMS320C6000 family of DSPs.…”
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