China’s Defence Spending: Settling in for Slow Growth? by Bitzinger, Richard A.

“…Nevertheless, Beijing is unlikely to pull back from its long-term commitment to build a modern, 21st Century military.…”
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Impact of fiscal spending, financial inclusion on financial stability by Duan, Chengyonghui, Soh, Wei Ni

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Spatially controlled molecular encapsulation in natural pine pollen microcapsules by Prabhakar, Arun Kumar, Potroz, Michael G., Park, Soohyun, Miyako, Eijiro, Cho, Nam-Joon

“…Here, by exploiting the architectural features of natural pine pollen from Pinus massoniana, the spatially controlled encapsulation of two types of molecules in distinct compartments of a single microparticulate carrier is demonstrated. …”
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Linking short-term to long-term convergent tectonics using geodetic observations, geological constraints and numerical simulations by Mallick, Rishav

“…I present a case study of the growth of the Shillong Plateau, north eastern India, as seen in the present-day GNSS-derived velocity field and the long-term uplift history of the plateau. To understand how sequences of earthquakes and aseismic slip on faults shape topography and build mountains, I developed a numerical technique that allows for a one-way coupling from long-term geodynamics to earthquake sequence simulations. …”
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The Effects of Spending Rules and Asset Allocation on Non-Profit Endowments by Halem, Zachery M., Lo, Andrew W, Matveyev, Egor, Quraishi, Sarah

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Spending habits and credit use among Singapore university students. by Chia, Cai Jun., Li, Shu Hui., Tan, Wan Qing.

“…A study to investigate the significance of gender and credit attitude as variables to the spending habits and credit usage among Singaporean students.…”
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Reactivating and reorganizing activity-silent working memory: two distinct mechanisms underlying pinging the brain by Yang, C, He, X, Cai, Y

“…Recent studies have proposed that visual information in working memory (WM) can be maintained in an activity-silent state and reactivated by task-irrelevant high-contrast visual impulses (“ping”). Although pinging the brain has become a popular tool for exploring activity-silent WM, its underlying mechanisms remain unclear. …”

The effect of weathering on surface characteristics of chemically modified scots pine (pinus sylvestris) wood by Amanah, Sinta, Martha, Resa, Basri, Efrida, Mubarok, Mahdi, Sekartining Rahayu, Istie, Alipraja, Irsan, Darmawan, Wayan, Gérardin, Phillippe, Emmerich, Lukas, Militz, Holger, Hani Abdullah, Ummi

“…The Ra and SFE of both untreated and modified pine specimens increased after weathering processes. …”
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Responses of gas exchange and growth in Merkus pine seedlings to expected climatic changes in Thailand by Koskela, Jarkko

“…Responses of gas exchange and growth in Merkus pine (Pinus merkusii Jungh. et de Vriese) seedlings to changing climate were analysed for high- and low-altitude sites in Thailand. …”

Determination of an optimal level of spending on television advertising by the credit card industry in Singapore by Lo, Hedrick Wing Keung, Tang, Yew Quan, Ng, Dennis Wee Han

“…On the other hand, recent advertising research has advocated that advertising is an investment and as such there is a level of media spending that will maximise the return on investment.…”
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In situ cross-linked carboxymethyl cellulose-polyethylene glycol binder for improving the long-term cycle life of silicon anodes in Li ion batteries by Lee, Dongsoo, Park, Hyunjung, Goliaszewski, Alan, Byeun, Yun-ki, Song, Taeseup, Paik, Ungyu

“…Through in situ cross-linking during the electrode drying process, the cross-linked CMC-PEG binder is simply prepared without an additional process. …”
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On the link upgrade problem for networks by Niu, Zhuo.

“…In this thesis, we study the link upgrade problem and examine some existing heuristic algorithms that have been proposed for this problem, implements and evaluate the performance of these algorithms. …”
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On extracting link information of relationship instances from a web site by Naing, Myo Myo, Lim, Ee Peng, Goh, Dion Hoe-Lian

“…We define the notion of link chain and formulate the link chain extraction problem. …”
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Missing links in The China Model by Li, Chenyang

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Unit-linked policies in Singapore by Ong, Yee Chen, Poh, Chee Chung

“…In recent years, unit-linked products have gained popularity in the life industry. …”
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Long contraction scour by Koh, Chun Wei

“…Hence, the objective of this study is to study the phenomenon of long and gradual contraction scouring in an open channel flow. …”
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As Long As the Lemon Trees Grow / by Katouh, Zoulfa, 1994-, author 656134, Hachette Books Group (Online service) 647103

“…A love letter to Syria and its people, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow is a speculative novel set amid the Syrian Revolution, burning with the fires of hope, love, and possibility. …”
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Decarbonizing Long-haul Trucking by Jones, Robert

“…This contrast raises a crucial question: how can road freight emissions be substantially reduced while at the same time facing a growing transportation demand? Especially for long-haul class 8 trucks, this question is difficult to answer. …”
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Value in very long lives by Greene, Preston

“…I conclude that very long lives are, in principle, desirable, and that death does not play an essential role in our valuing attitudes.…”
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Long-term re-identification by Eng, Yao Hui

“…However, most of these models focus on short-term Re-ID instead of long-term Re-ID. In recent years, the focus of the community is shifting towards Long-Term Re-ID. …”
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