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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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. …”

Self-reported pain and osteoarthritis of the hip and spine in retired elite rowers by Baynham-Williams, M

“…<p><b>Background and Aim:</b> Pain in the hip and spine presents a large burden to athletes competing in rowing. …”

Biomechanical investigation of traction forces on the cervical (neck/head region) spine by Ang, Lian Ann

“…It is believed that the relief of pain by traction is due to straightening of the cervical spine and a widening of the intervertebral articulating space to relieve compressive or irritative forces on the nervous structures…”
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Stronger dielectric-elastomer grippers using spine-like bending structure by Heng, Kim Rui

“…The gripper is developed based on a new design of DEA using stiffer spine-like structure made of 380μm thick Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) sheet. …”
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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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3D spine shape estimation from single 2D DXA by Bourigault, E, Jamaludin, A, Zisserman, A

“…Using these two orthogonal projections of the spine (coronal in DXA, and sagittal from the prediction), we are able to describe the 3D shape of the spine. …”

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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Ethnoichthyology of the First Record of Spine Bahaba (Bahaba polykladiskos) from Muar, Johor, Malaysia by Ilham-Norhakim, Mohd Lokman, Mohd Faudzir, Najmuddin, Hidayah, Haris, Othman, Nursyuhada, Ramli, Ramli, Sariyati Nur Hartini, Sariyati Nur Hartini, Rasul Abdullah, Halim Muhammad, Abdullah-Fauzi, Abdullah-Fauzi, Akmal, Fawwazah, Abdul-Latiff, Muhammad Abu Bakar

“…The Spine Bahaba (Bahaba polykladiskos), locally known as 'Gelama Tirusan,' is a member of the Sciaenidae fish family that is distributed across Southeast Asia, reaching as far as North Australia. …”
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Somatosensory and clinical profiles of patients with spine-related and clinical framework-based neck–arm pain by Kapitza, C, Ballenberger, N, Luedtke, K, Schmid, AB, Tampin, B

“…<p>Spine-related neck–arm pain is heterogeneous and may present on a spectrum between nociceptive and neuropathic pain. …”

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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