Improving air traffic control speech intelligibility by reducing speaking rate effectively by Hou, Nana, Tian, Xiaohai, Chng, Eng Siong, Ma, Bin, Li, Haizhou

“…Such identified phoneme segments can then be lengthened. We will examine effects of lengthening vowels-only, consonants-only, or homogeneous lengthening. …”
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The struggle for Syria : Iran-Qatar ties come under stress by James M. Dorsey

“…The struggle by Syrian opposition forces to topple the Assad regime is sharpening tensions between Iran and Qatar and threatens sectarian fault lines elsewhere in North Africa and Middle East. …”
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Rethinking territorial disputes in the South China Sea : transforming problem into opportunity by Dato’ Muthiah Alagappa

“…Yet, they present an opportunity to construct a rules-based order grounded in principles and guided by an effective management regime and dispute settlement mechanism.…”
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No Shangri-La for North Korea by Samaniego, Catherine

“…Kim Jong-un should expect to see his regime’s political leverage in Northeast Asia gradually reduced, while its biggest ally, China, remains preoccupied with its own domestic concerns.…”
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The perils of a dual mandate by Cantore, C, Dhamija, V

“…Our findings indicate that under an inflation-targeting regime, price level determinacy is often the exception than the norm when the central bank pursues a dual mandate. …”

Anti-suit injunctions – beyond comity by Dickinson, A

“…It examines, in particular, recent case law extending the reach of the European Union’s prohibition on anti-suit injunctions within the Brussels I regime, and the place of anti-suit injunctions within the framework of the Hague Choice of Court Convention.…”

Characterization and identification of Oya virus, a Simbu serogroup virus of the genus Bunyavirus, isolated from a pig suspected of Nipah virus infection by Kono, Y., Yusnita, Y., Mohd Ali, A. R., Maizan, M., Sharifah, S. H., Fauzia, O., Kubo, M., Aziz, A. J.

“…The sequence data of the product revealed that the partial gene of Oya virus S-RNA segment had 65-70% homology with published cDNA sequences of Simbu serogroup viruses. …”

A Sufficient Condition for k-Contraction of the Series Connection of Two Systems by Ofir, Ron, Margaliot, Michael, Levron, Yoash, Slotine, Jean-Jacques

“…The flow of contracting systems contracts 1-dimensional parallelotopes, i.e., line segments, at an exponential rate. One reason for the usefulness of contracting systems is that many interconnections of contracting sub-systems yield an overall contracting system. …”
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Dual-frequency vortex-induced vibrations of long flexible stepped cylinders by Li, Ang, Mentzelopoulos, Andreas, Triantafyllou, Michael S., Fan, Dixia

“…Therefore, we experimentally studied the problem of dual-frequency VIV of a stepped flexible cylinder, viz., a large-aspect ratio flexible cylinder consisting of two segments with different diameters and rigid cylinder forced vibration experiments. …”
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Embracing the New Norms: The Role of Ar Rahnu Yapeim During COVID-19 (S/O 14958) by Md Nor, Mohd Zakhiri, Mohamad, Ani Munirah, Hussain, Mohammad Azam, Mohd Nasir, Nor Ashikin

“…This teaching case discovered that YaPEIM's Rahnu Care product was based on societal segments and needs. This is because the customer pays rental of safekeeping box based on ijarah al khadamat contract, which they entered into first before the contract of tawarruq, the migration from qard to tawarruq does not change the wage fee. …”
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Simulated training on interventional diagnostic device by Chiang, Patricia Wei Yin.

“…Catheter-heart-wall interaction is modeled through geometrical intersections between heart-wall plane and catheter segment and iterative adjustments progressing from the pivot to the catheter tip. …”
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Human face recognition using line edge information by Gao, Yong Sheng.

“…LEM and the proposed generic Line Segment Hausdorff Distance measure provide a new way for face coding and recognition.…”
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Exploring human computation via interactive online application by Lee, Ming Hua.

“…Subsequently, these tags will help to segment an arbitrary image into appropriate sub-images, each depicting an object with meaningful labels. …”
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The Red Box Project : a campaign to engage Singaporean youth in total defence by Kam, Collin Siu Leong, Lai, Jared Yi Qiang, Lim, Xuan'an

“…Beyond achieving the output objectives in terms of the quantity of donations collected and volunteers recruited, the Project provides a strong case study for the examination of the potential and effectiveness of youth-oriented causes as a tool for reaching the youth segment with a government message. We discuss the results of our campaign and subsequently the insights that these results provide into the state of understanding,appreciation and internalization of Total Defence among Singaporean youth. …”
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Optimization of petrochemical supply chain by Foo, Dan Yu Yao.

“…There is limited research on optimizing the maritime transportation segment of the supply chain. There is even lesser literature on the overall optimization of the petrochemical supply chain with considerations to the interaction between refineries and transportation providers. …”
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Analysis and future outlook of tanker sector in intra-asia shipping by Ng, Alvin Yong Han

“…Of the 4 major energy commodities traded, crude oil and oil products are classified under the tanker market segment due to their mode of transportation. The aim of this report is to analyze the current trade patterns in the tanker market followed by identifying the future opportunities, threats and uncertainties of intra-Asia tanker shipping. …”
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Structural basis for the ligand-dependent activation of heterodimeric AHR-ARNT complex by Diao, X, Shang, Q, Guo, M, Huang, Y, Zhang, M, Chen, X, Liang, Y, Sun, X, Zhou, F, Zhuang, J, Liu, S, Vogel, CFA, Rastinejad, F, Wu, D

“…Our findings further reveal the structural underpinnings of a ligand-driven activation mechanism, whereby a segment of the AHR protein undergoes a structural transition from chaperone engagement to ARNT heterodimer stabilization, to generate the transcriptionally competent assembly. …”

Decentralized Administration and Minority Accommodation in Sri Lanka: Analyzing Status, Issues, Challenges and Prospects by Yusoff, Moharnrnad Agus, Sarjoon, Athambawa, Asrinaldi, Asrinaldi, Mohd. Zain, Zawiyah

“…One of the major objectives of decentralization is to facilitate the administrative machinery of a government to deliver public services efficiently and effectively to all segment of public, including the minority groups living within a state. …”
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Ending the Syrian conflict : foreign intervention or renewed political process? by Zulkifli Mohamed Sultan

“…The massacre of more than 100 people in the west-central town of Houla last month brought condemnation of the brutal regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad by the U.N. …”
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Report on industrial attachment with KBR by Poo, Sue Xin.

“…In a report of this volume, it is not possible for the author to cover in detail the entire training regime undergone by her. Rather, she chooses to present what she considers to be the most important of the most interesting or simply the most beneficial aspects of the programme. …”
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