Al-Qaeda grows in Africa : new union with Al Shabaab by Rohan Gunaratna

“…By making inroads to Africa, al Qaeda will exploit Al Shabaab’s long standing links with like-minded threat groups in a fragile continent.…”
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Revolt in the Middle East : Arab monarchies next? by Dorsey, James M.

“…The ever sharper sectarian divide between Sunni and Shiite Muslims in the Middle East consitutes the Achilles heel of gulf monarchies like Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. They have been resisting political reforms and seeking to insulate themselves from the wave of popular protests that have swept the region for the past two years.…”
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Organic electronics and beyond (Advanced Optical Materials 14/2021) by Gather, MC, Lüssem, B, Reineke, S, Riede, M

“…With this Special Issue, we would like to celebrate the 60th birthday of Prof. Karl Leo, one of the leading scientists in the field of Organic Electronics (see also the Guest Editorial, article number 2101108). …”

Development of resistive random access memory for next-generation embedded non-volatile memory application by Sun, Jianxun

“…It is well known that the MLC can be obtained through tuning of the DC operation parameters like set compliance current (CC) and reset stop voltage (SV). …”
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Dynamics in blue emitting metal halide perovskites for light emitting diodes by Karlsson, Max

“…Simple bandgap-tunability is easily achieved by compositional and dimensional engineering, allowing perovskite emission to span a broad wavelength region from ultraviolet to near infrared. …”
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Compositionally graded alloys fabricated using the laser powder bed fusion technique by Wei, Siyuan

“…The combination of in-situ alloying and compositionally graded alloy is promising to accelerate the composition screening/alloy designing for AM, as it can rapidly examine the printability, micro-/meso-structure, and properties of the AM-produced parts and therefore shorten the time span between conceptualization of new alloys and their deployment in service. …”
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More with less by Lim, Amanda Jane Yi Kuan, Lim,Aronn Chong Leong, Peh, Gina Ying Ying, Puah, Kevyn Pin Xuan

“…Minimalism is often associated with words like “boring” and “deprivation”, where it is pegged with negative connotations to the uninitiated. …”
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Development of 3-D display technologies by Ng, Desmond Jun Han

“…This report document the creation of a functional 3D LED display using commercially available parts such as the WS2812D RGB LEDs as well as open-source software like the FastLED libraries to control the LED cube. …”
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The female American and its liminal spaces (Article) by Kneitly, Jonahs

“…Published anonymously in London in 1767, The Female American, like many thematically similar texts, capitalized on the popularity of Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe published in 1719.…”
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Speeding up secure web transactions using elliptic curve cryptography by Lim, Lai Koon.

“…Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) is becoming an attractive alternative to traditional public-key cryptography systems like RSA, Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA) and Diffie-Hellman (DH) as ECC provides similar level of security with smaller key sizes resulting in faster computations, lower power consumption, as well as memory and bandwidth savings. …”
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Political economy of Malaysia's vision 2020. by Chin, Kiang Mun.

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Exploratory study of petrochemical logistics in Chengdu for Vopak by Ang, Wei Lieh, Foo, Jye Huah, Lee, Wei Wei, Kooi, Allen Tiong Chuan

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Analysis of rock cavern behaviour by Norashikin Komari.

“…This will help increase the usable floor area which can be used for storage. Storage, like oil, that does not require interaction with the atmosphere such as wind and rain, are the perfect way to use the underground space. …”
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Impacts of security initiatives implementation on the maritime industry by Lau, Tian Qin.

“…The shipping industry is often the target of maritime security threats like piracy and terrorism, thereby causing a need for the implementation of various maritime security initiatives. …”
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Busyness and its impact on speed of work. by Soon, Yi Zhen.

“…Though studies are abound on how factors like clock time, people's pattern of activity consumption, affluence and technology contribute to an accelerated speed of life and in turn make people feel “busy”, little has been done on the inverse relationship. …”
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Performance of microwave formed angle ply composites by Bhudolia Somen Kumar.

“…The traditional method of Autoclave curing (Thermal curing), although being expensive, is still the most accepted because it gives least standard deviation during all mechanical tests as compared to other available methods like the use of Ultraviolet and gamma rays heating. …”
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Study of energy harvesting for improving ventilation for cable cars by Cheang, Kar Wai.

“…One of the proposals includes the installation of a fin-like structure across the cabin. Based on simulation results, the structure will allow a more equal distribution of wind within the cabin, and thus improving the passengers’ overall comfort level.…”
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Beckett's trilogy: the trap of consciousness. by Chiang, Michelle Hui Ling

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Magneto-fluidics microchip by Lee, June Meng Suan

“…Incorporation of the magnetism techniques with microfluidics, diverse biological related applications and innovations like metastatic cancer cell removal could be achieved; in the aspect of lab-on-a-chip. …”
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Implementation of a radar prototype on an unmanned arial vehicle by Liu, Jiaqing

“…In the part of system integration, it further covers aspects like RF testing and measurement for different parts of the system, verification of choice of components, power budget and payload distribution for UAV. …”
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