Mapping refuse profile in Singapore old dumping ground through electrical resistivity, S-wave velocity and geotechnical monitoring by Yin, Ke, Tong, Huan Huan, Noh, Omar, Wang, Jing-Yuan, Giannis, Apostolos

“…Data were analyzed using an orthogonal set of plots by spreading 24 lines in two perpendicular geophone-orientation directions. …”
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Biomateriality and organizing: towards an organizational perspective on food by Moser, C, Reinecke, J, Hond, FD, Svejenova, S, Croidieu, G

“…We use this analytical toolkit to introduce the different articles in the special issue and put forward some lines of future research.…”

Examining discrimination in home improvement financing (Home Mortgage Disclosure Act 2012–2016) and neighborhood health in the United States by Davis, Brigette A., Arcaya, Mariana C., Williams, David R., Metzger, Molly, Krieger, Nancy

“…We find non-Hispanic Black applicants are significantly more likely to be denied loans (OR: 2.28 p < 0.01), and that loans for areas with a high proportion of non-Hispanic Black residents (OR: 1.09, p < 0.01) are most likely to be denied, while applications in tracts with the highest proportion of non-Hispanic white residents (OR: 0.90, p < 0.01) are least likely to be denied. …”
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Blocking of counter-partisan accounts drives political assortment on Twitter by Martel, Cameron, Mosleh, Mohsen, Yang, Qi, Zaman, Tauhid, Rand, David G

“…In addition to preferentially following-back copartisans, we found that users were 12 times more likely to block counter-partisan accounts compared to copartisan accounts in the first experiment, and 4 times more likely to block counter-partisan accounts relative to a neutral account or a copartisan account in the second experiment. …”
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Decoding China's cyber warfare strategies by Raska, Michael

“…While conventional, low-intensity, asymmetric, or non-linear conflict scenarios are plausible for East Asia’s strategic flashpoints, the next major conflict involving China will likely start in cyberspace.…”
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Indonesia's political outlook 2012 by Yoes, C. Kenawas, Sebastian, Leonard C

“…The major political events that dominated the news in 2011 are likely to continue to shape Indonesian politics in 2012. …”
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Age and productivity : a sector perspective by Gan, Geraldine Xinya, Shia, Lisong, Yang, Fan

“…The least productive sector is also likely to have more influence on the overall productivity profile. …”
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Connecting Local Economic Decline to the Politics of Geographic Discontent: The Missing Link of Perceptions by Green, J, Jennings, W, McKay, L, Stoker, G

“…Using original survey questions in the British Election Study, we theorise five models to explain who is likely to perceive local economic decline, and why. …”

Impostor syndrome and pretense by Levy, N

“…I argue that we are especially likely to notice pretense when we’re made self-conscious, and that failing to match the stereotype of one’s profession or domain of expertise tends to give rise to self-consciousness. …”

Southeast Asia’s Naval Shipbuilding Industry: Challenges Ahead by Bitzinger, Richard Allan

“…Naval shipbuilding in Southeast Asia, although ambitious in scope, is likely to remain limited to low-tech manufacturing (hulls and sub-assemblies), MRO (maintenance, repair, and overhaul), and a few showcase projects.…”
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Russian equipment and technology transfers to North Korea: a cause for concern? by Nah, Liang Tuang

“…Russia is likely assisting North Korea with military modernisation. …”
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GWTC-2.1: Deep extended catalog of compact binary coalescences observed by LIGO and Virgo during the first half of the third observing run

“…We also expand the population of binaries with significantly asymmetric mass ratios reported in GWTC-2 by an additional two events (the mass ratio is less than 0.65 and 0.44 at 90% probability for GW190403_051519 and GW190917_114630 respectively), and find that two of the eight new events have effective inspiral spins χ eff > 0 (at 90% credibility), while no binary is consistent with χ eff < 0 at the same significance. …”
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Laser-based 3D printing using bessel beams for tissue engineering applications by Liew, Andy Wen Loong

“…High resolution fibers down to 25 μm were printable using the BB technique, a significant improvement compared to conventional microfluidics and wet spinning techniques, and the capability to tune the fabricated fiber diameter based on mathematical models was also demonstrated. …”
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Are environmental concerns deterring people from having children? Longitudinal evidence on births in the UK by Powdthavee, Nattavudh, Oswald, Andrew J., Lockwood, Ben

“…A person entirely unconcerned about environmental behaviour is estimated to be just over 50% more likely to go on to have a child than a deeply committed environmentalist.…”
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Investigating the role of RUNX3 in Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition (EMT). by Muhammad Bakhait Rahmat.

“…Further biochemical studies need to be followed up to investigate the mechanistic principles involved in RUNX3 mediated inhibition of EMT in intermediate stage A549 cell lines.…”
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Real time power system simulation using Opal-RT by Shi, Donghan

“…The power system model consists of generators, power distribution lines, transformers, power electronics converters and loads on both AC and DC buses. …”
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Interleukin-26 (IL-26) is a novel anti-microbial peptide produced by T cells in response to staphylococcal enterotoxin by Woetmann, Anders, Alhede, Morten, Dabelsteen, Sally, Bjarnsholt, Thomas, Rybtke, Morten, Nastasi, Claudia, Krejsgaard, Thorbjørn, Andersen, Mads Hald, Bonefeld, Charlotte M., Geisler, Carsten, Givskov, Michael, Odum, Niels

“…Here we show that (i) skin T cells in chronic wounds infected with S. aureus express interleukin-26 (IL-26) in situ, (ii) staphylococcal enterotoxins (SE) trigger IL-26 expression in T cell lines and primary skin T cells, and (iii) IL-26 triggers death and inhibits biofilm formation and growth of S. aureus. …”
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Systems medicine disease : disease classification and scalability beyond networks and boundary conditions by Berlin, Richard, Gruen, Russell, Best, James

“…When Disease is viewed beyond the thresholds of lines and threshold boundaries, disease definition is not only the result of reductionist, mechanistic categories which reluctantly face re-composition. …”
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Entangled exclusions: borders, frontiers and urban geopolitics from northeast India by Das, P, Mittal, G, Sarma, J

“…These have, in turn, led to further displacement, enclavization, and ghettoization of minority communities who are deemed ‘non-native’ along ethnocentric lines. Taking two cases from Shillong and Guwahati, we introduce the concept of entangled exclusions to analyse the layered, intertwined, multi-scalar nature of divides within these frontier cities. …”

Currency Crisis : The Next One in ASEAN? by Lim, Christopher H., Tan, Ming Hui

“…The impact of such currency turmoil would likely be more severe than the 1997-98 Asian Financial Crisis.…”
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