How should ASEAN engage the EU? Reflections on ASEAN’s external relations by Yeo, Lay Hwee

“…One channel that ASEAN used to achieve this was through the dialogue partnerships that it established throughout the years with the major powers and other key countries. …”
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Violence-related skeletal trauma in the Epi-Jomon period: a case study from the Koboro cave site in Hokkaido, Japan by Braddick, I, Kubo, D, Matsumura, H, Schulting, RJ

“…Clear evidence of perimortem trauma was found on cranial (Koboro 1) and postcranial (Koboro 8) bones belonging to an adult male or males aged between 25–39 years old. Koboro 1 exhibits two injuries (one blunt force and one semi-sharp force) on its cranium, while two stone projectile points were found embedded in the right ilium and left eighth rib of Koboro 8. …”

Essays on social responsibility in the marketplace : an experimental economic analysis by Wang, Yan

“…The idea of market exchange dates back to the ancient world, as evidenced, for example, by ancient bazaars. Over the years, along with the development of the market economy, there have been many cases where sellers or buyers do not take responsibility for external costs generated by their activities, and these costs have instead been passed on to society. …”
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Dietary pattern trajectories in early childhood and their associations with patterns of maternal feeding practices in a multi-ethnic Asian cohort by Appannah, Geeta, Toh, Jia Ying, Lai, Jun Shi, Yong, Heng Yaw, Shariff, Zalilah Mohd, Tint, Mya Thway, Yuan, Wen Lun, Pang, Wei Wei, Godfrey, Keith M., Tan, Kok Hian, Yap, Fabian, Lee, Yung Seng, Eriksson, Johan G., Chong, Mary F. F.

“…Results: Two DPs, namely the ‘healthy’ and ‘less healthy’ were consistently derived at 18 months, 5 and 7 years of age. From each DP, 2 stable DP trajectory groups were further identified between 18 months and 7 years of age. …”
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Childlessness and its associated factors among Chinese women: a nationwide population-based study by Han, Q, Dang, J, Wu, Y, Ye, W

“…A total of 10,802 women across mainland China who were (or had been) married were included, of whom 5,885 were of reproductive age (20–49 years) and 4,917 of post-reproductive age (≥ 50 years). …”

Network Dynamics of a Financial Ecosystem by Somin, Shahar, Altshuler, Yaniv, Gordon, Goren, Pentland, Alex, Shmueli, Erez

“…Consequently, in recent years research efforts have been directed towards modeling the structure and dynamics of the underlying networks of financial ecosystems. …”
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Gender systems in the Putin autocracy by Wood, Elizabeth A.

“…Over the last 23 years, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s autocracy has revealed a set of interlocking gender systems that have come to the fore particularly vividly since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. …”
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Molecular genetics of Dupuytren’s contracture by Aissvarya, Shankar, Ling, King-Hwa, Arumugam, Manohar, Thilakavathy, Karuppiah

“…. • DC is a multifactorial disease, having both genetic and environmental factors contributing to the causality of the disease. • Over the years, various studies have been conducted to understand the molecular mechanism and genetic aspects of DC but there is a lack of reports on the variants found in the exonic regions. …”
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A review on fall detection systems in bathrooms: challenges and opportunities by Ramanujam, E., Perumal, Thinagaran, Shankar, K.

“…The share of the aged population over and above 65 years increased from 6% in 1990 to 9% in 2019. The percentage of the aged population might increase further to 16% by 2050. …”

3D display for 3D telepresence: A review by Fadzli, Fazliaty Edora, Nor’a, Muhammad Nur Affendy, Ismail, Ajune Wanis

“…Over the years, people have tried to advance 3D display technology and researchers as well as developers have created different innovations in recent decades. there are many other different types of 3D display technology that can be classified into stereoscopic, auto stereoscopic, holographic and volumetric 3D displays. …”
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Engineering memristor : control over the fourth fundamental element for memory application and beyond by Ge, Ning

“…However, it was only a theory for nearly thirty years until the first paper published by HP Labs by the Stanley Williams group in Nature on May 1st, 2008. …”
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Report on Industrial attachment report with Molex Singapore Pte Ltd by Su, Wenhong.

“…The author start off with some background of the company that he is attached to, Molex Singapore. Through many years of innovation, Molex has become one of the world leaders in the connectors industry and even invented the nylon plugs and receptacles. …”
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Global research trend of sustainable transport in response to energy efficiency: A bibliometric analysis by Maryam Jamilah, Asha’ari, Salina, Daud, Kasavan, Saraswathy, Wan Mohammad Taufik, Wan Abdullah, Siti Indati, Mustapa, Rajadurai, Jegatheesan, Nurul Nadiah, Ahmad, Wan Noordiana, Wan Hanafi, Siti Norhidayah, Toolib, Mohamed Azrin, Mohamed Ali

“…Numerous studies have been conducted on sustainable transportation and its impact on global energy efficiency. …”
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Poroelastic behavior and water permeability of human skin at the nanoscale by Oftadeh, Ramin, Azadi, Mojtaba, Donovan, Mark, Langer, Jessica, Liao, I-Chien, Ortiz, Christine, Grodzinsky, Alan J, Luengo, Gustavo S

“…Topical skin care products and hydrating compositions (moisturizers or injectable fillers) have been used for years to improve the appearance of, for example facial wrinkles, or to increase “plumpness”. …”
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Explaining the spread in measurement of PDMS elastic properties: influence of test method and curing protocol by Varner, Hannah, Cohen, Tal

“…Taking advantage of the increased mechanical scrutiny afforded to SYLGARD 184 in recent years, we combine both published and new experimental data obtained using 9 mechanical test methods. …”
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Application of a targeted-enrichment methodology for full-genome sequencing of Dengue 1-4, Chikungunya and Zika viruses directly from patient samples by Kamaraj, Uma Sangumathi, Tan, Jun Hao, Pan, Louise, Chawla, Tanu, Ong, Xin Mei, Uehara, Anna, Wang, Lin-Fa, Ooi, Eng Eong, Gubler, Duane J., Tissera, Hasitha, Ng, Lee Ching, Wilder-Smith, Annelies, de Sessions, Paola Florez, Barkham, Timothy, Anderson, Danielle E., Sessions, October Michael

“…The frequency of epidemics caused by Dengue viruses 1–4, Zika virus and Chikungunya viruses have been on an upward trend in recent years driven primarily by uncontrolled urbanization, mobility of human populations and geographical spread of their shared vectors, Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. …”
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An NKX2-1GFP and TP63tdTomato dual fluorescent reporter for the investigation of human lung basal cell biology by Goh, Kim Jee, Tan, Ee Kim, Lu, Hao, Roy, Sudipto, Dunn, Norris Ray

“…To address this outstanding question, in the last several years differentiation protocols incorporating human pluripotent stem cells (hPSC) have been developed to produce human basal cells in vitro with varying efficiencies. …”
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The interaction effect of parental rejection and oxytocin receptor gene polymorphism on depression: a cross-cultural study in non-clinical samples by Senese, Vincenzo Paolo, Shinohara, Kazuyuki, Venuti, Paola, Bornstein, Marc H., Rosanio, Vittorio, Nasti, Carla, Neoh, Michelle Jin-Yee, Maresca, Marzia, Esposito, Gianluca

“…Parental rejection has been consistently empirically implicated in a wide array of developmental, behavioural and psychological problems worldwide. …”
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Empowering student self-regulated learning and science education through ChatGPT: a pioneering pilot study by Ng, Davy Tsz Kit, Tan, Chee Wei, Leung, Jac Ka Lok

“…In recent years, AI technologies have been developed to promote students' self-regulated learning (SRL) and proactive learning in digital learning environments. …”
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Transport of intensity equation: a new approach to phase and light field by Zuo, Chao, Chen, Qian, Asundi, Anand

“…On a different note, quantitative phase can be retrieved by transport-of-intensity equation (TIE) using only object field intensities at multiple axially displaced planes. TIE has been increasingly investigated during recent years due to its unique advantages over interferometric techniques: it is non-interferometric, works with partially coherent illumination, computationally simple, no need to phase unwrapping, and does not require a complicated optical system. …”
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