People in Peril, Environments at Risk: Coolies, Tigers, and Colonial Singapore's Ecology of Poverty by Powell, Miles Alexander

“…Unable to flee, poor Chinese, Malays, archipelagic South-east Asians and Indians sought to protect themselves by killing tigers. …”
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Estimating global demand for land-based transportation services using the shared socioeconomic pathways scenario framework by Nkiriki, J, Jaramillo, P, Williams, N, Davis, A, Armanios, DE

“…Prior to 2030, the transport demand was the highest in East Asia. After 2030, there is an ascendancy in transport demand in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, whereby the cumulative demand share of these two regions reaches near parity with that of East Asia by 2050. …”

Understanding micro costing a genomics-based diagnostic in a resource-limited setting: experiences and challenges from a Burkitt lymphoma study in sub-Saharan Africa by Ruhago, GM, Tungu, M, Morrell, L

“…Undertaking micro-costing in East Africa revealed both expected and unexpected challenges. …”

Benefits and challenges of implementing green building development in Nigeria by Abdulsalam, Rufai Salihu, Chan, Melissa, Masrom, Md. Asrul Nasid, Nawawi, Abdul Hadi

“…Design/methodology/approach – Primary data were collected from questionnaires administered to 122 participants selected using stratified sampling techniques in North-East Nigeria. Semi-structured interviews complemented survey findings with proposed solutions. …”
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Introduction - Oxford Energy Forum – Issue, 98

“…Secular changes in the petroleum investment risk profile of major oil and gas hubs such as Russia, North Africa, West Africa, and the Middle East, limited access to acreage in the traditional producing areas, as well as the lack of new exploration successes outside the emerging provinces such as East Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean, among others, have made Latin America an interesting place to re-visit. …”

Hackathons as Participatory Design: Iterating Feminist Utopias by Hope, Alexis, D'Ignazio, Catherine, Hoy, Josephine, Michelson, Rebecca, Roberts, Jennifer, Krontiris, Kate, Zuckerman, Ethan

“…By presenting an honest assessment of the successes and shortcomings of the first iteration of a hackathon, we explain how we re-structured the second Make the Breast Pump Not Suck hackathon in service of equity and systems design. …”
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Post-Asian financial crisis : banking reforms in Indonesia. by Yeo, Wee Poh.

“…In 1997, the Asian Financial Crisis hit Southeast and East Asia. Before the Asian Financial Crisis, there appeared few indications to warn of an impending catastrophic economic crisis in Indonesia. …”
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UMPSA hosts RBTX Petrosains Challenge Eastern Zone 2024 by Naqiah, Puaad

“…PEKAN, 4 September 2024 - Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA) hosted the RBTX Petrosains Challenge East Zone 2024 Competition at the Multipurpose Hall, UMPSA Pekan.…”
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International market entry. by Lim, Ley Yen., Soh, Stephanie Yan Ling., Tan, Yee Fei.

“…This Applied Research Project attempts to provide an insight on international expansion by Singapore businesses into South East Asia, specifically in the food service industry. …”
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Tourism in Thailand : factors behind its growth and resilience. by Nino Gruettke., Karthik Naga., Kartika Surja., Tan, Kiam Hong.

“…Tourism has been contributing an average of 6% to the GDP of Thailand in the last 20 years, one of the highest in South East Asia. In the same period, Thailand has been hit by financial crises, political upheavals, the SARS epidemic and a tsunami. …”
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Robust delivery of RIG-I agonists using extracellular vesicles for anti-cancer immunotherapy by Peng, Boya, Nguyen, Trinh Mai, Jayasinghe, Migara Kavishka, Gao, Chang, Pham, Thach Tuan, Vu, Luyen Tien, Yeo, Eric Yew Meng, Yap, Gracemary, Wang, Lingzhi, Goh, Boon Cher, Tam, Wai Leong, Luo, Dahai, Le, Minh TN

“…This contributes to prominent suppression of breast cancer metastasis in the lung. Hence, this study provides a new strategy for efficient RIG-I agonist delivery using RBCEVs for immunotherapy against cancer and cancer metastasis.…”
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Enhanced monsoon-driven upwelling in Southeast Asia during the Little Ice Age by Chen, Mengli, Martin, Patrick, Ren, Haojia, Zhang, Run, Samanta, Dhrubajyoti, Chen, Yi-Chi, Hughen, Konrad A., Phan, Kim Hoang, Vo, Si Tuan, Goodkin, Nathalie Fairbank

“…Our data indicates a link between surface ocean nutrient supply and the East Asian Summer Monsoon strength in an economically important marginal sea. …”
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Empowering the employability of people with disability (PWD) through a skills intervention program by Omar, Muhd Khaizer, Mohd Puad, Mohd Hazwan, Yaakub, Mohamad, Muslim, Marlinah, Gui, Qing

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Lactate detection in single living cells based on polymer brush modified optical lactate nanosensor by Cao, Jing

“…Extracellular lactate detections were also carried out at single cell level to investigate and compare the cancer metabolism in MCF7 and MCF7/HER2 breast cancer cells. Our work provides great potentials in broad applications such as biochemical analysis and clinical diagnosis.…”
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Effects of hemodynamic shear stress on circulating tumor cells by How, Yunhan

“…MDA-231-C3 was circulated and recovered repeatedly to obtain a series of flow-selected breast cancer cell lines (231-S1 to 231-S6). The effect of fluid shear stress on CTC survival was studied by quantifying the cell viability and level of apoptosis at 0-hr, 12-hr and 24-hr time points of circulation. …”
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Empirical examination of economic linkages between Japan and rest of Asia. by Lim, Kok Soon., Yong, Kin Loong.

“…The overall objective of our paper is to use econometric analysis to empirically examine whether the Japanese economy does, in fact, have strong effects on other East Asian economies. Our results indicate that although Japanese economic performance does affect the performance of the region’s economies, the effects are weaker than might be expected. …”
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Xi's 'balance of interest solution': pre-empting an Asian NATO? by Suryanarayana, P. S.

“…He seems to suggest that the balance of national interests, not balance of power, is better at promoting a regional order for Asia or East Asia too.…”
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Growing Uighur Militancy: Challenges for China by Nodirbek, Soliev

“…With the emergence of a new generation of Uighur militants drawn to conflict in the Middle East, there has been a shift in the threat landscape of China. …”
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North Korea Threat and Asian Markets: A Paradox? by Kumada, Mikio, Raska, Michael

“…How are East Asian stock exchanges reacting to North Korea’s sabre rattling? …”
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The issue of Arab Jews : manipulating a justified cause by Dorsey, James M.

“…A recent United Nations conference on the rights of Jews forced to flee Arab countries in the wake of the establishment of the State of Israel focuses attention on a long overlooked consequence of the Middle East conflict. It also complicates the revival of Palestinian-Israeli peace negotiations.…”
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