Southeast Asia on two-wheels : a study of Singaporean motorcycle tourists and identity. by Leong, Sharon Hui Shan.

“…While tourism scholars have long focused on examining the motivations behind travel, the field of motorcycle tourism has been left relatively untouched. …”
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Effect of heat treatment on the spheroidisation process of carbon steel by Lam, Jiang Liang

“…However, pearlite will transforms into spheroidite after heat treatment for a long time. In this report, study was done to understand the theory, microstructure and behavior of steel by alloying with different elements, various percentages of elements, and heat treated in different condition. …”
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Control for active chilled beam for HVAC system by Mohamed Noor Hafiz Abdul Halim.

“…The chilled beam technology has been around for a long time. Originating from the Scandinavia, it has now covered most of Europe with its energy saving traits and now slowly spreading in the United States. …”
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Ent by ant by Tay, Anthea

“…It won’t be long before we’ve run out of food options of the future. …”
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Radar calculator app development on Android by Jia, Yixin

“…A deep understanding of Java language and Android Studio software as well as different types of radar formulas by a long term research and learning process. An application based on the android system performs a Radar equations calculator and an auto unit converter function. …”
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Walking like trees by Lim, Jonathan Yong Ern

“…Walking Like Trees was a year-long exploration of storytelling through the juxtaposition of text and image within the medium of the printed graphic novel. …”
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Singapore's struggle against CPM: what if the Barisan sosialis had won? by Kumar Ramakrishna

“…On the 25th anniversary of the end of the long struggle against the Communist Party of Malaya, it is critical that the conflict be remembered and evaluated accurately. …”
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Speculating the future : ASEAN defence industrial collaboration? by Ron Matthews, Balakrishnan, Kogila

“…These benefits are compelling for the Europeans. After a long period when ASEAN has been reluctant to engage in defence-industrial collaboration, is this all about to change?…”
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The Stabbing of Wiranto : Growing Trend of Knife Attacks by Arianti, Vidia

“…The stabbing of Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Political, Law, and Security Wiranto highlights that top Indonesian government officials, especially those in charge of security matters, have long been targeted by the groups that support Islamic State (IS). …”
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China’s Defence Spending: Settling in for Slow Growth? by Bitzinger, Richard A.

“…Nevertheless, Beijing is unlikely to pull back from its long-term commitment to build a modern, 21st Century military.…”
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A Japan with Fewer Japanese: Enter the Machines by Tan, Ming Hui, Lim, Christopher H.

“…Japan has long been beset by persisting demographic challenges – an ageing population, a shrinking workforce, and a reluctance to embrace immigration. …”
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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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The Palk Strait project : a transit passage regime for a canal? by Mohd Hazmi Mohd Rusli

“…An Indian government project to dig an 83 km long canal to deepen the Palk Strait between Sri Lanka and the Indian sub-continent, raises the prospect of the Strait being opened to international traffic when completed. …”
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President Jokowi's 'ordinary' style : simplicity and the 'wealth of poverty'? by Farish, A Noor

“…But this simple self-presentation has a long history in Southeast Asia, where assuming an ordinary character is also a form of cultural capital that carries huge symbolic power.…”
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Monetary policy and inequality by Andersen, AL, Johannesen, N, Jørgensen, M, Peydró, J

“…We use administrative household-level data covering the entire population in Denmark over the period 1987 to 2014 and exploit a long-standing currency peg as a source of exogenous variation in monetary policy. …”

An introduction to phase ordering in scalar active matter by Meissner, L, Yeomans, JM

“…We first briefly review Model A and Model B, the long-standing continuum descriptions of ordering in systems with a non-conserved and conserved scalar order parameter. …”

Obama's energy policy: the energy plan is in reality a climate change plan by Matzke, R

“…The plan is bold, aggressive, challenging, controversial, expensive, and long overdue. Its legislative version is greater than 1000 pages and should be referred to in its original form for those seeking a better understanding than can be presented in this brief article.…”

幽禁中之丰姿，落寞中之妖冶：《唐詩名媛集》述評 = Charming in silence and coquettish in desolate : a commentary on Tangshi Mingyuan Ji by 曲景毅 Qu, Jingyi

“…Tangshi mingyuan ji 唐詩名媛集 (A compilation of Tang poems on mingyuan) is one of the volumes of Tangshi yanyi pin 唐詩艷逸品 (Exemplars of the flamboyant and the elegant in Tang poetry) edited by late Ming scholar Yang Zhaozhi 楊肇祉. …”
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Bloodbath in Christchurch : The Rise of Far-Right Terrorism by Quek, Natasha

“…Last Friday, 50 Muslims were killed when a white supremacist, Brenton Tarrant, targeted two mosques in a shooting spree in Christchurch, New Zealand. Long overshadowed by Islamist radicalism, questions are now asked about what drives the far-right ideology and, specifically, what is the role of the Internet as a driver and enabler of violent far-right extremism and terror.…”
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Development of anaerobic immobilized-cell processes for biohydrogen production by Zhang, Zhenpeng

“…A major drawback of the cell immobilization is the long startup period, which generally requires a few months for the development of hydrogen-producing granules or biofilms. …”
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