Southeast Asian maritime security in the age of terror : threats, opportunity, and charting the course forward by Bradford, John

“…At the beginning of 2005, Southeast Asian security cooperation is still regarded as inadequate to defend the region against maritime threats. however, structural, economic and normative factors are enabling greater cooperation in the post-9/11 "Age of Terror". this article opens with a brief outline of the history of Southeast Asian maritime security cooperation from 1990 to December 2004, and then discusses the various maritime threats faced by the region. It next describes five factors that are enabling greater maritime security cooperation in the Age of Terror. …”
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China in the Mekong River basin : the regional security implications of resource development on the Lancang Jiang by Goh, Evelyn

“…The Mekong River is a critical shared resource between China and five Southeast Asian countries, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. …”
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Relevancy rankings : pay for performance search engines in the hot seat by Goh, Dion Hoe-Lian, Ang, Rebecca P.

“…A study was conducted to compare the retrieval effectiveness of Overture (a PFP search engine) and Google (a traditional search engine) using a test suite of general knowledge questions. Forty-five queries based on a popular game show “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” were submitted to each of these search engines and the first 10 documents returned were analyzed using different relevancy criteria. …”
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The Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2024: harmonised level estimates and their changes over time by Alkire, S, Kanagaratnam, U, Suppa, N

“…Six countries (Benin, Eswatini, Nigeria, Philippines, Tanzania, and Thailand) have results for four points in time, three countries (Ghana, Mexico and Peru) for five time periods and Nepal have trends for six time periods. …”

Highlights from Faraday Discussion 172: Carbon in electrochemistry, Sheffield, UK, July 2014 by Dyatkin, B, Ash, PA, Sharma, S

“…At the conference the authors present their work for five minutes each followed by extensive discussion of 20–25 minutes, which is practically a "live peer-review". …”

3D object recognition using invariance by Zisserman, A, Forsyth, D, Mundy, J, Rothwell, C, Liu, J, Pillow, N

“…<p>The systems and concepts described in this paper document the evolution of the geometric invariance approach to object recognition over the last five years. Invariance overcomes one of the fundamental difficulties in recognising objects from images: that the appearance of an object depends on viewpoint. …”

Evolutionary shifts in the thermal biology of a subterranean mammal: the effect of habitat aridity by Merchant, H, Hart, D, Bennett, N, Janse van Vuuren, A, Freeman, M, McKechnie, A, Faulkes, C, Mordaunt, N, Portugal, SJ

“…This study examined the thermal physiological adaptations of common mole-rats (Cryptomys hottentotus hottentotus) across five populations along an aridity gradient, challenging the expectation that increased aridity would lead to reduced metabolic rate (MR), lower body temperatures (Tb), and broader thermoneutral zones (TNZ). …”

GROUP III permethylindenyl-phenoxy complexes for biorenewable polymer synthesis by Hayden, JA

“…Coordination complexes of 4-coodinate PHENI* scandium monomer adducts of <em>L</em>-lactide, ϵ-caprolactone, and ω-pentadecalactone are discussed.</p> <br> <p>Chapter Five details experimental procedure for all experiments in this thesis in addition to supplementary information.…”

Copper metabolism in the plaice, Pleuronectes platessa (L.) by Syed, M.Arif, Coombs, Thomas L.

“…Distribution in the various tissues of the metal and of five key copper-dependent enzymes: ceruloplasmin EC 1.16.3.1; Superoxide dismutase EC 1.15.11; tryptophan oxygenase EC 1.13.1.12; cytochrome oxidase EC 1.9.3.1 and monoamine oxidase EC 1.4.3.4 have been determined. …”
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The effect of feeding soy waste on growth performance and crude protein composition in red hybrid tilapia by Mohd Joha, Muhammad Haziq

“…Hence, this study was aimed to determine the effect of feeding soy waste on growth performance and crude protein composition in Red Hybrid Tilapia. Forty-five juvenile Red Hybrid Tilapia was divided into 3 groups (Group 1: 40% soy waste + 60% commercial diets; Group 2: 20% soy waste + 80% commercial diets; and Group 3: control, no inclusion of soy waste). …”
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HPA201 E - Major Themes in Selected World Religions [Tema Utama da/am Agama Dunia Terpilih] June 2019 by PPIK, Pusat Pengajian Ilmu Kemanusiaan

“…Instruction: This exam paper has FIVE (5) questions. Answer THREE (3) questions. …”
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HPA201E - Major Themes In Selected World Religions [Tema Utama Dalam Agama Dunia Terpilih] December 2018/January 2019 by PPIK, Pusat Pengajian Ilmu Kemanusiaan

“…Instructions : This exam paper has FIVE (5) questions. Answer THREE (3) questions. [Arahan : Kertas peperiksaan ini menganduingi LIMA (5) soalan. …”
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Exploring the nexus between healthcare tourism services and tourists’ behavioural intentions in Penang: A comprehensive analysis by Shaharuddin, Nuraini Syakirah, Abas, Siti Aisah, Mohamed Rani, Zaharah, Abd. Halim, Norhazliza

“…Through semi-structured interviews with five tourists who sought medical tour services in Penang, this study uncovered a multifaceted landscape. …”

The importance of research and development of virgin coconut oil in food, pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and cosmeceutical industries by Ya’akob, Harisun, Amirmudin, Noor Afiqah, Abdul Aziz, Azila, Aman Nor, Nor Farahiyah, Mat, Siti Alyani, Hasham@Hisam, Rosnani, Al-Batul Azizuddin, Maryam

“…The market demands for VCO is forecasted to be increased by 9% for the next five years. Even though many studies have been conducted on VCO, research and development studies in terms of processing, safety, efficacy, and benefits of VCO need to be continued to maximize the utilization of VCO and meet the needs of the market.…”
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Maqasid Syariah in Islamic Consumption by Ahmad Musadik, Siti Hajar Salwa, Yusuff, Noraini, Abd Aziz, Noriza, Abdul Ghani Azmi, Ilhaamie

“…Therefore, the objective of this conceptual paper is to review the concept of Islamic consumption from Maqasid Syariah perspective which consists of three major classifications of maqasid shariah namely; daruriyyah (necessities), hajiyah (needs), and tahsiniyyah (luxuries), and the five fundamentals of necessities namely; preserving of religion (al-Din), preserving of life (al-Haya), preserving of wealth (al-Mal), preserving of mind (al-Aql), and preserving of lineage (nasab). …”
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Optimisation of stamp compliance for nanoimprint lithography : an experimental and simulation investigation of deformation of Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and Ultraviolet Curable Po... by Ong, Zongjue

“…The true stress–strain curve is also tabulated by finding the Poisson’s ratio of each material and converting the engineering stress–strain curve to take into account for the reduction of cross-­‐sectional area during stretching. …”
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Study of construction productivity & conduct of literature review, design of survey questionnaire, analyse technology application to improve productivity for optimum performance in... by Ang, Pei Wen

“…The Singapore’s construction industry contributes to about 5% of the country’s GDP but has generated a low productivity record over the past 5 years. …”
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The impact of "Maritime Silk Road" on trade between China and Obor countries : China’s container throughput forecast based on quantitative analysis by Xu, Junjie

“…This experiment results show service industry of China shares the most similar patterns with the gang of container throughput and export value of refined petrol products are the most influential cargo related to the overall China’s container throughput. This finding provides a basis for the prediction of future China’s container throughput when referring to China’s 13th five-year plan.…”
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Fragment screening for stabilizers and binders to human DJ-1 by Oh, Xu Xuan

“…ThermoFluor assay (DSF) is used to screen the fragment libraries where five ligands namely CPD1, CPD2, CPD3, CPD4 and CPD5 were identified to confer stability to DJ1. …”
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Influence of rainfall pattern on suction distribution and slope stability by Lee, Min Lee

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