The Matter of the Hold: Housing futures and the paradigm of the ship by Donovan, Inge, Pankhurst, David

“…This familiar pattern is currently playing out in the phased demolition of the Bunker Hill Public Housing Development, the largest affordable housing community on the East Coast. The BHHD can be seen in contrast to the Charlestown Navy Yard, an adjacent shipyard where centuries of investment have established a robust infrastructure of maintenance. …”
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Why are territorial disputes left unresolved? Finding the true utility of ASEAN through a mixed-method analysis on the case of Malaysia and its territorial disputes in Southeast A... by Chan, Felicia Jia Hui, Ng, Wei Ting

“…Based on our analysis, our dissertation will answer the following questions - (1) What are the factors that cause territorial disputes to be unresolved in South East Asia?, (2) What are the dispute management tactics that ASEAN and ASEAN member states have implemented to resolve territorial disputes within ASEAN, and (3) Why are territorial disputes in ASEAN still in existence? …”
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Preparation of porous carbon materials by polyphosphazene as precursor for sorption of U(VI) by Liu, Xiaopeng, Liu, Yan, Wang, Yun, Yuan, Dingzhong, Liu, Jinbiao, Chew, Jia Wei

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On cultural filters in Lin Shu's Chinese translation of David Copperfield by Yang, Jinyu

“…This thesis takes the first Chinese translation of David Copperfield, Kuai Rou Yu Sheng Shu (《块肉余生述》) as the source text to analyze the way in which Lin Shu resolved the cultural conflicts between the East and the West in the process of translation, especially in terms of religious and ethical culture, while exploring the hidden personal literary ideals as well as the historical influence reflected in the translation. …”
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New model for identifying critical success factors influencing BIM adoption from precast concrete manufacturers' view by Phang, Thomas C. H., Chen, Chen, Tiong, Robert Lee Kong

“…From the survey responses of 53 respondents from the PC industry in various countries including Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries, China, Korea, Taiwan, the Middle East, and Finland, the study successfully identified a total of eight CSFs, which are regarded as the main contributions this research makes to the body of knowledge. …”
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Investment outlook for the medium range tanker segment from the perspective of a ship financier from 2011 to 2015 by Han, Peinan.

“…This research aims to provide the freight market outlook for MR product tanker in the East of Suez from 2011 to 2015 and determine whether investors should invest in MR tanker shipping equities. …”
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Interactive Sonification of Weather Data for The Locust Wrath, a Multimedia Dance Performance by Lindborg, PerMagnus

“…The sonifications represented weather systems pushing through South-East Asia in complex patterns. The climate was rendered as a piece of electroacoustic music, whose compositional form - gesture, timbre, intensity, harmony, spatiality - was determined by the data. …”
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A review of offshore decommissioning regulations in five countries – strengths and weaknesses by Fam, Mei Ling, Konovessis, Dimitris, Tan, Hoon Kiang, Ong, Lin Seng

“…Two oil-producing countries in South East Asia, Malaysia and Thailand are also reviewed to identify potential gaps in decommissioning legislation for countries in its infancy in decommissioning. …”
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Book review : Religion, populism, and modernity: confronting white Christian nationalism and racism by Haynes, Jeffrey

“…From the United States to the Middle East and from Asia to Africa, religious nationalism is an important component of political activity and organisation. …”
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Pentecostalisation, the American Christian right, and civil religion in Ghana by Haynes, Jeffrey

“…Ghana is the first west African nation to be subject to sustained attention from elements of the US Christian Right, following similar efforts in east Africa, particularly in relation to Kenya and Uganda. …”
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Multidecadal Morphodynamic evolution of shorelines and coral reefs along the Arabian Sea Coast of Oman: Bar Al Hikman Peninsula by Teillet, T, Bois, P, Homewood, P, Mettraux, M, Samimi-Namin, K, Vahrenkamp, V

“…Unlike other densely populated, low-lying coastal areas in the Middle East (e.g., the Gulf), the southern Arabian Plate has received limited attention, with few studies addressing its coastal evolution or future environmental risks. …”

Rice stable carbon and nitrogen isotope values as potential indicators of watering and manuring regimes by Wu, R, Belfield, EJ, Dong, Y, Feng, S, Fu, X, Harberd, NP, Yang, F, Charles, M, Bogaard, A

“…Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is an important cereal crop across East, South and Southeast Asia, from prehistory to today, and grows in a range of ecological conditions, from rainfed upland to deep water. …”

Local rainfall is more likely than distant thunderstorms to affect movement behaviour in Northern Kenyan elephants by Mulder, T, Mortimer, B, Ferwerda, J, Vollrath, F

“…In our study site, lightning to the North and East often preceded local rainfall and could possibly be used to anticipate local wet periods, but local rainfall appears a more likely trigger of behavioural change. …”

Estimating parameter distributions and developing epidemiological methods and tools to support gastrointestinal outbreak investigation by Awofisayo-Okuyelu, A

“…In some high-profile outbreaks, such as the STEC O104 outbreak in Germany or the large 2009 STEC O157 outbreak in South East England, incubation periods were longer than expected complicating the collection of exposure data and the outbreak investigation process. …”

A comparative analysis of virtual education technology, E-learning systems research advances, and digital divide in the global south by Akpan, Ikpe Justice, Offodile, Onyebuchi Felix, Akpanobong, Aloysius Chris, Kobara, Yawo Mamoua

“…The results show that ‘East Asia and the Pacific’ (EAP) spent significantly more on (R&D) and achieved the highest scientific literature publication (SLP), with significant impacts. …”
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The threshold analysis of economic growth, FDI and trade on environment pollution in China using provincial panel data by Tang, Caihong, Rosland, Anitha, Yasmeen, Rizwana, Long, Yunfei

“…Based on our empirical results, it is suggested that the Chinese government needs to pay more attention to the unbalanced economic development and environment governance between east and middle & western areas, and take measures to prevent the transfer of polluting industries from China’s developed provinces to undeveloped middle and western provinces.…”

Correlation analysis on crash factor in Surabaya-Manyar toll road by Nurani Hartatik, Nurani Hartatik, Prasetijo, Joewono, Dwi Prasetyo, Yudi, Muhammad Isradi, Muhammad Isradi, Khilda Nistrina, Khilda Nistrina, Atqiya Muslihati, Atqiya Muslihati

“…Data on the volume of vehicles and frequency of accidents on the Surabaya-Manyar Toll Road between 2014 and 2018 were gathered through a collaborative effort between the Highway Patrol division of the East Java Regional Police and PT. Margabumi Matraraya, the toll road's management company. …”
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Mapping of sentiment analysis on food security among Malaysians using social media analytics by Rusli, Noradila, Lee, Yoke Lai, Rosley, Muhamad Solehin Fitry, Lee, Cher Enn, Hamzah, Maheran, Alias, Nurul Ezaila, Bahari, Noraini, Mamat, Mohd. Razif

“…Regional trends were observed, with the East Coast states and certain West Coast states having the highest number of tweets. …”
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Exposure therapy with personalized real-time arousal detection and feedback to alleviate social anxiety symptoms in an analogue adult sample : pilot proof-of-concept randomized con... by Lin, Bernice Xiangting, Lee, Tih-Shih, Cheung, Yin Bun, Ling, Joanna, Poon, Shi Hui, Lim, Leslie, Zhang, Hai Hong, Chin, Zheng Yang, Wang, Chuan Chu, Krishnan, Ranga, Guan, Cuntai

“…Seven (14.9%, 95% CI 7.0%-28.0%) participants reported at least one mild adverse event over the course of study. …”
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Harnessing cooperative multivalency in thioguanine for surface-enhanced raman scattering (SERS)-based differentiation of polyfunctional analytes differing by a single functional gr... by Nguyen, Lam Bang Thanh, Tan, Emily Xi, Leong, Shi Xuan, Koh, Charlynn Sher Lin, Madhumita, Murugan, Phang, In Yee, Ling, Xing Yi

“…However, differentiation of polyfunctional analogs sharing multiple functional groups remains challenging for conventional mono- and bidentate receptors because their insufficient number of binding sites limits interactions with the least reactive yet property-determining functional group. …”
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