Weapons acquisition in the US: streamlining the process by Kuah, Adrian W. J.

“…Past attempts to reform the US weapons acquisition process have largely met with failure. …”
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Returning IS Fighters : Lesson From JI’s Hijrah by Muhammad Saiful Alam Shah

“…Examining the practice of ‘hijrah’ (emigration) by Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) in the past could help authorities understand what lies ahead in the fight against the terrorists.…”
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Falling oil price : an opportunity for Asia by Lee, Chia-Yi

“…In the past three months, the price of crude oil has fallen dramatically, from higher than US$100 per barrel to below US$60 per barrel. …”
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Can't Hurt Me : Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds / by Goggins, David, author 655975, Storytel (Online service) 655976

“…And the beauty of the book, CAN'T HURT ME, is that in it, David reveals the strategies and principles that he used (and which anyone, including you, can also use) to push past pain, fear, lack and self-doubt. This book is a summary. …”
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Love and Other Words / by Lauren, Christina, author 593883, Little, Brown Book Group (Online service) 655987

“…Although their memories are obscured by the agony of what happened that night so many years ago, Elliot will come to understand the truth behind Macy’s decade-long silence, and will have to overcome the past and himself to revive her faith in the possibility of an all-consuming love.…”
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Advanced nanostructured materials : wide-band-gap oxides based magnetic semiconductors by Xing, Guozhong

“…Nanomaterials and Spintronics are focuses of research over the past ten years. The conjunction of electron spin with the charge manipulation in the semiconductor could lead to a whole new era in information technology, called semiconductor spintronics. …”
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Lateral offsets and revised dates of large prehistoric earthquakes at Pallett creek, Southern California by Sieh, Kerry

“…Systematicd issectiono f a 50-m-long, 15-m-wide, 5-m-deep volume of earth, centered on the fault, enables documentation in three dimensions of fault patterns, lateral offsets, and vertical deformation associated with large earthquakes of the past. The excavations expose evidence for 12 earthquakes that occurred between about 260 and 1857 A.D., with an average recurrence interval of about 145 years. …”
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Holocene rate of slip and tentative recurrence interval for large earthquakes on the San Andreas fault, Cajon Pass, southern California by Sieh, Kerry, Weldon, Ray J.

“…Four independent determinations of the slip rate on the San Andreas fault yield an average rate of 24.5 ± 3.5 mm/yr for the past 14,400 yr. The similarity of the four values, which span different intervals of time from 5,900 to 14,400 yr ago, suggests that the slip rate has been constant during this period. …”
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Integrated chemical distribution centre and application of information technology : a case study by Chiong, Yau Meng.

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An exploratory study into employee volunteerism in the Singapore financial industry by Koh, Ivan, Tsang, Eva, Au, Theresa

“…Financial institutions in particular have increased the scale of their CSR programmes over the past few years. Employees form a crucial component of any organisation. …”
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Corrosion evaluation and prediction in reinforced concrete specimens by Juan, Setiadi

“…This report aims to study the factors that may affect chloride induced corrosion rate of a reinforced concrete structure by analyzing the data from various past research data. Only corrosion rate research data which is measured by using Linear Polarization Resistance method from concrete specimens immersed into chloride solution is analyzed thoroughly in this report, data from other type of test conditions is not analyzed.…”
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To enter or not : the effects of network intensity on real options and market entry. by Kwek, Chiaw Hong., Goh, Si Hui., Loh, Jun Yu.

“…This paper examines the effect of network intensity on the relationship between real options and market entry by addressing the limitations of past real options research. By conducting tests on 2,655 publicly listed non-US firms from 1990 to 2010, we find that the presence of network intensity in markets does have a positive influence on the relationship between growth options and market entry but not for that of deferral options. …”
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An analysis of Singaporeans' investment in China : manufacturing, commerce and real estate industries by Ng, Boon Lin, Ong, Siew Ling, Tan, Yee Leng

“…The need to develop the external economy has been a national concern over the past few years and the purpose of our project is to highlight the problems encountered by Singaporean investors in china, the factors hindering Singaporeans’ investment and how to overcome these obstacles. …”
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Duterte: Delivering the Promised Peace to Mindanao by Singh, Bilveer

“…The potential game changer is President-elect Rodrigo Duterte who has promised to break the past deadlocks in favour of a new federalism with a peace agreement with the Muslims in the south.…”
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Two Earthquakes, Different Responses: HADR Actors in Southeast Asia by Picucci, Ennio Valentino

“…In December 2016, twelve years after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Aceh was once again struck by an earthquake. However, over the past decade the landscape of responders has evolved and changed and there is need for better understanding of new actors to strengthen coordination during disasters.…”
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Revolt in the Middle East : Arab monarchies next? by Dorsey, James M.

“…They have been resisting political reforms and seeking to insulate themselves from the wave of popular protests that have swept the region for the past two years.…”
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The unholy trinity: Hindutva, capitalism and imperialism by Nayak, Bhabani Shankar

“…The book provides an auto ethnographic and alternative analysis based on reflections on the realities of everyday lives and experiences of the past and present of this unholy trinity and its global implications.…”

Metaphors for the writing process by Van Hulle, D

“…This chapter discusses various metaphors that have been suggested as conceptual models by numerous authors in the past to try and understand aspects of their creative process and the roles of the literary draft. …”

Political Islam in Indonesia: impact of current Israel-Hamas war in Gaza by Lanti, Irman G.

“…In Indonesia, the many public demonstrations of wide appeal that took place over the past few weeks in support of the Palestinians should be seen in the context of the 2024 Presidential Election and the implications for Jakarta’s eventual foreign policy and role in ASEAN.…”
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a-reum: the Korean bojagi reimagined by Hur, So Hyun

“…The designed bojagis act as a testament to the fusion of traditional motifs curated to encapsulate a distinct visual ‘Korean-ness’ while bridging past and present, tradition and modern style.…”
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