Salt to Scale: The Seasoning of Buildings by Battikha, Christina

“…The next twenty years align with a future of salt in the form of a dynamic, preservative, and corrosive mineral that shall never expire from Earth’s crust. …”
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Will we ever go back to normal? An international exploration of the impact of Covid-19 on tourism teaching in 5 countries by Bamford, Jan

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Molecular identification and effect of salt-tolerant plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria on the biochemical aspect and growth of rice by Chompa, Sayma Serine, Ali Tan, Kee Zuan, Amin, Adibah Mohd, Hun, Tan Geok, Ahmad Ghazali, Amir Hamzah, Sadeq, Buraq Musa, Akter, Amaily, Rahman, Md Ekhlasur, Rashid, Harun Or

“…This study demonstrates some positive effects of the locally isolated salt tolerant consortium PGPR strains on the growth of rice plants under salt stress conditions.…”
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'You would never pick up the thread from where you left off’: older Irish women migrants' narratives of non‐return, post‐retirement by Ryan, Louise, Doshi, Neha

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Endogenous institutionalism and the puzzle of gender quotas: insights from Latin America by Gatto, MLAC

“…Firstly, although previously identified, the resistance of male legislators towards gender quotas had never been systematically analysed in a comparative manner; focusing on the behaviour of male incumbents is thus a relevant contribution. …”

‘Who’s the fairest of them all?’ The impact of men on the stepmother-daughter relationship in Snow White by Tan, Aaron Justin Li Jie

“…In fairy tales, there are no ambiguities or complications but instead, straightforwardness in the narrative trajectory, where good deeds are rewarded and wicked deeds punished as seen in the ‘happily ever after’ of Snow White and the cruel ending of the stepmother. …”
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Societal factors and the inescapability of Chinese female oppression by Wang, Carmen Onggo Jiawen

“…There is no sense of female camaraderie, because the only reality that women have been exposed to is from an artificial male construct and as such they too become perpetrators of patriarchal society. …”
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Development of chemical photonic crystal fiber sensor by Mak, Foo Liang

“…The medium used in this experiment is salt water to able to determine the results. End of this report, the goal and discussion will be further elaborated and demonstrated accordingly.…”
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Effects of clozapine-N-oxide and compound 21 on sleep in laboratory mice by Traut, J, Mengual, JP, Meijer, E, McKillop, L, Alfonsa, H, Hoerder-Suabedissen, A, Song, SH, Fehér, KD, Riemann, D, Molnar, Z, Akerman, CJ, Vyazovskiy, VV, Krone, LB

“…Despite the popularity of DREADDs in neuroscience and sleep research, potential effects of the DREADD actuator clozapine-N-oxide (CNO) on sleep have never been systematically tested. Here, we show that intraperitoneal injections of commonly used CNO doses (1, 5, and 10 mg/kg) alter sleep in wild-type male laboratory mice. …”

E-cigarette (EC) and heated tobacco product (HTP) use in the United Arab Emirates, an emerging EC and HTP market: a cross-sectional analysis of the International Tobacco Control (I... by Leinberger-Jabari, A, Ahmad, A, Lindson, N, Oke, J, Hartmann-Boyce, J, Fong, G, El-Shahawy, O, Raghib, A, Sherman, S

“…</p> <br> <p><strong>Results:</strong> Of the 2,041 individuals who answered questions on EC use, 32% reported ever using them. Of 521 people providing data on HTP, 30% reported ever using them. …”

Aluminium(I) anion-supported zero-valent palladium complexes by Yan, Chenting, Koshino, Kota, Zhu, Lizhao, Kinjo, Rei

“…Although transition-metal complexes bearing group 13 ligands are accessible via salt metathesis with these anions, zero-valent transition-metal complexes have never been reported. …”
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Determinants of underdiagnosis of COPD in national and international surveys by Lamprecht, B, Soriano, JB, Studnicka, M, Kaiser, B, Vanfleteren, LE, Gnatiuc, L, Burney, P, Miravitlles, M, García-Rio, F, Akbari, K, Ancochea, J, Menezes, AM, Perez-Padilla, R, Montes de Oca, M, Torres-Duque, CA, Caballero, A, González-García, M, Buist, S

“…In multivariate analysis, a greater probability of underdiagnosis of COPD was associated with male sex, younger age, never and current smoking, lower education, no previous spirometry, and less severe airflow limitation. …”

Recent developments in electrode materials for sodium-ion batteries by Wang, Luyuan Paul, Yu, Linghui, Wang, Xin, Srinivasan, Madhavi, Xu, Zhichuan Jason

“…The rapid consumption of non-renewable resources has resulted in an ever-increasing problem of CO2 emissions that has motivated people for investigating the harvesting of energy from renewable alternatives (e.g. solar and wind). …”
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Development of a home energy monitoring system using wireless communications by Lim, Tian Tian.

“…With the increasing concern over the rapidly depleting natural resources, there is a growing interest worldwide in sustainable energy technology. The ever-increasing energy cost made people realized the importance of energy conservation. …”
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Strategy as revolution for Singapore's custom tailor industry by Eng Leng Goy, Heu Ann New, Lim Shih Gin

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"Coming out" as a lesbian-woman in Singapore. by Tan, Caryn Shan Ting.

“…Going against these forces, is a revolutionary act of bravery symbolic of the enlightened spirit and ethos of modernity albeit with real sacrifices to be made.…”
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Ethnoichthyology of the First Record of Spine Bahaba (Bahaba polykladiskos) from Muar, Johor, Malaysia by Ilham-Norhakim, Mohd Lokman, Mohd Faudzir, Najmuddin, Hidayah, Haris, Othman, Nursyuhada, Ramli, Ramli, Sariyati Nur Hartini, Sariyati Nur Hartini, Rasul Abdullah, Halim Muhammad, Abdullah-Fauzi, Abdullah-Fauzi, Akmal, Fawwazah, Abdul-Latiff, Muhammad Abu Bakar

“…This research aims to document the first-ever record of B. polykladiskos in Muar River, Johor, and provide ethnoichthyological insights regarding this species. …”
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Study on supply chain challenges in container shipping : the port operator's perspectice by Muhammad Zulkarnain Mess.

“…Some recommendations made for these problems are best practices adopted by ports world wide, while others such as ‘sharing concept’ are derived personally. …”
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Development of carbon nanotubes-reinforced polyamide 12 composite powders for 3D printing by Woon, Kun Kuan

“…Ever since the introduction of Additive Manufacturing (AM) technology to this rapidly growing world, researches and studies on its practicality have been carried out so as to make sure that this technology is being made full use of in the development of countries. …”
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Multi-sensor distributed detection in presence of communication cost by Tan, Kok Poh.

“…The subject of multi-sensor data fusion (or 'sensor fusion' in short) has grown explosively and a multitude of approaches and areas have been covered over the past decade ever since the first related paper was presented by Tenney and Sandell in 1981. …”
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