Empirical investigation on container port competition and cooperation by Aw, Bing Zong

“…For the past few decades, East and South East Asia container ports are slowly edging out Europe‟s and America‟s container ports to be the top 20 busiest container ports in the world. …”
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Effects of turbidity on marine organisms by Leong, Bernice.

“…Water quality tests were conducted in along the shorelines of Singapore mainly East Coast and Chek Jawa. East Coast has high levels of coastal and recreational activities whilst there are still conserved marine habitats in Chek Jawa. …”
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South African real estate investment trusts prefer Tuesdays by Ajayi, Oluwaseun Damilola, Gavu, Emmanuel Kofi

“…Generally, Wednesday was found to be the least profitable day to invest in all REIT classifications because it had the least average daily return. …”
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A regulatory role for repeated decoy transcription factor binding sites in target gene expression by Lee, Tek‐Hyung, Maheshri, Narendra

“…Using a synthetic system in budding yeast, we demonstrate that repeated decoy sites inhibit gene expression by sequestering a transcriptional activator and converting the graded dose–response of target promoters to a sharper, sigmoidal‐like response. …”
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Discovery of stabilized functional mutants of human aquaporin 1 by Soh, Miao Yi

“…A cell-based freeze-thaw functionality assay that was developed by the lab was conducted on yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells transformed with the plasmids to identify the functional mutants, i.e., mutants that express the mutated AQP1 protein that would allow them to exhibit a protective effect in response to rapid freezing. ~ 5% of mutants from a total of 2816 screened from thirty-three 96-well plates were identified after a series of initial and verification screens. …”
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Optimization of carbon and nitrogen sources for phytase production by Mitsuokella jalaludinii, a new rumen bacterial species by Lan, G.Q., Abdullah, N., Jalaludin, S., Ho, Y.W.

“…Methods and Results: Replacement of glucose, cellobiose and starch in MF1 medium by RB or palm kernel cake and replacement of trypticase peptone and yeast extract in the medium by SM or enzymatic digested soybean milk significantly increased the phytase production by M. jalaludinii. …”
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new urban giants : the ultimate skyscrapers / by Spirito, Gianpaola, author 496164, Terranova, Antonino, 1942-, author editor 656235

“…The record of the world's tallest building, which had shifted from west to east by the end of teh last millenium, is now competed for between Dubai and Taipei. …”

Through the looking glasses and anthropology comes 'Home': globalising the view on European cultures by Cash, Jennifer R.

“…Shortly after being confirmed as the new co-editor of AJEC, I attended the annual meeting of the East Asian Anthropological Association. With an institutional base in Singapore, there are not many anthropology meetings within easy reach, but EAAA meets most autumns; and the meeting of 2023, held in Hong Kong, was the third meeting I had attended since 2018. …”
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The effect of Mahakam sand on the mechanical and durability of porous concrete paving blocks by Yudi Pranoto, Yudi Pranoto, Mohd. Hashim, Nor Fazilah, Tumingan, Tumingan, Ashadi Putrawirawan, Ashadi Putrawirawan

“…The high price of Palu aggregate and the reduced catchment area in East Kalimantan have encouraged the improvisation of local materials as materials for infrastructure development. …”

Unexpected anthropogenic emission decreases explain recent atmospheric mercury concentration declines by Feinberg, Aryeh, Selin, Noelle E., Braban, Christine F., Chang, Kai-Lan, Custódio, Danilo, Jaffe, Daniel A., Kyllönen, Katriina, Landis, Matthew S., Leeson, Sarah R., Luke, Winston, Molepo, Koketso M., Murovec, Marijana, Nerentorp Mastromonaco, Michelle G., Aspmo Pfaffhuber, Katrine, Rüdiger, Julian, Sheu, Guey-Rong, St. Louis, Vincent L.

“…In contrast to existing emission inventories, our modeling analysis suggests that annual NH anthropogenic emissions must have declined by at least 140 Mg between the years 2005 and 2020 to be consistent with observed trends. …”
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Electrical characterization of bias temperature instability in MOSFETs with the ultrathin SiON and la-doped HfSiO gate dielectrics by Du, Guoan.

“…The initial stage of the project involved the development of a new ultra-fast switching (UFS) method for the measurement of the bias temperature instability (BTI) phenomenon in state-of-the-art MOSFETs. …”
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Fabrication of a humidity-resistant formaldehyde gas sensor through layering a molecular sieve on 3D ordered macroporous SnO₂ decorated with Au nanoparticles by Liu, Wei, Si, Xiaohui, Chen, Zaiping, Xu, Lin, Guo, Junmeng, Wei, Lei, Cheng, Gang, Du, Zuliang

“…Further, the 3MCM-48 layer protects the 3DOM Au/SnO2 layer from moisture, allowing at least 80 % of the initial response value to formaldehyde to be maintained even at> 90 % relative humidity. …”
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GBGVD: growth-based geodesic Voronoi diagrams by Qi, Yunjia, Zong, Chen, Zhang, Yunxiao, Chen, Shuangmin, Xu, Minfeng, Ran, Lingqiang, Xu, Jian, Xin, Shiqing, He, Ying

“…Experimental results show that our algorithm runs 3 times as fast as the state-of-the-art method at the same accuracy level.…”
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Respiratory quality indices for automated monitoring of respiration from sensor data by Birrenkott, D

“…Despite this, RR is often the least monitored and most inaccurately measured vital sign. …”

Lóngyóu tones and tone sandhi by Chen, Sherry Yong, Kenstowicz, Michael J.

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How many online workers are there in the world? A data-driven assessment by Kässi, O, Lehdonvirta, V, Stephany, F

“…Approximately 19 million of them have obtained work through the platform at least once, and 5 million have completed at least 10 projects or earned at least $1000. …”

Effect of detergent, herbs and spices on the growth of Vibrio parahaemolyticus biofilm in seafood by Nillian, Elexson

“…The killing time activity with cloves was fast-acting against antibiotic resistant V. parahaemolyticus at 8× MIC in 0.5hr time, while 1 hr, 4 hr, and 8 hr with star anise, lemon leaves, and curry leaves extracts. …”
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Performance evaluation of SAFIS for benchmark problems by Sinara Vijayan.

“…Based on these studies, an improved SAFIS algorithm called Fast SAFIS is developed. The optimal parameters of Fast SAFIS algorithm are determined and a performance evaluation of Fast SAFIS is done with SAFIS and other algorithms. …”
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The first person pronoun in archaic Chinese, with a note on duplex characters by Benedict, Paul K.

“…The widely represented *nga, from Chepang, Chang (Northern Naga), and Trung (Nungish) on the north(/west) and Tujia (west-central China) on the east to Burmese-Lolo on the south(/east), as our "mouse," is at times firmly in the paws of our TM "cat": Waling (Kiranti) angka < *-nga-ga '1 p. prn.' …”
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UNCLOS and its Limitations as the Foundation for a Regional Maritime Security Regime by Sam, Bateman

“…The paper concludes that uncertainty in the law of the sea is likely to grow and that State practice in East Asia, under the influence of domestic politics and regional tensions, may well continue to diverge from more traditional views of the law. …”
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