Forecasting tourist in-flow in South East Asia: A case of Singapore by Manoj Kumar, Seema Sharma

“…This study attempts to forecast tourist inflow in South East Asia and choses Singapore as a case. For Singapore, tourism is one of the major sources of foreign exchange earnings since it has no natural resources to support its economy. …”
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Life expectancy and health care spending in South Asia: An econometric analysis. by Bharat Ram Dhungana, Jitendra Kumar Singh, Samrat Dhungana

“…This study will provide an important insight to policymakers in improving health outcomes through targeted and sustained health care spending in South Asia.…”
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Insights Into Antimicrobial Resistance From Dental Students in the Asia–Pacific Region by Saba Ghafoor, Gabriela Salvadori, Shiho Kino, Vy Thi Nhat Nguyen, Tam Thi-Thanh Nguyen, Miho Ishimaru, Antônio Pedro Ricomini-Filho, Cassiano Kuchenbecker Rösing, Dileep De Silva, Jun Aida, Belinda Farias Nicolau, Ratilal Lalloo, Roger Junges

“…Dental students’ perceptions about the topic have been underexplored in the Asia–Pacific region, a key location for the development and spread of AMR. …”
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Temporal Patterns of Shrub Vegetation and Variation with Precipitation in Gurbantunggut Desert, Central Asia by Yuguang Yang, Chengyi Zhao, Ming Han, Yike Li, Ruihong Yang

“…In this study, we used MODIS NDVI data and precipitation data from 2004 to 2012 to evaluate the relationship between the shrub vegetation and precipitation within Gurbantunggut Desert, Central Asia. Correlation analysis was employed to explore the relationship between NDVI and precipitation within growing season, within cross growing season, and on interannual scale. …”
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Modern Political and Economic Aspects of the Oil and Gas Complex in the Southeast Asia Region by V. I. Salygin, S. V. Berezinskiy

“…These processes are pushing both European and American business to abandon the conventional schemes and accept the new conditions of their activity in Southeast Asia.…”
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Meeting the Contraceptive Needs of Key Populations Affected by HIV in Asia: An Unfinished Agenda by Tricia Petruney, Shanthi Noriega Minichiello, Misti McDowell, Rose Wilcher

“…Yet, many women in Asia affected by HIV lack access to family planning services and experience disproportionately high rates of unintended pregnancy and abortion. …”
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PRC’s Public Diplomacy Practice in Central Asia: Current Situation, Challenges and Prospects by Yufei Wang

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Long-term effects of institutional quality on financial inclusion in Asia–Pacific countries by Duc Hong Vo

“…While the effects of institutional quality on financial inclusion have been widely investigated, their long-term effects have largely been underexplored, particularly for the Asia–Pacific region. We are especially interested in these long-term effects because institutional reforms require time for implementation and their impacts on various socioeconomic issues are only gradually observed. …”
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Identification, prevalence and pathogenicity of Colletotrichum species causing anthracnose of Capsicum annuum in Asia by Dilani D. de Silva, Johannes Z. Groenewald, Pedro W. Crous, Peter K. Ades, Andi Nasruddin, Orarat Mongkolporn, Paul W. J. Taylor

“…Abstract Anthracnose of chili (Capsicum spp.) causes major production losses throughout Asia where chili plants are grown. A total of 260 Colletotrichum isolates, associated with necrotic lesions of chili leaves and fruit were collected from chili producing areas of Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Taiwan. …”
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Sources of hydrochemistry and chemical weathering rate at Urumqi Glacier No.1 catchment in central Asia by Qin Yang, Xiangying Li, Donghui Shangguan, Tianding Han

“…Annual CDR values range from 12.34 to 19.04 t/km2/yr in 2013, 2014, and 2016, which are 1–1.7 times higher than those in 2006 and 2007 and higher than some glaciers in Asia. …”
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Astrakhan Yurt Tatars and the Peoples of Central Asia in the 16th – 18th Centuries by Ilya V. Toropitsyn

“…Due to the close interaction between them, trusty and family relations developed from time to time.…”
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Initial ASIA impairment scale and its association with improvement in cervical spinal cord injury by Aman Singh, Somil Jaiswal, Anil Chandra, Amit Srivastava, Suresh Jaiswal, Awadhesh Yadav, B.K. Ojha, Chhitij Srivastava

“…Recovery was most pronounced in ASIA C (93.7%) and ASIA D (94.3%) patients. ASIA B patients showed a significant improvement rate (74.1%), while ASIA A patients had the lowest improvement (34.8%) (p<0.0001). …”
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The Political Economy of Sino-South African Trade in the Context of Asia-Pacific Regional Competition by Tinuade Ojo

“… In The Political Economy of Sino-South African Trade in the Context of Asia-Pacific Regional Competition, the author intends to comparatively examine the China-South Africa trade relationship over the twenty-year 1998-2018 period through the prism of four other relationships South Africa has with countries China’s contentious neighbours in South Asia and the Asia-Pacific (or Indo-Pacific). …”
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Representation of medieval climate fluctuations in Central Asia in the toponymic system: Historical and geographical data by Kulyash Kaimuldinova, Shakhislam Laiskhanov, Duman Aliaskarov, Rakhat Tobajanov, Zhulduz Nizamatdinova

“…This article considers the nature of climate changes in the Middle Ages of Central Asia and the influence of these changes on the toponymy in the region. …”
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East Asian Welfare Regimes 東アジア福祉制度 by Joseph Wong, Andrew DeWit, Ito Peng

“…As the authors point out, in 2005 Japan led East Asia with 18.6% of GDP devoted to social spending. …”
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Evaluation of CMIP5 Global Climate Models for Simulating Climatological Temperature and Precipitation for Southeast Asia by Suchada Kamworapan, Chinnawat Surussavadee

“…The total errors of 6-GCM-Ensemble, CNRM-CM5-2, and 40-GCM-Ensemble are 11.84, 13.69, and 14.09, respectively. 6-GCM-Ensemble and CNRM-CM5-2 agree well with observations and can provide useful climate simulations for Southeast Asia. This suggests the use of 6-GCM-Ensemble and CNRM-CM5-2 for climate studies and projections for Southeast Asia.…”
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Stable isotope ecology of Quaternary cervid and bovid species in Southeast Asia with implications for wildlife conservation by Sanah Shaikh, Hervé Bocherens, Kantapon Suraprasit

“…Abstract Southeast Asia, one of the major biodiversity hotspots, is experiencing substantial species loss, with predictions indicating that 13–85% of species are threatened to lose their original habitats. …”
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The ‘Agency of Mapping’ in South Asia: Galle-Matara (Sri Lanka), Mumbai (India) and Khulna (Bangladesh) by Kelly Shannon

“…The territories – cities and landscapes – of South Asia are under incredible transformation due to man-made and natural conditions. …”
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Unfolding cascading impacts of changing South Asia monsoon on a Hindu Kush Himalayas basin by Surendra Maharjan, Wenzhao Li, Shahryar Fazli, Arshad Ansari, Suraj Tiwari, Roma Thakurathi, Rejoice Thomas, Hesham El-Askary

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Clinical Characteristics, Intraoperative Findings, and Surgical Outcomes of Canalicular Laceration Repair with Monocanalicular Stent in Asia by Chun-Hsien Lin, Chun-Yuan Wang, Ying-Cheng Shen, Li-Chen Wei

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