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New Scholarship Program Established with Ting Hsin International Group [research]

New Scholarship Program Established with Ting Hsin International Group

Social-Motivational Metacognitive Strategy Instruction: Empowering ESL Readers in A Pedagogic University Setting [research]

BROMELEY PHILIP of UiTM Sarawak won the best PhD thesis of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. He invented a metacognitive strategy instruction model for teaching academic reading in universities that he called SMMSI.

Crime and Punishment -an Invitation for Discussion [research]

This time, I would like to reflect on the significance of modern literary study by focusing on the appeal of Crime and Punishment, which was written nearly 150 years ago.

Intolerable amphetamines: Identifying abusers and informing young people [research]

Amphetamines are drugs that stimulate the central nervous systems of users and make them feel high, relieve their fatigue, heighten their senses, and give them a feeling of euphoria. These effects subside after a few hours, however, and are replaced by the opposite feelings of severe fatigue, lethargy, and depression.

Striking Women - celebrating South Asian women's fight for workplace rights [research]

THIRTY years of Asian women's involvement in Britain's workplace struggles is celebrated in a new exhibition at the Women's Library in London.

PolyU design programme ranked among World's best [research]

In the latest World's Best Design Schools survey, the Master of Design (Design Strategies) programme of PolyU has been rated among the world's best "design thinking programmes".

Research Leads to Rights Breakthrough for Arab Women [research]

Women in Arab countries are making human rights history as they break down barriers to being treated as full citizens in their own countries. In the past few years, women in Algeria, Egypt, and Morocco married to foreigners have won the right to convey their citizenship to their children.

USM DON’S HARVARD LECTURES [announcement]

Universiti Sains Malaysia is pleased to announce that one of its academics, Professor Dr. Chandra Muzaffar, has been invited by Harvard University to deliver the first lecture in this year’s “Ecologies of Human Flourishing” series.

Persistent Visions [research]

The exhibition features the video installation by London-based Singaporean artist Erika Tan, to be exhibited simultaneously at the NUS Museum, and selected materials from the UP Vargas Museum art and library collections.

Michael Jackson [research]

OPINION/ COMMENTARY - When reflecting on the passing of Jackson, one cannot help thinking of other public cultural figures whose personal integrity and astounding talent helped paved the way for America’s “crossover” in the election of Barack Obama as president.

Invitation to the Mystery of the Angkor Temple Complex - Local Facilities Opened in Bayon [research]

OPINION/ COMMENTARY - The ceremony to celebrate the completion of restoration work on the northern library at Bayon was to be held on September 29, 1999. This work was the result of the first phase of the Japanese Government Team for Safeguarding Angkor (JSA)’s commitment.

The Eco-car - Which Will Become the Front Runner? Hybrid, Electric, Fuel-cell - Requirements for Success [research]

In recent years, environmental and energy issues have been a primary focus in the automotive field, and there has been an increasingly strong public demand for cleaner ICEVs (Internal Combustion Engine Vehicle) and for the development of alternative automobiles.

Smoothing the way to superior screens [research]

A double-solvent approach makes electrospray deposition a better choice for fabricating organic light-emitting diodes

Icograda World Design Congress Beijing 2009 & the 1st Beijing Design Week [event]

August 19, 2009 - Beijing, China - From 24-30 October 2009, the biennial Icograda World Design Congress in association with the first Beijing Design Week will be held in Beijing, China for the first time.

The 11th Tokyo Conference on Psycholinguistics - Call for Papers [event]

The Tokyo Conference on Psycholinguistics welcomes papers that represent any scientific endeavor that addresses itself to “Plato’s Problem” concerning language acquisition: “How we can gain a rich linguistic system given our fragmentary and impoverished experience?”

Ethnographic Museums Must Examine Price of Development [research]

BANGKOK, Jul 30 - Reflecting the fact that ethnic diversity is a central characteristic of all the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) countries, ethnographic collections are relatively common, with the exception of Cambodia where museums mainly focus on archaeological artifacts and on experiences of war.

The 100 Anniversary of Osamu Dazai’s Birth-Memories of Ohtohki- (Ohtoh meaning cherry, and ki meaning the anniversary of one’s death) [research]

On June 13th, 1948, Osamu Dazai, who had quickly gained popularity after World War II with such works as “The Setting Sun [Shayo]” (1947), committed double suicide, jumping into the Tamagawa Josui River together with a war-widow.

How was the samurai born? [research]

Looking back on Japanese history, we notice the extreme significance of the samurai, the warrior class in old Japan. However, it is actually not well understood when and how the samurai was born. In this article, Associate Professor Akio Kawajiri introduces his studies on it.

Why coal mines, now? -From discharged workers survey to "Warship Island sightseeing" [research]

This focus on the coal industry, a symbol of capitalist heavy industry, is important in studying the development process of modern capitalism in Japan.

The Flowering of Shanghai Theater [research]

Shanghai was once known as the “devil’s city”. This image is represented by the modern architecture which exists along the banks of the Huangpu River in the area known as the Bund (Wai Tan), and by Nanking Road, which bustles with people.