http://www.researchsea.com/ ResearchSEA - Asia Research News | People en-gb Copyright 2007 ResearchSEA 2013-06-19T00:45 slightlydifferent.co.uk ResearchSEA ResearchSEA http://www.researchsea.com/html/calendar.php/eid/7744/cid/6 The lecture will be held on 25 June 2013, Tuesday, 2:30-4:00 PM at the Third World Studies Center, Lower Ground Four, Palma Hall, College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of the Philippines Diliman. http://www.researchsea.com/html/announcements.php/aid/7740/cid/6 SERDANG, 10 June – Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) has teamed up with Australia's University of Newcastle to jointly offer post-graduate studies where the degrees conferred will bear the crests and authorizing signatures of the two universities. http://www.researchsea.com/html/article.php/aid/7730/cid/6 Antibiotic resistance in Asia, super batteries, the best coffee in the Philippines, protecting elephants from lightning, the end of bad drivers and the true impact of free formula milk for babies. You can read these and more in the 2013 issue of Asia Research News now available online. http://www.researchsea.com/html/article.php/aid/7726/cid/6 PolyU Design is thrilled to announce that Professor Roger Ball has been named one of only eight recipients of an endowed professorship in PolyU’s first-ever Endowed Professorship Scheme. http://www.researchsea.com/html/article.php/aid/7718/cid/6 Seventy. This is the number of journalists who were killed during 2012 in connection with news-gathering activities. The 34th entry from the top bears the name of a Japanese woman, Mika Yamamoto. http://www.researchsea.com/html/article.php/aid/7711/cid/6 Opinion article by Associate Professor Sachiko Kuroda of the Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Waseda University http://www.researchsea.com/html/article.php/aid/7708/cid/6 Jointly established by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and Sichuan University (Sichuan U), China's first Institute for Disaster Management and Reconstruction (IDMR) has recently been officially opened. http://www.researchsea.com/html/article.php/aid/7707/cid/6 16 May 2013 - A new study published in PNAS argues that for fisheries policies to be effective they must take in to account not just fish stock conservation and environmental issues, but also research data on the patterns and dynamics of fish trade, markets and user consumption. http://www.researchsea.com/html/article.php/aid/7693/cid/6 Opinion article by Prof. Waichiro Iwashi of Waseda University on the implementation of a new non-invasive prenatal genetic testing that uses maternal blood in Japan http://www.researchsea.com/html/article.php/aid/7691/cid/6 It’s no secret that traditional crops such as millets and pulses are highly nutritious. Now researchers, working with women in Ethiopia and India are making it easier for them to use these local crops when cooking healthy meals at home and creating new business ventures. http://www.researchsea.com/html/article.php/aid/7690/cid/6 Citizens in remote rural areas in 11 Asian countries are leaping over language barriers and into the Internet age. They may now access government services online, and submit college applications without making an arduous trek to the city. And their children are learning the computer skills that promise greater economic opportunities in the future. http://www.researchsea.com/html/announcements.php/aid/7688/cid/6 This funding will provide two-year fellowships to 30 students from Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam to allow them to pursue master's degrees in science at leading universities in the region. http://www.researchsea.com/html/article.php/aid/7678/cid/6 The government of Timor-Leste has developed a National Aquaculture Development Strategy, designed to help reduce high levels of poverty and chronic malnutrition throughout the country. http://www.researchsea.com/html/article.php/aid/7677/cid/6 Professor Albert PC Chan of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)'s Department of Building and Real Estates, who is also Associate Dean of the Faculty of Construction and Environment, has been recently appointed by the Swedish Research Council Formas as a member of the review panel in built environment. http://www.researchsea.com/html/article.php/aid/7676/cid/6 S Cube Design Lab, designers from Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) received the Silver A’Design Award at the A’DESIGN AWARD & COMPETITION with “Puncheart”, a squeeze punch. More than 4500 art works from about 140 countries entered this competition. http://www.researchsea.com/html/article.php/aid/7675/cid/6 Studies on this disease recently completed by researchers from the Asia Partnership on Emerging Infectious Diseases Research (APEIR) developed a series of messages for policy makers that are highly relevant to the current outbreak. http://www.researchsea.com/html/article.php/aid/7674/cid/6 Two years after the Great East Japan Earthquake, Prof. Kohara outlines some problems faced by the local authorities in the areas afflicted by the disaster especially in rebuilding local administration and communities. http://www.researchsea.com/html/article.php/aid/7671/cid/6 Innovative policies and new technologies that reduce water waste are helping countries across the Middle East and North Africa deal with chronic water shortages. http://www.researchsea.com/html/article.php/aid/7665/cid/6 The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has won the Best Green ICT (Adoption - Organisations) Silver Award in the Hong Kong ICT Awards 2013 for the project “A Greener Era – start from here (Greening University Administration – Out with the Old! )” http://www.researchsea.com/html/announcements.php/aid/7664/cid/6 The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) organized the first ever Symposium on Citizenship Education on 8th of April. This event has brought together some 50 participants including scholars and educators at home and abroad.