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Hello forum members,
I'm conducting research on vegetable oil fingerprinting. I need annual precipitation (rainfall) data for provinces in Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia. Specifically, I don't know what it is called but, I need the **single annual precipitation value** (in millimeters) for each province for the years 2018 or 2019 or later, just any year after 2016, or maybe average monthly rainfall data. A data that can differentiate and groups between provinces.
Could anyone kindly provide this data or guide me to reliable sources where I can obtain it? Your assistance would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you in advance.
Best regards,
Note: I actually also need temperature and humidity data, but it's a bonus.
Global brands face persistent challenges in adapting digital marketing campaigns to culturally diverse audiences, especially in regions like Southeast Asia where rapid digital adoption coexists with deep-rooted cultural heterogeneity. While AI tools (e.g., sentiment analysis, NLP) promise real-time cultural adaptation, many MNCs still struggle with:
- Predicting cultural misalignments in imagery, language, or humor.
- Balancing cost-efficiency (standardization) with cultural relevance (localization).
- Measuring ROI in fragmented digital ecosystems (e.g., TikTok in Indonesia vs. Line in Thailand).
For researchers and practitioners working in international marketing:
- What frameworks or case studies have you found effective for cross-cultural adaptation?
- How can AI mitigate risks of cultural insensitivity without over-automating human nuance?
- Are there emerging tools or metrics to evaluate 'glocal' campaign success?
I’m particularly interested in Southeast Asia but welcome global parallels. Let’s collaborate to explore this intersection of AI, culture, and global branding!
#InternationalMarketing #CrossCulturalMarketing #AIinMarketing #EmergingMarkets #DigitalTransformation
While there has been an effort to recognise practice as research in Malaysia, much of it being suppressed by the need of recognition through 'gold standard' of academic publication. While the methodology definitely helps practitioner-researcher, nevertheless it seems to be currently recognised in only certain part of the world. Can there be a future of Practice as Research in Malaysia or Southeast Asia as an officially recognise method of learning, researching and developing within the discipline of creative arts?
it is well known that the great impact of Hindu civilization on culture in Southeast Asia dates back over 3000 years. The Bujang valley civilization in the Kedah region of Malaysia has revealed a steel making and exporting culture at least 800 years before the Christian era. This whole region consisting of Thailand (Siam), Myanmar, Cambodia, south Viet Nam, Laos, Indonesia which reveals a past in which the local culture accepted Indian languages, religions, art, technology etc. so much so that even today many city and person names and many words in local languages are of Sanskrit origin. Now, it is also clear that China was equally near, equally or more advanced in all cultural and technological matters. Rulers of Southeast Asia were in close contact with China and somewhat apprehensive of its power. Why is the Chinese culture not as impactful as the Hindu culture in these countries?
Liquid democracy and the future of governance is a very important scenario to discover. I am planning to work on Southeast Asia as a case study. If anyone is interested, please share your views.
I need a global above-ground biomass raster dataset from which I will subset a certain area of southeast Asia. I tried to use GEDI data but couldn't work out how to use this dataset. Is there any other data set that will serve this purpose? or can you point out how can I use GEDI AGB data?
I've been collecting & planting seeds of butterfly host plants for the restoration program. And I need research references especially for tropical Southeast Asia native species (include all types of herbs, bush, or shrubs). I looking forward to having some recommendations from botanical experts.
I would like to be in communication with Botanists working on palms and hard fibers.
Melioidosis, caused by the gram-negative saprophyte Burkholderia pseudomallei, is a disease of public health importance in southeast Asia and northern Australia that is associated with high case-fatality rates in animals and humans.
Melioidosis is associated with significant mortality attributable to severe sepsis and its complications. Please share your comments on the issue.
Grab seems like it's an important player in the digital scene in Southeast Asia. But what impact does it have in rural space? I'm looking for papers or personal insights.
Hello, is there any database or website that has information about microplastic ingestion of marine invertebrates in Southeast Asia? It can be any species or data, as long as it's marine invertebrates. Thank you so much.
WILD FRUITS - Who eats what?
# An ecological study on wildlife of Southeast Asia
We are looking for field observations on frugivorous interaction in which an animal feeds on a plant species, serving as potential seed disperser/predator to the plant seeds.
Both the animal & plant names will be needed. Please contribute your knowledge or recommend to a friend who has field experience working with wildlife in Southeast Asia. Your help will be greatly appreciated!
Questions and queries can be sent to randaiqq@gmail, or posted here.
China sends submarine drones to the sea in order to spy on its neighbors. Greater China spies at the Sea?! News and Facts?
Pray discuss and contribute. Be kind to eachother. Thank you!
In 2019 and 2020 submarine drones have been found in Indonesian Waters...
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I do not have the figures for researchers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), but for this discussion, I will assume that in a population of researchers, a fair fraction will be researchers in STEM.
The Philippines has a frustratingly small number of researchers (~188 researchers for every 1 million inhabitants). This is probably the reason it lags behind its neighbors in the STEM fields. This, I would suppose, has detrimental effects on the overall development of the country. Its neighbors, such as South Korea (~7500 researchers/million inhabitants), Singapore (~6700 researchers/million inhabitants), Japan (~5300 researchers/million inhabitants), Malaysia (~2400 researchers/million inhabitants), Thailand (~1200 researchers/million inhabitants), China (~1200 researchers/million inhabitants), and Vietnam (~700 researchers/million inhabitants), that have significantly larger densities of researchers have overtaken the Philippines in many aspects of development. Other countries, such as Laos (~16 researchers/million inhabitants), Cambodia (~30 researchers/million inhabitants), Myanmar (~29 researchers/million inhabitants) seem to also lag in many aspects of progress.
What might it take for countries such as ours to raise more researchers and scientists? Would you be able to provide suggestions on how we might do so despite the fact that the Philippines and other countries with small densities of researchers are low- to middle-income countries?
(Data on number of researchers per million inhabitants taken from UNESCO Institute for Statistics: http://data.uis.unesco.org/index.aspx?queryid=64)
It is associated with Lymphatic Filariasis and are more geographically limited and occur only in SouthEast Asia.
I am currently looking to administer an online questionnaire with staff and students working on EMI courses/programmes in SouthEast Asia and wondered if anyone could recommend any contacts. Ideally, I would like to reach out to both content faculty and those working on language/academic support (EAP) programmes. I’m also planning to do more in-depth analysis with several proposed university visits in 2019. I'm in the early stages of planning this project.
I am looking for estimates of apparent annual survival for birds from anywhere in Asia, such as those produced from mark-recapture data collected from bird banding or ringing stations. I know that bird banding occurs in these countries (although not as common practice as in Europe or the States) so the question becomes do the data exist and have yet to be analyzed or have estimates been made and published in less accessible formats to an English speaker such as myself (i.e., government reports or student dissertations in languages other than English). If you know of any survival estimates from these parts of the world please let me know where I can find them. Thanks for your help RG members!
One of my articles [Cameron, Judith, Agustijanto Indrajaya and Pierre-Yves Manguin, 2015, "Asbestos textiles from Batujaya (West Java, Indonesia): Further evidence for early long-distance interaction between the Roman Orient, Southern Asia and island Southeast Asia", Bulletin de l’Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient, 101, p. 159-176] appears twice in my profile and both have my Indonesian colleague's name mispelled. Please correct.
I have looked at "white racism" research which generally shows up in contexts where there is a majority/minority dynamic. I am looking for racism research particularly directed towards Pakistani community, sometimes including Indians and Bengalis as well. In particular, I want to look at "othering" research focusing on Pakistanis/ browns, and othering by Middle Easterns, Black communities and South East Asians in particular.
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I need help identifying plant species from pollen and other plant materials found in the feaces of a carnivore. I'm hoping to establish whether the animal lived in a fresh water wetland or in a brackish water mangrove ecosystem in Southeast Asia.
Thank you.
Driven by rapid urbanization, economic development and changing consumption and production patterns, the consumption of single-use packaging has drastically increased worldwide. At the same time, waste management systems in many countries still lack effectiveness in terms of ensuring environmentally sound collection, recycling, energy recovery and disposal of waste. Governments, businesses, academia and civil society increasingly recognize that the linear model of “take-make-dispose” is unsustainable from an economic, environmental and social perspective and that a switch towards a circular economy approach of “replace-reduce-redesign-reuse-recycle” is necessary.
Increasing amounts of marine litter represent a growing global threat to marine ecosystems as well as the fisheries and tourism sectors. About 60-90% of marine litter consists of plastics, most of it transported via drainage systems and waterways into the sea from land-based sources. Jambeck et al (2015) estimate an annual plastic leakage into the ocean in the magnitude of up to 12 Mio tons with the main contributing countries located in Asia and Southeast Asia. Likewise, Lebreton et al (2017) state that the main larger river systems on earth transport the majority of plastic waste that enters the sea, with the highest contribution through 8 large river systems located in Asia. Plastic production started on a larger scale only in the 1950ties with 2 Mio tons per year but has reached a scale of 350 Mio tons production annually in the meantime whereas the total plastic produced is in the magnitude of 8 Billion tons (Geyer et al, 2017). Majority of plastic waste ends up in waste disposal sites with 30-40% of generated plastic waste (Worldwatch Institute, 2015). In developing countries a significant amount of packaging waste is burned either in backyards, along roads or dumpsites, mainly due to lacking waste collection, treatment and recycling systems. This scenario may further deteriorate since plastic waste accumulates at disposal sites, natural depressions, soils and the various ecosystems on land and in the oceans. According to the Worldbank (2018) the global annual waste generation may double within the next 30 years.
References:
Jambeck, J.R.; Geyer, R.; WilcSlat, B.ox, C.; Siegler, T.R.; Perrymann, M.; Andrady, A.;Narayan, A. & Law, K.L. (2015):
Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean. Scincemag.org; Vol. 347, Issue 6223, pp. 768-771
Geyer, R.; Jambeck, J.R. & Law, K.L. (2017):
Production, use and fate of all plastics ever made. Law Sci. Adv. 2017;3:e1700782, 5 pages
Lebreton, L.C.M.; Zwet, J.; Damsteeg, J.-W.; Slat., B.; Andrady, A. & Reisser, S. (2017):
River plastic emissions tot he worlds oceans. – Nature Communications, 8:15611; 9 pages; DOI:10.1035/ncomms15611; www.nature.com/communications
Worldbank (2018):
What a Waste 2.0: A Global Snapshot of Solid Waste Management to 2050. - Worldbank, Washington D.C, USA.
Worldwatch Institute (2015):
Global Plastic Production rises, Recycling lags. – Worldwatch Institute, Washington D.C., USA, 5 pages; vitalsigns.worldwatch.org
I am referring to Lesbians and Gays' Public Display of Affection among Selected Countries in Southeast Asia. Thank you.
I'm looking for arelationship between the labour market and e-commerce.
Nice to hear that your project is focused in Southeast Asia. Is Philippines included in the study sites?
In 2006, Robert Ross argued that when a rising power can impact the security of a smaller state, the lesser states will accommodate rather than balance the new dominant power. His research was on the impact of the rise of China on secondary states in East Asia. I am looking for examples and literature on this phenomenon in South or Southeast Asia.
I cannot seem to find any available sources on the net for these identification guides. I want to try to identify a water strider in a creek in Subic, Zambales, Philippines
The issue of halal system has received considerable critical attention both either from academic circle and practitioners in recent years. It is well known that halal no longer applies to exclusively food production and consumption. The halal industry has now evolved from merely halal food products to a holistic halal concept that encompasses the entire value of commercial activities. The global halal marketplace of 1.8 billion Muslims can play an important role in addressing the issue of halal food and food related products (The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, 2011). The largest of these markets are located in Southeast Asia and West Asia. However, the lack of a recognized global halal compliance standard and certification process has caused a lack of confidence for consumers, and uncertainty for the business. Because halal logos vary between company and country, there is no assurance that all products used and the value chain are indeed halal.
I am looking for databases where I can access open data. I already looked at https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/data/search?query=hunter+gatherer where I found some data. This is a good starting point but maybe there is more out there.
We are looking for SNP data, we are trying to create a sample of hunter-gatherer populations, where we will include our sample.
Dear colleagues,
I have been following CEZA's developments in tin isotopy for years. I am running a large Pb isotopy project in Southeast Asia (rammed with tin, with production starting at least 4th c. BC) and have samples available if you wanted to collaborate.
Best wishes,
Oli Pryce
I am trying to get an updated (ideally 2016, but at least 201x) picture of the proportion of GDP accounted for by the Regional Ethnic Chinese in Southeast Asian economies. The last estimates of their contributions to GDP I have seen are from the early 2000s. I have done an extensive web search.
Would anyone know of newer data for the region? This could be proportion of GDP accounted for, but also alternative measures such as ownership of businesses or proportion of total accumulated wealth in society.
All the best,
Michael
How can CSR transcend from a company propelled activity into an act of social responsibility?
How extensively is communication used to achieve the objectives of both the sponsor company/organization and their beneficiary/beneficiaries?
Are we responsible as private citizens / private companies to help the government uplift the lives of the underprivileged and the underdeveloped communities?
Does CSR in Southeast Asia accomplish the same effects as it does in a first world country? (e.g. during calamities, and economic recession?)
I am interested on how to move our regulatory framework from the "least cost" method of energy planning to the portfolio approach.
Rice husk is abundant in many tropical countries, especially in South and Southeast Asia. It can be used as fuel for energy production or be made into biochar. How useful is rice-husk biochar as a soil amendment?
I need key or any references to identify bees species in Southeast Asia.
I am attempting to compare governmental responses to drug addiction--during the 1970s, 80s, & early 90s--among various Southeast Asian countries (as they relate to the Indonesian government's notably harsh response to drug use and addiction), This is part of a larger study that will assess the history of Indonesian pain-management & drug addiction over the last two centuries. Any input on this project would be most welcome.
I'm doing a case study on Singapore as a wildlife trafficking hub in Southeast Asia. Any information about Singaporean political drivers of the wildlife trade or political drivers of the trade in general would be greatly appreciated!
There are many database of future climate models enlisted in following link. http://www.worldclim.org/cmip5_30s#2050
Among these which one would be best to work with in case of cryptogams.
Hi. My name is Luong Manh-Tuan. I am working on my research into the changes of Vietnam's perception of its cultural and ideological closeness to China in the last 50 years. I am looking for some scholarly works to guide me in this research.
What do you think are the outcomes and impacts of curricular amalgamation leading towards a common accreditation or quality standards of certain disciplines? How does educational system integration affects the social standing, economic well-being and political empowerment of an individual?
The ASEAN Integration 2015 compels member countries to align and harmonize their educational system with each other. How will it affect an individual's preferred profession or career? How much will be the financial burden of a country in relation to its capacity to pay, i.e., cost of schooling per capita? What would be its expected impact to the culture and social standing of the population? In what way will an educational system integration empower the people to make them active participants of political processes and governance?
Chen SC et al. Longterm survival after pancreaticoduodenectomy for periampullary adenocarcinomas. HPB 2013; 15, 951–957
Can anyone point me at relevant reading for a discussion/ critique of the IDPoor system vs wealth ranking using SES from PCA. Has there been any investigation of the ranking/classification that results from the two approaches? Thank you.
Locals of the Mekong river like living in their houses on river with low quality of life condition than on the mainland.