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Dear Reader,

The ASIAN STUDIES WWW MONITOR
(including all its subsidiary (and/or sister) pages on "coombs.anu.edu.au" server) has permanently ceased its publishing operations on Friday 21st January 2011.

All of the online resources reported here have been thoroughly checked at the time of their listing. However, it is possible that, with the with the passage of time, many of the originally reported materials might have been removed from the Internet, or changed their online address, or varied the scope and quality of their contents.

Fortunately, in several cases it is possible to access many of the older versions of the resources listed in the MONITOR. This can be easily done via the free services of the "The Internet Archive" http://web.archive.org/, a remarkable brainchild of Brewster Kahle, San Francisco, CA.

- with warm regards -

Editor, Dr T. Matthew Ciolek.

Canberra, 21 January 2011.


20 August 2009

ResearchSEA - Asia Research News

http://www.researchsea.com/

5star
20 Aug 2009

ResearchSEA Limited, Cambridge, UK.

Self-description:
"ResearchSEA is Asia's first research news portal, a one-stop centre where journalists and members of the public can gain access to news and local experts from the research world in Asia. [...] ResearchSEA brings research news and top experts direct from universities, think tanks, journals and specialist organisations to journalists around the world. Journalists in over 78 countries use ResearchSEA to find information about the latest research and experts for their newspapers, magazines, radio and television programs [...] With registration, you will receive email digests highlighting the latest news and research into major issues affecting Asia. You can choose daily or weekly digests in one or several of the 6 categories (Science, Technology, Medicine, Business, Culture or People). Users can register for Public, Journalist or Contributor accounts. Journalist and Public accounts are free of charge at all times [...] ResearchSEA's company directors are Dr Magdeline Pokar and Dr Daniel Raymer."

Supplied note:
"We recently published a magazine highlighting interesting on-going research from selected institutions in Asia. The magazine is available in print and pdf. [...] Asia Research News 2009, the first magazine to focus on current on-going research in Asia has been launched by ResearchSEA. Asia Research News 2009 features interesting on-going research from selected research institutions, with contact details of leading researchers for journalists.
Some highlights include: # The brightest light on the planet which will allow observation virus structures, # Seeking the essence of Islam across regional diversity, # Delivering ICT solutions to remote Mongolia, # 3000 year old Egyptian princess, # Children's health in rural Philippines, # Climate change vulnerability, # Preparing for ASEAN in 2015, # Combating influenza and low cost solutions for diagnosing diseases in developing countries, # First digital database of Chinese head and face shapes, # Robotic help for ageing population, # Comparative study of the Basque and More separatist movements, # Plants to improve human health, # Making recycling paper environmentally friendly.
Free copies are available for download at www.researchsea.com or directly from this link http://www.researchsea.com//pdf/Asia-Research-News-2009.pdf [Careful: a 2.5 MB strong file - ed.] - m.p."

Site contents:
* Research News [i.e. Press Releases from over 200 contributing institutions - ed.] (Science, Technology, Medicine, Business, Culture, People, All Latest News);
* Resources, Focus On... [experts and research projects on: Food, Peace and Conflict, Information and Communication Technologies, Women, Environment, Bird and Swine Flu], Ask An Expert [ResearchSEA database search], Contributing Institutions [in Aug 2009 there were 206 contributing institutions - ed.], Events Calendar [forthcoming events around the globe related to Science, Technology, Medicine, Business, Culture and People], Announcements, Archives [from Jun 205 onwards], Media Organisations, My Account);
* General Info (About ResearchSEA, What's New, Contact Us);
* Asia Research News magazine.

URL http://www.researchsea.com/

Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.researchsea.com/

Link reported by: Magdeline Pokar (m.pokar--at--researchsea.com)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
News
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]:
Business
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 1,000

Please note that the above details were correct on the day of their publication. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com