Quality housing for all: An overview on regulatory and administrative framework in Malaysia by Sufian, Azlinor

“…It is the aim of this paper to look into some legal provisions (and its loopholes) related to duties of the three most important institutions related to the building of quality houses namely the local authorities, the MHLG and the CIDB in ensuring that houses constructed by developers will meet the quality that house buyers expect. …”
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Understanding financial wrongdoing, c.1970-2010 by Ally, M

“…From the late 1970s, the process of banking deregulation shows large banks aggressively exploiting loopholes and accomplishing their mission to tear down the law. …”

Evaluation of settlement due to lift behavior at airport runway strip in Peninsular Malaysia by Abu Bakar, Nur Hayati Maulad

“…According to Aerodrome Design Manual (Doc 9157 AN/901A) by International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), there are loopholes in going further than 15 cm below and it is only describing CBR strength but not the implication to the ground of having such CBR values. …”
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Soil problems in housing development projects: a legal analysis by Zamalik, Maryam Nabilah, Md Dahlan, Nuarrual Hilal, Md Isa@Yusuff, Yusramizza, Mohd Khalid, Al-Hanisham

“…It is timely that these legislation's need to clearly define the responsibility and liability of stakeholders and the local authority which this stand as loopholes in the law. This issue of soil problems is not resolved, and the public complaints are mounting which if not well addressed, it is anticipated that the housing industry will experience future catastrophic losses. …”
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E-Arbitral in Malaysia: Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities by Labanieh, Mohamad Fateh, Ayub, Zainal Amin, Abdul Wahab, Harlida

“…It has also discovered several legal loopholes that must be adequately and directly considered by Malaysian lawmakers. …”
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Global electronic commerce: Tax issues by Kasipillai, Jeyapalan, Saleh, Abdul Razak

“…Moreover, electronic forms of money would provide opportunities and even loopholes for tax evasion.Tax authorities all over the world. therefore, will have to realise that traditional tax rules may have to be modified or adjusted to take account of borderless commerce.…”
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Suggestions for a Systematic Regulatory Approach to Ocean Plastics by Margherita Paola Poto, Edel Oddny Elvevoll, Monica Alterskjær Sundset, Karl-Erik Eilertsen, Mathilde Morel, Ida-Johanne Jensen

“…The identification and discussion of loopholes in the current regulation, suggesting key actions to be taken at a global, regional and national level. …”
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Design and ARM-Based Implementation of Bitstream-Oriented Chaotic Encryption Scheme for H.264/AVC Video by Zirui Zhang, Ping Chen, Weijun Li, Xiaoming Xiong, Qianxue Wang, Heping Wen, Songbin Liu, Shuting Cai

“…The algorithm solves the security loopholes of existing self-synchronous chaotic stream cipher algorithms applied to the actual video confidential communication, which can effectively resist the combinational effect of the chosen-ciphertext attack and the divide-and-conquer attack. …”
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Progress in adopting bans on tobacco advertising, promotion, and sponsorship in the Americas: lessons from Uruguay and Argentina by Eric Crosbie, Patricia Gutkowski, Gianella Severini, María Elisabet Pizarro, Sara Perez, Beatriz Albuquerque de Figueiredo, Diego Rodríguez, Ernesto M. Sebrié

“…The partial TAPS ban in Argentina illustrates the problems with enforcement and the tobacco industry’s ability to exploit loopholes and continue to market their products, especially to young people. …”
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Content analysis of on-package formula labelling in Great Britain: use of marketing messages on infant, follow-on, growing-up and specialist formula by Rana Conway, Sara Esser, Andrew Steptoe, Andrea D Smith, Clare Llewellyn

“…Findings support the WHO call for loopholes in domestic legislation to be closed as a matter of urgency. …”
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Human beta defensin-2 loaded PLGA nanoparticles impregnated in collagen-chitosan composite scaffold for the management of diabetic wounds by Bharat Kumar Reddy Sanapalli, Vidyasrilekha Yele, Mantosh Kumar Singh, Shilpa.N. Thumbooru, Madhukiran Parvathaneni, Veera Venkata Satyanarayana Reddy Karri

“…Henceforth, developing a single treatment strategy to handle all the loopholes may effectively manage DW. The objective of the current study was to formulate Human beta defensin-2 (HBD-2) loaded Poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) nanoparticle impregnated in collagen/chitosan (COL-CS) composite scaffolds for the accelerated healing of DW. …”
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Causality between VAT and economic growth in Nigeria: An ARDL bounds testing approach / Hammed Agboola Yusuf … [et al.] by Yusuf, Hammed Agboola, Zainal Abidin, Irwan Shah, Bakar, Normiza, Musibau, Oluwaseyi Hammed

“…The study, therefore, recommends that tax administrative loopholes should be plugged for tax revenue to contribute immensely to the development of the economy since past VAT had a significant impact on economic growth.…”
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From the international tobacco control arena to the local context: a qualitative study on the tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship legislative environment in Sudan and th... by Jo Cranwell, Putu Ayu Swandewi Astuti, Becky Freeman, Aya Mostafa, Sally Adams, Arsenios Tselengidis

“…We included 29 documents in the analysis.Results Three themes underpin the Sudanese legislative environment on TAPS: (1) limited and outdated TAPS data, (2) stakeholder involvement and tobacco industry interference and (3) TAPS legislation not aligned with the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Secretariat recommendations.Conclusions Findings from this qualitative analysis suggest that recommendations to move forward in Sudan should include the systematic and periodic collection of TAPS surveillance data, addressing any remaining legislative content loopholes and protecting policy-making from tobacco industry interference. …”
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A Systematic Review of Tobacco Industry Tactics in Southeast Asia: Lessons for Other Low- And MiddleIncome Regions by Gianna Gayle Herrera Amul, Grace Ping Ping Tan, Yvette van der Eijk

“…LMICs should also prioritize measures to protect health policy from the vested interests of the tobacco industry, and to close regulatory loopholes in tobacco marketing restrictions.…”
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An Effective Privacy-Preserving Blockchain-Assisted Security Protocol for Cloud-Based Digital Twin Environment by Garima Thakur, Pankaj Kumar, Deepika, Srinivas Jangirala, Ashok Kumar Das, Youngho Park

“…To mitigate these security loopholes, we devise an effective three-factor privacy-preserving authentication scheme for DT environments. …”
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Development of an Instantaneous Loading Impact Test System for Containment of a Nuclear Power Plant during Aircraft Impact on Steel Bar Joints by Wanxu Zhu, Shiyuan Liang, Kefei Jia, Quanxi Shen, Dongwen Wu

“…As major projects such as nuclear power plants continuously increase, it is inevitable that loopholes will arise in safety precautions. Airplane anchoring structures, comprising steel joints and acting as a key component of such a major project, directly affect the safety of the project due to their resistance to the instant impact of an airplane. …”
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Exploring the feasibility of eHealth solutions to decrease delays in maternal healthcare in remote communities of Ghana by Pedro Pagalday-Olivares, Bengt Arne Sjöqvist, Jessy Adjordor-van de Beek, Samuel Abudey, Ants R. Silberberg, Ruben Buendia

“…Results The results show that financial dependence of women, a decision-making process based on previous experiences and traditional beliefs, competitiveness between facilities, organizational loopholes, lack of equipment, and geographical situations directly influence MHC outcomes. …”
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Management equity incentives and corporate tax avoidance: Moderating role of the internal control by Xie Wenwu, Muhammad Usman Khurram, Muhammad Usman Khurram, Lian Qing, Asia Rafiq

“…Therefore, in Chinese enterprises, the lack of an internal control system and the failure of internal control measures are prevalent, and such loopholes can intensify the tax avoidance behavior that arises when executives are subject to equity incentives. (3) The influence of management equity incentives on enterprise tax avoidance behavior is greater in state-owned (SOE) than private enterprises. …”
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Interplay of Data in Digital Economy and Merger Control Regime: A Conundrum without Solutions by Kritika Singh, Sarthak Mishra

“…[Practical implications] The importance of this research lies in the acknowledgement accorded the issue and the existing loopholes with the current merger control framework concerning data-driven mergers. …”
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Astronomical random numbers for quantum foundations experiments by Leung, Calvin, Brown, Amy, Nguyen, Hien, Friedman, Andrew S., Gallicchio, Jason, Kaiser, David I.

“…In addition, a sufficiently high fraction of bits generated are of true astronomical origin in order to address both the locality and freedom-of-choice loopholes when used to set the measurement settings in a test of the Bell-CHSH inequality.…”
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