Virtual realities in the business world by Tredinnick, Luke

“…Is VR here to stay, or is it a passing fad like 3D Television? This issue of Out-of-the-Box explores the emergence of VR, and the kinds of changes that it may bring to the working world.…”

The Educational Experience of ‘African’ Students at London Metropolitan University – a Case Study by Kanu, Mohamed, Marr, Alan

“…This case study examines what studying at LondonMet was like for a small number of students coming from different ‘African’ backgrounds, i.e. from African countries and ethnic communities. …”
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Parallel querying of distributed ontologies with shared vocabulary / Index-based concurrent SPARQL query processing by Aslam, Sharjeel, Vassilev, Vassil, Ouazzane, Karim

“…However, although SPARQL is well-established standard for querying semantic repositories in RDF and OWL format and there are commonly used APIs which supports it, like Jena for Java, its parallel option is not incorporated in them. …”
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Komplexität und semantische Transparenz im Deutschen und Englischen by Fischer, Klaus

“…Hawkins's contrastive typology of German and English that - like D. L. Everett's analysis - attempts explanation from one unifying principle. …”
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The plastic bag: forever and ever by Oropallo, Gabriele

“…After it has taken its first breath by the cashier of a grocery store, when left to its own devices, the plastic bag will contain the currents of the wind or those of the water, its membrane-like body continuing to behave according to its original design programme, even when no human users are employing it. …”
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Right-wing nationalism, populism, and religion: what are the connections and why? by Haynes, Jeffrey

“…Although not the same thing, nationalism and populism are said to be closely linked. Nationalists, like populists, may claim that there is but one ‘true religion’ - that is, their own and their followers’ - which helps focus their nationalist vision. …”
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A study on the sustainable financial inclusion in selected SAARC countries: a gender-based perspective by Survase, Madan, Parida, Ratri, Antony, George V.

“…Despite of the penetration of the FI worldwide, inequality and inequity still persists, particularly in lower income countries like South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). …”
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Zones of entrapment and impunity: on the constitution of vague and strange regimes of power by Hallsworth, Simon, Stephenson, Svetlana

“…This article challenges a tendency prominent in critical theory—one that holds that being “vague and strange” constitute qualities of life opposed to the grid-like systems of coercive control intrinsic to the operation of modern power regimes which, by their ascriptive nature, are compelled to suppress all life which exhibits these traits. …”
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Mobile weather station with drones by Mohammad Zaid, Mohamad Nadzirul Ariff, Zohari, Mohd Hakimi

“…In contemporary weather monitoring, the fusion of innovative technologies like mobile weather stations and drones offers unprecedented capabilities for real-time data collection and analysis. …”
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An overview of out-of-step protection in power systems by Goh, Hui Hwang, Osman, Mohamed Dahir, Mohamed Basaleem, Omer, Qing, Shi Chua, Chin, Wan Ling, Goh, Kai Chen

“…The power system that designed as one of the main requirement is to survive from the larger type of disturbances like faults. The power swing in certain system is the variation in three phase power flow in the power system. …”
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Protection of human rights and the environment: links and approaches by Abdulkadir, A.B., Mustafa, Maizatun, Ansari, Abdul Haseeb

“…Towards achieving this, there is a need for preventive measures, e.g. comprehensive environmental impact assessments (EIAs) and social impact assessments (SIAs) with enough and meaningful public participation, environmental audit from time to time, and punitive measures, e.g. imposing penalty and fine, imprisonment, compensation having enough deterrence on the perpetrators and others, a competent legal regime and enforcement mechanisms, administrative and judicial. …”
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Scalable probabilistic ontology-based method for human activity recognition by Foudeh, Pouya

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The durability properties of high volume oil palm biomass waste mortar by Abdul Shukor Lim, Nor Hasanah

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Surrogate-based modeling strategy for design optimization of passenger car suspension system by Dzakaria, Afandi

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Mechanical properties of hybrid recyclate glass fibre - montmorillonite nanofiller reinforced polymer nanocomposite by Hanan, Umar Abdul

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Performance of porous concrete block with different size of coarse aggregate for pavement by Abd. Halim, Nur Hidayah

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Behaviour and performance of non-cement polymer grouted spiral connection by S. Mohammed, Nuria

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Development of nanocrystalline Fe80Cr20 alloy using combination technique of ball milling and ultrasonic treatment for fuel cell interconnector by Feriyanto, Dafit

“…It can be concluded that the combination treatment at milled and UT 4.5 h is appropriate to achieve high solid solubility, nano crystallite size, fine surface morphology, high thermal stability and homogenous Fe80Cr20 alloys.…”
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Mechanical and physical properties of fly ash foamed concrete by M. Gelim, Khalid. Ali.

“…Therefore, this research investigates physical and mechanical properties of fly ash foamed concrete. Fly ash was used as fine aggregate. Six series of fly ash foamed concrete for target densities (1000, 1100,1200,1300,1400 and 1500 kg/m ) with constant cement to fly ash ratio (1:1.5) and cement to water ratio (1:0.65) by weight were prepared and tested. …”
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Studies on the growth and characterization of rare-earth Gd-Doped InGan/Gan magnetic semiconductor heterostructures by Mohd Tawil, Siti Nooraya

“…Gd incorporation into InGaN epilayers were confirmed by X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) analysis revealing that ~ dd??'' …”
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