Enhancing software effort estimation in the analogy-based approach through the combination of regression methods by Javdani Gandomani, Taghi, Dashti, Maedeh, Zulzalil, Hazura, Md Sultan, Abu Bakar

“…Among various techniques, the analogy-based approach has emerged as a widely-used method for software effort estimation. However, there is still a need to improve its accuracy and reliability. …”
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Development of an Integrated Framework for Solving Housing Project Delays in Post-Disaster Reconstruction (S/O 13575) by Abdul Nifa, Faizatul Akmar, Lin, Chong Khai, Mohd Nawi, Mohd Nasrun

“…Although there are efforts to define and implement collaborative procurement methods such as partnering and Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) in the construction industry, these concepts are still new in most developing countries, let alone be applied within a disaster reconstruction setting. …”
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CEO Overseas Experience, Cultural Distance and Corporate Financialization: the Mediating Effect of ESG Investment in China by Mohd Nor, Normaziah, Zheng, Minyu, Mohd Ashhari, Zariyawati

“…In sum, the study employs a two-way fixed effect model and SYS-GMM model to investigate the relationship between CEOs with overseas experiences and corporate financialization. Our findings still hold after the endogeneity disposal with a two-way fixed effect regression by lagging variables, Two-Stage Least Squares (2SLS), Heckman two-stage regression, and the propensity score matching (PSM). …”
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Reverse by Wang, Sijia

“…This fantasy novella tells the story of Harper, a girl from an East Asian family, who travels alone to a small town in Northern Europe to find solace before Christmas after breaking up with her girlfriend, because of her family’s objections. …”
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Effective and efficient topic mining and exploration from geo-textual data by Zhao, Kaiqi

“…The framework can return topics fall in the spatio-temporal query to a user within seconds. …”
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Are customers happy? a study of satisfaction in Sarawak’s fast-food restaurants by Thien, Nancy Swee Yen, Latip, Malisah

“…Data from 414 respondents aged 18 and above were analysed using SPSS through Spearman’s correlation and simple linear regression analysis. The findings showed that all variables, perceived price, service quality, food quality, and physical environment quality had significant correlations with customer satisfaction. …”
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Global response of Vibrio cholerae to predation by heterotrophic protists by Hu, Jie

“…Transcripts differentially expressed included biosynthetic and metabolic genes, flagellar and chemotaxis genes, genes encoding cell wall and outer membrane proteins, and transcriptional and translational regulators. …”
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Deadweight costs and optimal capital structure. by Liang, Huijun., Lim, Wei Ling.

“…Banerjee and Noe (2010) shows that MNCs do not necessarily obtain all of their financing in locations that feature the most creditor friendly legal regime. …”
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Smartphone application-based addiction scale: psychometric evidence across nine Asian regions using advanced analytic methods by Chen, I-Hua, Pramukti, Iqbal, Gan, Wan Ying, Ruckwongpatr, Kamolthip, Pham, Le An, Huang, Po-Ching, Mamun, Mohammed A., Ullah, Irfan, Jahrami, Haitham A., Lin, Chung-Ying, Pakpour, Amir H.

“…Results: Findings from confirmatory factor analysis, Rasch analysis, and network analysis all indicate a one-factor structure for the SABAS. …”
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Neural combinatorial optimization: from routing to integer programming by Wu, Yaoxin

“…Although there is already abundant literature in such domain, some challenging aspects are still not tackled well. For example, the current deep models are generally still inferior to highly-specialized solvers in some specific COPs, and meanwhile it is still difficult for NCO methods to solve general COPs, especially the ones with uncertainty and multiple objectives. …”
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An experimental evaluation of point-of-interest recommendation in location-based social networks by Liu, Yiding, Pham, Tuan-Anh Nguyen, Cong, Gao, Yuan, Quan

“…In recent years, a number of POI recommender systems have been proposed, but there is still a lack of systematical comparison thereof. …”
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Liposomal encapsulation of pro-NO donor drug by Koh, Cheryl Jie Yan

“…In-vitro release study conducted using Phosphate buffered saline solution found that the drug was not fully encapsulated in the core of the liposomes, resulting in complete release of nitric oxide within a day. Nonetheless, our findings suggest that Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DSPC) was the most stable and was able to mimic the desired sustained release profile, although more work still needs to be done to further finetune the experimental procedures to yield a better result.…”
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Exploring the moderating role of expressive suppression in the relationship between psychopathy and aggression by Maria, Dayla

“…The link between psychopathy and aggression is well-established and carries significant societal implications. However, there is still a lack of understanding regarding factors that could mitigate this association, as relatively few studies have investigated potential moderators of the psychopathy-aggression relationship. …”
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Organisational change of the Singapore textile and garment manufacturing industry by Chua, Chong Teck, Tan, Suan Boon, Tang, Wei Li

“…Some emphac;is was also placed on the extent to which the size of a firm varies with the degree of complexity, formalisation, and centralisation, which in tum influences the ability to adapt to changes. Findings concluded that even though firms become more complex and formalised as they grow larger, they can still adapt to environmental changes. …”
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Food insecurity and coping strategies index among low-income households in Klang Valley, Malaysia by Ahmad Azuddin, Ainatul Husna, Ramli, Nurul Nadia, Shamsudin, Mad Nasir, Buda, Mark

“…At the national level, Malaysia is considered as food secure, however, at the household level, the food insecurity is still existing especially among the low-income households. …”
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Community concerns on migrant labour settlement issues in Malaysia by Izhar, Asma Idayu, Choong, Weng Wai

“…Although the authorities did come out with measures by segregating the migrant labours from the locals’ neighbourhood, the NIMBY phenomenon still remain, in which the locals are against the development of the said settlements near to their neighbourhood. …”
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Community concerns on migrant labour settlement issues in Malaysia by Izhar, Asma Idayu, Choong, Weng Wai

“…Although the authorities did come out with measures by segregating the migrant labours from the locals’ neighbourhood, the NIMBY phenomenon still remain, in which the locals are against the development of the said settlements near to their neighbourhood. …”
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Digitalization, New Media, and Education for Sustainable Development / by Keller, Lars, editor 656283, Michelsen, Gerd, 1948-, editor 656284, Dür, Martin, 1974-, editor 656285, Bachri, Syamsul, 1983-, editor 656286, Zint, Michaela T. (Michaela Theresia), editor 656287, IGI Global (Online service) 631983

“…"This book will examine all aspects related to and interconnections between digitalization, new media, and educational sustainable development, offering perspectives from primary to tertiary education, from formal to informal education, from global to local education, from scientific findings to political strategies, and highlighting exceptional "best practice" examples and case studies"--…”
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Techno-economic simulation assessment on on-grid solar photovoltaic and wind power system in alpha world city environments by A. M. Marbrur Ahmad Rashedi

“…At the end, the study compares the solar and wind power potentiality in each alpha city and presents the project feasibility findings for both the technologies. The findings from the study can be deployed as the basis of harnessing massive scale solar PV and wind power energy from all similar climatic locations of the planet earth.…”
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Measurement invariance of the higher-order model of Preschool Anxiety Scale (PAS) across child age, gender, parental anxiety, and pandemic period in England by Creswell, C, Reardon, T, Spence, S, Zhou, S

“…Using data from a sample of 2,221 children and their parents/carers in England, this study investigated the measurement invariance of the higher-order model of the PAS across child age (4-6 years vs. 6-7 years), gender (girls vs. boys), parental anxiety (low vs. high level), and children’s living circumstances (before vs. after the removal of COVID-19 restrictions). Our findings demonstrated the good factor structure, internal consistency, and convergent validity of the higher-order model of the PAS in all subgroups and supported its configural, metric, scalar invariance across these subgroups. …”