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. …”

Electrical and Electronics Global Supply Chain: The Significance Effect of Psychological Empowerment on Organizational Business Performance by Wei-Kit, Loke, Abu, Noor Hidayah, Foo, Wah Lim

“…The findings indicate that, of all those four elements of psychological empowerment, only autonomy, self-efficacy, and meaning have significant influences on the business performance in the E&E industry. …”
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Evaluating the quality of evidence for intelligent tutoring systems in the tutoring of math for children aged 6 to 12 : a systematic review by Cheng, Janice Shu Hui, Lee, Keith Yong Wei

“…Out of the 664 unique studies gathered, only 14 studies made it to the qualitative analysis stage after meeting all the inclusion criteria. From these 14 studies, 4 of them showed “sufficient” evidence to support their findings on the incorporation of ITSs into mainstream classrooms, but went on to score poorly on other additional quality indicators. …”
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The Usage of Islamic Financial Services in Zanzibar: The Influence of Accessibility, Relevancy and Expected Benefits by Khamis, Fauz Moh’d, Isa, Mohamad Yazid, Yusuff, Noraini

“…A multistage sampling process was used to obtain questionnaire responses across all five regions of Zanzibar. A total of 400 questionnaires were used for the analysis. …”
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Implications of Construction 4.0 technologies to enhancing well-being : A fuzzy TOPSIS evaluation by Hazwani, Shafei, Rahimi, A. Rahman, Lee, Yong Siang, Che Khairil Izam, Che Ibrahim

“…However, the implications of Construction 4.0 technologies to enhancing well-being are still poorly understood. Particularly, the challenge lies in selecting technologies that critically contribute to well-being enhancement. …”
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An exploration of factors which contribute to the effectiveness of national campaigns in Singapore from a social design perspective by Tan, Wei Wen

“…The findings reveal the pivotal role of the M-C-S framework in shaping impactful social campaigns in Singapore. …”
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Fabrication and characterization of a novel mullite-stainless steel composed hollow fibre membrane for oil/water separation by Almukhtar Omar, Najib Meftah, Othman, Mohd. Hafiz Dzarfan, Zhong, Sheng Tai, Jaafar, Juhana, A. Rahman, Mukhlis, Puteh, Mohd. Hafiz, Abu Bakar, Suriani, Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan, Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan, Tao, Li

“…However, weak bending strength is still one of the key bottlenecks that delay their commercial applications. …”
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Implementation of lean manufacturing practices and six-sigma among Malaysian manufacturing SMEs: intention to implement IR 4.0 technologies by Ibikunle, Afeez Kayode, Rajemi, Mohamad Farizal, Mohd Zahari, Fadhilah

“…The data were collected using the six-point Likert scale questionnaire. Findings – Based on research findings, about 86% Malaysian manufacturing SMEs implement 6s. …”
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Action/inaction and regret : is closeness the moderating effect of regret? by Chua, Li Bing., Leong, Wan Bin., Leong, Yew Bin.

“…We seek to discover if this holds true in all scenarios and whether closeness to the desired outcome is the moderator of the intensity of regret.…”
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Approaches to supporting and measuring mathematical problem posing: a systematic review of interventions in mathematics education by Zhang, L, Stylianides, A, Stylianides, G

“…We discuss implications of our findings for future research and practice. …”

Tournament induced incentives and analysts' boldness. by Yin, Huifang.

“…This finding survives several robustness checks and is more pronounced when the interim assessment date is closer to the end of the tournament period, when analysts are inexperienced/non-all-star, and when the market activity is high. …”
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