Trade openness, foreign direct investment and growth in Thailand by Yusoff, Mohammed, Nuh, Ruslee

“…The cointegration analysis suggests that the variables are cointegrated and there exists a unique long-run relationship among the variables. The results of Granger causality test show that trade openness, foreign direct investment and gross domestic investment Granger caused economic growth unidirectionally, except trade openness. …”
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Money Matters : Research into the extent and nature of financial abuse within intimate relationships in the UK by Sharp-Jeffs, Nicola

“…Yet the impact of this form of abuse – where financial control, exploitation or sabotage are used to control a person’s ability to acquire, use and maintain financial resources - can be both devastating and long-lasting. The Co-operative Bank and Refuge commissioned a nationally representative survey (n=4,002) designed to lift the lid on the extent of financial abuse in the UK. …”
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Stress and practical assessments by Clarke, Neil D., Gardiner, Nicholas

“…This paper explores the role of stress in practical assessments, which have long been used in an academic Sports Science and Sports Therapy setting. …”
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On the puncture strength of rubber by Ab-Malek, Kamarudin

“…The puncture test was used to study the strength of thick rubber blocks which had been exposed to long-term ageing and to high temperatures. These rubber blocks were taken from rubber bearings of 20 and 96 years of age respectively. …”
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Populism in world politics: a comparative cross-regional perspective by Hadiz, Vedi, Chryssogelos, Angelos

“…As a concept, populism has had a long and contentious history. We suggest that populism has been on the rise alongside new imaginings of what constitutes the ‘people’ and ‘elites’, as the meanings attached to these labels are continually reshaped in conjunction with new social conflicts. …”
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Work / memories of work by Arkomanis, Ektoras

“…Filmed over ten years, ‘work / memories of work’ documents the last days of a tannery in the area of Eleonas, in Athens. The long, monotonous shifts of the tanners are set against a backdrop of work in the surrounding neighbourhoods – scavengers’ markets, old farmhouses, abandoned kilns, and people labouring away amid factory ruins. …”
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Corrosion assessment on reinforced concrete and its service life prediction by Syed Mohamad, Syed Burhanuddin Hilmi

“…From the results, assessment on the validation of corrosion in short and long terms by using predictive models are discussed.…”
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A review on prevalence and risk factors of musculoskeletal disorders (Msds) among VDT users by Mohamad, Siti Shafika, Abdol Rahman, Mohd Nasrull

“…Through the studies, it was found that computer-related risk factors correspond with Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) including awkward postures, long duration of computer use, work involving repetitive processes and the office environment…”

Disaster management: a study on knowledge, attitude and practice of emergency nurse and community health nurse by Ahayalimudin, Nurul'Ain, Ismail, Aniza, Mohd Saiboon, Ismail

“…Emergency nurses who have been involved in disaster response are more likely to report adequate practice (P<0.01, AOR=4.008, 95% CI=1.691- 9.504) while those who attended disaster-related education/training are more likely to have adequate knowledge (P<0.05, AOR=3.807, 95% CI=1.584-9.153) and practice (P=0.001, AOR=4.145, 95% CI=1.804- 9.525). …”
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Reaching a consensus in multi-agent systems: a time invariant nonlinear rule by Saburov, Mansoor, Saburov, Khikmat

“…However, local interactions between agents are more likely to be governed by nonlinear rules. In this paper, we investigate the consensus of discrete-time MAS with time invariant nonlinear cooperative rules. …”
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Causes, trends and implications of motorization in Malaysia by Kadar Hamsa, Abdul Azeez

“…This paper highlights trends and causes of motorization in the past, its likely impact on the environment and possible implications.…”
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The recent war in the South Caucasus and extra-territorial jurisdiction under the ECHR by Wiesener, Cornelius

“…On the other hand, more than 3,300 applications have been lodged by South Ossetians against Georgia; and it is likely that in the near future even more individuals (Georgians as well as Ossetians) will bring cases against Russia or Georgia. …”
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Determinants of Performance in Indonesian Banking: A Cross-Sectional And Dynamic Panel Analysis by Zandi Pour Joopari, GholamReza, Sarita, Buyung, Shahabi, Alireza

“…The negative relationship between loans to group businesses and bank performance, which is likely due to the high loans provided to group businesses, thus supporting the moral hazard hypothesis.…”
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Social support, work-family enrichment and life satisfaction among married nurses in health service by Wan Rashid, Wan Edura, Nordin, Mohamad Sahari, Omar, Azura, Ismail, Izhairi

“…Abstract—The objectives of this research are i) to examine the psychometric properties of the constructs of social-support, work-family enrichment and life satisfaction, ii) to validate the hypothesized interrelationships among the constructs of social support, work-family enrichment and life satisfaction among nurses of public hospitals in Malaysia and iii) to examine the likely mediation effect of work-family enrichment on support-satisfaction relationship. …”
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Effect of tapered angle of a conical nose indenter on the energy absorbing variation of a copper pipe subjected to axial crushing by Shah, Qasim Hussain, ., Hanis Naily, ., Nur Syuhada

“…In the present research work a 100 mm long copper pipe segment with a 1 mm wall thickness is subjected to a drop weight impact by a conical shaped steel indenter with varying nose angles but constant mass. …”
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Stock price movements : does change in energy price matter? by Abdul Jalil, Norasibah, Mat Ghani, Gairuzazmi, Daud, Jarita, Ibrahim, Mansor

“…This finding implies no long-run relationship between the variables in the system. …”
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The determinants of non-tariff barriers in Malaysia’s agricultural sector by Hanif, Azlina, Alavi, Rokiah, Duasa, Jarita, Mat Ghani, Gairuzazmi

“…Malaysia is no exception as the applied most-favoured-nation tariff rate in her agricultural sector in 2009 is relatively low, averaging at 2.8 percent.Despite the reduction in tariff barrier, the incidence of non-tariff barriers (NTBs) in the sector over the 1978–2007 period has generally increased even though efforts at dismantlin these barriers have long been initiated. Thus, the paper seeks to identify factors that influence the level of NTBs in the agricultural sector. …”
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Enzymatic hydrolysis of oil palm empty fruit bunch using immobilized cellulase enzyme by Al-Khatib, Ma'an Fahmi Rashid, Mohammed Abd, Rasha, Alam, Md Zahangir, Mohd. Salleh, Hamzah

“…Using the immobilized form of the enzyme, it was found that the reducing sugar concentration was increased and the enzymatic hydrolysis of oil palm empty fruit bunch was enhanced greatly over long time of hydrolysis.…”
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Fuzzy logic approach for prediction the lift coefficient on an aircraft model with and without winglet by Hossain, Altab, Rahman, Mohammed Ataur, Mohiuddin, A. K. M., Iqbal, Parvez, Muhidin, Arifin, Mohamad, Mazian

“…This paper describes the unique structure of an aircraft model with and without winglet tested at Aerodynamics Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering (University Putra Malaysia) using subsonic wind tunnel of 1000 mm × 1000 mm rectangular test section and 2500 mm long. Focusing on predicting the aerodynamic characteristics of the aircraft model, three main issues are studied in this paper. …”
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Enzymatic hydrolysis of oil palm empty fruit bunch using immobilized cellulase enzyme by Mohammed Abd., Rasha, Al-Khatib, Ma'an Fahmi Rashid, Alam, Md. Zahangir, Mohd. Salleh, Hamzah

“…Using the immobilized form of the enzyme, it was found that the reducing sugar concentration was increased and the enzymatic hydrolysis of Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunch was enhanced greatly over long time of hydrolysis.…”
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