Deleterious effects of lard-enriched diet on tissues fatty acids composition and hypothalamic insulin actions by Dornellas, Ana Paula Segantine, Watanabe, Regina Lucia Harumi, Pimentel, Gustavo Duarte, Boldarine, Valter Tadeu, Nascimento, Claudia Maria Oller do, Oyama, Lila Missae, Ghebremeskel, Kebreab, Wang, Yiqun, Bueno, Allain A., Ribeiro, Eliane Beraldi

“…However, hypothalamic insulin signaling and hypophagia were drastically impaired. These findings suggest that impairment of hypothalamic insulin actions by HS-LP feeding was not related to tissue FA composition.…”
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Sexual violence as a sexual script in mainstream online pornography by Vera-Gray, Fiona, McGlynn, Clare, Kureshi, Ibad, Butterby, Kate

“…We found that one in eight titles shown to first-time users on the first page of mainstream porn sites describe sexual activity that constitutes sexual violence. Our findings raise serious questions about the extent of criminal material easily and freely available on mainstream pornography websites and the efficacy of current regulatory mechanisms.…”
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Carbon and Nitrogen Effect on Exopolysaccharides Production of Schizophyllum commune by Syed Ibrahim, Syed Umar, Mohd Nor Rashid, Noraswati, Mel, Maizirwan

“…Initial pH 6.5 was found to be the optimum for mycelium production (7.4 gIL) and pH 5.5 for EPS production (1.8 gIL ). …”
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Surface wave reduction in antenna arrays using metasurface inclusion for MIMO and SAR systems by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, See, Chan, Abd-Alhameed, Raed, Falcone, Francisco, Limiti, Ernesto

“…With the proposed technique, the maximum improvement achieved in attenuating mutual coupling between neighbouring antennas is: 8.5 dB (8-8.4 GHz), 28 dB (9.6-10.8 GHz), 27 dB (11.7-12.6 GHz), 7.5 dB (13.4-14.2 GHz), 13 dB (16.5-16.8 GHz) and 22.5 dB (18.5-20.3 GHz). …”
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Improved heterocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon compound adsorption using functionalised rice husk biochar by Azman, Nur Azzyyati, Mohd Fuzi, Siti Fatimah Zaharah, Abdul Manas, Nor Hasmaliana, Wan Azelee, Nur Izyan, Nasratun Masngut, Nasratun Masngut

“…The parameters, including RHB mass of (5–10) g, DS concentration of (1–5)% w/v, and sonication period of (1–5) min, were analysed using Design Expert. …”
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Experiment on the effects of storage duration of biodiesel produced from crude palm oil, waste cooking oil and Jatropha by Nanihar, Nadiarulah, Khalid, Amir, Mustaffa, Norrizal, Jaat, Norrizam, Sapit, Azwan, Razali, Azahari, Mohamed Sunar, Norshuhaila

“…In this study, there are three types of blending which is 5vol% blends ( 5vol% plant oil 95vol% diesel), 10vol% blending (10vol% plant oil and 90vol% diesel) and 15vol% blending (15vol% plant oil and 85vol% diesel) each called CPO5 (crude palm oil 5vol%), CPO10 (crude palm oil 10vol%),CPO15 (crude palm oil 15vol%), JO5 (jatropha oil 5vol%), JO10 (jatropha oil 10vol%),and JO15 (jatropha oil 15vol%) respectively. …”
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Improving thermal conductivity of fired clay brick using sawdust waste by Deraman, Rafikullah, Abdullah, Abd Halid bin, Nagapan, Sasitharan, Abas, Nor Haslinda, Suratkon, Azeanita Binti, Hasmori, Mohd Fikri

“…The percentages of sawdust waste used as an additive are 2.5%, 5% and 7.5% by weight. The laboratory works performed involve the geotechnical gradation, physical, mechanical, chemical composition and thermal conductivity of fired clay brick. …”
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A review of hijack events by airline employees, with a particular reference to Pilot Suicide Using an Aircraft (PSUA): an analysis of the triggering factors and current mitigation by Nori, Hani

“…Hence, it was decided to compile an academically accredited and professionally filtered reference that lists relevant events, establish PSUA triggering factors, identify an effective mitigation and immediately bridge the current measures identified gaps. The research findings, short and long term recommendations are backed up by the author's 30 years of aviation experience and are validated by recognised aviation experts. …”
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Lanthanide complexes of phthalimide and phthalamate containing ligands: synthesis, photophysical properties and their potential applications by Chen, Gaoyun

“…There are numerous molecular designs using a fluorophore linked through a spacer group to a receptor(s), with a wide dynamic range, directional precision, target specificity, and molecular logic capability. …”
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Tertiary treatment of biologically treated palm oil mill effluent (POME) using UF membrane system: effect of WMCO and transmembrane pressure by Oseni, Munirat Idris, Jami, Mohammed Saedi, Muyibi, Suleyman Aremu

“…Transmembrane pressure was varied between 0.5 bar to 1.5 bar and the performance of these membrane systems were assessed in terms of reduction of chemical oxygen demand (COD), color and turbidity in POME. …”
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Compact tri-band Wilkinson power divider based on metamaterial structure for Bluetooth, WiMAX, and WLAN applications by Khajeh-Khalili, Farzad, Honarvar, M. Amin, Dadgarpour, Abdolmehdi, Virdee, Bal Singh, Denidni, Tayeb A.

“…Measured results show that the tri-band Wilkinson power divider has fractional bandwidth of 3.86%, 5.82%, and 3.89% at 2.4, 3.5, and 5.2 GHz, respectively. …”
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A band gap engineering for the modification in electrical properties of Fe3O4 by Cu2+ doping for electronic and optoelectronic devices applications by Saleem, Shahroz, Jameel, Muhammad Hasnain, Asma A. Alothman, Asma A. Alothman, Mayzan, Mohd Zul Hilmi, Yousaf, Talha, Ahmad, Muhammad Rehan, Ali, Asad, Zaman, Abid

“…The optical studies revealed that energy band gap increased from 1.76–1.83 eV by enhancing Cu2+ content from 5 to 10%. The electrical studies revealed that the electrical conductivity decreased from 4.04 × 10−5 to 9.17 × 10−6 ℧ cm−1 . …”
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A band gap engineering for the modification in electrical properties of Fe3O4 by Cu2+ doping for electronic and optoelectronic devices applications by Saleem, Shahroz, Jamee, Muhammad Hasnain, A. Alothman, Asma, Mayzan, Mohd Zul Hilmi, Yousa, Talha, Ahmad, Muhammad Rehan, Ali, Asad, Zaman, Abid

“…The optical studies revealed that energy band gap increased from 1.76–1.83 eV by enhancing Cu2+ content from 5 to 10%. The electrical studies revealed that the electrical conductivity decreased from 4.04 × 10−5 to 9.17 × 10−6 ℧ cm−1 The obtained consequences revealed that desired properties of Cu+2 doped Fe3O4 NPs can be obtained by controlling the substituting content in host material. …”
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Towards the development of a model of user engagement with packaged software by Finnerty, Cecilia

“…If an individual is happy with a piece of software, he is more likely to use it productively. If an organisation can assess the level of engagement with software prior to its introduction, it may take corrective action to ensure that its introduction is successful. …”
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Privacy and law enforcement by Brown, Ian, Korff, Douwe

“…It describes a number of key aspects of policing in the period 1994 to 2004 and provides an assessment of likely trends and technology applications to 2009. …”
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New considerations in the design of clinical trials of acute kidney injury by Md Ralib, Azrina, Pickering, John W., Nejat, Maryam, Endre, Zoltan H.

“…A new generation of early intervention trials with increased prospects of finding effective therapies are now possible utilizing currently available novel biomarkers. …”
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Service PMS mechanisms: the way activities are measured by Mohd Amir, Amizawati, Mohamad, Muslim Har Sani, Nik Ahmad, Nik Nazli

“…Using a combination of both survey and in depth interviews, the findings show that service type has insignificant relationship with choice of measurement mechanisms. …”
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The behavior of Malaysian stock market: evidence from nonlinear unit root test by Abdul Manap, Turkhan Ali, Omar, Mohd. Azmi

“…While the linear unit root tests could not reject the null of unit root at any conventional level of significance, the nonlinear unit root test rejects the null hypothesis of unit root, suggesting that Malaysian stock markets is not weak form efficient, which is contrary to the findings of other studies available in the literature. …”
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Quality of work life of librarians in government academic libraries in the Klang Valley by Abdul aziz, Rafidah, Mohd Nadzar, Fuziah, Husaini, Haslinda, Maarof, Asmah, Mohd Radzi, Salleh, Ismail, Izhairi

“…The findings of this research also can be beneficial in Human Resource Management issues and trends in libraries administration. …”
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Investigation of microholes produced by focused ion beam micromachining by Mohd Fuad, Nurul Hajar, Ali, Mohammad Yeakub

“…Acceleration voltage of 25 kV, probe current of 41.5 pA and aperture size of 4 nm produced lower taper angle for different aspect ratio.…”
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