Nickel aluminide coating as catalyst in steam methane reforming microreactor by Sarwani, Muhamad Khairul Ilman

“…Substrate with roughness of 0.13 μm and dip coating withdrawal speed 160mm/min shows the highest coating thickness and surface roughness. …”
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The forest and the city: interpretative mapping as an aid to urban practice in sub-Saharan Africa by Mitchell, Maurice

“…It concludes that in order to provoke a more fine-grained debate about civic infrastructure provision, urban practitioners should employ local survey and interpretive drawing techniques to explore place based memory in support of a more inclusive and interconnected, non-predatory, African city.…”
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The effect of aggregate micro and macro texture on pavement skid resistance of Malaysia road network by MTaher, MN, Aman, MY, Bujang, H

“…Microtexture refers to irregularities in the surfaces of the stone particles (fine-scale texture) that affect adhesion and make the stone particles feel smooth or rough to the touch. …”
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The research in Scotland event in Edinburgh: reflections and key issues by Terry, Cassandra, French, Fiona, Morrison, Neil

“…Several important points were raised: the requirement for better awareness and better support for those living with Parkinson’s (including specialist care) and the need to invest in research and work together including the importance of Patient and Public Involvement to find better treatments and, hopefully, a cure.…”
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Re-examining the decline in the US saving rate : the impact of mortgage equity withdrawal by Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Costantini, Mauro, Paradiso, Antonio

“…We estimate a Vector Error Correction (VEC) model including the saving rate, asset prices, equity withdrawal and interest rates and find that indeed mortgage equity withdrawal is a key determinant of the observed saving pattern.…”
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Competitiveness of credit associations and credit cooperatives in Japan by Matousek, Roman, Minegishi, Shinya, Stewart, Chris

“…The results correspond to research findings by Tsutsui and Kamesaka (2005), and Uchida and Tsutsui (2005). …”
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Fiscal shocks and real exchange rate dynamics: some evidence for Latin America by Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Ciferri, Davide, Girardi, Alessandro

“…Using quarterly data over the period 1980-2006, we find that in a majority of cases fiscal shocks are the main driving force of real exchange rate fluctuations.…”
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Ageing and personal retirement savings plan participation with heterogeneity in preferences : the Portuguese case by Barros, Carlos Pestana, Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Garcia, Maria Teresa Medeiros

“…A mixed logit model is used to analyse the determinants of retirement saving behaviour, allowing for heterogeneity in the responses. We find considerable heterogeneity among individuals (in terms of socio-economic variables such as age, gender and income), which must be taken into account by any policy aimed at changing retirement saving behaviour.…”
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Identification of segments of European banks with a latent class frontier model by Barros, Carlos Pestana, Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Gil-Alana, Luis A.

“…A latent class frontier model is used which allows the identification of different segments in the production frontier. We find that there are three statistically significant segments in the sample. …”
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Opinion on the compatibility of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) with the European Convention on Human Rights & the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights by Korff, Douwe, Brown, Ian

“…It follows a request to find out “if the final Version of ACTA and its foreseen legislative procedure is in line with the Treaties of the European Union and which legal possibilities there are for the European Parliament to challenge this in front of the European Court of Justice.” …”
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Characteristic qualities affecting landed house prices by Mohamad, Muhamad Hilmi, Nawawi, Abdul Hadi, Mohd Safian, Edie Ezwan, Ahmad Saleh, Ahmad Fawwaz

“…The research was conducted to find the characteristics quality of houses in Malaysia. …”
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In-situ melting assessment of AZ91D magnesium alloy investment casting by Jafari, Hassan

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Temperature and strain-rate dependent damage-based models for lead-free solder interconnects by Mad Asasaari, Siti Faizah

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Tinjauan terhadap motivasi dan transformasi budaya kehidupan dalam kalangan pelajar baharu di Fakulti Pendidikan Teknikal dan Vokasional, UTHM by Abdul Rahman1, Khairul Anuar, Arshad, Muhammad Syarif, Rahim, Mohd Bekri, Nur Yunus, Faizal Amin, Hashim, Suhaizal, Razali, Nizamuddin

“…Data deskriptif yang diperoleh menunjukkan nilai min bagi pembolehubah motivasi berada pada tahap tinggi dan pembolehubah transformasi budaya kehidupan juga pada tahap tinggi. …”
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Optimization of copper oxide film by dip coating technique for oxygen detection by Raship, Nur Amaliyana

“…Based on the results, 400 oC annealing temperature, pH 12.0 of CuO solution and 70 mm/min of withdrawal speed are the optimum parameters of CuO films for gas detection. …”
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Model konsep pembangunan profesionalisme tenaga pengajar Kolej Vokasional Malaysia by Bunimin, Johar

“…Perisian Winsteps digunakan bersama perisian `Statistical Package for the Social Sciences` (SPSS) versi 20.0 bagi tujuan analisis data di peringkat kajian sebenar. Dapatan nilai min skor dan min ukuran (logit) menunjukkan sub elemen LDP sesuai dilaksanakan bagi program pembangunan profesionalisme tenaga pengajar. …”
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Pembangunan dan keberkesanan modul perancahan berstruktur dalam pembelajaran berasaskan projek terhadap pengetahuan dan kemahiran bagi projek mesin larik pelajar Politeknik by Rubani, Siti Nur Kamariah

“…Hasil dapatan kajian menunjukkan skor min kaedah perancahan berstruktur dalam pembelajaran berasaskan projek adalah paling tinggi bagi meningkatkan pengetahuan pengendalian mesin larik, kemahiran teknikal, kemahiran menyelesaikan masalah dan kemahiran mengorganisasi kerja mengatasi skor min kaedah pembelajaran berasaskan projek dan kaedah demonstrasi. …”
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Optimization processability of ss316l used natural hydroxyapatite from waste tilapia fish bones in metal injection molding by Mustafa, Najwa

“…The optimal condition of thermal debinding process was heating rate at 4 °C/min, temperature at 550 °C, 60 minutes of dwelling time and 4°C/min cooling rate and produced good quality brown parts. …”
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Some aspects of fitting multinomial models in a GLM framework by Ali, Muhammad Younis

“…The method given here also allows us to find the ‘hat - matrix’ as is needed in the calculation of leverages and Cook’s distances. …”
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CPW-fed printed UWB antenna with open-loop inverted triangular-shaped slot for WLAN band filtering by Shokri, Majid, Rafii, Vahid, Karamzadeh, Saeid, Amiri, Zhaleh, Virdee, Bal Singh

“…The notch band frequency is determined by physical parameters defining the TSS that allows fine control of the notch's location. The proposed antenna also possesses a flat gain response expect at the notched band and occupies a relatively small volume of 25 × 25 × 0.8 mm3 for ease of system integration.…”
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