Cultural and religious festivals: the Malaysian experience by Ishak, Mohd. Shuhaimi

“…The Chinese in Malaysia celebrate festivals like Chinese New Year and Chap Goh Mei where cultural celebrations such as the lion dances and Chingay procession take place. …”
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A case study - establishing redundant access networks in the telecommunication sector of a developing country by Rahman, Mohammad Ziaur, Pathan, Al-Sakib Khan

“…This work may also be useful for working on similar cases in other developing countries like Bangladesh.…”
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Harmonisation of prescribed punishment (Hadd) in Islamic Law and under the Malaysian penal law: a mere fantasy or a reality? by Mohamad Yunus, Mohamad Ismail, Mohamad Hanifa, Shamshina

“…This article aims at looking into the nature of hadd in the first place, reviewing the present Hudud Bills and trace the loopholes in them, and finally suggest some recommendations to solve the problem of implementing hudud law in a multiracial society like Malaysia. …”
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Constituent physical ingredients of rape: a proposal for law reform by Mohamad Yunus, Mohamad Ismail

“…Consequently, in analysing a serious crime like rape, both ingredients must be seriously considered. …”
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Emergency preparedness: supporting continuity of teaching and learning in nursing education (a mini review) by Aung, Khin Thandar

“…Natural disasters, human disasters like global pandemic diseases, natural disasters, man-made tragedies, war conflicts, and social crises have disrupted the education of 75 million students globally. …”
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Recent advances on metal nitride materials as emerging electrochemical sensors: A mini review by Shafiee, Saiful 'Arifin, Perry, Samuel, Hamzah, Hairul Hisham, Mahat, Mohd Muzamir, Al-Lolage, Firas A., Ramli, Muhammad Zahir

“…This mini review will benefit researchers who would like to delve into the potential of metal nitride electrodes as electrochemical sensors…”
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In search of a model to explain digital divide in information technology organizations by Mohamed, Norshidah, Hussein, Ramlah, Ahlan, Abdul Rahman

“…Our ultimate aim is to develop a model to explain digital divide in organizations in particular, information technology organizations in a developing country like Malaysia. This article reports an in-progress research that reviews past theoretical frameworks and proposes a conceptual framework.…”
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Architecture, sinon repression: a journey through the narrow layer where the State meets the land by Oropallo, Gabriele

“…Striation is the result of the intervention of man who, while colonising a territory, drew lines on it like on a wax tablet. This intervention progressively created homogeneity and facilitated movement through the territory. …”
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Troubled tales: short stories about the Irish in 1970s London by Murray, Tony

“…A number of ‘Troubles thrillers’ set in London, like their parent genre, have tended to sensationalize and stereotype the role of the IRA in the city.1 They have also tended to obscure the effects of the conflict on the Irish community there. …”
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The problem of the public good and the implications for researching educational policies for social justice by Ross, Alistair

“…Chapter 1 opened a discussion on what is meant by social justice in education, and the issues involved in defining this, and what research directed towards this would look like. We identified different types of potential injustices, and the subsequent chapters examined various of these in turn, in a range of educational contexts, through the prisms of research directed towards finding policy initiatives that might counter the effects of particular inequities. …”
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Heritage land in the United States: continuity and conflict by Roberts, John

“…This thesis sets out to explain the establishment and protection of United States federal heritage land, through some 200 years of conflict and change. It uses concepts like preservation, conservation and exploitation. …”
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'It hurts my heart': Afghan women in London negotiating family relationships and (im)mobility regimes across borders by Ryan, Louise, López, María E., Rasa, Mursal

“…We consider the role of ICTs and the limitations of poor connectivity, especially in countries like Afghanistan, and the gender power dynamics that may limit women's access to technologies.…”
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Investigating fine-tuning of large language models for text summarisation by Khaliq, Usama, Patel, Preeti

“…The limited performance increase from the fine-tuned models was likely due to small datasets and medium-sized LLMs. …”
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Development of IoT-based heatstroke early symptoms monitoring system for students in Malaysia by A Rahim, Nabilah, Othman, Nurmiza

“…As climate change intensifies, the risk of heat-related illnesses becomes a growing concern, especially for vulnerable populations like young adults. This system aims to proactively address this issue by providing real-time monitoring of early symptoms associated with heatstroke. …”
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Photocatalytic degradation of dye wastewater by Hamdan, Mohamad Alif Hakimi, Hairom, Nur Hanis Hayati, Ahmad, Mohd Khairul, Madon, Rais Hanizam, Abu Bakar Sidik, Dilaeleyana, Dzinun, Hazlini

“…Dye wastewater is the major environmental issue of the textile and printing industries besides other minor issues like solid waste, health and safety. The use of synthetic chemical dyes in various manufacturing industrial process has increased considerably over the past decades, resulting in the release of dye-containing industrial effluents into aquatic ecosystem and soil [1]. …”
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On the exploration and exploitation in popular swarm-based metaheuristic algorithms by Hussain, Kashif, Mohd Salleh, Mohd Najib, Cheng, Shi, Shi, Yuhui

“…Among such algorithms are swarm-based methods like particle swarm optimization and ant colony optimization which are increasingly attracting new researchers. …”
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Development of tool life prediction model of TiAlN coated tools during the high speed hard milling of AISI H13 steel by Amin, A. K. M. Nurul, Hafiz, A.M. Khalid, Lajis, M. A.

“…Recently with the advent of new fabrication and coating technology, tool insert like TiAlN coated carbide is receiving increasing attention from both industrial and research communities. …”
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Enzymatic analysis of native and recombinant fibrinolytic enzyme from bacillus cereus 13BN isolated from belacan by Zakaria, Zarita

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The nature and dynamics of human rights violation in Bangladesh: an analysis by Quddus, S. M. Abdul, Hoque, Morshadul

“…Human rights violation in Bangladesh by law enforcing agencies can be understood in different forms and partly as part of the regime’s strategies of controlling political rivals and or lack of interest to protect the rights of poor section of the society like women, children and the poor. …”
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Social and HIV/AIDS risk behaviours in a fishing community by Samsuddin, Niza, Ali, Aishah, Md Aris, Mohd Aznan, Draman, Samsul, Akter, Seikh Farid Uddin

“…Further research needs to be done among more specific target groups in villages like youths, parents and school children, in order to identify the causal chains of deeper structure of HIV/AIDS risk for proximal and distal risk factors intervention.…”
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