Reading difficulties encountered by ESL tertiary learners of Pakistan by Abbas, Tarique, Elizabeth M Anthony

“…The findings further revealed that learners frequently employed the following reading strategies to tackle the reading problems: re-reading, translating, and referring to the dictionary. …”
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Exploring and evaluating differentiated assessment practices of in-service teachers for components of differentiation by Kaur, Amrita, Noman, Mohammad, Awang Hashim, Rosna

“…Data from the open-ended survey were analyzed using NVivo11 to develop codes for the analytic framework.The findings offer insights into teachers’ knowledge, application, and interpretation of differentiated assessment practices.The discussion explores teachers’ explanations of their own practices and, further, recommends ways to improve knowledge and application of differentiated assessment.The implications of the findings are discussed for assessment literacy-related professional development for teachers, school management and policies to facilitate implementation of differentiated assessment.…”
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Commitment in non-profit organisations in Singapore : examining the effects of leadership and communication on commitment in community centres and residents' committees. by Leong, Cherene Pei Wen., Ong, Doreen Hui Chen., Tan, Chieh Shih.

“…Community Centres and Residents' Committees are selected as the basis for our study. Through our findings, we hope to enhance the level of affective commitment in non-profit organisations.…”
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Analysis of stock option scheme. by Seow, Yee Leng., Yeo, Connie., Yong, Helen Li Shien.

“…We hope that this project can help by examining how the scheme works, finding out its level of acceptance by the employees as well as assessing the feasibility of this implementation in Singapore.…”
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Modeling risky asset prices with jump-diffusion processes by Jiang, Meiling, Yap, Ling Seang, Zhang, Grace Hui Ling

“…The EM method has been employed in finding parameters estimates of the Jump-Diffusion model.…”
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Advanced attack and defense techniques in machine learning systems by Zhao, Mengchen

“…For multiple-credential scenarios, we formulate it as a bilevel optimization problem for finding the optimal defense strategy and then reduce it to a single level optimization problem called PEMS using complementary slackness conditions. …”
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Strategic business alliances by Ang, Tien Chuan, Chiew, Shang Hui, Choo, Teck Loong

“…The motivation of the study springs from three major findings in our literature review, which shed light on the increasingly popular business form - strategic alliances. …”
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What’s in a name? by Mooney, E

“…Over the past 25 years, Forced Migration Review and its precursor the Refugee Participation Network newsletter have not only captured, but arguably have also contributed to, important evolutions in the thinking and practice of approaches for protecting, assisting and finding solutions for forcibly uprooted people.…”

Jurisdictional approaches to high conservation value area designation using regulatory instruments: an Indonesian pilot project by Padmanaba, Michael, Sloan, Sean, Watts, John D., Irawan, Silvia, Lee, Janice Ser Huay, Pasaribu, Katryn N., Wiratama, Cokorda Gde Wisnu, Watson, Ellen, Utami, Nadia Putri

“…Likely HCV areas were generally similar between the ECCA and HCV Screening method, as each set spanned ∼90% of the district. …”
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A systematic review of customer Sharia compliance behaviour in Islamic banks: Determinants and behavioural intention by Roni, Andespa, Yulia Hendri, Yeni, Fernando, Yudi, Dessy Kurnia, Sari

“…The PRISMA procedures involved several stages, including identification, screening, eligibility, analysis and conclusion based on the findings. Findings: The results found that customer Sharia compliance behaviour determinants in Islamic banks are attitude, subjective norms, perceived behavioural control, Islamic financial literacy, religiosity, consumer conformity, Islamic branding and behavioural intention. …”
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Re-evaluating GPT-4’s bar exam performance by Martínez, Eric

“…This paper begins by investigating the methodological challenges in documenting and verifying the 90th-percentile claim, presenting four sets of findings that indicate that OpenAI’s estimates of GPT-4’s UBE percentile are overinflated. …”
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Associations between violence in childhood, depression and suicide attempts in adolescence: evidence from a cohort study in Luwero district, Uganda by Akunzirwe, R, Carter, DJ, Hanna, L, Zinke-Allmang, A, Akim, A, Datzberger, S, Parkes, J, Knight, L, Atuhaire, L, Nakuti, J, Mirembe, A, Allen, E, Naker, D, Devries, K, Bhatia, A

“…Findings also underscore the important role friends and peer networks can play in mitigating the effects of violence as young people grow up.…”

Unbiased in silico design of pH-sensitive tetrapeptides by Hu, Yue, Rigoldi, Federica, Sun, Hui, Gautieri, Alfonso, Marelli, Benedetto

“…We used coarse-grain molecular dynamics simulations to screen all possible histidine-bearing tetrapeptide sequences, finding novel peptide sequences with pH-tunable assembly properties. …”
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Managing Asean threat perception. by Lim, Eddie Meng Chong.

“…Walt's theory stipulates that states make alliances when it finds itself under unfavourable security conditions, and this choice is made as a result of considering a number of factors, not just power.…”
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Characterizing dry mass and volume changes in human multiple myeloma cells upon treatment with proteotoxic and genotoxic drugs by Liu, Xili, Moscvin, Maria, Oh, Seungeun, Chen, Tianzeng, Choi, Wonshik, Evans, Benjamin, Rowell, Sean M., Nadeem, Omar, Mo, Clifton C., Sperling, Adam S., Anderson, Kenneth C., Yaqoob, Zahid, Bianchi, Giada, Sung, Yongjin

“…We show that human MM cell lines (RPMI8226, MM.1S, KMS20, and AMO1) increase dry mass upon bortezomib treatment. …”
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A low-cost, open-source cylindrical Couette rheometer by Erni, Makita, Hart, A. John, Trumper, David, Owens, Crystal E.

“…As a result, rheometers are typically large, expensive, and require additional infrastructure (e.g., gas lines), rendering them inaccessible for regular use by many individuals, small organizations, and educators. …”
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Holocene rate of slip and tentative recurrence interval for large earthquakes on the San Andreas fault, Cajon Pass, southern California by Sieh, Kerry, Weldon, Ray J.

“….; it has provided tentative evidence for 6 earthquakes in about the past 1,000 yr. Both lines of evidence suggest an average recurrence interval for large earthquakes of ∼1½ to 2 centuries. …”
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Who learns when workers are trained? a case of safety training of maintenance contractors’ workers for a major petrochemical plant shutdown by A., Fakhru'l-Razi, S.E., Iyuke, M.B., Hassan, M.S., Aini

“…The curves obtained are typical for the whole exercise, which gave perfect straight lines for Introduction to Safety, Hydrogen Sulphide, Confine Space and Permit to Work, respectively. …”
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Molecular interaction study on a new application of ionic liquids as dissolver toward carbonate scale by Muhammad Suhaimi, Man, Huang, Alvin Teo Hua, Syamsul Bahari, Abdullah, Hanida, Abdul Aziz, Mohd Hasbi, Ab Rahim, Saifful Kamaluddin, Muzakir, Norwahyu, Jusoh

“…Based on the findings, it can be clinched that [Npy][Cl] has potential to be used as a scale dissolver in the oilfield, especially in dissolving calcium carbonate scales.…”
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Determinants of university alumni's intention to contribute to education waqf by Nurul Aien, Abd Aziz, Noraina Mazuin, Sapuan, Puteri Fadzline, Muhamad Tamyez

“…The findings of this study are valuable for universities in their efforts to increase the number of donors for education waqf and to ensure the sustainability of funds for the future.…”
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