Conflict management and peacebuilding in Africa: the role of state and non-state agencies by Abdulrahman, Imran, Tar, Usman A.

“…Though the all-too familiar derogatory metaphors (such as Kaplan's 'the coming anarchy [1994]) are slightly reversed, particularly since the 2000s, following substantial democratic transformation, the continent continues to experience spates of intra- and inter-state wars with impact on the prospects of peace, stability and security in the continent. …”
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What’s in store for Georgia at the European Court? An analysis of recently communicated cases by Koroteev, Kirill

“…This depressing statistic makes the offer of a plea bargain hard to turn down since pleading not guilty and facing a full contentious trial, in nearly every case, leads to a conviction. …”
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The role of discourse in family policy reform - the case of Finland by Nyby, Josefine, Nygard, Mikael, Autto, Janne, Kuisma, Mikko, Blum, Sonja

“…Since 2011 and the onset of the economic crisis, Finnish governments have pressed for structural reforms, including unpopular cuts to family benefits and services. …”
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"This is so cool - radio at my fingertips!" Young people’s responses to Radio Garden by Mitchell, Caroline, Lewis, Peter M.

“…Interviews and small scale impact workshops with a range of people and organisations carried out in the years since Radio Garden’s launch provide some clues to the reasons for its popularity in periods of lockdown. …”
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An evaluation of the motivational factors of network marketing independent distributors using Vroom's work motivation theory by Tan, Peter Kia Liang

“…During the 1970s and '80s, many research papers on motivation were published. Since then, there has been a decline in such empirical research. …”
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The internet and small to medium-sized enterprises: research notes by Lawrence, Japhet Eke

“…They are socially and economically important, since they represent 99 % of all enterprises in the EU and provide around 65 million jobs and contribute to entrepreneurship and innovation. …”
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United we stand? Organizational groups and spinoff mortality in the context of academic entrepreneurship by Gotsopoulos, Aleksios, Pitsakis, Konstantinos

“…We study failures between 1993 and 2017 in the complete population of 1731 English and Scottish university spinoffs founded since 1977. We borrow and expand the concept of density dependence from organizational ecology to theorize that a spinoff's propensity to fail is affected by the number of spinoffs active not only in the aggregate population but also within its parent university's portfolio. …”
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Marta Czok PERMANENT COLLECTION by Scarso, Jacek Ludwig

“…, and finally to the room titled People, which in fact could represent all the work of Marta Czok, since the artist, in her paintings, analyses the human dimension in all its facets, from everyday life to the key moments in history. …”
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Effect of Pre-treatment on The Impregnation of Osmotically Dehydrated Fruits: A Review by RAJA, SHALINI, ASMAN, SALIZA

“…Calcium chloride and calcium lactate salts assist in conserving the quality of fruits in the sense of colour, sensory, textural, structural, and other characteristics since some fruits are very perishable and rapidly degrade. …”
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Effect of Pre-treatment on The Impregnation of Osmotically Dehydrated Fruits: A Review by RAJA, SHALINI, ASMAN, SALIZA

“…Calcium chloride and calcium lactate salts assist in conserving the quality of fruits in the sense of colour, sensory, textural, structural, and other characteristics since some fruits are very perishable and rapidly degrade. …”
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A review on aviation restructuring action to survive in COVID-19 challenges: Malaysia perspective by Ariffin, Ahmad Hamdan, Yaakub, Mohd Fauzi

“…The survival of airlines, indeed, the landscape of the domestic and global aviation industry at the end of the crisis, is still unfolding. As few months passed since the Movement Control Order (MCO commenced, Malaysia has successfully flattened the curve for infections in this country by conducting acute case detections and screen those who in high risk group such as Malaysians returning from overseas and so on. …”
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Training functional link neural network with ant lion optimizer by Mohmad Hassim, Yana Mazwin, Ghazali, Rozaida

“…FLNN requires less tunable weights for training as compared to the standard multilayer feed forward network such as Multilayer Perceptron (MLP). Since FLNN uses Backpropagation algorithm as the standard learning algorithm, the method however prone to get trapped in local minima which affect its performance. …”
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Web-based learning environment based on students’ needs by Hamzah, N., Ariffin, A., Hamid, H.

“…Traditional learning needs to be improved since it does not involve active learning among students. …”
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Musculoskeletal symptoms and ergonomic hazards among room attendants in hotel industries by Abdol Rahman, Mohd Nasrull, Muhamad Jaffar, Mohd Syahir

“…Ergonomic hazards which contribute to Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) among room attendants were considered as a problem or trouble since these ergonomic problems would affect their work performance for hotel industries. …”
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Mechanically rational forms of curved surface structures shaped from the uniform strain elements by Tanaka, Koki, Ijima, Katsushi, Obiya, Hiroyuki, Zakaria, Muhammad Nizam bin

“…When the uniform strain elements composing a structural form have even isotropic strain in all over the form, the form is an isotropic tension form. Since the uniform strain element has the material stiffness, the method can stably yield a form with the strains varying as narrowly as possible in the curved surface under the condition impossible to shape a minimal surface.…”
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Recycling of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) as a resource for bioproducts development by Marsi, Noraini, Main, Nor Mazlana, Leman, Abdul Mutalib, Mahmood, Salwa, Mat Hassan, Nik Normunira

“…It affected the number of product waste since the production of making product is increase. …”
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A simulation method to find the optimal design of photovoltaic home system in Malaysia, case study: a building integrated photovoltaic in Putra Jaya by Muhida, Riza, Ali, Maisarah, Jahn Kassim, Puteri Shireen, Abu Eusuf, Muhammad, Sutjipto, Agus Geter Edy, ., Afzeri

“…In this study, a the simulation analysis was undertaken for selected bungalow units based on a long term recorded weather data for city of Kuala Lumpur. …”
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Performance evaluation of MEMS piezoelectric inertial energy generator by Md Ralib @ Md Raghib, Aliza 'Aini, Nordin, Anis Nurashikin, Othman, Raihan, Salleh, Hanim

“…Vibration based inertial energy generators have become significantly popular due to the growing demand of wireless sensor networks which need miniature, portable, long lasting and easily recharged sources of power. …”
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Morphological studies on the cupulae of free neuromasts along with the growth of larvae in cyprinid fish by Mukai, Yukinori, Kobayashi, Hiroshi

“…On the other hand, in G. elongatus caerulescens that lives in lakes, the cupulae were long and did not change in length until the 72nd day after hatching in the juvenile stage, but it changed in shape from a stick to a flat type like marine algae (laminaria). …”
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A simulation method to find the optimal design of photovoltaic home system in Malaysia, case study: a building integrated photovoltaic in Putra Jaya by Muhida, Riza, Ali, Maisarah, Jahn Kassim, Puteri Shireen, Edy Sutjipto, Agus Geter, Abu Eusuf, Muhammad, Afzeri, Afzeri

“…In this study, a the simulation analysis was undertaken for selected bungalow units based on a long term recorded weather data for city of Kuala Lumpur. …”
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