Inflation and inflation uncertainty in the Euro area by Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Onorante, Luca, Paesani, Paolo

“…It also appears that the direction of causality has been reversed, and that in the euro period the Friedman-Ball link is empirically supported, implying that the ECB can achieve lower inflation uncertainty by lowering the inflation rate.…”
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Electronic cigarette users lack intention to quit vaping by Skerry, Alex, Lusher, Joanne, Banbury, Samantha

“…This study aims to determine whether users intend to quit or reduce vaping. An online survey link was posted on social media forums and 259 self-confessed vapers completed an online questionnaire. …”
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Resilient computer system design by Castano, Victor, Schagaev, Igor

Can PECL help with vexing issues of maritime law? Critical reflections from the example of the Rotterdam Rules by Magklasi, Ioanna

“…This paper studies the trajectory, background and objectives of PECL and identifies the link between contract law and maritime laws (namely carriage of goods by sea and international sale of goods).The author will present the intricacies of these laws, in an attempt to justify why, despite extensive codification and standardisation, maritime law is still in need of legal certainty and occasionally of fairer application of the law to the disputes not only by national courts, but also in the wider European context. …”
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The purpose of expatriation: why women undertake international assignments by Shortland, Susan

“…From these, a model is proposed to link stated organizational assignment purpose with women’s participation rationales and recommendations for practice to increase expatriate gender diversity are set out.…”
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Political economy of development and business: towards decolonisation, transformation and alternative perspectives by Nayak, Bhabani Shankar

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Impact of patriarchy and gender stereotypes on working women: exploring its past, present and future by Nayak, Bhabani Shankar, Tabassum, Naznin

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An energy-efficient multi-channel design for distributed wireless sensor networks by Kumar, Sunil

“…This article discusses the importance of designing an efficient medium access control (MAC) protocol for wireless sensor networks (WSNs) to optimize energy consumption at the data link layer while transmitting high traffic applications. …”
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The relationship between organizational communication and employees productivity with new dimensions of effective communication flow by Sadia, Aysha, Mohd Salleh, Berhannudin, Abdul Kadir, Zulida, Sanif, Sazuliana

“…This is a distinctive study, as the previous researches focused only on the relationship of organization communication and the productivity of organization, but this study focuses on the link between Organization communication and employees productivity with the help of effective communication. …”
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Development and validation of LC-MSMS bioanalytical method for the analysis of Amlodipine and gliclazide in Human plasma by Alaama, Mohammed, Helal Uddin, A.B.M., Mohamad, Huda Jamilah, Awang, Mohamed Saufi, Abbas, Syed Atif

“…In brief 100 ul of plasma spiked with amlodipine and gliclazide was taken in eppendrof tube and known amount of internal standard was added, then ACN was added and vortexed for 30 second. …”
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Parametric and kinetic studies of microwave–assisted pyroligneous acid from oil palm fiber by Abas, Fatimatul Zaharah

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Scaling up of the processes for the production of optimized eurycoma longifolia extracts using dimensional analysis by Mohmad @ Harun, Noor Hafiza

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Multifunctional iron oxide supported alumina/yttria stabilized zirconia hollow fiber adsorptive membrane for water treatment by Paiman, Syafikah Huda

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Investigation of machining parameters for the multiple response optimization of micro electrodischarge milling by Mehfuz, Reyad, Ali, Mohammad Yeakub

“…The optimized values of Ra, Ry, TWR, and MRR were 0.04, 0.34 μm, 0.044, and 0.08 mg min−1, respectively for 4.79 μm s−1 feed rate, 0.1 nF capacitance, and 80 V voltage. …”
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Application of activated carbon from empty fruit bunch (EFB) for mercury [Hg(II)] removal from aqueous solution by Kabbashi, Nassereldeen Ahmed, Mirghani, Mohamed Elwathig Saeed, Jamil, Ili Nadirah

“…It was found that the minimum residual concentration of mercury was 0.0075 mg/L (99.53%) at the condition of pH 6.5, agitation speed of 100 rpm, contact time of 70 min and AC dosage of 20 mg. This value was considered acceptable as it met the requirement of the Department of Environment, Malaysia.…”
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Statistical optimization of for chromium (IV) removal on aqueous solution using chitosan by Kabbashi, Nassereldeen Ahmed, Daoud, Jamal Ibrahim, Muyibi, Suleyman Aremu, Qudsieh, Isam Y.

“…The experiment was described by varying chitosan dosage (10-30 mg), pH (5-8), contact time (10-90 min) and agitation speed (50-250 rpm). The initial chromium concentration was fixed to 20 mg/L. …”
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Straightforward synthesis of novel 1-(2'-α-O-D-glucopyranosyl ethyl) 2-arylbenzimidazoles by Arumugam, Natarajan, Abdul Rahim, Aisyah Saad, Abd Hamid, Shafida, Osman, Hasnah

“…The reduction and cyclocondensation steps for the aglycone synthesis proceeded efficiently under microwave irradiation to afford the appropriate benzimidazoles in excellent yields within 2-3 min. Glycosylation of the hydroxyethyl aglycones with the perbenzylated 1-hydroxy- glucopyranose, pretreated with the Appel-Lee reagent, followed by catalytic hydrogenolysis delivered the desired 1-(2'-α-O-D-glucopyranosyl ethyl) 2-aryl-benzimidazoles in a simple and straightforward manner.…”
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Cooling of motorcyclist helmet with thermoelectric module by Hrairi, Meftah, Abdullah, Abdullah F., Ahmed, Mirghani Ishak

“…The numerical and experimental results showed a good agreement and indicated that the temperature inside the helmet was reduced from 25.5°C to 19.3°C in approximately 6 min.…”
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Thermal analysis of kenaf sandwich panel by Johari, Norhasnidawani, Hassan, Noor Azlina, Halim, Zahurin

“…The temperature profile was from 27°C to 1000°C at a heating rate of 10°C/min. In this study, result shows that degradation of composites starts to occur at about 180°C. …”
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Isolation of individual hop iso-α-acids stereoisomers by β-cyclodextrin by Khatib, Alfi, Wilson, Erica G., Supardi, Moses, Verpoorte, Robert

“…The separation from the mixture of stereoisomers was achieved by complexation, using ethanol:water (1:2, v/v) as a solvent at a temperature of 50 °C for 30 min. The molar ratio of iso-α-acids sample to β-cyclodextrin for complexation was 1:1. …”
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