A longitudinal study of the tax capacity and tax effort of the Malaysian state government by Abdul Jalil, Ahmad Zafarullah, Harun, Mukaramah, Che Mat, Siti Hadijah

“…The main objective of this paper is to measure the effort and capacity of the state governments in Peninsular Malaysia for their land tax for the period of 2000-2008 using the Representative Revenue System (RRS).Our findings show that state governments differ significantly in term of their capacity and their effort.The findings of this study also show that there is little movement in the ranking of the state governments with respect to the level of their tax effort.This implies that state governments especially the ones found to be exerting below average tax effort have shown little initiative to change their effort.This in turn may be due to the way the whole tax system is managed…”
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Design and Analysis of a Transformer-Based Solid-State Relay by Mondal, Neelambar

“…In Cadence simulations, the iCoupler relay achieves 100 mOhm on-resistance, 7.5 us turn-on time, and 4.8 GHz output 3dB bandwidth.…”
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新谣 ：我们的心声 = Xinyao : our voice by Low, Charlotte Qian Hui

“…By experiencing Xinyao vicariously from my personal sharing, I hope that one will find a connection with the music through nostalgia, know about it a little more and gain interest in it which in turn would allow for a continued preservation of the music.…”
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Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) of aluminium & magnesium by Lim, Justin Hiap Jun

“…The microstructure of a material has a strong influence on its mechanical properties, which in turn determines its usefulness in engineering applications [1]. …”
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Tropical cyclones damage scenarios by Cheong, Charlotte Shi Qi

“…With better assessment, such functions can be used to predict wind damage for future tropical cyclone events and aid the authorities to provide guidelines involving better construction for structures. This can in turn reduce wind damage in structures, reduce fatality rates and lessen economic losses.…”
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Effect of pore-size distribution on unsaturated shear strength of residual soil from sedimentary Jurong formation by Ong, Weilin.

“…A change in the matric suction in the soil causes a change in water volume in an unsaturated soil, which in turn affects the unsaturated shear strength of the soil. …”
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Effect of external stimuli on cell adhesion dynamics by Feng, Zhiqin

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The four mini dragons by Ding, See Yue, Leo, Cher Ling, Seah, Boon Hock

“…A trend analysis of major economic indicators such as GNP, labour condition and other economic indicators is done for each country over a span of ten years. This period is in turn split into two five-year periods: 1985-1989 and 1990- 1994. …”
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Detecting unfair ratings attacks in online rating systems by Ho, Wenxu.

“…In order to ensure of getting the “best deals”, most people tend to turn to online rating systems for advices to make informed decisions regarding the purchase of products or services. …”
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Injection moulding of micro droplet generation thermoplastics devices by Goh, Qing Wen

“…Therefore, the studies done in this Final Year Project is to understand how residual stresses can be reduce which in turn reduces the deformations of the microchannels and also how the effects of the cooling time parameters during the injection moulding cycle affects the deformation of the channels after thermal bonding process.…”
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Demonstratives in Singapore Malay : expression of stance through the use of Itu and Ini by Soffia Ghazali

“…Stance is more commonly encoded in turn final positions and in the use of multiple demonstratives. …”
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Smile challenger by Ang, Shi Chao

“…Given that a smile can be measured, can we measure happiness and turn it into a fun Smile Challenger game? This paper presents an efficient approach to analyze a smile and assign a reasonable score (0 – 100%) to it. …”
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The Effect of cue attributes on the willingness to engage car-sharing service providers by Tan, Colette Jean Yi, Poh, Ting Fang

“…Aligning with previous studies, the results revealed that summary evaluations played a pivotal role in affecting perceptions about trust in the service provider and service quality standards, which in turn predicted willingness to engage the sharing service provider. …”
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Incorporating elicited preferences for equality into electricity system planning modeling by Van-Hein Sackey, C, Nock, D, Cao, C, Armanios, D, Davis, A

“…These hybrid mini-grids, in turn, drive the carbon emissions intensity of the electricity system fourfold. …”

Simulation of national-scale groundwater dynamics in geologically complex aquifer systems: an example from Great Britain by Bianchi, M, Scheidegger, J, Hughes, A, Jackson, C, Lee, J, Lewis, M, Mansour, M, Newell, A, O’Dochartaigh, B, Patton, A, Dadson, S

“…Comparisons showed regional differences linked to lithological and climatic factors, which in turn can be associated with more or less groundwater resilience to extreme climatic events. …”

Single axis geometry by fitting conics by Jiang, G, Tsui, H-T, Quan, L, Zisserman, A

“…<p>In this paper, we describe a new approach for recovering 3D geometry from an uncalibrated image sequence of a single axis (turn-table) motion. Unlike previous methods, the computation of multiple views encoded by the fundamental matrix or trifocal tensor is not required. …”

Object level grouping for video shots by Sivic, J, Schaffalitzky, F, Zisserman, A

“…For example, the front and back of a car, or the front and side of a face. In turn this enables object-level matching and recognition throughout a video.…”

Entangled exclusions: borders, frontiers and urban geopolitics from northeast India by Das, P, Mittal, G, Sarma, J

“…With the rise of religio-national and neoliberal politics, new urban ‘developments’ and connectivity projects in the region have deepened exclusions based on class, caste, ethnic and religious borders. These have, in turn, led to further displacement, enclavization, and ghettoization of minority communities who are deemed ‘non-native’ along ethnocentric lines. …”

Does trade freedom affect exchange rate movement? A perspective of high-technology trade by Cong, Shufeng, Chin, Lee, Kumarusamy, Risidaxshinni

“…Changes in the degree of trade freedom influence economic development and foreign investment, which in turn, affect currency values and exchange rate movements. …”

Effects of various surface treatments on the storage life of guava (Psidium guajava L) at 10°C by Mohamed, Suhaila, Kyi, Khin Ma Ma, Yusof, Salmah

“…Paraffin treatment caused the skin to turn brown after 2 weeks storage. The ascorbic acid content was highest in control followed by clingwrapped guava. …”