Soft law, hard stakes? State commitment to non-binding international instruments and the case of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by Villeneuve, L

“…It is often assumed that its non-binding status upon adoption makes commitment to soft law a relatively inconsequential endeavor, at least in comparison to hard law. In this thesis, incorporating insights from public international law into rationalist IR approaches, I argue that soft law instruments can have important effects over time and bring substantial costs for states to bear. …”

Foreign language learning in the age of the internet: A comparison of informal acquirers and traditional classroom learners in central Brazil by Cole, J

“…</p> <p>The key research question asked whether there existed, in more than rare circumstances, FASILs who attained levels of proficiency at least as high as highly-motivated, well-trained CTLs? …”

Elucidating the mechanism of mRNA transport using novel imaging technologies by Stoychev, D

“…There is considerable evidence that at least some of this peripheral activity is regulated by the transport and local translation of mRNA molecules at the distant cytoplasm of neurons. …”

Building fabric improvement and heat pump deployment: a set of policy conundrums by Killip, G, Topouzi, M, Fawcett, T

“…For example, the mandate to replace all fossil-fired heating systems presents a new opportunity for policy intervention: transitioning to a new heating system can act as a trigger for at least minimal fabric improvements. The paper explores various tests associated with the 'understanding first' approach, discussing how to strike a balance between simplicity and complexity in policy. …”

Low diversity of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes in endangered Malayan Tapir (Tapirus indicus) by Ismail, Nurul Adilah, Christina, Seok Yien Yong, Simon, Yung Wa Sin, Annavi, Geetha

“…This study characterises the MHC class I and II genes from seven individuals, investigates evidence of balancing selection and their relationships with homologous genes of other species. We identified at least one class I gene and four class II genes. Five sequences of alpha1 (α1) and four of alpha2 (α2) domains of class I alleles, two DRA, two DQA, three DRB and three DQB of class II alleles were isolated. α1 and α2 domains of class I and DRB domain of class II displayed evidence of selection with a higher rate of non-synonymous over synonymous substitutions. …”

Prevalence and associated factors of lipohypertrophy in insulin-injected patients with diabetes in selected primary care clinics in Peninsular Malaysian: a cross-sectional study by Alias, Siti Hawa, Teng, Cheong Lieng, Devaraj, Navin Kumar, Amirrudin, Saadatunnoor, Abd Latib, Noor Rawaida, Chong, Fui Yee, Yussof, Syamimi, Mohamad Din, Mohamad Danial, Lim, Poon Wah

“…Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among adults aged ≥18 years with type 1 or 2 diabetes treated with insulin for at least 6 months at six selected public primary care clinics in Malaysia. …”
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Unbiased metabolomics of volatile secondary metabolites in essential oils originated from Myrtaceae species by Manickavasagam, Ganapaty, San, Priscilla Wong Chie, Gorji, Sara Ghorbani, Sungthong, Bunleu, Yong, Yoke Keong, Fitzgerald, Melissa, Dewi, Firli Rahmah Primula, Lim, Vuanghao

“…Both principal component analysis and partial least squares discriminant analysis generated using the identified metabolites revealed a clear discrimination into five clusters of oils. …”
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Ameliorative effect of α-tocopherol and tocotrienol-rich palm oil extract on menopause-associated mood disorder in ovariectomized mice by Liang, Gengfan, Kow, Audrey Siew Foong, Lee, Yu-Zhao, Yusof, Rohana, Tham, Chau Ling, Ho, Yu-Chung, Lee, Ming Tatt

“…Our findings suggested that α-tocopherol and tocotrienol-rich palm oil extract alleviated menopause-associated mood disorder, at least in part, by modulating the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. …”
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Restoring restaurant design and layout: towards safer dining out experience by Che Ishak, Farah Adibah, Kang, Sing Suan, Mohd Fikeri, Nor Amalin Sahiira, Karim, Shahrim, Mohamad, Siti Fatimah

“…This research also helped the restaurateurs to improve their establishments and create an environment that is least susceptible to diseases. Moreover, the significant indings from this study will be able to help flatten the curve of coronavirus disease and protect the public from the infection.…”
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The response of Pinus caribaea mor. var. Hondurensis seedlings to nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium fertilizers by Srivastava, P.B.L., Naruddin, Abang, Zainorin, B.Abang

“…The study indicates that application of phosphorous at least at the rate of 560 kg/ha per plant is necessary on this type of soil to boost the initial height growth of Pinus caribaea var. hondurensis. …”
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Grass fields play a greater role in maintaining avian biodiversity in urban landscapes than roadsides by Bichi, H. M., Azhar, Badrul, Yahya, Muhammad Syafiq, Hadi, Muhamad Amir, Ogunjinmi, A. A., Kamarudin, Norizah, Norhisham, Ahmad R.

“…Omnivores were the most abundant guild, while carnivores were the least abundant. These findings contribute to our understanding of avian biodiversity dynamics in urban landscapes and emphasize the importance of managing habitats such as roadsides and grass fields to support thriving bird populations in urban environments.…”

Key competitiveness indicators and drivers of full-service airlines operating in Malaysia by Delbari, Seyyed Ali

“…In contrast, flight frequency is the least important key competitiveness indicator that was ranked twelfth. …”
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Development of rice production sustainability index in MADA, Malaysia by Ajidasile, Oluwagbemisola Hannah

“…Descriptive statistics were used to describe the present production practices of the rice farmers in the study area, the sustainability index were created by assigning scores to the practices and ordinary least square regression analysis, OLS was adopted in examining the factors affecting sustainability practices. …”
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A study on the application of discrete curvature feature extraction and optimization algorithms to battery health estimation by Goh, Hui Hwang, An, Zhen, Zhang, Dongdong, Dai, Wei, Kurniawan, Tonni Agustiono, Goh, Kai Chen

“…This study employs two optimization algorithms, namely, particle swarm optimization (PSO) and sparrow optimization algorithm (SSA), in conjunction with least squares support vector machine (LSSVM) to compare the model against three conventional models, namely, Gaussian process regression (GPR), convolutional neural networks (CNN), and long short-term memory (LSTM). …”
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ANN-based statistical downscaling of climate variables for rainfall prediction in Negeri Sembilan by Sudin, Vencent Kerun, Shazlyn Milleana Shaharudin, Shazlyn Milleana Shaharudin, Sulaiman, Nurul Ainina Filza, Zainuddin, Nurul Hila, Ismail, Saidatul Akmar, Hairulnizam Mahdin, Hairulnizam Mahdin

“…Compared to other imputation methods mean substitution had the least RMSE and the highest NSE. According to the results of the PCA, the cut-off eigenvalues selected at 0.928 and 83.325% cumulative percentage of the total variance correspond to four selected Principal Component's cut-off eigenvalues. …”
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The Role Perceived Customer Value, Relational Norms, and Switching Costs in Determining Islamic Banking Customes' Loyalty in Dual Banking Environment Settings (S/O 12698) by Abdul Rahman, Maria, Ramli, Mona Fairuz

“…Data collected from 139 Islamic bank customers of the dual-window banks in the Northern region of Malaysia was analyzed using Partial Least Squares. Results of this study showed that except for switching costs other variables (perceived value and relational norms) have significant influenced on relationship quality and customer loyalty. …”
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Principles : Life and Work / by Dalio, Ray, author 656003, Simon & Schuster (Online service) 656004

“…Ray Dalio, one of the world's most successful investors and entrepreneurs, shares the unconventional principles that he's developed, refined, and used over the past forty years to create unique results in both life and business—and which any person or organization can adopt to help achieve their goals. …”
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Taking eService-Learning to the Next Level / by Strait, Jean R., 1965-, editor 656157, Shumer, Robert D., 1947-, editor 656160, Nordyke, Katherine J., editor 656159, IAP Books (Online service) 656161

“…The chapters in this book provide an excellent story of the growth of e-learning and eService-learning over the past many years. Strait takes us from the first chapter examining current issues and considerations for eService-Learning, to a second chapter that documents the growth and maturation of a program at Missouri State University, to chapters that introduce “critical” e-service learning with a social justice orientation (Gordon and Jackson-Brown), and chapters that address international experiences (Ong, Tan, et al., and Dietrich and Ekici) that involve eService-learning in Singapore and long-distance relationships between the U.S. and Afghanistan, to illustrate the multiplicity and diversity of current models of service and learning that occur through electronic means. …”
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Evaluating the socio-environmental impacts of monoculture cashew expansion in the Northern Western Ghats, India by Anushka Rege

“…About 80% of farmers had planted cashew farms by clearing privately owned forests in the past 30 years and expressed an interest to continue the same. …”
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Analysis of solution stability in Al2 O3-Cu/H2O over a stretching/shrinking wedge by Nurul Amira, Zainal, Khashi’ie, Najiyah Safwa, Waini, Iskandar, Khairum, Hamzah, Sayed Kushairi, Sayed Nordin, Abdul Rahman, Mohd Kasim, Roslinda, Mohd Nazar, Pop, Ioan Mihai

“…The well-known heat transfer fluid that is Al2O3-Cu/H2O hybrid nanofluid past a stretching/shrinking wedge is implied. The similarity equations are achieved after implying suitable similarity transformation which then needed to be solved numerically using bvp4c, embedded in MATLAB software. …”
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