Ant colony optimization of shielding for mixed neutron and gamma radiations by Sazali, Muhammad Arif

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A note comparing support vector machines and ordered choice models' predictions of international banks' ratings by Bellotti, Tony, Matousek, Roman, Stewart, Chris

“…We find that Support Vector Machines virtually always predict international bank ratings better than ordered choice models. …”
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Prevalence, predictors and prevention of motion sickness in zero-G parabolic flights by Golding, John F., Paillard, Aurore, Normand, Hervé, Besnard, Stéphane, Denise, Pierre

“…The aim was to assess the extent of this problem and to find possible predictors and modifying factors. …”
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An ontological framework for assisting people with disabilities in organisations by Ulman, Michael

“…The Organisation Agent is able to identify when an action becomes an intention and whether the action is impaired so needing assistance, and if it does need assistance to find the assisting actions from those available, then select the optimal assister and its agent and direct it to the assisted agent. …”
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Poverty, growth, inequality and pro-poor factors: new evidence from macro data by Amini, Chiara, Dal Bianco, Silvia

“…Our main results are in line with the existing literature. First, we find that the poverty elasticities to growth and inequality are, respectively, around -2% and 2%. …”
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A temperature-dependent virus-binding assay reveals the presence of neutralising antibodies in human cytomegalovirus gB vaccine recipients’ sera by Gomes, Ariane, Baraniak, Ilona, McIntosh, Megan, Sodi, Isabella, Langstone, Tony, Siddiqui, Saima, Atkinson, Claire, McLean, Gary R., Griffiths, Paul D., Reeves, Matthew B.

“…We go on to show that this is not a general feature of gB neutralizing antibodies suggesting specific antibody responses induced by vaccination could be important. Although we can find no evidence that these neutralizing antibody responses are a correlate of protection in vivo in transplant recipients their identification demonstrate the utility of the approach in identifying these responses. …”
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Experiences of Older Undergraduate Students in Higher Education: Constructions of Age and Gender by Massey, Anne

“…I show that neoliberal imperatives, such as are contained in discourses of ‘Lifelong Learning’ and 'Active Ageing', become the standards by which individuals are measured and measure themselves. I find that participants’ age-associations, and identity-conceptions as an undergraduate student, have implications for relationships outside of the university and involve changed and changing identities. …”
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Marta Czok ARCHĪVUM by Scarso, Jacek Ludwig, Czok, Marta

“…Each work is a standing document, but also part of a compendium of memories made, in this case, of images and narratives that intertwine with one another, as if they were branches of a tree – itself a symbol that we frequently find in Marta Czok's works. For Palazzo Mathis in Bra, this concept became the stimulus for a retrospective exhibition that looked at the artist's overall work, highlighting particular moments through a selection of four themes: AURUM (gold representations), CIVITAS (scenes of social life), VENUS (female representations), URBS (cityscapes). …”
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A reliability information retrieval system for visually impaired people by Mat Ayob, Nur Amylia Wahida, Syazwan Ahmad Jamel, Muhammad Syahrul, Aman, Muhammad Shukri, Nathan, Shelena Soosay

“…The result of the testing shows that 85% of the users are satisfied and feel the system is easy for them to use and find information, with a layout interface and button design being satisfactory for half-blind users. …”
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Steady Q-switched erbium-doped fiber laser pulse generation by exploiting spider silk as a passive saturable absorber by Muhammad, Nur Ainnaa Mardhiah, Awang, Noor Azura, Basri, Hatijah, Abd Latif, Amirah, Zalkepali, Noor Ummi Hazirah Hani, Muhamad Zamri, Ain Zamira, Nik Mahmud, Nik Noor Haryatul Eleena

“…It was also interesting to find that the repetition rate of spider silk SA increased from 7 kHz to 29 kHz while the pulse width decreased from 32 µs to 10 µs. …”
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Steady Q-switched erbium-doped fiber laser pulse generation by exploiting spider silk as a passive saturable absorber by Muhammad, Nur Ainnaa Mardhiah, Awang, Noor Azura, Basri, Hatijah, Abd Latif, Amirah, Zalkepali, Noor Ummi Hazirah Hani, Nik Mahmud, Nik Noor Haryatul Eleena

“…It was also interesting to find that the repetition rate of spider silk SA increased from 7 kHz to 29 kHz while the pulse width decreased from 32 µs to 10 µs. …”
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Enhancing the cooling system of a residential building using integrated building information modelling with solar absorption system by Al-Qaysi, Ali Abdulqader Mustafa

“…The second step was to find a sustainable wall material that could reduce the cooling load requirements using Building Information Model (BIM). …”
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Integrated immune chaotic evolutionary programming (IICEP) for integrating battery energy storage system in transmission network by Ibrahim, Nur Farahiah, Musirin, Ismail, Mohamad, Nor Zulaily, Mohamed Kamari, Nor Azwan, Abdullah, Mohd Noor, Zakaria, Fathiah

“…The purpose of this study is to find the optimal location and sizing of battery energy to minimize loss dissipated by the system using a newly proposed technique termed Integrated Immune Chaotic Evolutionary Programming (IICEP). …”
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Evolution Performance of Symbolic Radial Basis Function Neural Network by Using Evolutionary Algorithms by Alzaeemi, Shehab Abdulhabib, Tay, Kim Gaik, Huong, Audrey, Sathasivam, Saratha, Majahar Ali, Majid Khan

“…Inspired by evolutionary algorithms, which can iteratively find the nearoptimal solution, different Evolutionary Algorithms (EAs) were designed to optimize the producer output weight of the SRBFNN that corresponds to the embedded logic programming 2Satisfiability representation (SRBFNN2SAT). …”
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Steady Q-switched erbium-doped fiber laser pulse generation by exploiting spider silk as a passive saturable absorber by Muhammad, Nur Ainnaa Mardhiah, Awang, Noor Azura, Basri, Hatijah, Abd Latif, Amirah, Zalkepali, Noor Ummi Hazirah Hani, Muhamad Zamri, Ain Zamira, Nik Mahmud, Nik Noor Haryatul Eleena

“…It was also interesting to find that the repetition rate of spider silk SA increased from 7 kHz to 29 kHz while the pulse width decreased from 32 µs to 10 µs. …”
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Utilization of Silica Fume and Sodium Hydroxide in Treated Crumb Rubber for Cement Mortar by Supar, Khairi, Mohammad, Hairuddin, Kaamin, Masiri, Mohammad Azmi, Mohamad Azim, Musa, Mohd Kamaruzaman, Abdul Rahman, Mohammad Ashraf, Ahmad, Hilton, Sugiman, Sugiman

“…The compressive strength, density, and water absorption of the mortar were measured at 28 days to find optimum strength. The compressive strength of the cement mortar mixed with treated crumb rubber showed significantly higher values, with an increase of 92% for 12% treated crumb rubber by sodium hydroxide (TN12) compared to untreated crumb rubber. …”
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Sexual assault referral centres: developing good practice and maximising potentials by Lovett, Jo, Regan, Linda, Kelly, Liz

“…As part of this programme, the Violence Against Women Initiative (VAWI) was launched in July 2000, and specifically aimed to find out which approaches and practices were effective in supporting victims and tackling domestic violence, rape and sexual assault. …”
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Salesperson's tenure: a comparative study from three consumer sector industries by Zain, Osman M., Jan, Muhammad Tahir

“…Suggestions for further research, using the same model, were given based on our findings. The findings of this study have a major implication for marketing organisations and more specifically for recruitment agencies.…”
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Competition between conventional and Islamic banks in Malaysia revisited by Harkati, Rafik, Syed Jaafar Alhabshi, Syed Musa, Kassim, Salina

“…Wald test for the market structure of perfect competition/monopoly is used to affirm the validity and consistency of the results. Findings – The findings of this study signify that the Malaysian banking sector operated under monopolistic competition during the period of study. …”
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Permanent employment dressed up as Fixed-Term Contract: a review of Ahmad Zahri Mirza Abdul Hamid v Aims Cyberjaya Sdn Bhd by Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali

“…The burden is on the employer to establish that the recourse to a fixed term engagement was genuinely related to their business establishment or undertaking.In relation to a reference under s 20 of the Industrial Relations Act 19676 (‘the IRA’) for dismissal without just cause or excuse, the Industrial Court will consider, inter alia, whether the contract was a genuine fixed term contract or a permanent employment guised as a fixed-term contract. If the court finds the contract as a genuine fixed term, in the sense that there were no ulterior motive or victimisation on the part of the company in employing workers on a fixed term basis, the court would dispose of the dispute without going into the merits of the case namely, whether there was a dismissal and if so, whether it was with just cause or excuse.7 However, if the court declares the fixedterm contract as not genuinely related to the operational requirement or undertaking or establishment of the employer, the court will hold the employee’s engagement as on a permanent basis and that his dismissal was without just cause or excuse.In the past few years, numerous cases involving the non-renewal or extension of fixed term contract had successfully been litigated in the Industrial Court. …”
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