Desalination of seawater to provide fresh water by Hawlader, Mohammad Nurul Alam

“…Cogeneration, water and power, and hybrid system are likely to be the future direction.…”
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Tourism destination quality and the UN sustainable development goals: Tourism Agenda 2030 by Mason, Peter A., Augustyn, Marcjanna M., Seakhoa-King, Arthur

“…. • Findings: The paper reveals that most of the SDGs are largely focused on quantity, whilst relatively few are concerned primarily with quality. …”
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Does trade liberalization effect energy consumption? by Mat Ghani, Gairuzazmi

“…The effect of tradeliberalization on the environment can be directly linked to energy consumption, because energy consumption and production are the underlying cause of most pollutants that harm the environment. …”
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Transnational Family Networks and Ethnic Minority Business Development: The Case of Vietnamese Nail-shops in the UK by Bagwell, Sue

“…The analysis draws on concepts of ‘strong’ and ‘weak’ network ties (Granovetter, 1973) and ‘mixed embeddedness’ (Kloosterman et al, 1999) to explain why the Vietnamese continue to enter such a competitive sector. Findings The results highlight the importance of transnational family networks within all aspects of the business and suggest that these links can sometimes provide a fertile source of new business ideas, but can equally limit innovation. …”
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Therapy & HIV positive clients: exploring aspects that promote psychosocial adjustment using constructivist grounded theory by Snow, Sean

“…With antiretroviral medication (ART) individuals with HIV can expect to live longer yet are likely to encounter an increasing diverse array of medical, psychological, social and cultural challenges. …”
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Development of Palm olein-in-water emulsion containing extracts of Derris elliptica Benth as insecticide by Husin, Nor Sabirah, Ahmad, Kausar, Bakhtiar, M. Taher, Mohd Hassan, Norazian, Md. Jaffri, Juliana

“…People with high levels of pesticides and chemicals in their blood streams are far more likely to develop for instance genetic mutations linked to cancer. …”
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Myths and realities of digital reference services: perspectives of libraries from developing countries by Abu Bakar, Ahmad Bakeri

“…Similarly, EvalAccess is used to evaluate the accessibility problems of these web sites. Findings – It is found, in the case of public universities' web sites, that the International Islamic University Malaysia has the highest in-links while Universiti Teknologi Malaysia has the highest web traffic volume. …”
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Role models: expatriate gender diversity pipeline or pipe-dream? by Shortland, Susan

“…Originality/value: This research contributes to theory by linking the importance of role models to women’s career stages. …”
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The justifications and legal framework for liberalising intra-OIC trade by Ahamat, Haniff

“…Intra-OIC trade is also concentrated in few OIC Member States and in certain types of products. These findings inform the discussions on the justifications of intra-OIC trade liberalisation and this paper finds that due to the economic conditions prevailing in most OIC Member States it is highly likely that such liberalisation results in trade diversion. …”
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Women’s public office positions in Islāmic jurisprudence: the case of Malaysia by Abdul Karim, Asar, Ghalia, Bouhedda, Ab Hamid, Mohd Rashid

“…The study also will include the finding data collected from a sample of 369 Malaysian Muslims respondents who met certain criteria set by the study conducted by the researchers; results of the study show several significant findings. …”
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Undergraduates' perception on ethics and integrity in the construction sector by Abdul Rashid, Khairuddin

“…In addition, the findings indicated that some undergraduates have the inclination to be involved in un-ethical practices in the future. …”
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Impact of pubic access to computers and Internet on the connectedness of rural Malaysians by Alias, Nor Aziah, Mohd Noor, Marhaini, Proenza, Francisco J., Jamaludin, Haziah, Ismail, Izaham Shah, Hashim, Sulaiman

“…This chapter reports the findings of research conducted in 2010 on the connectedness of rural Malaysians who accessed computers and the Internet through the rural Internet centers (RICs) established by the Malaysian government in 2000 and 2003. …”
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An exploration of adult third culture kids’ experience of transitioning to the UK between the ages of 10 and 17: an interpretative phenomenological analysis by Montazer, Alla

“…Implications of the findings are discussed.…”
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Influence of Polyolefin Contamination on the Thermal Characteristics of Bottle Grade Recycled Polyethylene Terephthalate by Itim, Bachir

“…Furthermore, the crystallinity of the rPET-bg matrix showed the impact of polyolefin contamination as a result of variation of cooling rates and that cross-linking and chain branching predominated over chain scissions as a result of repetitive extrusions. …”
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Synthesis and characterization of sago/polyvinyl alcohol blend pervaporation membrane for ethyl acetate recovery by E-Alamaria, Abdulhakim M. Salem

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Ownership structure and corporate tax aggressiveness: A conceptual approach by Salihu, Ibrahim Aramide, Annuar, Hairul Azlan, Sheikh Obid, Siti Normala

“…Findings – Three forms of corporate ownership are proposed as potential determinants of corporate tax aggressiveness given the costs/benefits consideration of the aggressive activities and the findings from related studies. …”
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Learning behaviours and motivation to learn in various cultural backgrounds by Hashim, Junaidah, Wok, Saodah

“…Students from high power distance cultures are likely to exhibit respect to lecturer, students from high individualism cultures are likely to exhibit individualistic learning behavior. …”
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Design for the environment: an ontology-based knowledge management model for green product development by Chaouni Benabdellah, Abla, Zekhnini, Kamar, Cherrafi, Anass, Garza-Reyes, Jose Arturo, Kumar, Anil

“…The findings are useful for both managers and practitioners as they provide a coherent domain ontology that can help them manage knowledge, improve teamwork, and make decisions in a collaborative green PDP. …”
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Green infrastructure as green health promotion agenda for urban community by Mansor, Mazlina, Said, Ismail

“…Hence, this paper discusses the findings from various researches on the benefits of green infrastructure to physical health of urban residents. …”
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Perceptions of educational managers about the effectiveness of selected training programmes: a case study in the Ministry of Education, Oman by Salim Juma Alaraimi, Aisha, Othman, Azam

“…Furthermore, the findings revealed that trainees were satisfied with the suitability and adequateness of training techniques, training aids and training resources. …”
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