An empirical analysis of causality between development of non-bank financial intermediaries and the economic growth in malaysia by Islam, Mohd Aminul

“…The result also shows evidence of a unique long-run causality running from nonbank financial intermediaries to per capita economic growth, but not the vice versa…”
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The ‘expat factor’: the influence of working time on women's decisions to undertake international assignments in the oil and gas industry by Shortland, Susan

“…A model is proposed to link working time/patterns to women’s international assignment participation.…”
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The Internationalisation of the Renminbi (Rmb) by Dixon, Chris

“…This seeks to build on China’s advantages in terms of share of world trade, long-term economic growth, credit worthiness and increasing importance as a source of investment and loans. …”
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Bone mineral density in asthmatic patients on inhaled corticosteroids in a developing country by Kuan, Yeh Chunn, How, Soon Hin, Abd. Aziz, Azian, Chong, Kin Liam, Ng, Teck Han, Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi

“…RESULTS, A total 01 143 subjects were recruited (69 asthmatics and 74 control subjects). T-scores of the spine, femur, and hip of the asthmatics vs the control subjects were mean, -0,72 VS -0 .57 (P = 0.98): median, -0.60 vs -0,80 (P=0 474), and mean, 0,19 vs 0.06 (P=0.275), respectively. …”
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Biomechanical Study of Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion: A Review by Muhammad Huzaifah Azmi, Muhammad Huzaifah Azmi, Muhammad Hazli Mazlan, Muhammad Hazli Mazlan, NurSalihaMd Salleh, NurSalihaMd Salleh, Hiromitsu Takano, Hiromitsu Takano, Muhammad Hilmi Jallil, Muhammad Hilmi Jallil, Muhammad Anas Razali, Muhammad Anas Razali, Abdul Halim Abdullah, Abdul Halim Abdullah

“…Degenerative disc disease is a spinal disorder in which the vertebral disc helps protect nerves and increase spine flexibility that begins to deteriorate. The syndromehappens in the lumbar spine, which is crucial in supporting the weight of the human body. …”
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Exports, education, and growth in Malaysia by Yusoff, Mohammed

“…This paper examines the causal link between exports and education expenditure in Malaysia’s economic development using the cointegration technique, VECM and Granger causality test. …”
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Energy harvesting circuit with high RF-to-DC conversion efficiency by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, See, Chan, Abd-Alhameed, Raed, Falcone, Francisco, Limiti, Ernesto

“…The resonance circuit is used to (i) selectively pick the desired signal whose output is fed to a Cockcroft–Walton voltage multiplier circuit; and (ii) match the impedance of the antenna with the Cockcroft–Walton voltage multiplier circuit for optimum power (DC) transfer. …”
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Talent management by Ismail, Fadillah, Rashid, Umi Kartini, Ahmad, Zanariah, al Hosain, Adnan Ali Hassan, Mohd Rosli, Nur Amalina

“…Notwithstanding, the writing underlines that a "working definition" of the term is missing, where in a hierarchical setting, the term is characterized variously (Lewis & Heckman 2006), and this has made it hard to pick the "right" definition (Tansley, 2011). So as to legitimately characterize ability in an authoritative setting, and as per the target of this examination, three definitions were perceived as fitting:…”
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The use of intraoral camera in the assessment of students requirement (work) by Mustafa, Nazih Shaban, Kashmola, Muhanad Ali Hamdon, Mustafa Al-Ahmad, Basma Ezzat

“…Essentially, a digital image is just a long string of 1s and 0s that represent all the tiny colored dots or pixels that collectively make up the image. …”
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Fade margin analysis due to duststorm based on visibility data measured in a desert by Islam, Md. Rafiqul, Elshaikh, Zain Elabdin Omer, Khalifa, Othman Omran, Alam, A. H. M. Zahirul, Khan, Sheroz

“…Conclusion/Recommendations: It was particularly shown that duststorm have comparable effects on link reliability for typical storms. …”
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Impact of packet size and node mobility pause time on average end to end delay and Jitter in MANET's by Hakak, Saqib Iqbal, Anwar, Farhat, Abdul Latif, Suhaimi, Gilkar, Gulshan, Alam, Mohammed Khorshed

“…Mobile ad-hoc network (MANET) is a self-configuring infrastructure less network of mobile devices connected by Wireless and each node or mobile device is independent to move in any desired direction and thus link goes on changing from one node to another. In MANET's, routing is considered as one of the most difficult and challenging task and due to that reason, most of the studies have focused on comparing protocols with each other under varying network conditions. …”
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Performance analysis of EXP/PF and M-LWDF in downlink 3GPP LTE system by Basukala, Riyaj, Mohd. Ramli, Huda Adibah, Sandrasegaran, Kumbesan

“…This paper investigates the performance of exponential/proportional fair (EXP/PF) and maximum-largest weighted delay first (M-LWDF) scheduling algorithms in the third generation partnership project long term evolution (3GPP LTE) providing packet-switched multimedia services. …”
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Abu a-Qasim al-Zahrawi's contribution to neurosurgery by Mohamad Asharaf, Asfana Banu, Shuriye, Abdi Omar

“…Neurosurgery is concerned on causes of brain diseases, spine, peripheral nerves, and arteries of the neck. …”
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Critical conversation (chapter 4) by Barac, Matthew

“…When discussing a project or a place, we architects will often pick up a pencil and absent-mindedly sketch, or draw a diagram on the nearest piece of paper. …”
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Housing stock study: demand and supply in Perak by Mohamed Osman, Mariana, Bachok, Syahriah, Abdullah, Alias, Abdul Rashid, Khairuddin, Shuid, Syafiee, Abdullah, Muhammad Faris

“…A regular, five-yearly review of the assessment is needed to link the local housing demand and supply with the development plan strategies which will provide an opportunity to ensure the maintenance of an appropriate long term approach. …”
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Inflation and inflation uncertainty in the Euro area by Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Onorante, Luca, Paesani, Paolo

“…A sequential dummy procedure provides further evidence of a structural break coinciding with the introduction of the euro and resulting in lower long-run uncertainty. 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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Impersonate affecting users' attitude toward facebook in Egypt by Hassan El Hoby, Hany Mohamed, Zeki, Akram M.

“…Anyone with an email address can make an account as long as he accepts the terms and conditions of the website regarding privacy. …”
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Three phase UPFC regulator with reduced bus capacitance for solar PV application system by Uddin, Md. Nasir, Rashid, Muhammad Mahbubur, Nithe, N. A.

“…The Instantaneous Power balance with negative sequence current allows a hundred-fold reduction in the value of DC bus capacitance which allows long life polypropylene or ceramic capacitors to replace of electrolytic capacitor in this application. …”
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Triple-band planar dipole antenna for omnidirectional radiation by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, Limiti, Ernesto

“…Located under the horizontal rectangular patch are two λ/2 long meander-line stubs symmetrically interfaced to the feedline. …”
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