Barriers in repurposing an existing manufacturing plant: a total interpretive structural modeling (TISM) approach by Poduval, Aadarsh, Sriram Ayyagari, Maruti, Malinda, Mohit, K.E.K., Vimal, Kumar, Anil, Kandasamy, Jayakrishna

“…Thus, the research explains and explores significant barriers to the adoption of repurposing in manufacturing plant and not only provides a strong methodological and contextual contribution with the help of TISM and MICMAC but also gives research a sense of links of the barriers across various levels. On a practical level, the study is immensely useful to help manufacturing plants overcome repercussions due to disruptions by modifying existing practice and business model to a new model which synchronizes with the new normal to increase the efficiency and survivability of the plant. …”
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Meeting the challenges of chemical and biological weapons: strengthening the chemical and biological disarmament and non-proliferation regimes by Edwards, Brett, Novossiolova, Tatyana, Crowley, Michael, Whitby, Simon, Dando, Malcolm, Shang, Lijun

“…This paper is concerned with the challenges of deliberate disease and poisoning but is linked to the broader concept of the problem in a holistic one health approach. …”
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Terrorism in Nigeria: a study of Boko Haram religious violence in North East Nigeria by Hassan, Bala Abdullahi

“…Further findings suggested, that if anything, the Sect had links with other international terrorists group and localization more pronounced to the North-eastern Nigeria based on porous extensive borders and strong Islamic belief stemming from the frequent religious upsurge in the area. …”
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Structure and content in children's concepts of emotion by Tolmie, Andrew

“…Active categorization of an episode is argued to depend on activation of event schemata and subsequent criterial activation of the links between ascending levels. Degree of activation is defined as a function of frequency of experience of an encoded event. …”
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Exploring the relationship between digitalisation, resilient agri-food supply chain management practices and firm performance by Yadav, Sanjeev, Luthra, Sunil, Kumar, Anil, Agrawal, Rohit, Frederico, Guilherme

“…Research implications: This research is used to analyse the mediating impacts of digital supply chain processes as a linking strategy for SCP and FP. For practical purposes, this research provides investment decisions for implementing digital technologies in SC strategies. …”
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Informing Royal Navy People Strategy: Understanding Career Aspirations and Behaviours of Naval Personnel by Bewley, Elizabeth Emma

“…The expected negative relationship between WFC and turnover was found, although not consistently; types of satisfaction mediated this relationship, and WFC was linked to stress. Chapter 5 provides new empirical understanding of the interactions between ethos, organisational identity, and engagement on career motivation, perceived future opportunities and intentions to stay. …”
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The role of ventral tegmental area in chronic stroke rehabilitation: an exploratory study by Astrakas, Loukas G., Elbach, Sabrina, Giannopulu, Irini, Li, Shasha, Benjafield, Howard, Tzika, A. Aria

“…Changes in VTA influence on motor circuitry were linked to improvements in motor performance resulting from rehabilitation. …”
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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. Current research links a HIV diagnosis to a theme of adjustment as a positive diagnosis may be accompanied by stigma and has the power to influence and transform individual identities. …”
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Maintaining Water Quality in Urban Lakes: Challenges and Strategies by Ahmad Shafee, Farah Amira, Abd Razak, Siti Nooriza, Shafiq, Nasir, Vicky Kumar, Vicky Kumar, Sonia Lohana, Sonia Lohana, Farhan, Syed Ahmad

“…As for impacts on lake visits and relaxation, this study identified significant reductions linked to water level drops, declining water clarity, green algae cover, and unpleasant odors. …”
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Immobilization of blood coagulant factor VII on polycaprolactone membrane through polydopamine grafting by Gopal, Rathosivan, Md Shakhih, Muhammad Faiz, Sahalan, Mariaulpa, Lee, Te Chuan, Hermawan, Hendra, Sivalingam, Sivakumar, Kadiman, Suhaini, Saidin, Syafiqah

“…Further validation was done with XPS where the appearances of 0.45 ± 0.06% sulfur composition and C–S peak have confirmed the immobilization of FVII on the PCL membranes. The cross-linked FVIIs were viewed in spherical immobilization on the PCL membranes with a size range between 30 and 210 nm. …”
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Damage classification in reinforced concrete beam by acoustic emission signal analysis by Shahidan, Shahiron

“…The need for effective data analysis in grading system can be linked into the three main objective of this research; (a) determine the grading system; (b) identify and discriminate the AE data parameter ; (c) and validate a new standard grading system for severity assessment. …”
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Performance of hot mix asphalt using peat modified asphalt binder by Bader Ali, Ahmed Suliman

“…The rheological changes associated with the ageing of PNpt.M.A are linked to a breakdown of the molecular structure of the binders to form a lower molecular weight peat substructure. …”
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The performance of uncoated tungsten carbide insert in end milling titanium alloy Ti-6Al 4V through work piece preheating by Ginta, Turnad Lenggo, Lajis, Mohd Amri, Amin, A. K. M. Nurul

“…Vibration during cutting was captured using an online vibration monitoring system. Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) was also used to investigate the wear morphology. …”
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Antimicrobial activities of some marine actinonycetes isolated from Malaysians waters by Zainal Abidin, Zaima Azira, Ahmad, Asmat, Usup, Gires

“…A phylogenetic tree based on 16S rRNA gene sequences was constructed using MEGA version 4 [2]. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was also performed on these isolates. …”
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Biosorption of Pb and Cu from aqueous solution using banana peel powder by Mohd Salim, Rosliza, Khan Chowdhury, Ahmed Jalal, Rayathulhan, Ruzaina, Yunus, Kamaruzzaman, Islam Sarker, Md. Zaidul

“…Atomic absorption spectrophotometer (AAS) was used to measure the concentration of toxic metals. Scanning electron microscope was used to observe the differences in morphology of the peel between BPPT and BPPU before and after adsorption. …”
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n-Heptane isomerization over platinum and phosphorus supported on modified molybdenum oxide-mesoporous silica by Abdul Fatah, Nor Aiza

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Development of polymer blend-based carbon membrane for carbon dioxide separation from natural gas by Sazali, Norazlianie

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Characterisation of in-situ modified bacterial cellulose using 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline by Pa'e, Norhayati

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Electrosynthesis of zirconia, zinc and iron supported HY zeolite-based catalysts for enhanced photodecolorization of dyes by Sapawe, Norzahir

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Renewable levulinic acid production catalyzed by iron modified hy zeolite and functionalized ionic liquid by Ramli, Nur Aainaa Syahirah

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