Novel miniature microwave quasi-elliptical function bandpass filters with wideband harmonic suppression by Riaz, Muhammad

“…This technique is shown to provide a sharp 3-dB roll-off and steep selectivity skirt with high out-of-band rejection over a wide frequency span. In addition, the 3-dB fractional bandwidth of the filters is shown to be controllable by manipulating the filter’s geometric parameters. …”
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Enzymatic conversion strategies of starch to maltooligosaccharides by maltogenic amylase and cyclodextrin glucanotransferase by Ahmad, Rabi’atul Adawiyah

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NN approach and its comparison with NN-SVM to beta-barrel prediction by Kazemian, Hassan, Yusuf, Syed A., White, Kenneth, Grimaldi, Cédric Maxime

“…Current beta barrel prediction methodologies present intermittent misclassifications resulting in mismatch in the number of membrane spanning regions within amino-acid sequences. To address the problem, this research embarks upon a NN technique and its comparison with hybrid- two-level NN-SVM methodology to classify inter-class and intra-class transitions to predict the number and range of beta membrane spanning regions. …”
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The effect of banks' debt creation on price stability: evidence from Middle East and North Africa by Sayid Hassan Musse; Hassanuddeen Abdul Aziz;, Osman, Abdul Aziz, Hassanuddeen, Echchabi, Abdelghani

“…The study uses yearly data spanning from 2005 through 2011 for 15 MENA countries, and applies panel regression analysis based on the pooled data set. …”
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Fractional reserve banking and price stability: Evidence from Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries by Musse, Osman Sayid Hassan, Echchabi, Abdelghani, Abd Aziz, Hassanuddeen

“…The study uses yearly data spanning from 2008 through 2013 for Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates and applies panel regression analysis based on the pooled data set. …”
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National survey of research and development 2008: summary by Mohd. Asraf, Ratnawati, Sheikh Ahmad, Ismail, Mat Ghani, Gairuzazmi, Abu Kassim, Noor Lide

“…It also includes data spanning 10 years so as to serve as a means to measure R&D growth in Malaysia.…”
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Development impact of Non-Bank Financial Intermediaries on economic growth in Malaysia: an empirical investigation by Islam, Mohd Aminul, Osman, Jamil

“…This paper aims to empirically examine the development impact of Non-Bank Financial Intermediaries on economic growth in Malaysia using time series data over the period spanning 1974 to 2004. The study employs bounds testing approach to cointegration and error correction mechanism to investigate the existence of a long run equilibrium relationship between NBFIs and economic growth. …”
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Development of artificial neural network model for the analysis of wastewater treatment by Jami, Mohammed Saedi

“…Extensive influent and effluent parameters database containing measured data spanning over two years of period was used to develop and train ANN using ANN toolbox in commercially available software, MATLAB. …”
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Financial integration between Indonesia and its major trading partners by Abdul Karim, Bakri, Abd. Majid, M. Shabri, Abdul Karim, Shamsul Ariffin

“…We employ the newly proposed autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) approach to cointegration and recent weekly stock market data spanning from July 1998 to December 2007. The results indicate the Indonesian stock market is cointegrated with the stock markets of the US, Japan, Singapore and China. …”
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'I kiss the screen, but it is not the same' - grandparenting in geographically dispersed families by Kloc‐Nowak, Weronika, Ryan, Louise

“…Thus, we are looking at transnational ties as part of interlocking personal networks spanning distances, including internal migration. By comparing grandparents’ interactions with those who are near and far, we advance understanding of how distance impacts feelings of closeness and bonding between generations. …”
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Workplace equality in Europe : the role of trade unions by Anna, Paraskevopoulou, Sonia, McKay

“…It considers theoretical issues of equality and diversity, the role of EU legislation, multiple discrimination and exclusion and disadvantage in the labour market in relation to the role of trade unions, and addresses central questions about the actions and challenges faced by trade unions in promoting equality in the workplace and in implementing anti-discrimination policies at local, national and European levels. With research spanning 34 European countries and extending to over 250 interviews and 15 case studies, Workplace Equality in Europe examines the impact of a period of economic crisis on workplace diversity, exploring forms of inter-union cooperation at European and international levels and shedding fresh light on the processes that lead some trade unions to adopt equality policies while others remain reluctant to develop or expand policies in this area. …”

Reclaiming the conversation: Islamic intellectual tradition in the Malay Archipelago. Edited by Rosnani Hashim. Selangor, Malaysia: The Other Press, 2010, pp. 288. ISBN 978-983-954... by Hussien, Suhailah

“…The works and educational reforms of eleven scholars spanning through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries (CE) from three countries in the Malay world were explored. …”
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Energy efficiency mechanism using mobile-based fermat's spiral in wireless sensor networks by Mantoro, Teddy, Shaukat Ali, Haroon, Ayu, Media Anugerah, Usino, Wendi

“…We evaluated the performance of wireless sensor network using minimum spanning tree algorithm specifically Prim’s Algorithm in order to know the bottleneck effect on wireless sensor network and propose a better solution performance based on Fermat Spiral model. …”
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Plastic pollution in the ocean by Harun, Hasnida, Mohsin, Nur Izzmirza, Tahir, Rosmawati, Zulkifli, Mohd Daniel, Kasim, Norfazira, Kabir, Mohd Hafizalrisman, A. Hamid, Hazren, M. Sunar, N., Ali, R., Hamidon, Nuramidah, Muhamad, Mimi Suliza

“…Plastic pollution in the ocean was first reported by scientists in the 1970s, yet in recent years it has drawn tremendous attention from the media, the public, and an increasing number of scientists spanning diverse fields, including polymer science, environmental engineering, ecology, toxicology, marine biology, and oceanography. …”
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Does trade matter for stock market integration? by Abdul Karim, Bakri, Abd. Majid, M. Shabri

“…Design/methodology/approach – Weekly stock indices spanning from January 1992 to May 2008 is analysed using autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) bound testing approach and vector autoregression (VAR) framework. …”
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Improvement of artificial neural network model for the prediction of wastewater treatment plant performance by Jami, Mohammed Saedi, Ahmed Kabashi, Nassereldeen, Husain, Iman A.F., Abdullah, Norhafiza

“…Extensive influent and effluent parameters database containing measured data spanning over two years of period was used to develop and train ANN using ANN toolbox in commercially available software, MATLAB. …”
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The role of bank lending in the monetary transmission process of a developing economy: the Malaysian evidence by Kassim, Salina, Abd. Majid, M. Shabri

“…Based on the Malaysian data, the study focuses on a sample period spanning from January 1989 to December 2006. It explores the causal relationships between bank loan and monetary policy variable using two major tests; first, the auto-regressive distributed lag (ARDL) model which is used to examine the long-run relationship among the variables and second, the vector error-correction model (VECM) which is adopted to explore the short- and long-run dynamics between the variables. …”
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Community media : field, theory, policy by Lewis, Peter M.

“…The submission consists of twenty-three outputs, spanning over three decades. These range from books and chapters to reports, journal articles and edited publications. …”
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A comprehensive review of studies focusing on the intersection of urban flooding and historic urban landscapes by Su, Jin, Wang, Mo, Mohammad Razi, Mohd Adib

“…This review presents a holistic perspective of the convergence between urban flooding and historic urban landscapes, meticulously evaluating 101 scholarly articles sourced from the Web of Science database spanning from 2006 to 2022. The disciplinary classification encompasses 24 categories. …”
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The formulation of an author's 'other' in late postmodern fiction by Snider, Zachary

“…Legal Immigrants fuses together a sardonically dysfunctional family saga spanning over two decades with never-before-published factual organized crime information and an enthralling travel journey throughout South Germany.…”
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