Issues and challenges in financing the poor: lessons learned from Islamic microfinance institutions by Satar, Norizan, Kassim, Salina

“…The study finds that sustainability and human resource are the main issues facing both IMFIs. While structural issue such as reliance on subsidies could jeopardise the sustainability in the long run, human resource is highly critical in ensuring smooth functioning of the IMFIs as well as their sustainability even in the short run. …”
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Compact planar antennas for beam steering and RFID tags by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Naser-Moghadasi, Mohammad, Sadeghzadeh, Ramazan Ali, Virdee, Bal Singh, Limiti, Ernesto

“…The chapter describes a low-cost beam-steering antenna based on a leaky-wave antenna structure that is capable of steering the main radiation beam of the antenna over a large range from −30° to +15°. …”
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Time series analysis on Indian Mackerel Retail Price in Peninsular Malaysia by Mat Ali, Nur Farhana, Rusiman, Mohd Saifullah, Abdullah, Abdul Wahab

“…Forecasting fish price has been started for a long time worldwide. The main objective of this study is to predict the monthly retail price of Indian Mackerel in Peninsular Malaysia based on the 9 years data (2007-2015) using two methods which are Box-Jenkins method and Holt’s Linear Trend method. …”
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Persistence and cycles in the US federal funds rate by Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Gil-Alana, Luis A.

“…This paper uses long-range dependence techniques to analyse two important features of the US Federal Funds effective rate, namely its persistence and cyclical behaviour. …”
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Tribological behavior of dual and triple particle size SiC reinforced Al0MMCs: a comparative study by Maleque, Md. Abdul, Karim, Md Rezaul

“…The wear test was carried out using a pin-on-disc type tribo-test machine under dry sliding condition. …”
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Electronically reconfigurable and conformal triband antenna for wireless communications systems and portable devices by Hussain, Musa, Ali, Esraa Mousa, Awan, Wahaj Abbas, Hussain, Niamat, Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, Falcone, Francisco

“…This is achieved by connecting two open-ended stubs to a modified triangular patch radiator using PIN diodes. The antenna’s performance was optimized using a 3D electromagnetic solver and its performance was verified through measurements. …”
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Umayyad Mosque in Aleppo yesterday, today and tomorrow by Alafandi, Rami, Abdul Rahim, Asiah

“…Aleppo is the second largest city in Syria (after the capital Damascus) and is the commercial capital of Syria. Aleppo has a long history, extending from the third millennium BC to the Islamic era. …”
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Evolutionary optimisation and real-time self-tuning active vibration control of a flexible beam system by Saad, Mohd. Sazli

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Crack cronology of reinforced concrete beam under impact loads by Mohd Jaini, Zainorizuan

“…Beam with geometry 1.5m long, 0.2m depth and 0.1m width has been modelled by ELFEN. …”
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Effect of high velocity oxy-fuel (HVOF) coatings on fatigue behaviour of carbon steel by Moh Halmi, Mohamad Ariff

“…In this research, the main objectives are to obtain the mechanical properties, investigate the fatigue behaviour and observe the microstructure of the uncoated and coated carbon steel. …”
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A study on finance-growth nexus in dual financial system countries: evidence from Bahrain by Abduh, Muhamad, Brahim, Said, Omar, Mohd. Azmi

“…This study is aimed at examining the long run and short run relationships between both Islamic and conventional financial development with the economic growth in the Bahrain dual financial system. …”
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Asymmetric cointegration relationship between real exchange rate and trade variables: the case of Malaysia by Duasa, Jarita

“…The present study attempts to analyze the long-run equilibrium relationship between real exchange rate and trade balance, imports and exports demand by cointegration tests assuming asymmetric adjustment. …”
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Ergonomics evaluation of workplace at car tyre service centre by Abd Rahman, Mohd Nasrull

“…From questionnaire survey findings, the twelve (12) of respondents have body discomfort in the neck (8 each), shoulder (10 each), elbow/forearm (9 each), hand/wrist (11 each), knee (7 each), lower leg (7 each) ankle/foot (4 each) and lower back (9 each). The main sources of injury/uncomfortable feeling in workplace are poor body posture (75%), bending the back (75%), highly repetitive motion (75%), heavy lifting object (83.3%), the long term standing (66.7%), long term squatting (58.3%), bending the neck (66.7%) and high hand force (58.3%). …”
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The influence of self-regard on response of belief in God and awareness of prophetic teaching by Teke, Mustafa, Ismail, Nik Ahmad Hisham, Syed Hassan, Sharifah Sariah, Othman, Nooraini

“…Personality and religion relationship has long been studied by Western and Muslim researchers in order to find any association between religious factors and a person's behavior and thought. …”
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Rainfall forecasting models using focused time-delay neural networks by Htike, Kyaw Kyaw, Khalifa, Othman Omran

“…Despite its importance, statistical rainfall forecasting, especially for long-term, has been proven to be a great challenge due to the dynamic nature of climate phenomena and random fluctuations involved in the process. …”
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An integrated scheme to improve performance of fast mobile IPv6 handover in IEEE 802.16e network by Seyyedoshohadaei, Seyyed Masoud, Khatun, Sabira, Mohd. Ali, Borhanuddin, Othman, Mohamed, Anwar, Farhat

“…To apply the layer 3 (L3) handover protocol over the existing IEEE 802.16e layer 2 (L2) handover scheme, the fast mobile IPv6 was used by many researches, but long latency is main challenge for real-time applications. …”
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Identification of genes involved in flowering in Stevia rebaudiana using expressed sequence tags (ESTs) by Razali, Amin, Samsulrizal, Nurul Hidayah, Zainuddin, Zarina

“…Stevioside is considered as the most important compound of steviol glycosides that functions as the main sweetener. Exposure of the stevia plant to long-day conditions (increased exposure to light) will delay the flowering process, which led to an increase in glycoside accumulation. …”
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Promoting good public governance and environmental support for sustainable economic development by Noja, Gratiela Georgiana, Cristea, Mirela, Sirghi, Nicoleta, Hategan, Camelia-Daniela, D’Anselmi, Paolo

“…Overall, the quality of governance in EU countries requires an additional effort dedicated to leverage good public governance in order to support the long-term economic development.…”
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Land remediation, event spaces and the pursuit of Olympic legacy by Gold, Margaret, Gold, John Robert

“…There are six main sections. The first analyses the diverse nature of brownfield land and highlights salient characteristics of its remediation for use in urban regeneration. …”
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Smart cat cage with Internet of Things by Teh, K. Y., Yee, S.K., Jong, S. L.

“…Since food, water, and temperature are the main concern for cats. A smart cat cage is developed with IoT petting system and live scene monitoring system. …”
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