Hardware implementation of intelligent braking system by Sidek, Shahrul Na'im, Salami, Momoh Jimoh Emiyoka

“…Intelligent braking system has a lot of potential applications especially in developed countries where research on smart vehicle and intelligent highway are receiving ample attention. The system when integrated with other subsystems like automatic traction control system, intelligent throttle system, and auto cruise system, etc will result in smart vehicle maneuver. …”
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Analysis of active suspension control policies for vehicle using robust controllers by Kaleemullah, Mohammed, Faris, Waleed Fekry, Ghazaly, Nouby M.

“…Results shows that inspite of introducing uncertainties, the designed active controller improves ride comfort and road holding of the car when compared to the traditional passive suspension system. © 2019 SERSC.…”
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The structural integrity assessment of a partially filled tank pertaining to liquid sloshing upon sudden brake applications by Abid, Hasan M., Shah, Qasim Hussain, Faris, Waleed Fekry

“…A liquid cargo contained in a partially filled tank vehicle is known to experience liquid sloshing when subjected to a sudden braking application, which generates liquid forces applied on the tank wall affecting its structural integrity. …”
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Islamic banking in Malaysia: its legal provision and judicial decisions by Md. Dahlan, Nuarrual Hilal, Kamarudin, Abdul Rani

“…The practice of Islamic Banking in Malaysia got its first momentum with the establishment of Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad in the early 1980s when the Muslims by and large felt of the need to have an Islamic Bank. …”
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The strength of SiO2 added MgO ceramics to withstand flashover-treeing appearance under electron bombardment in vacuum by Sutjipto, Agus Geter Edy

“…It was found that increasing SiO2 additions increased the TTF and got its maximum value for 6 wt% additions. From this study when 6 wt% SiO2 added MgO was used, the insulation property of MgO was significantly increased 5.5 times of withstanding the appearance of first flashover. …”
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Design and simulation of an on-chip oversampling converter with a CMOS-MEMS differential capacitive sensor by Ma, Li Ya, Nordin, Anis Nurashikin, Khan, Sheroz

“…The MEMS capacitive sensor is a comb-drive which provides change in capacitance when change in acceleration is detected. The analog-to-digital converter (ADC) is a first-order 1-bit sigma-delta (Σ-Δ) converter. …”
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Improvement of haemodynamic stent strut configuration for patent ductus arteriosus through computational modelling by Taib, Ishkrizat

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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

“…Although technology helps maintain contact, especially transnationally, it does not offer a multisensory experience—a limitation which becomes evident when compared with in‐person childcare and family socialising.…”
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DOA estimation using multiple measurement vector model with sparse solutions in linear array scenarios by Hosseini, Seyyed Moosa, Sadeghzadeh, Ramazan Ali, Virdee, Bal Singh

“…Superior performance is demonstrated in terms of root mean square error and running time of the proposed method when compared with conventional compressed sensing methods such as simultaneous orthogonal matching pursuit (S-OMP), l_2,1 minimization, and root-MUISC.…”
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The post-Holocaust memoir: 20 years after 50 years later by Karpf, Anne

“…The War After (Karpf, 1996), a family memoir about the psycho-social effects of the Holocaust on the children of survivors, attracted considerable attention when first published. 20 years later, Karpf argues, it can be read as an example of post-postmemory. …”
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General methods for analyzing bounded proportion data by Hossain, Abu

“…This thesis introduces two general classes of models for analyzing proportion response variable when the response variable Y can take values between zero and one, inclusive of zero and/or one. …”
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Beyond behaviour: changing foods as well as changing people by Winkler, Jack

“…Not least of its advantages in these straitened times is that most of the cost of reformulation is paid by the food industry, not the public purse. When the government is so practical, public health specialists must recognise that nutritional improvement is possible without behavioural change.…”

Learning Objects To Enhance Students’ Conceptual Understanding Of Probability by Gossett, Roger, Haynes, Richard

“…In this way users obtain practice of manipulation and interconversion of the kind required when dealing with probability. The final LO, ‘probability’, provides an opportunity to use the knowledge gained from the preceding four LOs to investigate, calculate and express probability in a variety of forms.…”
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Book review : Handbook of European social policy and The Routledge international handbook to welfare state systems by Ginsburg, Norman

“…Book reviews of: - Handbook of European social policy / edited by Patricia Kennett and Noemi Lendvai-Bainton (Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, 2017), 458 pages, £160 (hardback), ISBN: 9781783476459 - The Routledge international handbook to welfare state systems / edited by Christian Aspalter (London : Routledge, 2017), 498 pages, £175 (hardback), ISBN: 9781472449306 There was a moment about 25 years ago when Social Europe and the European Social Model seemed to be within touching distance of becoming reality. …”

Aspects of problem-based learning : implications for library collaboration in learning and teaching by Foley, Anne

“…The principles of Information Literacy (IL) recognize the information literate person as possessing the ability to recognise when specific information is needed, the ability to locate and critically evaluate that information and the ability to communicate it effectively and ethically. …”
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Long memory and fractional integration in high frequency financial time series by Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Gil-Alana, Luis A.

“…In brief, we find evidence that a lower degree of integration is associated with lower data frequencies. In particular, when the data are collected every 10 minutes there are several cases with values of d strictly smaller than 1, implying mean-reverting behaviour. …”
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Price Discovery and Trade Fragmentation in a Multi-Market Environment: Evidence from the MTS System by Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Girardi, Alessandro

“…Analysing price data on daily transactions for 107 bonds over a period of twenty-seven months, we find a greater degree of price leadership of the dominant market when our measures (as opposed to the traditional price discovery metrics) are used. …”
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Centile estimation for a proportion response variable by Hossain, Abu, Rigby, Robert A., Stasinopoulos, Dimitrios, Enea, Marco

“…This paper introduces two general models for computing centiles when the response variable Y can take values between 0 and 1, inclusive of 0 or 1. …”
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Challenges and constraints in designing a localisation module for a multilingual cohort by Baños-Piñero, Rocío, Toto, Piero

“…The purpose of this paper is to explore some of the challenges that may arise when designing a module in localization at postgraduate level for a multilingual cohort. …”
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Ribbon Societies in Nineteenth-Century Ireland and Its Diaspora: The Persistence of Tradition by MacRaild, Donald, Hughes, Kyle

“…It traces the development of Ribbonism from its origins in the Defender movement of the 1790s until the latter part of the century when the remnants of the Ribbon tradition found solace in the quasi-constitutional affinities of the Ancient Order of Hibernians. …”