The research in Scotland event in Edinburgh: reflections and key issues by Terry, Cassandra, French, Fiona, Morrison, Neil

“…Several important points were raised: the requirement for better awareness and better support for those living with Parkinson’s (including specialist care) and the need to invest in research and work together including the importance of Patient and Public Involvement to find better treatments and, hopefully, a cure.…”
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Re-examining the decline in the US saving rate : the impact of mortgage equity withdrawal by Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Costantini, Mauro, Paradiso, Antonio

“…We estimate a Vector Error Correction (VEC) model including the saving rate, asset prices, equity withdrawal and interest rates and find that indeed mortgage equity withdrawal is a key determinant of the observed saving pattern.…”
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Competitiveness of credit associations and credit cooperatives in Japan by Matousek, Roman, Minegishi, Shinya, Stewart, Chris

“…The results correspond to research findings by Tsutsui and Kamesaka (2005), and Uchida and Tsutsui (2005). …”
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Fiscal shocks and real exchange rate dynamics: some evidence for Latin America by Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Ciferri, Davide, Girardi, Alessandro

“…Using quarterly data over the period 1980-2006, we find that in a majority of cases fiscal shocks are the main driving force of real exchange rate fluctuations.…”
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Ageing and personal retirement savings plan participation with heterogeneity in preferences : the Portuguese case by Barros, Carlos Pestana, Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Garcia, Maria Teresa Medeiros

“…A mixed logit model is used to analyse the determinants of retirement saving behaviour, allowing for heterogeneity in the responses. We find considerable heterogeneity among individuals (in terms of socio-economic variables such as age, gender and income), which must be taken into account by any policy aimed at changing retirement saving behaviour.…”
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Identification of segments of European banks with a latent class frontier model by Barros, Carlos Pestana, Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Gil-Alana, Luis A.

“…A latent class frontier model is used which allows the identification of different segments in the production frontier. We find that there are three statistically significant segments in the sample. …”
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Opinion on the compatibility of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) with the European Convention on Human Rights & the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights by Korff, Douwe, Brown, Ian

“…It follows a request to find out “if the final Version of ACTA and its foreseen legislative procedure is in line with the Treaties of the European Union and which legal possibilities there are for the European Parliament to challenge this in front of the European Court of Justice.” …”
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Characteristic qualities affecting landed house prices by Mohamad, Muhamad Hilmi, Nawawi, Abdul Hadi, Mohd Safian, Edie Ezwan, Ahmad Saleh, Ahmad Fawwaz

“…The research was conducted to find the characteristics quality of houses in Malaysia. …”
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Antioxidant study of methanolic and ethanolic extracts of Malaysian aromatic plants’ leaves: towards industrial biotechnology by Kamarudin, Kamarul Rahim, Abu Abas, Azlim Almey, Koya, Mustapha Suleiman, Syed Osman Idid, Syed Zahir Idid, Mohamed Rehan, Aisyah, Khan Chowdhury, Ahmed Jalal

“…Among the eluent systems used for phytochemical analysis using thin layer chromatography (TLC), EWFA showed the largest number of antioxidant active compounds, followed by EMW and CEF. …”
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Bioautographic profile of antimicrobial active extract from the stem barks of Entada spiralis Ridl by Mohd Hassan, Norazian, Mat So'ad, Siti Zaiton, Harun, Aiza, Wan Mat Khalil, Wan Khaima Azira, Che Mohd Ramli, Neni Kartini

“…A method of a combination of bioautographic assay and thin layer chromatography (TLC) analysis was employed to detect the antimicrobial biomarkers and to obtain the TLC profile, respectively. …”
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A new technique for reduction of scattered Gamma photons in Tc-99m SPECT imaging by Sayed, Inayatullah Shah, Zakaria, Ahmad, Haque, Tuhin

“…A unique technique has been introduced to absorb some fraction of scattered gamma photons from the image raw data before their registration. The technique uses thin sheets of materials; copper and aluminum as physical filters. …”
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Integral mixing using nano silicon for concrete waterproofing by Muhammad, Nasiru Zakari

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Erbium doped fiber lasers utilizing gadolinium oxide, neodymium oxide and samarium oxide as passive saturable absorbers by Mat Yusoff, Rabi’atul ‘Adawiyah

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Anti-inflammatory activities of phenolic compounds in fractionated pyroligneous acid from slow pyrolysis of palm kernel shell by Rabiu, Zainab

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Study on improvement of the performance parameters of a novel 0.41–0.47 THz on‑chip antenna based on metasurface concept realized on 50 μm GaAs‑layer by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, See, Chan, Shukla, Pancham, Salekzamankhani, Shahram, Abd-Alhameed, Raed, Falcone, Francisco, Limiti, Ernesto

“…The proposed metasurface on-chip antenna is constructed on an electrically thin high-permittivity gallium arsenide (GaAs) substrate layer. …”
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CFD Analysis on Different Filling Volume Capacity and Fluid Density for Flexitank Application by Azahar, Mohamad Amirur Rahman, Darlis, Nofrizalidris, Hassan, Norhafizzah, Mohd Salleh, Zuliazura, Taib, Ishkrizat, Ngali, Mohd Zamani, Mustaffa, Khairul Nizam, Hashim, Muhamad Mohshein

“…Due to the flexitanks thin walls, it is important to consider the impacts of fluid-structure interaction (FSI). …”
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Organic-inorganic PTAA-SiGe transparent optical materials performance analysis for photo device applications by Nasir, Syafiqa, Bablu Kumar Ghosh, Bablu Kumar Ghosh, Pratap Kumar Dakua, Pratap Kumar Dakua, Fuei Pien Chee, Fuei Pien Chee, Mohamad, K.A., Saad, Ismail

“…The transmittance of SiGe thin film is increased with the microstrain of the films as a result, better opto-electrical performance is displayed. …”
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Organic-inorganic PTAA-SiGe transparent optical materials performancem analysis for photo device applications by Nasir, Syafiqa, Bablu Kumar Ghosh, Bablu Kumar Ghosh, Pratap Kumar Dakua, Pratap Kumar Dakua, Fuei Pien Chee, Fuei Pien Chee, K.A. Mohamad, K.A. Mohamad, Saad, Ismail

“…The transmittance of SiGe thin film is increased with the microstrain of the films as a result, better opto-electrical performance is displayed. …”
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Development of portable solar generator by Mat Jamil, Khamelrun Shah

“…The 36 W Charger in its stowed form will resemble a notebook computer case in size and form Deployed, its physical size is half that required for a traditional Silicon 16% solar cell Charger and one-quarter that for a 8% thin film solar cell Charger. A challenge for the use of these 32% efficient cells is their cost. …”
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Characterization of nanostructures ZnO synthesized through hydrothermal method by Mior Idris, Wan Nur Amalina

“…Morphology and surface roughness analysis were characterized using FESEM and AFM to observe the nanostructures growing on ZnO thin films while current against voltage testing was done to identify the resistivity of ZnO nanostructures using a 2-probe point analyzer. …”
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