Shear wall construction in buildings: a conceptual framework on the aspect of analysis and design by Eusuf, Muhammad Abu, Abdur Rashid, Khairuddin, Mohd. Noor, Wira, Al Hasan, Abdullah

“…Shear walls resist lateral forces viz. earthquake force and wind force for high-rise structure and gravity load for all type of structure. …”
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Medical Negligence Litigation in Malaysia: Trends and Challenges by Jahn Kassim, Puteri Nemie

“…Although at present, Malaysia is not experiencing the kind of “malpractice crisis”, there is certainly a rise in the number of negligence claims and the size of awards. …”
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Learning Qur’anic Arabic through interactive Web-based software: a pragmatic approach in language for specific purpose by Abdullah, Matin Saad, Pathan, Al-Sakib Khan

“…Since ‎it ‎is ‎‎obligatory for all Muslims to recite the Qur'an in Arabic ‎during regular prayers, ‎an ‎extraordinary ‎‎social phenomenon has taken place ‎in some parts of the ‎Muslim ‎world: in schools, children are only taught the complex phonological rules of the ‎Arabic language ‎in ‎the ‎context of the Qur'an. This has given rise to a demographic segment of adult learners who are interested in a Language for Specific Purposes (LSP) curriculum that would help them learn ‎a closed set of ‎syntactic rules ‎and ‎‎vocabularies in the ‎context ‎of the Qur'an, so that they can recall an idiomatic translation in their native language while they recite or listen to the Qur'an. …”
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The influence of personal attributes and organizational ethics position on accountants' judgments: Malaysian scenario by Mohd Ghazali, Nazli Anum, Ismail, Suhaiza

“…The research is timely given the growing importance of women in decision-making levels, the expected rise in employment and the requirement to include the business ethics course in the accounting programs in Malaysia. …”
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Cross country mean and volatility spillover effects of food prices: Evidence for Asia and Pacific by Alom, Fardous, Bert, Ward, Baiding, Hu

“…Main findings of the study are as follows: (1) there is no strong evidence of cross country mean spillover effects of food prices across all samples, (2) the recent subsample of sharp rise of food prices shows more evidence of mean spillover effects than the early subsample, (3) evidence of volatility spillover effects is stronger than mean spillover effects, (4) mixed evidence of volatility spillover effects is reported and (5) no exact direction of spillover effects between exporters and importers is evident; rather mixed evidence of spillover from exporter to importer, exporter to exporter, importer to exporter and geographical proximity can be documented.…”
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Relief Shelter Design (Malaysia Flood- December 2013) by Abdullah, Che Zulkhairi, Abdul Rahim, Asiah, Zen, Ismawi, Mohd. Hussain, Mohd. Ramzi, Tukiman, Izawati, yussoff, nor'ain

“…Due to an unprecedented rise of sea level and monsoon rains, the amount of water that reach the villages and towns appears to behave like a wave. …”
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Intelligent path guidance robot for visually impaired assistance by Razali, M. F., Toha, Siti Fauziah, Zainal Abidin, Zulkifli

“…The step responses shows the overshoot, settling time, rise time and peak time after the implementation of the designed Fuzzy Logic Controller in the system.…”
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Pan-Asianism and Japanization of Malaya: The Study of Japanese policy and its impacts on Malay community by Fathil, Fauziah

“…Finally the study will attempt to highlight that while the socio-cultural impacts of the two concepts did not last, the political impacts however, are noticeable and real, leading eventually to the rise of nationalism among the Malay community against British colonial rule.…”
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CAPWAP status and design considerations for seamless roaming support by Balfaqih, Mohammed, Haseeb, Shariq, Mazlan, M. Hasbullah, Hasnan, S. N, Mahmoud, Omer, Hassan Abdalla Hashim, Aisha

“…The era of wireless LAN has also given rise to unique applications like VOIP, IPTV and unified messaging. …”
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Surface modification of HSLA steel and its fracture behavior by Abdullrhman Hossin, Musa, Maleque, Md. Abdul, Ali, Mohammad Yeakub

“…Due to the preheating generated by this process, the extent of the temperature rise is sufficient to produce significant changes to the preplaced high melting point powders on the surface in terms of microstructure and mechanical properties. …”
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Biodiesel production via transesterification of palm olein using waste mud crab (Scylla serrata) shell as a heterogeneous catalyst by Boey, Peng-Lim, Maniam, Gaanty Pragas, Abd Hamid, Shafida

“…A recent rise in crab aquaculture activities has intensified the generation of waste shells. …”
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People displaced by climate change and proposal for a global convention to help them by Ansari, Abdul Haseeb, Shair Mohamad, Mohd Akram

“…People are being displaced from their places of living because of adverse weather conditions, rise of sea level and desertification caused by global warming. …”
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The relationship between construction and environment : The perspectives of town planning system by Asmawi, M. Zainora

“…Nowadays, due to high rate of urbanisation, rapid population growth, and rapid economic growth led to greater need of space for operation, which subsequently forced the construction industries to meet this demand. This gives rise to various forms of environmental degradations which lead to disruption of environmental equilibrium. …”
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Cross-border issues in the development of medical tourism in Malaysia: legal challenges and opportunities by Jahn Kassim, Puteri Nemie

“…Medical travel across international boundaries has been made possible through affordable airfares and the favourable exchange rates of the Malaysian ringgit has contributed to the rise of the "medical tourism phenomenon" where medical travel is combined with visiting popular tourist destinations in Malaysia. …”
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Re-genering academic writing. Case Study 1: Collages by Burns, Tom, Sinfield, Sandra, Abegglen, Sandra

“…Our teaching started with their strengths and assets: their commitment and engagement; and what they could do and what challenge they could rise to without the need for the specific cultural and academic capital typically already possessed by the traditional, middle-class student. …”
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Qucs Frequency Domain Non-Linear Compact Modelling and Simulation of IC Spiral Inductors on Silicon by Brinson, Mike

“…In the case of RF circuit simulation this assumption can give rise to significant modelling errors. With the recent improvementsinGeneralPublicLicense(GPL)circuitsimulators thissituationischanging,particularlythroughtheintroductionof Frequency Dependent Equation-Defined Device (FEDD) models, non-linear current/voltage static and dynamic Equation-Defined Device (EDD) models and user controlled swept signal frequency simulation employing Harmonic Balance steady state analysis. …”
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Frequency domain non-linear compact modelling and simulation of IC spiral inductors on silicon by Brinson, Mike

“…In the case of RF circuit simulation this assumption can give rise to significant modelling errors.With the recent improvements in General Public License (GPL) circuit simulators this situation is changing, particularly through the introduction of Frequency Dependent Equation-Defined Device (FEDD) models, non-linear current/voltage static and dynamic Equation-DefinedDevice(EDD)modelsandusercontrolledswept signal frequency simulation employing Harmonic Balance steady state analysis. …”
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Intraday anomalies and market efficiency : a trading robot analysis by Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Gil-Alana, Luis A., Plastun, Alex, Makarenko, Inna

“…This paper examines whether or not anomalies such as intraday or time of the day effects give rise to exploitable profit opportunities by replicating the actions of traders. …”
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Oestrogen receptors and breast cancer. are we prepared to move forward? A critical review by Eraso, Yolanda

“…In this article, I critically review the scientific literature for the period 1960-2016, examine the rise and persistence of the oestrogen hypothesis as well as the neglect of alternative hormonal explanations. …”
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Festival cities - culture planning and urban life by Gold, John Robert, Gold, Margaret

“…Festivals have always been part of city life, but their relationship with their host cities has continually changed. With the rise of industrialization, they were largely considered peripheral to the course of urban affairs. …”
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