After COVID-19: time to agree a biosecurity code of conduct under the biological and toxin weapons convention (article) by Whitby, Simon, Tang, Cheng, Shang, Lijun, Dando, Malcolm

“…The devastating COVID-19 disease outbreak of 2020 is likely to cause a profound rethink of how national and international communities deal with such outbreaks whether they are caused naturally, accidentally or deliberately. …”
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Strengthening the biological and toxin weapons convention after COVID-19: reaching agreement on a code of conduct and biological security education at the 2021 9th review conferenc... by Shang, Lijun, Whitby, Simon, Dando, Malcolm

“…In this chapter, we will describe and analyse one of the most likely means by which the BTWC could be strengthened at the 9th Review Conference, namely: agreement of an International Aspirational Code of Conduct supported by mandatory biological security education for life and associated scientists. …”
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Chemoreception and vertical movement in planktonic yolk-sac larvae of red sea bream Pagrus major by Tanaka, Yuuzi, Mukai, Yukinori, Takii, Kenzi, Kumai, Hidemi

“…At the moment of hatching, the larvae already have receptor cells with several cilia arranged radially in their open nostrils. Thus it is likely that by means of their vertical movement they are capable of sensing the thin food patch layer. …”
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Surveying the practice of strategic planning for school excellence by Lasisi, Abbas Ayodele, Mohd Ali, Hairuddin

“…In this present century, it is likely that school administration will continue to grow by interfacing with new and important domains such as planning and implementing appropriate program, developing goals, policies, and materials necessary to support the administration in order to achieve school excellence. …”
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The justifications and legal framework for liberalising intra-OIC trade by Ahamat, Haniff

“…These findings inform the discussions on the justifications of intra-OIC trade liberalisation and this paper finds that due to the economic conditions prevailing in most OIC Member States it is highly likely that such liberalisation results in trade diversion. …”
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Fuzzy computing with expressions for evaluating fonts styles on children websites by Mahmud, Murni, Raja Mohd, Noorhazwani, Md. Tap, Abu Osman

“…Children may have difficulty in understanding liked scale in rating websites. However, they are easily attracted to images and icons. …”
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Estimating the bias in meta analysis estimates based on fixed effect model for data with missing variability measures by Nik Idris, Nik Ruzni

“…However, if the magnitude of the missing study-variances are mostly larger than those that are reported, imputation leads to under estimation of the variance of the effect estimate. This is a likely case in meta analysis. When studies with missing variances were excluded from analysis, the variances of the effect estimate are overestimated, and the magnitude of the bias in this case is relatively larger when compared to those from complete imputed data.…”
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The impact of corporate governance on the restrictiveness of covenants in private debt contract by Abu Bakar, Intan Suryani, Mather, Paul, Tanewski, George

“…Accordingly we argue that, ceteris paribus, firms with stronger corporate governance will be perceived by debtholders to be less likely to engage in ex-post opportunism thereby reducing the need to use particularly restrictive covenants. …”
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Gene expression of Ntann12 in Nicotiana tabacum to Pb treatment by Abdul Halim, Nurul Izzah, Phang, Ing Chia

“…It was found to be upregulated upon Rhodoccocus fascians infection, salt and abscisic acid treatments. It is likely that Ntann12 could be involved in the response of plants to Pb stress and play a role to defend plants against Pb-induced oxidative damage. …”
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Ownership structure and corporate tax aggressiveness: A conceptual approach by Salihu, Ibrahim Aramide, Annuar, Hairul Azlan, Sheikh Obid, Siti Normala

“…Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses the theoretical approach in identifying the potential benefits and costs of corporate tax aggressiveness to develop a framework of the likely forms of ownership that could be related more to tax aggressive planning. …”
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Callus cultures: an alternative research tool to study regulatory mechanisms od carotenoid biosynthesis by Mohd Zaifuddin, Fatimah Azzahra, Othman, Rashidi, Mohd Hassan, Norazian

“…Thus, the callus is most likely to develop and respond to internal and external stimuli exactly as the intact plants. …”
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Proposed rain fade mitigation technique for Ka band space earth links in tropical climate by M. Saad, Nor Wahida, Ismail, Ahmad Fadzil, Badron, Khairayu, Mohd. Isa, Farah Nadia, Din, Jafri, Tharek, A.R.

“…It is envisioned that the tech requiring extensive auxiliary’s equipment. Th the likely improvement of a future Ka-band Earth link using proposed time diversity ( tropical regions. …”
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Emerging East Asia sukuk market: human development and growth indicators by Ahmad, Nursilah, Duasa, Jarita

“…Using Japan and Singapore as the benchmark country, the analysis suggest that most countries are most likely to converge to Japan. Therefore, Japanese economic policies could be the barometer for Emerging East Asia sukuk market.…”
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Evaluating a visual tool for systematic data collection and analysis for design students by S. Abd. Aziz, Madihah, Lindgaard, Gitte, Whitfield, T.W. Allan

“…Consequently, their products might not be acceptable to the intended consumers and are thus likely to fail in the marketplace. For design students to acquire those skills, design curricula should incorporate statistical courses teaching the concepts of data and user testing. …”
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Financial instruments disclosure practices : evidence from Malaysian listed firms by Adznan, Syaimaa', Puat Nelson, Sherliza

“…Hence, it suggests that effective corporate governance is crucial as this is likely to have some influence on the extent of disclosure level among companies. …”
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Evaluating a visual tool for systematic data collection and analysis for design students by S. Abd. Aziz, Madihah, Lindgaard, Gitte, Whitfield, TW Allan

“…Consequently, their products might not be acceptable to the intended consumers and are thus likely to fail in the marketplace. For design students to acquire those skills, design curricula should incorporate statistical courses teaching the concepts of data and user testing. …”
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Some observations on the origins of the Dome of the Rock by Omer, Spahic

“…The paper concludes that the likely truth is that the caliph ‘Abd al-Malik b. Marwan was able to commence building the edifice only after crushing the insurgence of ‘Abdullah b. al-Zubayr in 73/692. …”
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Identifying key drivers of food price inflation in Malaysia by Norazman, Umi Zakiah, Khalid, Haniza, Mat Ghani, Gairuzazmi

“…Given the expectation of unstable macro conditions in global market, world commodity price is likely to be uncertain in the future, understanding the dynamics of these shocks on domestic retail price is important for future macroeconomics policy design.…”
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Estimating the bias in meta analysis estimates for continuous data with non-random missing study variance by Nik Idris, Nik Ruzni

“…In meta analysis, this is more likely to occur in studies which carry larger variances. …”
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The Kulliyyah of Medicine : producing doctors imbued with tawhid. by Osman, Ariff, Md Nor, Azmi

“…It also contains a chapter by the current rector that focuses on the challenges the University is likely to face and alerts the University community to face these challenges and lead the way. …”
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