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Design and characterization of a new three-stage quadruple pass EDFA
Published 2012“…Development of multi-stage EDFAs has become one of main research areas in recent times. In this study, a three-stage Quadruple Pass (QP) EDFA is proposed for long haul OFCS. …”
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3542
Antecedents of Zakat payers' trust: the case of Nigeria
Published 2011“…The trust model represents the main contribution of this study. Importantly, necessity of understanding zakat payers’ trust are more pertinent at the place where proper zakat administration is still in its infancy stage as in the case of Nigeria.…”
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3543
Impact of a growing population in agricultural resource management: Exploring the global situation with a micro-level example
Published 2012“…Accordingly, the demographers and environmentalists for that reason have come up with raising issues that the main challenges for environmental management throughout the world is now to determine our planet’s capacity to sustain such a huge amount of burgeoning human population. …”
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3544
The ethical implications of the modern progress in science
Published 2013“…The ability to rearrange objects, therefore, lies at very foundation of systematic research and advanced technologies introduced by scientists and technologists. The main objective of modern science, as established by Francis Bacon, is to dominate nature through understanding the procedures which nature follows. …”
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3545
A theoretical review on the factors influencing the demand for park and ride facility
Published 2012“…As an initial progress of this study, this paper highlights the literature review pertaining to the concept of park and ride and factors such as socioeconomic, travel and parking characteristics of the parking users that influence the use of the park and ride facility. Though the main focus of this paper addresses the analysis of literature on park and ride facility, formulation of objectives, methodology, and elements related to the initial stage of this study are also highlighted. …”
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3546
Rheological behavior of starch-based biopolymer mixtures in selected processed foods
Published 2013“…It was found that starch-based biopolymer mixtures had different rheological behaviors that could affect the quality of processed foods. The main factors that affected rheological properties were the botanical sources of starches and the effect of mixing other biopolymers with starch. …”
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3547
Availability of literature on social entreprenureship for sustainable wealth creation in internet
Published 2012“…This paper examines relative availability of materials related to social entreprenureship for sustainable wealth creation in order to develop hands-on, professional, ethical, which is promoted by the various organizations around the world. The main objective of this study was to examine the relative frequency of social entreprenureship and sustainable wealth creation by the organizations and other related concepts that are available in the Internet search engines. …”
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3548
Comparative analysis between Bloom’s and Malik Badri’s taxonomies of thinking process
Published 2012“…The methodology of this research is based on the philosophical analysis and historical development of Bloom taxonomy and Malik Badri in order to identify the main differences between their taxonomies of the thinking process…”
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3549
Multiculturalism in Malaysian short stories written in English (1966-2009)
Published 2009“…While it is officially accepted as a main feature of Malaysian society, multiculturalism’s ideological aims of recognizing, celebrating and maintaining cultural identities in order to promote and encourage social cohesion and unity have, nonetheless, often been limited by resistance against extending equitable status to the distinct cultural, religious and ethnic groups within the country. …”
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3550
PhD proposal (BAA Doctoral Colloquium Cardiff 2010): short selling and stock returns
Published 2010“…While most studies on short interest and stock returns have focused on the US stock markets, there are very few studies done on the Hong Kong stock market. So the main motivations of this paper are: a) To investigate the relationship between short interest and stock returns in Hong Kong stock market b) To examine whether stock abnormal returns increase in the level of short interest c) To examine the relationship between level short interest and fundamental-to-price ratios and institutional ownership of shorted stocks …”
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3551
On the key factors of usability in small-sized mobile touch-screen application
Published 2013“…The application is a critical one that can represent the cases of a wide number of smart phone applications. Main expectations of users are presented from HCI (Human Computer Interaction) perspective and discussed through the case study. …”
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Enhancing the efficiency of polymerase chain reaction using graphene nanoflakes
Published 2012“…The results suggest that the superior thermal conductivity effect of GNFs may be the main cause of the PCR enhancement.…”
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An evaluation of Arabic phonology course among school teachers in a hybrid learning environment
Published 2013“…The results show that the course evaluation obtained a mean score of moderate high for evaluation of 3 main criterions with the qualitative feedbacks for course improvement and modifications to suit their diverse level of background in the teaching profession in schools. …”
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3554
Effects of workpiece preheating on surface roughness, chatter and tool performance during end milling of hardened steel D2
Published 2008“…Though initial average flank wear of the tool during preheated machining is found to be slightly higher compared to that of room temperature machining, the extrapolated tool life appears to be higher in the case of preheating. The main mechanisms of tool failure are found to be superficial plastic deformation, diffusion and notching. …”
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Characterization of carbon nanotube aluminium nano composite- effect of ball milling time on particle size
Published 2013“…The preliminary mixing of CNTs and aluminium powder in a tube via manual shaking and the speed used could be the main contributing factor in achieving uniform dispersion of CNT in aluminium matrix within short time.…”
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Personal integrity and social responsibility in decision making process: the case of western Australian small business owners
Published 2010“…The remaining interviewees argued that the need to meet the economic and legal requirements is the main factor for incorporating the two elements into their decisions. …”
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3557
Grammar-based and example-based techniques in machine translation from English to Arabic
Published 2013“…The proposed methodology is flexible and scalable. The main advantages of HERBMT are that it combines the advantages of RBMT and EBMT, and it can be applied to other languages with minor modifications. …”
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3558
Al-Quran as a source of knowledge : a theological perspective in early Islam
Published 2013“…They rose to the occasion and led the majority of the Muslims to a remarkable level of understanding and unity in the main issues of faith. The book consists of six chapters. …”
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Multiculturalism in Malaysia and Singapore: Contesting models
Published 2013“…Both countries comprise three main ethnic groups but in diametrically opposite proportion. …”
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Regulating competition in the Malaysian telecommunication sector: a need for a new approach?
Published 2013“…This paper aims to analyze the existing regulatory and institutional framework overseeing competition in the Malaysian telecommunications sector. The main focus of this paper is to analyze the manner in which competition is pursued through specific sector regulation and whether specific rules on competition are effectively and rigorously enforced. …”
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