A pragmatic study of strategic maneuvering in Jane Austen’s Novels: Pride and Prejudice and Emma by Talib Salman, Hawraa

“…In addition, the most prominent maxim in Pride and Prejudice was the quantity maxim while Emma it was the quality maxim. Findings also revealed the scalar implicature was the most prominent implicature in both novels and as far as politeness principle is concerned, where men tend to use positive politeness more than women. …”
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Performance of asphalt mixtures containing steel slag aggregate and synthetic fibers by Hezam Alnadish, Adham Mohammed

“…On the other hand, the asphalt mixtures incorporated coarse steel slag aggregate exhibited the best performance than the other substitutions. Furthermore, introducing synthetic fibers have dramatically enhanced the cracking resistance. …”
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The relationship of social support and personality with work-family conflict among women employees in Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia by Noor, Tahmina

“…The result showed that women experience a moderate level of WFC however work is more demanding than family. Contradictory to a large body of work- family literature, work-family specific supervisor support did not significantly relate to either directions of WFC. …”
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Developing a hybrid hidden MARKOV model using fusion of ARMA model and artificial neural network for crude oil price forecasting by Isah, Nuhu

“…The models were evaluated using three different evaluation techniques which are Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE), Absolute Error (AE) and Root Mean Square Error (RMSE). The findings showed that Hybrid Hidden Markov Model was found to provide more accurate crude oil price forecast than the other three models in which. …”
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Proceedings of 9th Windsor Conference Making Comfort Relevant

“…However, despite being valued for its ability to deal with variable conditions, the field study approach continued to concentrate on finding a ‘comfort temperature’ for a particular group or environment. …”
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Enhancement of sulfonated poly ether ether ketone based electrolytes for bipolar membrane fuel cell by Sayed Daud, Syarifah Noor Syakiylla

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Investigation and development of a novel metrology standard for the measurement of relative intensity noise and frequency chirp of DFB lasers in optical networks by Cox, Michael Christopher

“…Laser diode Relative Intensity Noise (RIN) metrology capabilities have been developed and demonstrated, providing significantly improved sensitivity and accuracy than existing methods. This is a key parameter for laser components used in telecommunication systems due to the drive to reduce inherent noise, improve overall signal-to-noise ratio and thus increasing achievable communication link length and reduce required component specification. …”
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Characterization and kinetics study of activated coconut shells, cow bones and zeolite based adsorbent for pome treatment by Abdulrahman Oyekanmi, Adeleke

“…The Frendlich isotherm fitted experimental data better than the Langmuir and the Temkin isotherm for Pb which showed that the adsorption process was effective on a heterogeneous surface. …”
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Characterization of the measurement uncertainty for the electromagnetic conducted and radiated emission test by Ayob, Mohd Erdi

“…In CE measurement, about 26.67% of non-compliant EUT have a QP margin below than the ULAB = 3.058 dB and 34.09 % of non-compliant EUT which have a margin below than the ULAB = 4.2 - 4.58 dB for RE measurement. …”
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Hospital waiting time : the forgotten premise of healthcare service delivery? by Pillay, M. S., Mohd Ghazali, Roslan Johari, Abd. Manaf, Noor Hazilah, Assari Abdullah, Abu Hassan, Abu Bakar, Azman, Salikin, Faisal, Umapathy, Mathyvani, Ali, Roslinah, Bidin, Noriah, Wan Ismail, Wan Ismefariana

“…A total of 13,000 responses were analysed for the patient survey and almost 3,000 were analysed for the employee survey. Findings – The findings indicate that on average, patients wait for more than two hours from registration to getting the prescription slip, while the contact time with medical personnel is only on average 15 minutes. …”
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Workforce fatigue model and its relationship with workforce productivity by Shahraki, Shahrokh

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Developing a sustainable tax efficiency model to reduce property tax non-compliance by Ashmat, Ismail

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Thermal performance of shaded recessed wall façade of a cellular office space in Johor Bahru, Malaysia by Abdullahi, Muhammed Gambo

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An innovative passive metallic damper with replaceable components for earthquake protection of structures by Aghlara, Reza

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The effect of tides and vessel parameters of fishing boat generated waves by Suprayogi, Dedy Triawan

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Child sexual abuse: making sense of the abuse of power and control by Eisenberg, Nadine Cecilia

“…Possible explanations for Study One findings were offered and implications discussed. …”
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Digital Learning Content in Automotive Technology Program Towards Student Cognition in TVET: A Partial Experiment by Mohamed Shafieek, Muhammad Shahrir, Ismail, Affero, Razali, Siti Soleha

“…It fits with the social stigma of TVET, shaped by the perception that vocational education and training exist to serve school leavers rather than as an essential strategy to provide competent workers to the labour market. …”
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On the efficiency of the Malaysian banking Sector: a risk-return perspective by Sufian, Fadzlan, Haron, Razali

“…The results also suggest that all the banks which have managed to appear on the efficiency frontier are mainly based on the relatively higher mean returns rather than lower standard deviations and/or beta. Research limitations/implications – The approach used in this paper could also be used to other economic sectors, as well as from a multiple countries perspective as this approach allows the comparison of different countries, which have different accounting rules and are not comparable by using standard models. …”
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Test characteristics of urinary biomarkers depend on quantitation method in acute kidney injury by Md Ralib, Azrina, Pickering, John W., Shaw, Geoffrey M., Devarajah, Prasad, Edelstein, Charles L., Bonventre, Joseph V., Endre, Zoltan H.

“…Excretion rate on admission did not diagnose or predict outcomes better than either absolute or normalized concentration. …”
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Correlation studies on equity markets using linear regression model - Malaysia developing and developed markets by Haron, Razali, Zainal Abidin, Sazali, Larbani, Moussa

“…Malaysian market is found to be more correlated with the emerging market than the developed market. The study also analyzes the evolution of correlation of Malaysian market and other countries over time. …”
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