Conductive polymer composites from polylactic acid/natural rubber filled with carbon black by Buys, Yose Fachmi, Lokman, Nor Afiza Syafina

“…It was also found that the impact strength of PLA/NR/CB composite is better than that of the neat PLA.…”
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A comparative longitudinal study of non-verbal mouse pointer by Mahmud, Murni, Sporka, Adam J., ., Sri Kurniawan, Slavik, Pavel

“…The quantitative data show that U3I performed better in error rate and in stimulating a mouse click; VJ was perceived as less fatiguing than VJ. U3I approached the performance of VJ at the end of the study period, indicating that these two systems can achieve similar performances as users get more experienced in using them. …”
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The relations between Islam and secularism: the impact of social behavior in Turkey by Ismail, Nik Ahmad Hisham, Teke, Mustafa

“…This study implies that education integrated with Islamic belief and practice will be more influential to educate Turkish Muslims, rather than secular based teaching. This result will be a guideline for educationists and counselors. …”
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The Private Finance Initiative(PFI)in schools: the experiences of users by Ismail, Suhaiza, Pendlebury, Maurice

“…A PFI contract is regarded as the provision of a bundle of services which are paid for year by year by the public sector user, rather than the provision of assets. Since the UK's introduction of the PFI in the early 1990s it has become a widely adopted means of acquiring asset based public services, with over 600 projects entered into by April 2004.1 However, before a PFI contract can be approved it has to be demonstrated that the project will provide value for money (VFM). …”
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An empirical comparison of meta analysis models for continuous data with missing standard deviations by Nik Idris, Nik Ruzni, Saidin, Norraida

“…For estimates based on the Fixed Effect model, mean imputation provides better estimates than multiple imputation, while those based on the Random Effects model are the more robust of the techniques imputation used…”
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Impact of fiber optic dispersion on the performance of OFDM-QAM system by Al-Khateeb, Khalid A. Saeed, Akhter, Fowzia, Islam, Md. Rafiqul

“…The results obtained from the OFDM-QAM system demonstrate that the influence of dispersion is lower in OFDM-QAM spectrum in comparison with single bit transmission with same bandwidth and it is approximately two times less than that of a conventional system.…”
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Electromagnetic actuated CVT system for vehicle by Rahman, Mohammed Ataur

“…The electromagnetic actuated continuously variable transmission system provides more torque and power than traditional transmissions with smooth speed changing, controlling wider-range speed ratio; and reduces the vehicle transmission losses significantly with pulling and pushing the movable sheave of the pulleys in a stroke length of 8 cm within 0.01 s. …”
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An efficient LU decomposition-based key pre-distribution scheme for ensuring security in wireless sensor networks by Pathan, Al-Sakib Khan, Dai, Tran Thanh, Hong, Choong Seon

“…Our scheme significantly increases the storage efficiency and security than that of the previously proposed scheme based on LU decomposition. …”
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On selection of models for continuos meta analysis data with incomplete variability measures by Nik Idris, Nik Ruzni, Sarudin, Norraida

“…For estimates based on the fixed effect model, mean imputation provides better estimates than multiple imputation, while those based on the random effects model are the more robust of the techniques imputation used.…”
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Application of the FDTD Hybrid “M3d24-Yee”for simulating EM scattering from two objects separated by long distances by Abd-El-Raouf, Hany E., El-Diwani, Esam A.

“…For a test case of scattering from two PEC parallelepipeds the memory required for the M3d24-Yee scheme is found to be less than 10% of the memory required for the Yee algorithm to solve the same problem…”
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No coma, but expressive dysphasia with cerebellar signs: an unique presentation of cerebral malaria by Shahar, Mohamed Arif, Ngiu, Chai Soon, Hashim, Hasnur Zaman, Tan, Hui Jang, Periyasamy, Petrick

“…Neurological deficits are commonly seen as sequelae of cerebral malaria rather than as presenting symptoms or signs. We present here a unique case of cerebral malaria with focal neurological deficits but without alteration in conscious level. …”
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Industrial Court: a court of equity and good conscience by Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali

“…The court has wider powers than an ordinary court of law in the prescription, recognition creation of rights, duties and obligations. …”
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Benthic dinoflagellate diversity and mixotrophy: Prorocentrum by Mohammad Noor, Normawaty, Moestrup, Ojvind

“…During the subsequent 175 years more than 20 species have been described. There is, however, some overlap in some species descriptions, an example being P. concavum and P. arabianum. …”
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International linkages among stock markets of Malaysia and its major trading partners by Karim, Bakri Abdul, Majid, M. Shabri ABD.

“…The Japanese stock market, to some extent, is found to be more important than the United States over these markets. In designing stock market policies, each country should take into consideration of any shocks in its major trading partners.…”
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The impact of Covid-19 on customer usage of E-Wallet in Indonesia by Ramadhan Suseto, Ramadhan, Mohamadali, Noor Azizah

“…Nowadays people tend to use online shopping and using e-wallet as payment method rather than using cash. Even to prevent the spread of covid-19 virus the use of online shopping application surge by 300%.…”
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On hot-spot traffic pattern of TESH network by Rahman, M.M. Hafizur, Inoguchi, Yasushi, Sato, Yukinori, Miura, Yasuyuk, Horiguchi, Susumu

“…It is shown that the dynamic communication performance of the TESH network is better than that of the mesh and torus networks. It is also shown that the relative difference in maximum throughput between torus and TESH networks decreases with the increase of hot spot traffic.…”
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Towards an application of Musharakah Mutanaqisah principle in Islamic microfinance by Md Saad, Norma, Abdul Razak, Dzuljastri

“…This paper illustrates that Musharakah Mutanaqsah, an equity based financing instrument, is better than debt-based financing because of its flexibility and end result in the ownership of assets on the part of the customer. …”
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An update on diversity of sea cucumber (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) in Malaysia by Kamarudin, Kamarul Rahim, Mohamed Rehan, Aisyah, Hashim, Ridzwan, Usup, Gires

“…It is estimated that more than 80 species of sea cucumber are present in Malaysia. …”
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Joining the dots on sexual exploitation of children and women: a way forward for UK policy responses by Coy, Maddy

“…In turn this has resulted in a focus on the vulnerability of individual young people rather than structural inequalities that connect CSE with sexual exploitation of adult women, despite the multiple similarities and overlaps. …”

Incremental reconstruction of moving object trajectory by Afzal, Muhammad Majid, Ouazzane, Karim, Vassilev, Vassil, Patel, Yogesh

“…This paper proposes a unique, much simpler model-driven approach which is more efficient than other approaches for dynamic tracking such as Microsoft Kinect. …”
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