Application of multistage homotopy-perturbation method for the solutions of the Chen system by Chowdhury, Md. Sazzad Hossien, Hashim, Ishak

“…The HPM is treated as an algorithm in a sequence of intervals for finding accurate approximate solutions to the Chen system.We shall call this technique as the multistage HPM (for short MHPM). …”
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Genetics of severe obesity by Fairbrother, Una, Kidd, Elliot, Malagamuwa, Tanya, Walley, Andrew

“…Purpose of review: This review aims to present current information on genes underlying severe obesity, with the main emphasis on the three genes LEP, LEPR and MC4R. Recent findings: There is a substantial amount of evidence that variants in at least ten different genes are the cause of severe monogenic obesity. …”
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Error treatment in L2 writing: fostering social justice by using active self-correction with multilingual and multicultural students by Meletiadou, Eleni

“…The current study investigated the impact of lecturer e-correction (digital pen – DP) and students' active self-correction (ASC) on multilingual and multicultural undergraduate students' writing performance in a HEI in the UK. Findings indicated that self-correction improved students' writing performance. …”

Let's just see what happens: a qualitative case study of risk and uncertainty in the creative process by Ross, Wendy, Groves, Mike

“…We report four main findings: that creativity involves a form of “knowing through doing”, that creativity requires risk on different levels, that an embodied material sensitivity is required to make ideas appear in the world and that the form of the creative product is often unstable. …”
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Sexual violence as a sexual script in mainstream online pornography by Vera-Gray, Fiona, McGlynn, Clare, Kureshi, Ibad, Butterby, Kate

“…We found that one in eight titles shown to first-time users on the first page of mainstream porn sites describe sexual activity that constitutes sexual violence. Our findings raise serious questions about the extent of criminal material easily and freely available on mainstream pornography websites and the efficacy of current regulatory mechanisms.…”
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Using NHS patient data for research without consent by Brown, Ian, Brown, Lindsey, Korff, Douwe

“…In section V, we summarise our findings and assessments and set out our conclusions and recommendations.…”
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Heat-setting parameters optimisation of cotton/elastane fabric using response surface methodology by Huzaisham, Nur Athirah, Nasir, Siti Hana, Mohd Idris, Muhammad Khalis, Carolina Quintero Rodriguez, Carolina Quintero Rodriguez

“…Fabric dimension (lengthwise and widthwise), fabric areal density and fabric tension decay are taken as response variables. The findings establish that the optimum heat-setting parameters are 190℃ temperature, 75s process time and 13.5% width extension. …”
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Heat-setting parameters optimisation of cotton/elastane fabric using response surface methodology by Nur Athirah Huzaisham, Nur Athirah Huzaisham, Siti Hana Nasir, Siti Hana Nasir, Muhammad Khalis Mohd Idris, Muhammad Khalis Mohd Idris, Carolina Quintero Rodriguez, Carolina Quintero Rodriguez

“…Fabric dimension (lengthwise and widthwise), fabric areal density and fabric tension decay are taken as response variables. The findings establish that the optimum heat-setting parameters are 190℃ temperature, 75s process time and 13.5% width extension. …”
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Heat-setting parameters optimisation of cotton/elastane fabric using response surface methodology by Nur Athirah Huzaisham, Nur Athirah Huzaisham, Siti Hana Nasir, Siti Hana Nasir, Muhammad Khalis Mohd Idris, Muhammad Khalis Mohd Idris, Carolina Quintero Rodriguez, Carolina Quintero Rodriguez

“…Fabric dimension (lengthwise and widthwise), fabric areal density and fabric tension decay are taken as response variables. The findings establish that the optimum heat-setting parameters are 190℃ temperature, 75s process time and 13.5% width extension. …”
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Heat-setting parameters optimisation of cotton/elastane fabric using response surface methodology by Huzaisham, Nur Athirah, Nasir, Siti Hana, Mohd Idris, Muhammad Khalis, Carolina Quintero Rodriguez, Carolina Quintero Rodriguez

“…Fabric dimension (lengthwise and widthwise), fabric areal density and fabric tension decay are taken as response variables. The findings establish that the optimum heat-setting parameters are 190℃ temperature, 75s process time and 13.5% width extension. …”
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Heat-setting parameters optimisation of cotton/elastane fabric using response surface methodology by Huzaisham, Nur Athirah, Nasir, Siti Hana, Mohd Idris, Muhammad Khalis, Carolina Quintero Rodriguez, Carolina Quintero Rodriguez

“…Fabric dimension (lengthwise and widthwise), fabric areal density and fabric tension decay are taken as response variables. The findings establish that the optimum heat-setting parameters are 190℃ temperature, 75s process time and 13.5% width extension. …”
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The readiness among the polytechnic engineering and non-engineering lecturers towards implementation of 4C in teaching by Awang, Noor Hidayah, Ming, Foong Lee

“…The results show that polytechnic lecturers tend to have a high level of readiness for 4C for all three domains. Findings also show that, except for the psychomotor and affective domain, there is no substantial difference in cognitive domain for 4C between engineering and non-engineering lecturers. …”
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A case study of residential buildings subjected to cracking failures by Jamaluddin, Norwati, Yeoh, David, Abdul Ghani, Abdul Halim, Koh, Heng Boon, Shah Ayob, Sallehudin, Wan Ibrahim, Mohd Haziman, Mohamad, Noridah, Tuan Chik, Tuan Norhayati, Abd. Ghafar, Nor Hayati

“…The purpose of this paper is to present some preliminary findings of residential buildings which subjected to cracks. …”
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Metacognitions of Flow Experience: Towards an Understanding of the Self-Regulation of Optimal Experience by Wilson, Edith E.

“…Building upon these correlational findings, a longitudinal study was conducted in order to identify potential causal mechanisms between flow metacognitions and flow at work. …”
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Liberalization of retail sector and the economic impact of the entry of foreign hypermarkets on local retailers in Klang Valley, Malaysia by Kalliappan, S. R., Alavi, Rokiah, Abdullah, Kalthom, Zakaullah, Muhammad Arif

“…A total of 135 questionnaires were completed. The findings from the survey reveal that the entry of foreign hypermarkets in a town often affects the business environment of the local retail businesses. …”
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An empirical study of the effects of conscientiousness in pair programming using the five-factor personality model by Salleh, Norsaremah, Mendes, Emilia, Grundy, John, Burch, Giles St. J.

“…Conscientiousness was chosen because it has been shown to be the most consistent predictor of academic achievement. Our findings showed that differences in conscientiousness level did not significantly affect the academic performance of students who pair programmed, which could have been due to the short duration of the tasks used throughout the experiment. …”
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Empirical analysis of object-oriented coupling and cohesion measures in determining the quality of open source systems by Awang Abu Bakar, Normi Sham

“…This paper provides empirical evidence supporting the roles of object-oriented (OO) coupling and cohesion metrics, using a subset of Chidamber and Kemerer OO metrics suite, in predicting the post-delivery defects. The findings, based on various open source systems developed in Java, indicate that, a coupling measure, Coupling between object classes (CBO) is very highly significant in predicting defects while Lack of cohesion metric (LCOM), as a cohesion measure is not significant. …”
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Optimization of the extraction process parameter for kenaf seeds oil to obtain high oil yield by Amid, Azura, Jamal, Parveen, Mohamad, Nurul Elyani, Engku Abdullah, Engku Hasmah

“…In this study, kenaf seeds variety Khon kaen was used as a material in finding the optimum parameter in extracting seed oil that give the highest oil yield. …”
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Nasir al-Din al-Tusi's understanding of trigonometry by Isqeel , Abdullateef Ayodele, Faris, Waleed Fekry

“…Hence, it is a methodology for finding some unknown elements of triangle provided the data include a sufficient amount of linear and angular measurements to define a shape…”
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Iterative spatial sectoring algorithm: a computer based approach to determining area of irregular closed space and tumor volume by Aboaba, Abdulfattah A., Hameed, Shihab Ahmed, Khalifa, Othman Omran, Hassan Abdalla Hashim, Aisha, Harun, Rahmat H., Mohd Zain, Nurzaini Rose

“…The approximation made at the stage of finding the area would affect the determination of brain tumor volume and shape when it is eventually used in its calculation. …”
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