Effect of Nanoclay on Thermal Properties of Polylacticacid-Clay Nanocomposite by Anuar, Hazleen, Kaiser, Mohammad Rejaul

“…Biopolymer and their composites (like Polylacticacid (PLA) and its composites) can be a suitable competitor to replace convention polymers and composites. …”
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Some thoughts on separation of powers: Westminster model versus American model by Ismail, Ibrahim

“…This paper also highlights the influence of the theory through constitutional provisions and judicial pronouncements, which indicated the modification of the two models to suit countries like Malaysia.…”
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Factors influencing the adoption of m-commerce: a literature review by Sadi, A.H.M. Saifullah, Noordin, Mohamad Fauzan

“…Mobile commerce has been a huge success in terms of individuals’ adoption in some markets like Japan, while, surprisingly, not as flourishing in others. …”
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Seigniorage of fiat money and the maqasid al-shari'ah: the compatibility of the gold dinar with the maqasid by Mydin Meera, Ahamed Kameel, Larbani, Moussa

“…In this Part II paper we argue for commodity monies, like the gold dinar and silver dirham, as being compatible with the maqasid. …”
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A novel text steganography technique to Arabic language using reverse fatah by Shah, Asadullah, Memon, Mujtaba S

“…This technique can be applied on other languages like Persian, Sindhi and other Regional languages…”
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Iraq’s democratic dilemmas: from entrenched dictatorship to fragile democracy by Abdulla, Namo

“…Saddam and his former like-minded people created a culture capable of producing as many dictators as it wants. …”
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British and Irish Diasporas: Societies, cultures and ideologies by MacRaild, Donald

“…People from the British and Irish Isles have, for centuries, migrated to all corners of the globe.Wherever they went, the English, Irish, Scots, Welsh, and and even sub-national, supra-regional groups like the Cornish, co-mingled, blended and blurred. …”

Parallel querying of distributed ontologies with shared vocabulary by Aslam, Sharjeel, Vassilev, Vassil, Ouazzane, Karim

“…However, although SPARQL is well-established standard for querying semantic repositories in RDF and OWL format and there are commonly used APIs which supports it, like Jena for Java, its parallel option is not incorporated in them. …”
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Protea / Extraction by Arkomanis, Ektoras, Shummo, Mae, Medina Uriarte, Lucia

“…Central to the installation is a trophy-like bronze relief of the outline of Protea Village, an area adjacent to Kirstenbosch, the National Botanical Garden of South Africa, located in Western Cape. …”
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Malaysia's palm oil exports: does exchange rate overvaluation and undervaluation matters? by Mohd Sidek, Noor Zahirah, Yusoff, Mohammed, Mat Ghani, Gairuzazmi, Duasa, Jarita

“…Hence, it is imperative that policy-makers avoid both overvaluation and undervaluation and keep the real exchange rate in line with the economic fundamentals. …”
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Pricing efficiency of the 3-month KLIBOR futures contracts: An empirical analysis by Razak, Marina Abdul, Bacha, Obiyathulla Ismath

“…The study spans the contract's entire 10-year history, June 1996 to June 2006. In line with findings in other markets, we find a pre-ponderance of overpricing. …”
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Assessing future needs of IT education in Malaysia: a preliminary result by Ahlan, Abdul Rahman, Suhaimi, Mohd Adam, Hussin, Husnayati, Arshad, Yusri

“…The research team found that technical, soft and problem-solving skills are the main concerns raised by the key informants. This is in line with the literature review and also the present higher education policy concerns by the Malaysia government. …”
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Ten gamat species in Malaysia’s seawaters for health-based industries by Kamarudin, Kamarul Rahim, Hashim, Ridzwan

“…The Langkawi Archipelago and Pangkor Island are the main produc=on sites of air gamat and minyak gamat. In line with the development of science and technology, modern-­‐formularised gamat-­‐based products sold by Malaysia’s companies e.g. …”
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'Cash waqf' and Islamic microfinance: untapped economic opportunities by Md Saad, Norma, Anuar, Azizah

“…Given these shortcomings, the article explores the possibility of using ‘cash waqf’ as a new source of funding for Islamic microfinance and proposes a new concept and application of Islamic microfinance so that it is truly in line with the Islamic spirit of microfinance. It is hoped that with this new concept and application of Islamic microfinance, the use of microfinance genuinely caters for the needs of the poor as well as generating socio-economic growth of the Muslim ummah. …”
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Efficient lot batching system for furnace operation by Ibrahim, Kader, Chik, Mohd Azizi, Nizam, Wan Shamsir, Nyioh, Li Fem, Za'bah, Nor Farahidah

“…This implementation has resulted in much better material movement and has also made the manufacturing line more linear.…”
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Treatment of a Symptomatic Forearm Muscle Herniation with a Wrap-Around Fascia Lata Graft by Khalid, Kamarul Ariffin, Mah, Edward T

“…This is a study of a 28-year-old man who had a symptomatic swelling on the volar aspect of his left forearm while working on a car-door assembly line that resulted in a significant decreased of his grip strength, work capacity and median nerve symptoms. …”
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Vibration energy harvesting using single and comb-shaped piezoelectric beam structures: modeling and simulation by Diyana, N. H., Abdul Muthalif, Asan Gani, Fakhzan , M. N., Nordin, Anis Nurashikin

“…Researchers have been venturing into methods that can generate acceptable level of voltage since decades ago. In line with the spirit of green technology, energy harvesting will be a major contributor towards saving our environment in near future. …”
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Potential for improving vehicle fuel efficiency and reducing the environmental pollution via fuel ionization by Al Ali, Yousif, Hrairi, Meftah, Al Kattan, Ibrahim

“…The first type of magnetic device is installed within the fuel tank and the second is installed onto the fuel line. Each experiment was performed on ten separate vehicles from the Dubai Taxi Corporation fleet.When compared to the baseline data, reductions of 70 % for both hydrocarbon and carbon monoxide emissions, and 68 % for oxides of nitrogen were recorded. …”
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Shear wall construction in buildings: a conceptual framework on the aspect of analysis and design by Eusuf, Muhammad Abu, Abdur Rashid, Khairuddin, Mohd. Noor, Wira, Al Hasan, Abdullah

“…The software of this system is performed on the platform of modelling and then, the system models are usually idealized as line elements instead of continuum elements. Single walls are modelled as cantilevers and walls with openings are modelled as pier/ spandrel systems. …”
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Evolution of brain tumor growth model: a back-in-time approach by Aboaba, Abdulfattah A., Hameed, Shihab A., Khalifa, Othman Omran, Hassan Abdalla Hashim, Aisha, Harun, Rahmat H., Mohd Zain, Norzaini Rose

“…The surgeon is clinically responsible to do these with the aid of IGS software that is fashioned in line with the surgeon training. It has been observed that lots of time used at that stage could be saved if a good model that will accurately estimate tumor growth from few slices could be developed to assist at that stage. …”
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