Navigating the impact of globalization on bank efficiency in China: panacea or Pandora’s Box? by Sufian, Fadzlan, Habibullah, Muzafar Shah

“…The empirical findings suggest that liberalization (restrictions) of the capital account exerts a negative (positive) influence on bank efficiency levels in China.…”
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Determinants of bank profitability in a developing economy: empirical evidence from the China banking sector by Sufian, Fadzlan

“…However, the impact of liquidity is not uniform across bank types. We find that the SOCBs with higher level of liquidity tend to be relatively more profitable, which could be vindicated by the significant amount of lending to the State Owned Enterprises. …”
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Statistical Signal Processing and Sorting for Acoustic Emission Monitoring of High-Temperature Pressure Components by Hrairi, Meftah

“…SAS statistical software package was used to find a correlation between these features, leading to the classification of AE signals according to type and discover relationships between emissions and the findings of the investigation. …”
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PID-based control of a single-link flexible manipulator in vertical motion with genetic optimisation by Md Zain, Badrul Aisham, Tokhi, M. Osman, Toha, Siti Fauziah

“…The important point is to evaluate the range of PID parameter which used in the GAs programmed to find the best value of this parameter. Comparative performance assessment of the control approaches are presented and discussed in the time and the frequency domains.…”
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Animal waqf as a thrust of social entrepreneurship by Mar Iman, Abdul Hamid, Mohammad, Mohammad Tahir Sabit

“…Understandably, poor members of the community who wish to raise animals as a source of living do not find an affordable means of beginning a herd. Livestock waqf could be offered as an approach to resolving this issue. …”
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Toolkit for community groups: promoting the well-being of migrants & displaced persons by Ata, Ayar, Jos, Hermans, Jamaludin, Thandar Soe@Sumaiyah, Janzing, Sigfried, Jeurgens, Charles, Mifsud, Alex, Ogbuigwe, Akpezi, Raza, Saima, Sayer, Ahmet, Wade, Rosalind, Win @ Fahmida, Nilar

“…Humans have always travelled and if we look back far enough in our family histories we will find that we are all migrants. The world crisis over the COVID 19 virus has shown that there is a danger that some vulnerable communities can be sidelined or forgotten. …”
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Determinants of banks’ total factor productivity: the post-Asian financial crisis experience of the Philippines by Sufian, Fadzlan

“…The present paper employs the Malmquist Productivity Index (MPI)method to examine the sources of total factor productivity change of the Philippines banking sector during the period of 1998 to 2008. The empirical findings suggest that the Philippines banking sector has exhibited productivity regress due to technological regress. …”
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Getting around 'offensive' language by Mohamed Ali, Haja Mohideen

“…They are insulting to fellow human beings, besides being distasteful in other ways. Users may therefore find it repugnant to use such expressions in their discourse. …”
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Theoretical investigation of a benzene-vanadium multiple-decked sandwich chain on a gold surface by Rahman, Md. Mamudur, Muhida, Rifki, Chowdhury, Md. Sazzad Hossien, Muhida, Riza, Zainuddin, Hishamuddin, Zakaria, Azmi, Kasai, Hideaki

“…We show that in the formation of the chain on the surface, each of the two hydrogen atoms of benzene bonds with only one gold atom, while the carbon and vanadium atoms do not contribute to bonding. We find that this system has no magnetic moment where two vanadium atoms are antiferromagnetically arranged, for which we suggest a superexchange interaction mechanism.…”
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Political science: a primer by Islam, Syed Serajul, Moten, Abdul Rashid

“…One of the chapters discusses some of the well-known thinkers which political science beginners would find familiar. This primer shows the relevance of politics to Islam as a way of life. …”
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Are rating agencies' assignment opaque? Evidence from international banks by Bellotti, Tony, Matousek, Roman, Stewart, Chris

“…Although support vector machines can identify significant determinants we argue that ordered choice models are more reliable for this. Our findings suggest that ratings reflect a bank’s financial position, the timing of rating assignment and a bank’s country of origin. …”
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Finite sample sensitivity of the critical value of an F-test for cointegration in a single equation ADL model by Stewart, Chris

“…Using simulation methods we find that these critical values are sensitive to the degree of autocorrelation and lag length in the DGP in finite samples. …”
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Banking efficiency and Economic growth in the MENA region by Ghannouchi, Walid, Radić, Nemanja

“…We apply a causality analysis between cost efficiency and financial deepening using the Generalized Methods of Moments and our findings show a significant and positive causality and reverse relationship between financial deepening and banking productivity. …”
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Integration in European retail banking: evidence from savings and lending rates to the household sector by Rughoo, Aarti, Sarantis, Nicholas

“…This method analyses the degree as well as the speed of convergence, identifies the presence of club formation, and measures the behaviour of each country’s transition path relative to the panel average. We find evidence supporting integration in the deposit and short-term mortgage markets but not in the consumer credit market and longer term mortgages. …”
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Comparison of Basic Iterative Methods Used to Solve of Heat and Fluid Flow Problems by Abdulbaset S Alkrbash, Abdulbaset S Alkrbash, Alhadi A Abosbaia, Alhadi A Abosbaia, Abdulhafid M Elfaghi, Abdulhafid M Elfaghi

“…The Jacobi method, the point Gauss-Seidel method, the successive over-relaxation method (SOR), the line Gauss method (TDMA), the ADI method and Strongly Implicit (SIP) method are among the iterative approaches investigated, which are then compared to find the most optimal method. The selection criteria included the number of iterations and the time needed to reach convergence. …”
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Comparison of Basic Iterative Methods Used to Solve of Heat and Fluid Flow Problems by Abdulbaset S Alkrbash, Abdulbaset S Alkrbash, Alhadi A Abosbaia, Alhadi A Abosbaia, Abdulhafid M Elfaghi, Abdulhafid M Elfaghi

“…The Jacobi method, the point Gauss-Seidel method, the successive over-relaxation method (SOR), the line Gauss method (TDMA), the ADI method and Strongly Implicit (SIP) method are among the iterative approaches investigated, which are then compared to find the most optimal method. The selection criteria included the number of iterations and the time needed to reach convergence. …”
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Phytochemicals constituent and antioxidant activities in Musa x paradisiaca flower by Mahmood, Azizah, Ngah, Nurziana, Omar, Muhammad Nor

“…The objective of this study is to find out qualitatively and quantitatively phytochemical constituents and antioxidant activities in the flower of Musa x paradisiaca extracts. …”
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Evaluation of kernel elongation ratio and aroma association in global popular aromatic rice cultivars in tropical environment by Golam, Faruq, Khalid, Norzulaani, Harikrishna , Jennifer Ann, Bhassu, Subha, Mohamed, Zulqarnain, Osman, Mohamad, Abdul Majid, Nazia

“…In the present study, it tried to evaluate the expression of aroma, kernel elongation and their association in 55 fine rice genotypes in the tropical environment of Malaysia. …”
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Case report of huge cervical dumbbell tumor in neurofibromatosis. Give up surgery? by Johari, Joehaimey, Omar, Ahmad Sabri, Hau, Mohammad Anwar, Sharifudin, Mohd Ariff

“…By the end of two weeks after the second surgery, he was able to manage himself independently, and recovered hi s fine motor functions. Tumour removal by a lateral approach still carries a risk of injuring vital structures. …”
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Optimization of operating conditions for the application of Moringa oleifera (Zogale) seeds extract in water disinfection using response surface methodology by Bichi, Mustafa Hassan, Agunwamba, Jonah Chukwumemeka, Muyibi, Suleyman Aremu

“…The kernel was ground to fine powder using the coffee mill attachment of the Moulinex domestic food blender. …”
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