Electronic cigarette users lack intention to quit vaping by Skerry, Alex, Lusher, Joanne, Banbury, Samantha

“…This study aims to determine whether users intend to quit or reduce vaping. An online survey link was posted on social media forums and 259 self-confessed vapers completed an online questionnaire. …”
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Tribalism and democracy in the arab world: a sociological study of the Arab mind and its perception of democracy through the events of the Arab spring by Merah , Souad, Tahraoui, Ramdane

“…Though the majority of the public voices and opinions are still throwing its support to Arab Spring, many are also skeptical about the real instigators, intrinsic motives and the long term agenda. The common denominator that brings together most of the Arab spring revolutions is the fact that as soon as they succeed in toppling the dictatorial regimes targeted by these revolutions, they themselves drop into a state of weakness and anarchy, and quickly, divisions and wide cracks within the social structure become very visible. …”
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Some applications of generalised linear models by Scallan, Anthony

“…This technique is applied to standard link functions as well as to the family of composite link functions. …”
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Sustainable supply chain management in construction: an exploratory review for future research by Cataldo, Ieva, Banaitis, Audrius, Samadhiya, Ashutosh, Banaitienė, Nerija, Kumar, Anil, Luthra, Sunil

“…The study’s findings suggested that due to the significance of long-term relationships between construction companies, suppliers and customers, smart technology could make it simpler to reach every supply chain link. …”
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An analysis of the Dongba arts and culture in the context of tourism by Xie, Zheng

“…The study examines the critical link between Lijiang’s tourism development and the Naxi dongba culture. …”
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The role of bank loans and deposits in the monetary transmission mechanism in Malaysia by Kassim, Salina, Abdul Majid, M. Shabri

“…To achieve this objective, the study relies on two tests: fi rst, the auto-regressive distributed lag (ARDL) model for the long-run relationship among the variables and second, the impulse response functions and variance decomposition analysis for the short-run relationship among the variables. …”
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CSR and marketing : two sides of the same coin by Mohd. Israil, Khaliq Ahmad, Abd. Manaf, Noor Hazilah, Tahir, Suziwana

“…That denotes building corporate eminence by ensuring superiority products and services, inspiring social accountability by exerting in an overt and lucid fashion, and avail best management practices through profuse and conscientious communication with employees, and proffer congruous training and development. CSR can link the enterprise and brand; therefore in the long run this relationship contributes to the society. …”
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An ethnographic study examining food and drink practices in four early childhood settings by Albon, Deborah

“…I contend that an over-concern with risk avoidance may be antithetical to other long-held ideas about early childhood practice, notably the importance of playfulness and spontaneity. …”
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Dilated Intercellular Spaces of Esophageal Epithelium among Malaysian With Nonerosive Reflux Disease: Transmission Electron Microscopic (Tem) Study by Myint, Yi Yi, Tun, Ye, Muhammad Amjad, Nasser, Mat Hassan, Mohd. Zailaini

“…The diffusion of refluxed gastric acid into the intercellular space activates chemo sensitive nociceptors whose signals are transmitted via the spinal cord to the brain for symptom (heartburn) perception as well as initiated a short reflex arc to esophageal (longitudinal) smooth muscle as means of precipitating a sustained esophageal contraction. …”
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Paediatric cause of back pain in young adult. A case report by Sharifudin, Mohd Ariff, Johari, Joehaimey, Omar, Ahmad Sabri

“…Vertebral involvement has been frequently reported in approximately 10-15% of cases, but involvement of the spinal cord and roots remains a rare occurrence. Patients may present with progressive back pain, with or without neurologic symptoms. …”
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Faulty sensor detection using data correlation of multivariant sensor reading in smart agriculture with IOT by Malik, Ahmed Dhahir

“…Also, when the sensor gives a constant reading for a long time the system has got a fault in this sensor. …”
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Deep reinforcement learning based resource allocation strategy in cloud-edge computing system by Ahmed Adhoni, Zameer, Habelalmateen, Mohammed I, D R, Janardhana, Abdul Sattar, Khalid Nazim, Audah, Lukman

“…Although the article limits simulations in areas to be covered and complexity in training, it brings the prospective benefits of MAL-DRL in the management of cloud-edge resources on the spot. …”
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A comparative study on MEMS piezoelectric microgenerators by Md Ralib @ Md Raghib, Aliza 'Aini, Nordin, Anis Nurashikin, Salleh, Hanim

“…The growing demand of wireless sensor networks has created the necessity of miniature, portable, long lasting and easily recharged sources of power. …”
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Effects of frequency on fade slope based on measured rain attenuation data in Malaysia by Islam, Md. Rafiqul, Chebil, Jalel, Dao, Hassan, M., Al-Hareth

“…There is an ever increasing demand for radio-frequency (RF) spectrum by the nations of the world, in order to satisfy the growing demand for long-distance communications. As C-band (4/6 GHz) is already congested, and Ku-band (12/14 GHz) is filling up rapidly, currently interest focus on the utilization of higher bands. …”
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Process optimization for bioprotein production from cheaper carbon source by Jamal, Parveen, Alam, Md. Zahangir, Fairoza, N.

“…The maximum biomass produced was 70.6 (g/L) with optimum fermentation conditions of temperature, pH, agitation, inoculum size and four-day long fermentation.…”
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Rain attenuation prediction of optical wireless system in tropical region by Ahmad Zabidi, Suriza, Islam, Md. Rafiqul, Wajdi, Al Khateeb

“…The effect of rain on optical wireless link is expressed in term of specific rain attenuation. …”
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Knots Verses Graphs by Azram, Mohammad

“…It has been shown that the universes, LR-graphs and regions of reduced alternating knots (links) are path connected. Connected universe corresponding to reduced alternating knot (link) is unique. …”
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Personal identity and persistence over time : the hybrid view with regard to hylomorphism by Keles, Serap

“…Against both of these mainstream views, certain recent works have pointed to the possibility of a new account of personal identity that brings the rival accounts together in a hybrid notion of personal identity. …”
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"What I do, it's not little, it's really something": a political economy of migrant and minority ethnic care workers' experience in private older-age care in London, Paris and Madr... by Sahraoui, Nina

“…The overarching theoretical framework of the thesis is embedded in a transnational political economy of care (Williams, 2011a) and brings into the analysis the perspective of feminist moral philosophy (Tronto, 2013; Molinier, 2013). …”
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Uncertainty, interest, gambling and conventional insurance by Htay, Sheila Nu Nu, Syed, Ahmed Salman

“…The involvement of unfair elements in insurance brings the unjust contracts between the insurance companies and the insured. …”
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