Fiscal shocks and real exchange rate dynamics: some evidence for Latin America by Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Ciferri, Davide, Girardi, Alessandro

“…Using quarterly data over the period 1980-2006, we find that in a majority of cases fiscal shocks are the main driving force of real exchange rate fluctuations.…”
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Ageing and personal retirement savings plan participation with heterogeneity in preferences : the Portuguese case by Barros, Carlos Pestana, Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Garcia, Maria Teresa Medeiros

“…A mixed logit model is used to analyse the determinants of retirement saving behaviour, allowing for heterogeneity in the responses. We find considerable heterogeneity among individuals (in terms of socio-economic variables such as age, gender and income), which must be taken into account by any policy aimed at changing retirement saving behaviour.…”
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Identification of segments of European banks with a latent class frontier model by Barros, Carlos Pestana, Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Gil-Alana, Luis A.

“…A latent class frontier model is used which allows the identification of different segments in the production frontier. We find that there are three statistically significant segments in the sample. …”
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Opinion on the compatibility of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) with the European Convention on Human Rights & the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights by Korff, Douwe, Brown, Ian

“…It follows a request to find out “if the final Version of ACTA and its foreseen legislative procedure is in line with the Treaties of the European Union and which legal possibilities there are for the European Parliament to challenge this in front of the European Court of Justice.” …”
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Characteristic qualities affecting landed house prices by Mohamad, Muhamad Hilmi, Nawawi, Abdul Hadi, Mohd Safian, Edie Ezwan, Ahmad Saleh, Ahmad Fawwaz

“…The research was conducted to find the characteristics quality of houses in Malaysia. …”
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Age-related rarefaction in the fractal dimension of retinal vessel by Che Azemin, Mohd Zulfaezal, Kumar, Dinesh Kant, Wong, Tien Y., Wang, Jie Jin, Mitchell, Paul, Kawasaki, Ryo, Wu, Henry

“…However, earlier works did not find any correlation between aging and FD of the retinal vasculature, in contrast to the findings of reduced complexity in other parts of the body. …”
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An enhanced scheme to support QoS in MIPv6 based networks using DiffServ by Ibrahim, Loay, Hassan Abdalla Hashim, Aisha, Anwar, Farhat, Khalifa, Othman Omran, Mahmoud, Omer, Hameed, Shihab A., Daoud, Jamal Ibrahim

“…The Best-Effort service works fine with the conventional Internet applications (non real-time applications) such as remote login, electronic mail and file transfer. …”
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Stability testing of oil-in-water emulsion of Syzygium aromaticum (clove) by Abdul Ghafar, Syafiq, Yusof, Fathin Athirah, Mohd Shafri, Mohd Affendi

“…Briefly, dried flower buds of cloves were grounded into a fine dry powder and macerated in absolute ethanol solvent for 48 h duration with intermittent shaking at the room temperature. …”
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Effect of variable particle size reinforcement on mechanical and wear properties of 6061Al–SiCp composite by Adebisi, Adetayo Abdulmumin, Maleque, Md. Abdul, Ali, Mohammad Yeakub, Bello, Kamil Adeyemi

“…The SPS comprises three categories; fine (15 μm), intermediate (40 μm) and coarse (80 μm) particle sizes and combination of the three sizes accounts for the MPS in the ratio 1:1:2, respectively. …”
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Controversies with self-emulsifying drug delivery system from pharmacokinetic point of view by Chatterjee, Bappaditya, Hamed Almuris, Samah, Ahmed Mahdi Dukhan, Ather, Mandal, Uttam Kumar Umar, Sengupta, Pinaki

“…Self-emulsifying drug delivery system (SEDDS) is an isotropic mixture of lipid, surfactant and co-surfactant, which forms a fine emulsion when comes in contact of an aqueous medium with mild agitation. …”
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Metabolic engineering of cofactor F420 production in mycobacterium smegmatis by Bashiri, Ghader, Mohamed Rehan, Aisyah, Greenwood, David R., Dickson, James M. J., Baker, Edward N.

“…A combination of co–expression of the F420 biosynthetic proteins and fine-tuning of the culture media has enabled us to achieve F420 production levels of up to 10 times higher compared with the wild type M. smegmatis strain. …”
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Microbial induced calcite precipitation treatment on tropical residual soil by Tiong, Kenny Ping Chiet

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Durability and leachability of concrete containing coal bottom ash and fly ash by Rafieizonooz, Mahdi

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Performance of asphalt pavement containing potential cool paving materials by Al-Etba, Salam Ridha Oleiwi

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Preparation, characterization and performance of zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 membrane on alumina hollow fiber for lead(II) removal by Awang Chee, Dayang Norafizan

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Molecular engineering for catalytic efficiency of Xylanase from Aspergillus fumigatus RT-1 and its application in hydrolysis of pretreated kenaf by Damis, Siti Intan Rosdianah

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Characteristics of treated bamboo/cotton blend yarn produced from ring and rotor spinning techniques by Nor Anuwar, Anis Amirah

“…Natural bamboo fibres are coarse and stiff, requiring chemical treatment to reduce their high chemical composition and enhance their textile application, where fine and soft fibres are greatly valued. Cotton fibres are widely used in textile manufacturing due to their comfort and durability. …”
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Studies on durability properties of natural fibre-reinforced green lightweight foamed concrete employing industrial hemp fibres by Mydin, Md Azree Othuman, Mohd Nawi, Mohd Nasrun, Omar, Roshartini, Hadee Mohammed Najm, Hadee Mohammed Najm, Paul Oluwaseun Awoyera, Paul Oluwaseun Awoyera

“…The use of industrial HF might make it possible to reduce fine aggregate while still producing LFC of higher quality. …”
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Development of instrumented oedometer incorporated with bender element and electrical conductivity by Mofreh Gubran, Mohammed Mansoor

“…Soft soils are normally associated with high moisture content and fine-grained particles possessing poor geotechnical properties such as low shear strength and high compressibility. …”
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Preparation and characterization of cogon grass natural fiber as a concrete filler for gamma radiation shielding by Mohd Yusof, Yusrina, Othman, Siti Amira

“…Concrete is a combination of cement, fine aggregate, coarse aggregate, and water. Concrete has a high shielding potential against gamma radiation from radioactive source. …”
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