China in the Mekong River basin : the regional security implications of resource development on the Lancang Jiang by Goh, Evelyn

“…The Mekong River is a critical shared resource between China and five Southeast Asian countries, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. …”
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Relevancy rankings : pay for performance search engines in the hot seat by Goh, Dion Hoe-Lian, Ang, Rebecca P.

“…A study was conducted to compare the retrieval effectiveness of Overture (a PFP search engine) and Google (a traditional search engine) using a test suite of general knowledge questions. Forty-five queries based on a popular game show “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” were submitted to each of these search engines and the first 10 documents returned were analyzed using different relevancy criteria. …”
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The Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2024: harmonised level estimates and their changes over time by Alkire, S, Kanagaratnam, U, Suppa, N

“…Six countries (Benin, Eswatini, Nigeria, Philippines, Tanzania, and Thailand) have results for four points in time, three countries (Ghana, Mexico and Peru) for five time periods and Nepal have trends for six time periods. …”

English medium instruction, EAP/ESP: exploring overlap and divergences in research aims by Macaro, E, Aizawa, I

“…As well as using raw data from a previous systematic review of EMI, we identified research questions published in five selected journals between 2017 and 2022: <i>Journal of English for Academic Purposes</i>, <i>English for Specific Purposes</i>, <i>International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism</i>, <i>Language and Education</i>, and <i>Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development</i> in order to identify the convergence and divergence in academic interest areas. …”

Highlights from Faraday Discussion 172: Carbon in electrochemistry, Sheffield, UK, July 2014 by Dyatkin, B, Ash, PA, Sharma, S

“…At the conference the authors present their work for five minutes each followed by extensive discussion of 20–25 minutes, which is practically a "live peer-review". …”

Technological transmission of knowledge in Neolithic northwestern China: mineralogical and chemical analyses of Yangshao and Majiayao painted ware by Spataro, M, Hein, A

“…Sixteen sherds come from the early Yangshao-period Banpo site in the Wei River Valley, east of Xi’an, 17 from the eponymous site of Majiayao and five from Waguanzui in the upper Yellow River region in eastern Gansu province. …”

3D object recognition using invariance by Zisserman, A, Forsyth, D, Mundy, J, Rothwell, C, Liu, J, Pillow, N

“…<p>The systems and concepts described in this paper document the evolution of the geometric invariance approach to object recognition over the last five years. Invariance overcomes one of the fundamental difficulties in recognising objects from images: that the appearance of an object depends on viewpoint. …”

Evolutionary shifts in the thermal biology of a subterranean mammal: the effect of habitat aridity by Merchant, H, Hart, D, Bennett, N, Janse van Vuuren, A, Freeman, M, McKechnie, A, Faulkes, C, Mordaunt, N, Portugal, SJ

“…This study examined the thermal physiological adaptations of common mole-rats (Cryptomys hottentotus hottentotus) across five populations along an aridity gradient, challenging the expectation that increased aridity would lead to reduced metabolic rate (MR), lower body temperatures (Tb), and broader thermoneutral zones (TNZ). …”

GROUP III permethylindenyl-phenoxy complexes for biorenewable polymer synthesis by Hayden, JA

“…Coordination complexes of 4-coodinate PHENI* scandium monomer adducts of <em>L</em>-lactide, ϵ-caprolactone, and ω-pentadecalactone are discussed.</p> <br> <p>Chapter Five details experimental procedure for all experiments in this thesis in addition to supplementary information.…”

Derivation of a rotation curve model based on time of events theory and its application on samples of several spiral galaxies by Azeez, Jazeel H., Fadhil, Sadeem Abbas, Zamri Zainal Abidin

“…The derived equation showed an excellent agreement with experimental results for five galaxies. The findings showed that the bulge plays a limited role for the galaxies with large extensions like IC 2574 and NGC 3198, where the dark matter in the halo region controls and determines the shape of the diagram of the rotation curves in these galaxies. …”
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Phenomenological study on the psychological well-being of tahfiz students by Adzim, Afa Fauzul, Abdul Rahman Ahmad Badayai, Syaidatun Nazirah Abu Zahrin

“…This research used a phenomenological qualitative method for thematic analysis. Participants were five hafiz students selected through snowball sampling. …”
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Strain differences in Blastocystis isolates as detected by a single set of polymerase chain reaction primers by Init, I., Mak, J.W., Lokman Hakim, S., Yong, H.S.

“…The amplification product revealed five types of pattern. All four isolates from Singapore yielded PCR products quite different from those of the local isolates. …”

Copper metabolism in the plaice, Pleuronectes platessa (L.) by Syed, M.Arif, Coombs, Thomas L.

“…Distribution in the various tissues of the metal and of five key copper-dependent enzymes: ceruloplasmin EC 1.16.3.1; Superoxide dismutase EC 1.15.11; tryptophan oxygenase EC 1.13.1.12; cytochrome oxidase EC 1.9.3.1 and monoamine oxidase EC 1.4.3.4 have been determined. …”
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Evaluating efficiency of nondestructive detection of flaws in concrete by Sutan, N. Mohamed, Jaafar, M.S.

“…Tests have been performed to assess feasibility of using the impact-echo method (IEM) and ultrasonic pulse velocity method (UPVM) in detecting flaws and evaluating their depths on the early stage of a concrete structure's service life. Five reinforced concrete (RC) slabs of grades 25, 30, 40, and 50 with fabricated voids at known locations were studied on the 3rd, 7th, 14th, and 28th day. …”

The effect of feeding soy waste on growth performance and crude protein composition in red hybrid tilapia by Mohd Joha, Muhammad Haziq

“…Hence, this study was aimed to determine the effect of feeding soy waste on growth performance and crude protein composition in Red Hybrid Tilapia. Forty-five juvenile Red Hybrid Tilapia was divided into 3 groups (Group 1: 40% soy waste + 60% commercial diets; Group 2: 20% soy waste + 80% commercial diets; and Group 3: control, no inclusion of soy waste). …”
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HPA201 E - Major Themes in Selected World Religions [Tema Utama da/am Agama Dunia Terpilih] June 2019 by PPIK, Pusat Pengajian Ilmu Kemanusiaan

“…Instruction: This exam paper has FIVE (5) questions. Answer THREE (3) questions. …”
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HPA201E - Major Themes In Selected World Religions [Tema Utama Dalam Agama Dunia Terpilih] December 2018/January 2019 by PPIK, Pusat Pengajian Ilmu Kemanusiaan

“…Instructions : This exam paper has FIVE (5) questions. Answer THREE (3) questions. [Arahan : Kertas peperiksaan ini menganduingi LIMA (5) soalan. …”
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Exploring the nexus between healthcare tourism services and tourists’ behavioural intentions in Penang: A comprehensive analysis by Shaharuddin, Nuraini Syakirah, Abas, Siti Aisah, Mohamed Rani, Zaharah, Abd. Halim, Norhazliza

“…Through semi-structured interviews with five tourists who sought medical tour services in Penang, this study uncovered a multifaceted landscape. …”

The importance of research and development of virgin coconut oil in food, pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and cosmeceutical industries by Ya’akob, Harisun, Amirmudin, Noor Afiqah, Abdul Aziz, Azila, Aman Nor, Nor Farahiyah, Mat, Siti Alyani, Hasham@Hisam, Rosnani, Al-Batul Azizuddin, Maryam

“…The market demands for VCO is forecasted to be increased by 9% for the next five years. Even though many studies have been conducted on VCO, research and development studies in terms of processing, safety, efficacy, and benefits of VCO need to be continued to maximize the utilization of VCO and meet the needs of the market.…”
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Maqasid Syariah in Islamic Consumption by Ahmad Musadik, Siti Hajar Salwa, Yusuff, Noraini, Abd Aziz, Noriza, Abdul Ghani Azmi, Ilhaamie

“…Therefore, the objective of this conceptual paper is to review the concept of Islamic consumption from Maqasid Syariah perspective which consists of three major classifications of maqasid shariah namely; daruriyyah (necessities), hajiyah (needs), and tahsiniyyah (luxuries), and the five fundamentals of necessities namely; preserving of religion (al-Din), preserving of life (al-Haya), preserving of wealth (al-Mal), preserving of mind (al-Aql), and preserving of lineage (nasab). …”
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