Effects of emotional expression and race familiarity on face identification by Lim, Joshua Wei Cong

“…Furthermore, findings also provide credibility to the contact hypothesis, with results showing that Caucasian faces were better identified than Persian faces.…”
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A study of the implementation of a new curriculum at Madrasah Al-Irsyad Al-Islamiah by Tan, Charlene Hwee Phio, Hairon Salleh

“…The case study consists of focused group interviews, one-toone interviews with staff, students and parents (selected groups) to understand the processes involved in the implementation of the new curriculum. The major research findings include the following: 1) The curricular changes in the Madrasah were in alignment with the academic demands of the Compulsory Education Act; 2) The perceptions of the key community members of the Madrasah with regard to the educational reforms in Madrasah education were both positive and negative, and 3) The curricular changes were underpinned by an Islamic discourse that is compatible with a modern, globalised and plural society under a secular state; and The findings of the project have contributed towards existing knowledge on curricular reforms for Islamic schools in Singapore and Islamic schools within secular states in general, and benefited policymakers, educators and the larger community on the key issues, challenges and strategies related to the implementation of curricular changes in religious schools.…”
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The structure of coal market in China : pricing mechanism and market efficiency by Goh, Emilyn Shi Min, Chong, Phoi Yee, Tan, Jessica Shi Han

“…The findings have also suggested that the pricing mechanism does not set itself according to the marginal or average cost; coal pricing decisions in China have seemed to be influenced by other additional factors such as the depletable nature of coal resources and the macroeconomic variants such as global coal and oil prices.…”
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Xenophobia and ethnocentrism? Understanding the attitudes and perceptions of local undergraduates towards the undergraduates from the People's Republic of China (PRC) by Tay, Esther Hui Yi

“…This paper presents some findings and analysis from an ethnographic study of local undergraduate students in local tertiary institutions gathered through interviews and participant observation over an 8- month period. …”
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Design a partial gravity-balanced upper limb exoskeleton by Tan, Jolyn Chik Ying

“…These findings have significant implications for the future improvements of the passive upper limb exoskeleton.…”
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Twitter vs Facebook : analysis of Australian open tennis fan page by Ferozd Raisyad Razhif Roshein

“…Six main themes were identified namely: Match, Athletes, Livestream/Talkshow, Promotion, Fans interaction and Casual/memes. Findings indicate that Twitter AO fan page is more active in terms of frequency of posts. …”
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Seeing god makes me feel immoral : the role of anthropomorphic god concepts in moral emotions by Yap, Yu Xiang

“…Additionally, it was predicted that participants experiencing stronger moral emotions would engage in increased prosocial behaviour as a coping strategy for threatened immorality. Overall, the findings did not support our hypotheses. We discuss plausible reasons for the null findings and propose recommendations for future related studies.…”
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Enabling digital transformation and sustainability via the use of Artificial Intelligence-powered learning tools and mobile assisted learning: towards inclusive education in busine... by Meletiadou, Eleni

“…Based on the findings of the current study, the researcher offers recommendations for the successful implementation of Quizlet in business schools, as it appears to transform students' learning experience by promoting social justice, knowledge sharing and sustainable learning.…”
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Corporate governance as a catalyst for sustainability: insights from Malaysian Public listed companies by Normarliana Laili, Romlah Jaffar, Mohamat Sabri Hassan, Ahmad Monir Abdullah

“…Corporate governance (CG), facilitated by an effective board and risk management committee, can exert an impact on corporate sustainability performance (CSP). The mixed findings of prior research, on factors influencing CSP, serve to motivate this study. …”
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Synthesis gas production of municipal solid waste in a fluidized bed gasifier using thermodynamic equilibrium model by Nur Ashikin, Jamin, Noor Asma Fazli, Abdul Samad, Suriyati, Saleh

“…The LHV of the food waste and wood waste also increases consistently with gasification temperature from 4.56 to 5.00 MJ/ Nm3 and 5.60 to 6.57 MJ/ Nm3 respectively. …”
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Evaluation of carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua L.) pods, through three different drying techniques, and ultrasonic assisted extraction, for presence of bioactives by Hussain, Ashiq, Arif, Muhammad Rehan, Ahmed, Adnan, Laaraj, Salah, Firdous, Nida, Ali, Muhammad Qasim, Haya Fatima, ., Yaqub, Shazia, Kauser, Samina, Nisar, Rizwan, Gorsi, Faiza Iftikhar, Ud Din, Ghulam Mueen, Elfazazi, Kaoutar

“…The purpose of this study was to determine how ethanolic extracts of carob pods from Morocco, prepared with ultrasonic assistance were affected by microwave (525 °C for 2.5 min), hot air (65 °C for 16 h), and spray drying (input and output air temperatures 180 and 90 °C, respectively, feed flow rate 2.5 mL/min and 5 bars, respectively), in terms of their physicochemical composition and biological activity. …”
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Engineering Escherichia coli to assimilate β-alanine as a major carbon source by Poon, Nga Y., Sinskey, Anthony J., Zhou, Kang

“… • Two V. natriegens CoA-acylating methyl malonate semialdehyde dehydrogenases were used to complete the pathway in E. coli BA02…”
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‘On-demand’ soft tissue adhesives by Mogal, Vishal Tukaram

“…Shear adhesion was 5-fold higher than L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine-based mussel adhesives tested on similar biomaterials. …”
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中国成年人血浆酰基肉碱和胆汁酸水平与冠心病发病风险的关联研究 by Zhiyu, W, Shuyao, S, Yu, C, Sun, D, Pei, P, Du, H, Chen, J, Chen, ZM, Lv, J, Li, L, Yuanjie, P

“…Four metabolites including acylcarnitines C3-OH, C5:1, C5:1-DC, and deoxycholic acid (DCA) showed associations with CHD incidence and the HR (95% CI) were 1.474 (1.230-1.767), 0.761 (0.637-0.909), 0.773 (0.650-0.918), and 1.309 (1.113-1.539), respectively [false discovery rate (FDR)0.05]. …”

Use of hormone replacement therapy and risk of breast cancer: nested case-control studies using the QResearch and CPRD databases by Vinogradova, Y, Coupland, C, Hippisley-Cox, J

“…Compared with never use, in recent users (<5 years) with long term use (≥5 years), oestrogen only therapy and combined oestrogen and progestogen therapy were both associated with increased risks of breast cancer (adjusted odds ratio 1.15 (95% confidence interval 1.09 to 1.21) and 1.79 (1.73 to 1.85), respectively). …”

Immobilization of cyclodextrin glucanotransferase on electrospun polyvinyl alcohol nanofibers by Saallah, Suryani

“…The microstructure of electrosprayed CGTase immobilised on PVA nanofibers was observed using SEM and the effectiveness of the two immobilisation approaches was compared in terms of enzyme loading, enzyme activity and reusability with enzyme concentration ranging from 1 to 7.5% v/v. Post-spinning deposition produced nanofibers with denser particles deposited on its surface, while uniform distribution of particles within the nanofibers was observed when simultaneous electrospraying and electrospinning was applied. …”
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Design, fabrication and characterization of organic-inorganic hybrid solar cells by Ahmed Ali Said Ahmed

“…Moreover, the literature review provides the information about different types of lead-free solar cells and their advantages and their drawbacks. The achieved findings in this thesis include the following: (1) Six NDI-based molecules have been designed and synthesized as electron transporting layers in inverted perovskite solar cells; (2) Two pyrene-based molecules were designed and synthesized as electron transporting layers; (3) The effect of sulfur position in pyrene-based molecules was investigated (4) Three N-type conjugated polymers were explored as electron transporting layer (5) The effect of embedded sp2-nitrogen in donor and acceptors of conjugated polymer was explored and (6) Tellurium tetraiodide was explored as a promising light absorber in solar cells. …”
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Surface reconstruction on spinel oxides for oxygen evolution reaction by Luo, Songzhu

“…The best-performed NiFe0.25Cr1.75O4 exhibits a ~1500% current density increases at overpotential η = 300 mV, outperforming many advanced NiFe-based OER catalysts. …”
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Molecular characterisation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus pseudintermedius in cats, dogs and pet owners in a Veterinary Hospital by Afshar, Mohammad Farzad

“…The sole MRSA identified as SCCmec type V and MRSP isolates were type II and VII. The risk factors associated with the spread of staphylococci were investigated using a questionnaire distributed to 125 pet owners. …”
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Qualitative and quantitative accuracy evaluation of 18f-fdg PET/CT with TOF and NON-TOF system on beta value in BPL reconstruction by Hui, Ng Suk

“…Conclusion: Our study findings suggested that a beta value of 450 was optimal for TOF acquisition, while a beta value of 300 was recommended for non-TOF acquisition. …”
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