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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Resilient computer system design by Castano, Victor, Schagaev, Igor

Can PECL help with vexing issues of maritime law? Critical reflections from the example of the Rotterdam Rules by Magklasi, Ioanna

“…This paper studies the trajectory, background and objectives of PECL and identifies the link between contract law and maritime laws (namely carriage of goods by sea and international sale of goods).The author will present the intricacies of these laws, in an attempt to justify why, despite extensive codification and standardisation, maritime law is still in need of legal certainty and occasionally of fairer application of the law to the disputes not only by national courts, but also in the wider European context. …”
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The purpose of expatriation: why women undertake international assignments by Shortland, Susan

“…From these, a model is proposed to link stated organizational assignment purpose with women’s participation rationales and recommendations for practice to increase expatriate gender diversity are set out.…”
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Political economy of development and business: towards decolonisation, transformation and alternative perspectives by Nayak, Bhabani Shankar

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Impact of patriarchy and gender stereotypes on working women: exploring its past, present and future by Nayak, Bhabani Shankar, Tabassum, Naznin

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An energy-efficient multi-channel design for distributed wireless sensor networks by Kumar, Sunil

“…This article discusses the importance of designing an efficient medium access control (MAC) protocol for wireless sensor networks (WSNs) to optimize energy consumption at the data link layer while transmitting high traffic applications. …”
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The relationship between organizational communication and employees productivity with new dimensions of effective communication flow by Sadia, Aysha, Mohd Salleh, Berhannudin, Abdul Kadir, Zulida, Sanif, Sazuliana

“…This is a distinctive study, as the previous researches focused only on the relationship of organization communication and the productivity of organization, but this study focuses on the link between Organization communication and employees productivity with the help of effective communication. …”
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Identification of haptoglobin as a potential biomarker in young adults with acute myocardial infarction by proteomic analysis by Mohamed Bakrim, Norbaiyah, Mohd. Shah, Aida Nur Sharini, Talib, Norlelawati A., Ab Rahman, Jamalludin, Abdullah, Aszrin

“…The plasma concentrations of these proteins were quantified using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay during the verification phase (40 AMI patients and 80 controls). …”
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Flexible skin-contact antenna with artificial magnetic conductor for health monitoring application by Othman, Nazirah

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The influence of biosynthesis zinc oxide nanoparticles by using fruit extracts of ananas comosus towards the performance of PSF/ZNO membrane by Raja Ahmad, Raja Puteri Nurul Adibah

“…The bandgap energy value of the ZnO (C) and ZnO (P) was 2.20 eV and 3.17 eV respectively which in line with the photocatalytic activity as many as 66.4% and 96.2% for ZnO (C) and ZnO (P) respectively in this study. …”
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Damage classification in reinforced concrete beam by acoustic emission signal analysis by Shahidan, Shahiron

“…The need for effective data analysis in grading system can be linked into the three main objective of this research; (a) determine the grading system; (b) identify and discriminate the AE data parameter ; (c) and validate a new standard grading system for severity assessment. …”
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Gamat or Timun Laut? Ossicle shapes of Holothuria (Merthensiothuria) leucospilota and Stichopus horrens for identification by Kamarudin, Kamarul Rahim

“…Gamat has been exploited for its body fluid extracts i.e. air gamat and lipid extracts i.e. minyak gamat. In line with the development of science and technology, modern-­‐formularised gamat-­‐based products sold by Malaysia’s companies e.g. …”
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From Pasha to Cleopatra and Vashti: the Oriental Other in Charlotte Brontë’s Villette by Mohd Ramli, Aimillia

“…It suggests that this contamination destabilizes this character, blurring the line that divides both East and West, fantasy and reality, and argues that the Oriental institution of the harem, the artistic representations of women as illustrated by the Orientalist portrait of Cleopatra and the actress playing Vashti and, finally, M. …”
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A concept of shear wall for the design of high-rise buildings construction by Abu Eusuf, Muhammad

“…The software of this system is performed on the platform of modeling and the models of this system are usually idealized as line elements instead of continuum elements. Single walls are modeled as cantilevers and walls with openings are modeled as pier/ spandrel systems. …”
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Modeling of the reliability baseline for process control monitoring kerf structures by Izuddin, Ismah, Kamaruddin, Mohd. Hanif, Nordin, Anis Nurashikin

“…The process control monitor (PCM) refers to the suite of test structures usually placed in the scribe line (alternatively named kerf, street or test key) separating product die on the wafer. …”
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Panel data analysis of Malaysian listed banks on corporate gevernance and risk by Adnan, Muhamad Akhyar, Ab. Rashid, Hafiz-Majdi, Mydin Meera, Ahamed Kameel, Htay, Sheila Nu Nu

“…All findings except director ownership are in line with theoretical expectation. It might be due to three main reasons as discussed in the paper. …”
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Optimization of extraction process parameters for anti-cancer agent from Solanum Lycopersicum by Amid, Azura, Ahmad, Abdul Aziz, Ahmad Raus, Raha

“…In this study, three extraction parameters were investigated on their effects toward the anti-cancer activities when applied to MCF-7 breast cancer cell line. A three-factor and three levels Box Behnken design consisting of seventeen experiments was employed including five replicates at the center point. …”
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Lean management and Islamic perspective: convergence in diversity by Abd. Manaf, Noor Hazilah, Zein, Ibrahim Mohamed

“…In addressing lean from an Islamic perspective, the stand is to establish relevancy along the line of mutual exchange and cultural meanings, with meaningful contribution of Muslim scholars towards human civilisation.…”
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From Pasha to Cleopatra and Vashti: the oriental other in Charlotte Brontë’s Villette by Mohd Ramli, Aimillia

“…It suggests that this contamination destabilizes this character, blurring the line that divides both East and West, fantasy and reality, and argues that the Oriental institution of the harem, the artistic representations of women as illustrated by the Orientalist portrait of Cleopatra and the actress playing Vashti and, finally, M. …”
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