Competitiveness of credit associations and credit cooperatives in Japan by Matousek, Roman, Minegishi, Shinya, Stewart, Chris

“…The results correspond to research findings by Tsutsui and Kamesaka (2005), and Uchida and Tsutsui (2005). …”
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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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Evaluating the rediscovery process as a treatment programme for a range of substance use disorders by Parker, Phil

“…However, some did not find it of use and there was evidence of issues of a conflict between the concepts of this and other previously used models, which made adopting the new ideas difficult for some. …”
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Reforming the society through knowledge and education : the role of Islamic reformism in Malaya, 1906-1941 by Wan Sulong, Wan Suhana

“…Within the published pages, readers could find views, debates and suggestions on this issue. …”
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Methods and methodologies in Fiqh and Islamic economics by Saleem, Muhammad Yusuf

“…It argues that fiqh methods are mainly designed to find out whether a certain act is permissible or prohibited for an individual. …”
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Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Russia, Ukraine and Belarus by Bojcun, Marko

“…I don’t believe that the current crisis is over, far from it. I’ll be looking mainly how at these countries have faced the crisis and responded to it so far. …”
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Phylogeny of sea cucumber (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) as inferred from 16S mitochondrial rRNA gene sequences by Kamarudin, Kamarul Rahim, Hashim, Ridzwan, Usup, Gires

“…Phylogenetic analyses of 37 partial sequences of 16S mitochondrial rRNA gene using three main methods namely neighbour joining (NJ), maximum parsimony (MP) and maximum likelihood (ML) showed the presence of five main genera of sea cucumbers: Molpadia from order Molpadiida and four genera of order Aspidochirotida namely Holothuria, Stichopus, Bohadschia and Actinopyga. …”
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Phylogeny of sea cucumber (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) as inferred from 16S Mitochondrial rRNA gene sequences by Kamarudin, Kamarul Rahim

“…Phylogenetic analyses of 37 partial sequences of 16S mitochondrial rRNA gene using three main methods namely neighbour joining (NJ), maximum parsimony (MP) and maximum likelihood (ML) showed the presence of five main genera of sea cucumbers: Molpadia from order Molpadiida and four genera of order Aspidochirotida namely Holothuria, Stichopus, Bohadschia and Actinopyga. …”
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Experimental study of cutting parameter for drilling on fabric carbon/epoxy composite laminates by Abd Halim, Nor Farah Huda, , Afzeri, Aminanda, Yulfian

“…This study is mainly about the drilling of carbon-epoxy laminates. …”
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Globalizations and bank performance in China by Sufian, Fadzlan, Habibullah, Muzafar Shah

“…The paper provides for the first time empirical evidence on the impact of economic globalization on the performance of banks operating in the Chinese banking sector. The empirical findings from this study suggest that the well capitalized banks tend to be more profitable, while expense preference behavior exerts negative impact on bank profitability in China. …”
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G-decompositions of matrices and quadratic doubly stochastic operators by Ganikhodzaev, Rasul, Mukhamedov, Farrukh, Saburov, Mansoor

“…In this work we introduce a notion of G-decomposition of matrices which enables to study Birkhoff's problem for quadratic G-doubly stochastic operators. We find necessary and sufficient conditions for the matrices having G-decomposition in the class of stochastic and substochastic matrices. …”
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A novel signal diagnosis technique using pseudo complex-valued autoregressive technique by Aibinu, Abiodun Musa, Salami, Momoh Jimoh Emiyoka, Shafie, Amir Akramin

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Lattice models with interactions on Caylay tree by Mukhamedov, Farrukh

“…Then we introduce the disorder for studying the spin glass version of the model: the triangular ±J model. We find out that, for any finite value of the averaged couplings, the model exhibits always a finite temperature phase transition even in the frustrated regions, where the transition turns out to be a glassy transition. …”
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A concept of shear wall for the design of high-rise buildings construction by Abu Eusuf, Muhammad

“…Single walls are modeled as cantilevers and walls with openings are modeled as pier/ spandrel systems. In order to find the stiffness, the simple systems models can provide reasonable results. …”
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The parameters of uncertainty in revenue law by Hingun, Mohsin, Safaradeen, Nafiu Olaitan

“…However, uncertainty has a utilitarian role, leaving the courts latitude to find the appropriate legal solution, either in defining terminologies and concepts or in the application of legal rules as long as the courts approach is predictable.…”
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Wireless physical layer security using channel state information by Tahir, Mohammad, Jarot, Sigit Puspito Wigati, Siddiqi, Muhammad Umar

“…BER (bit error rate) is used as performance metric. We find that the adversary suffers from high BER as compared to its legitimate counterpart.…”
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Procedure for unfair dismissal claims in Malaysia by Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali, Sardar Baig, Farheen Baig

“…The fundamental principles of the subject are explained in a clear, concise and organised manner. Readers will find the book valuable as it contains the adjudication process from the start of dismissal and the stages that an employee will have to undergo, the mode of challenging the award and its enforcement. …”
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