Statistical Signal Processing and Sorting for Acoustic Emission Monitoring of High-Temperature Pressure Components by Hrairi, Meftah

“…SAS statistical software package was used to find a correlation between these features, leading to the classification of AE signals according to type and discover relationships between emissions and the findings of the investigation. …”
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PID-based control of a single-link flexible manipulator in vertical motion with genetic optimisation by Md Zain, Badrul Aisham, Tokhi, M. Osman, Toha, Siti Fauziah

“…The important point is to evaluate the range of PID parameter which used in the GAs programmed to find the best value of this parameter. Comparative performance assessment of the control approaches are presented and discussed in the time and the frequency domains.…”
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Determinants of banks’ total factor productivity: the post-Asian financial crisis experience of the Philippines by Sufian, Fadzlan

“…The present paper employs the Malmquist Productivity Index (MPI)method to examine the sources of total factor productivity change of the Philippines banking sector during the period of 1998 to 2008. The empirical findings suggest that the Philippines banking sector has exhibited productivity regress due to technological regress. …”
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Getting around 'offensive' language by Mohamed Ali, Haja Mohideen

“…They are insulting to fellow human beings, besides being distasteful in other ways. Users may therefore find it repugnant to use such expressions in their discourse. …”
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Theoretical investigation of a benzene-vanadium multiple-decked sandwich chain on a gold surface by Rahman, Md. Mamudur, Muhida, Rifki, Chowdhury, Md. Sazzad Hossien, Muhida, Riza, Zainuddin, Hishamuddin, Zakaria, Azmi, Kasai, Hideaki

“…We show that in the formation of the chain on the surface, each of the two hydrogen atoms of benzene bonds with only one gold atom, while the carbon and vanadium atoms do not contribute to bonding. We find that this system has no magnetic moment where two vanadium atoms are antiferromagnetically arranged, for which we suggest a superexchange interaction mechanism.…”
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Political science: a primer by Islam, Syed Serajul, Moten, Abdul Rashid

“…One of the chapters discusses some of the well-known thinkers which political science beginners would find familiar. This primer shows the relevance of politics to Islam as a way of life. …”
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Are rating agencies' assignment opaque? Evidence from international banks by Bellotti, Tony, Matousek, Roman, Stewart, Chris

“…Although support vector machines can identify significant determinants we argue that ordered choice models are more reliable for this. Our findings suggest that ratings reflect a bank’s financial position, the timing of rating assignment and a bank’s country of origin. …”
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Finite sample sensitivity of the critical value of an F-test for cointegration in a single equation ADL model by Stewart, Chris

“…Using simulation methods we find that these critical values are sensitive to the degree of autocorrelation and lag length in the DGP in finite samples. …”
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Banking efficiency and Economic growth in the MENA region by Ghannouchi, Walid, Radić, Nemanja

“…We apply a causality analysis between cost efficiency and financial deepening using the Generalized Methods of Moments and our findings show a significant and positive causality and reverse relationship between financial deepening and banking productivity. …”
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Integration in European retail banking: evidence from savings and lending rates to the household sector by Rughoo, Aarti, Sarantis, Nicholas

“…This method analyses the degree as well as the speed of convergence, identifies the presence of club formation, and measures the behaviour of each country’s transition path relative to the panel average. We find evidence supporting integration in the deposit and short-term mortgage markets but not in the consumer credit market and longer term mortgages. …”
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Comparison of Basic Iterative Methods Used to Solve of Heat and Fluid Flow Problems by Abdulbaset S Alkrbash, Abdulbaset S Alkrbash, Alhadi A Abosbaia, Alhadi A Abosbaia, Abdulhafid M Elfaghi, Abdulhafid M Elfaghi

“…The Jacobi method, the point Gauss-Seidel method, the successive over-relaxation method (SOR), the line Gauss method (TDMA), the ADI method and Strongly Implicit (SIP) method are among the iterative approaches investigated, which are then compared to find the most optimal method. The selection criteria included the number of iterations and the time needed to reach convergence. …”
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Comparison of Basic Iterative Methods Used to Solve of Heat and Fluid Flow Problems by Abdulbaset S Alkrbash, Abdulbaset S Alkrbash, Alhadi A Abosbaia, Alhadi A Abosbaia, Abdulhafid M Elfaghi, Abdulhafid M Elfaghi

“…The Jacobi method, the point Gauss-Seidel method, the successive over-relaxation method (SOR), the line Gauss method (TDMA), the ADI method and Strongly Implicit (SIP) method are among the iterative approaches investigated, which are then compared to find the most optimal method. The selection criteria included the number of iterations and the time needed to reach convergence. …”
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Study on Palm Oil Kernel Shell Coarse Aggregate (PKSCA) as replacement material for coarse aggregate in concrete mix by Ahmad Jeni, Mohamad Luthfi, Zaini, Mohamad Azrul

“…So this study was carried out to find the alternative material for cement to overcome highly cost material especially coarse aggregate. …”
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Investigation of machining parameters for the multiple response optimization of micro electrodischarge milling by Mehfuz, Reyad, Ali, Mohammad Yeakub

“…The optimized values of Ra, Ry, TWR, and MRR were 0.04, 0.34 μm, 0.044, and 0.08 mg min−1, respectively for 4.79 μm s−1 feed rate, 0.1 nF capacitance, and 80 V voltage. …”
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Application of activated carbon from empty fruit bunch (EFB) for mercury [Hg(II)] removal from aqueous solution by Kabbashi, Nassereldeen Ahmed, Mirghani, Mohamed Elwathig Saeed, Jamil, Ili Nadirah

“…It was found that the minimum residual concentration of mercury was 0.0075 mg/L (99.53%) at the condition of pH 6.5, agitation speed of 100 rpm, contact time of 70 min and AC dosage of 20 mg. This value was considered acceptable as it met the requirement of the Department of Environment, Malaysia.…”
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Statistical optimization of for chromium (IV) removal on aqueous solution using chitosan by Kabbashi, Nassereldeen Ahmed, Daoud, Jamal Ibrahim, Muyibi, Suleyman Aremu, Qudsieh, Isam Y.

“…The experiment was described by varying chitosan dosage (10-30 mg), pH (5-8), contact time (10-90 min) and agitation speed (50-250 rpm). The initial chromium concentration was fixed to 20 mg/L. …”
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Optimization of operating conditions of rotary drum bioreactor for lignin peroxidise production by solid state by Alam, Md. Zahangir, Muyibi, Suleyman Aremu, Al-Mamun, Abdullah, Qudsieh, Isam Y., Suardi, M.

“…The maximum production of LiP was 475.8 U/L while the theoretical yield was 439.6 with the optimum aeration and agitation of 30 l/min and 15 rpm respectively using RDB by solid state bioconversion.…”
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Fashion-making in the transglobal landscape by Ling, Wessie, Segre Reinach, Simona

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Beneath the co-created Chinese fashion: translocal and transcultural exchange between China and Hong Kong by Ling, Wessie

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Effect of multiple extrusions and influence of PP contamination on the thermal characteristics of bottle grade recycled PET by Itim, Bachir, Philip, Mathew

“…The thermal characteristics of bottle grade recycled PET pellets contaminated with 5% PP prepared by multiple extrusions were studied by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) at constant heating rate of 10 degrees C/min for various extrusion cycles. The peak temperature of crystallization Tc, the enthalpy of crystallization dHc and the degree of crystallinity Xc were found to be dependent on the number of extrusion cycles. …”
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