Distance education students’ mental health, connectedness and academic performance during COVID-19: a mixed-methods study by Di Malta, Gina, Bond, Julian, Conroy, Dom, Smith, Katy, Moller, Naomi

“…In this study, we investigated the links between distance education students’ mental health, connectedness, and academic performance during COVID-19, using a mixed-methods sequential explanatory design. …”
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Equivalence of dual graphs by Azram, Mohammad

“…Because of interesting and useful geometric as well as topological properties, alternating knots (links) were regarded to have an important role in knot theory and 3-manifold theory. …”
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Equivalence of dual graphs by Azram, Mohammad

“…Abstract—Because of interesting and useful geometric as well as topological properties, alternating knots (links) were regarded to have an important role in knot theory and 3-manifold theory. …”
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Determinants of bank efficiency during unstable macroeconomic environment: empirical evidence from Malaysia by Sufian, Fadzlan

“…The empirical findings clearly bring forth the high degree of inefficiency in the Malaysian banking sector, particularly a year after the East Asian crisis. …”
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Adjustment to atopic dermatitis: a cross-sectional study investigating the role of maladaptive self-schemas in a community sample of people with atopic dermatitis by Kalaki, Elli, Mizara, Alexandra

“…Poor adjustment levels were predicted by maladaptive schemas and not by age of onset of AD. Conclusions: Findings highlight and support that adjustment and coping with AD is strongly linked and predicted by core psychological factors such as maladaptive schemas. …”

Urban poverty: a case study of major cities in Malaysia by Pramanik, Ataul Huq, Abdullah, Moha Asri, Mat Derus, Alias, Barom, Mohd. Nizam

“…Urban poverty is inextricably linked to rural poverty. In fact, the former is caused by the latter. …”
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Optimisation of silicone-based dielectric elastomer transducers by means of block copolymers – synthesis and compounding by A Razak, Aliff Hisyam

“…The synthesised copolymers were subsequently cross-linked with a vinyl cross-linker. The obtained cross-linked PDMS-PPMS copolymers were inherently soft and robust with increased electrical breakdown strength (21%) compared to the reference elastomer without an aromatic voltage stabiliser. …”
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Green infrastructure in cities and towns in Southeast Asian countries: quest for research by Said, Ismail, Mansor, Mazlina

“…Its network of park, playing field, pocket and incidental green space and neighbourhood space that is linked by tree-lined streets and waterways around and between urban areas provides green lung for cities, hence promotes healthy society through spaces for recreational, social and leisure activities. …”
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Lightpath routing for disaster survivability in optical networks by Ashraf, Muhammad Waqar

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An investigation of the relationships between Libyan EFL lecturers’ beliefs about the teaching and learning of reading in English and their classroom practices in Libyan universiti... by Zraga, Ahmed Rashed Ahmed

“…The findings of this study could be of benefit to both current and future EFL lecturers of reading and should also provide directions for further research in this field.…”
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The role of export associations as supporters of SME exporters in Ghana's non-traditional export sector by Martins, Albert

“…Also, Actor Bonds, Activity Links, Resource Ties (AAR); Dynamic Capabilities (DC); Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO); Horizontal Trust; and Vertical Trust (most important) positively influenced SME exporters performance. …”
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The Strategic Planning Process And Current Practices: A Comparative Empirical Study of UMW Toyota Motor And Chemical Company of Malaysia. by Zandi Pour Joopari, GholamReza

“…Using the grounding theory as a framework of analysis, the research findings revealed common as well as distinctive strategic planning practices between the companies under the study. …”
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Network performance of pruned hierarchical torus network by Rahman, M.M. Hafizur, Xiaohong, Jiang, Masud, Md. Shahin Al, Susumu, Horiguchi

“…We have explored the network diameter, average distance, bisection width, peak number of vertical links, and VLSI layout area of different HTN. It is shown that the pruned HTN possesses several attractive features including small diameter, small average distance, small number of wires, a particularly small number of vertical links, and economic layout area as compared to its non-pruned counterpart. …”
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Genetic tolerance to ferrous and aluminium toxicities for seed germination in oryza sativa L. by Jahan, Nusrat

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Heavy metals in tuna species meat and potential consumer health risk: A review by A A, Norhazirah, N A M, Shazili, Yunus, Kamaruzzaman, Sim, S F, A, Ahmad, Ong, M C

“…It represent an abiding threat to human health as it has been linked to some adverse health effects such as mental retardation, kidney damage, and various types of cancer and even worse, death could occur.The following review articles presents the findings of the work carried out by the various researchers in the past on the heavy metal pollution in samples of Tuna species around the world.…”
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Artificial Intelligence as an enabler of quick and effective production repurposing manufacturing: an exploratory review and future research propositions by Naz, Farheen, Kumar, Anil, Agrawal, Rohit, Garza-Reyes, Jose Arturo, Majumdar, Abhijit, Chokshi, Hemakshi

“…For this purpose, recent advancements in technology and artificial intelligence (AI) could act as response solutions to conquer the threats linked with repurposing manufacturing (RM). The study’s purpose is to investigate the significance of AI in RM through a systematic literature review (SLR). …”
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The use of horizontal and inclined bars as shear reinforcement by Abdul Hamid, Noor Azlina

“…The results show that the shear capacities of the beams with additional horizontal and independent bent-up bars larger than 1.2% of their cross-sectional area are higher than that of the conventionally designed beam with vertical links. It may therefore be suggested that these types of shear reinforcement be used to ease the congestion of links near the supports.…”
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Review of rain attenuation studies in tropical and equatorial regions in Malaysia: an overview by Ulaganathen, Kesavan, Abdul Rahman, Tharek, Abdul Rahim, Sharul Kamal, Islam, Md Rafiqul

“…In this paper, rain attenuation was directly measured at different frequencies for terrestrial and Earth-to-satellite links, in order to investigate prediction models. …”
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Right-wing nationalism, populism, and religion: what are the connections and why? by Haynes, Jeffrey

“…Although not the same thing, nationalism and populism are said to be closely linked. Nationalists, like populists, may claim that there is but one ‘true religion’ - that is, their own and their followers’ - which helps focus their nationalist vision. …”
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Electron beam irradiated nanocomposite for gas barrier application by Anuar, Hazleen, Jamal, Nur Ayuni, Abdul Razak, Shamsul Bahri

“…On the other hand, field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM) revealed the stacking condition of OMMT particles was greatly reduced with crosslinking agents particularly with EB irradiated system as evidenced by finer surface.…”
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