Effect of Nanoclay on Thermal Properties of Polylacticacid-Clay Nanocomposite by Anuar, Hazleen, Kaiser, Mohammad Rejaul

“…Biopolymer and their composites (like Polylacticacid (PLA) and its composites) can be a suitable competitor to replace convention polymers and composites. …”
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Some thoughts on separation of powers: Westminster model versus American model by Ismail, Ibrahim

“…This paper also highlights the influence of the theory through constitutional provisions and judicial pronouncements, which indicated the modification of the two models to suit countries like Malaysia.…”
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Factors influencing the adoption of m-commerce: a literature review by Sadi, A.H.M. Saifullah, Noordin, Mohamad Fauzan

“…Mobile commerce has been a huge success in terms of individuals’ adoption in some markets like Japan, while, surprisingly, not as flourishing in others. …”
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Seigniorage of fiat money and the maqasid al-shari'ah: the compatibility of the gold dinar with the maqasid by Mydin Meera, Ahamed Kameel, Larbani, Moussa

“…In this Part II paper we argue for commodity monies, like the gold dinar and silver dirham, as being compatible with the maqasid. …”
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A novel text steganography technique to Arabic language using reverse fatah by Shah, Asadullah, Memon, Mujtaba S

“…This technique can be applied on other languages like Persian, Sindhi and other Regional languages…”
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Design of triple-band h slot patch antenna by Noori, Omar, Chebil, Jalel, Sheroz Khan, Sheroz Khan, Islam, Md. Rafiqul

“…This antenna is an attractive candidate for important applications like mobile phone communication systems, mobile phone jammer application, and so on.…”
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Iraq’s democratic dilemmas: from entrenched dictatorship to fragile democracy by Abdulla, Namo

“…Saddam and his former like-minded people created a culture capable of producing as many dictators as it wants. …”
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British and Irish Diasporas: Societies, cultures and ideologies by MacRaild, Donald

“…People from the British and Irish Isles have, for centuries, migrated to all corners of the globe.Wherever they went, the English, Irish, Scots, Welsh, and and even sub-national, supra-regional groups like the Cornish, co-mingled, blended and blurred. …”

Parallel querying of distributed ontologies with shared vocabulary by Aslam, Sharjeel, Vassilev, Vassil, Ouazzane, Karim

“…However, although SPARQL is well-established standard for querying semantic repositories in RDF and OWL format and there are commonly used APIs which supports it, like Jena for Java, its parallel option is not incorporated in them. …”
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Protea / Extraction by Arkomanis, Ektoras, Shummo, Mae, Medina Uriarte, Lucia

“…Central to the installation is a trophy-like bronze relief of the outline of Protea Village, an area adjacent to Kirstenbosch, the National Botanical Garden of South Africa, located in Western Cape. …”
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4-(sec-butylamino)-3-nitrobenzoic acid by Narendra Babu, Shivanagere Nagojappa, Abdul Rahim, Aisyah Saad, Abd Hamid, Shafida, Yeap, Chin Sing, Fun, Hoong-Kun

“…In the crystal structure, intermolecular O-H...O hydrogen bonds link molecules into centrosymmetric dimers generating R22(8) ring motifs. …”
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Architecture as a reflection of social structure : a reminiscience of the Sulaymaniye Complex of Istanbul by Ibrahim, Mansor, Jahn Kassim, Puteri Shireen, Idris, Mesut, Abd. Latip, Nurul Syala, Zainal Abidin, Norzalifa

“…Thus an analysis of the Süleymaniye, not only demonstrates the achievements of building technology and construction of the time, but of the success of aims of the waqf. The link is made between the social structure and institutions of the 15th and 16th centuries and the physical patterns in planning, architecture and construction. …”
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Relationship between work-family conflict and quality of life: an investigation into the role of social support by md sidin, samsinar, sambasivan, murali, Ismail, Izhairi

“…Purpose - The main purpose of this study is to link work-family conflict, quality of work and non-work lives, quality of life and social support (supervisor and spouse supports). …”
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Ethical issues in environmental management and resource conservation from Islamic perspective by Muyibi, Suleyman Aremu, Mohd. Salleh, Hamzah

“…Environmental philosophy based on the Qur'an and Prophetic Traditions (Sunnah) is that there is a fundamental link and interdependency between all natural elements which is based on the premise that if man abuses or exhausts one element, the natural world as a whole will suffer direct consequences. …”
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A framework of a route optimization scheme for nested mobile network by Senan, Shayma, Hassan Abdalla Hashim, Aisha, Zeki, Akram M., Saeed, Rashid A., Hameed, Shihab A., Daoud, Jamal Ibrahim

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A panel data analysis on the relationship between corporate governance and bank efficiency by Adnan, Muhammad Akhyar, Htay, Sheila Nu Nu, Ab. Rashid, Hafiz Majdi, Mydin Meera, Ahamed Kameel

“…Many studies have tried to link the effect of corporate governance on banks’ efficiency (Jain and Thomson, 2008; Chunxia, Shujie and Zongyi, 2009; Lensink, Meesters and Naaborg, 2008). …”
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A compact Arabic lexical semantics language resource based on the theory of semantic fields by Rashwan, Mohssin, Attia, Mohammed, Ahmed Mahmoud, Ahmed Ragheb

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Investigation of a novel type of locomotion for a snake robot suited for narrow spaces by Watanabe, M., Khan, Md. Raisuddin

“…With slight modifications to the members of the multi-link snake robot, the robot normally developed for lateral undulation is able to utilize the new gait to negotiate narrow spaces. …”
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Vertical handoff reduction mechanism using IEEE 802.21 standard in mobile IPv6 (MIPv6) network by Masud, Mosharrof Hussain, Anwar, Farhat, Bari, S.M. Sadakatul, Mohamed, Omer Mahmoud

“…To meet these constraints IEEE 802.21-Media Independent Handover (MIH) was introduced to enhance the Quality of Service (QoS) of the networks. The MIH provides link layer information to the network layer to reduce handoff latency while the mobile node (MN) changes its active interface to another interface. …”
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New automobile monitoring and tracking model: Facilitate model with handhelds by Hameed, Shihab A., Abdulla, Shaima, Ershad, Mohd, Zahudi, Fauzan, Hassan Abdalla Hashim, Aisha

“…The Database offers the required information about car and owner, which will help police or security authorities in tracking the car using GPS system that can be link to Google Earth and other mapping software. …”
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