The biosemiotic imagination in the Victorian frames of mind : Newman, Eliot and Welby by Neubauer, Deana

“…For George Eliot, it lay at the basis of any creative process, natural and cultural, between which it forged a link. Similarly to Eliot, Lady Victoria Welby saw abduction as a signifying process that subtends creativity both in nature and culture.…”
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Nursery workers' narratives: what makes a 'good' nursery worker? by Mikuska, Éva

“…In order to find out what nursery workers think, know and feel about ‘good’ practice, twenty-two nursery workers from a wide range of nursery settings were interviewed. …”
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Modelling and comparing OECD countries' consumer behaviour by Stewart, Chris

“…We build REPIHIRELCH and ECM formulations using long time-series based solely upon private sector measures of income for twenty OECD countries. …”
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The role of bank loans and deposits in the monetary transmission mechanism in Malaysia by Kassim, Salina, Abdul Majid, M. Shabri

“…To achieve this objective, the study relies on two tests: fi rst, the auto-regressive distributed lag (ARDL) model for the long-run relationship among the variables and second, the impulse response functions and variance decomposition analysis for the short-run relationship among the variables. …”
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CSR and marketing : two sides of the same coin by Mohd. Israil, Khaliq Ahmad, Abd. Manaf, Noor Hazilah, Tahir, Suziwana

“…That denotes building corporate eminence by ensuring superiority products and services, inspiring social accountability by exerting in an overt and lucid fashion, and avail best management practices through profuse and conscientious communication with employees, and proffer congruous training and development. CSR can link the enterprise and brand; therefore in the long run this relationship contributes to the society. …”
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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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Banking efficiency and Economic growth in the MENA region by Ghannouchi, Walid, Radić, Nemanja

“…We introduce a set of control variables associated with the long run growth and find an interesting interaction with banking productivity and financial deepening suggesting that efforts should be focusing on the investments’ efficiency and the increase of regulation to spur a more stable financial system and foster financial deepening in the future.…”
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A comparative study on MEMS piezoelectric microgenerators by Md Ralib @ Md Raghib, Aliza 'Aini, Nordin, Anis Nurashikin, Salleh, Hanim

“…The growing demand of wireless sensor networks has created the necessity of miniature, portable, long lasting and easily recharged sources of power. …”
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Process optimization for bioprotein production from cheaper carbon source by Jamal, Parveen, Alam, Md. Zahangir, Fairoza, N.

“…The maximum biomass produced was 70.6 (g/L) with optimum fermentation conditions of temperature, pH, agitation, inoculum size and four-day long fermentation.…”
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The determinants of non-tariff barriers in Malaysia’s agricultural sector by Hanif, Azlina, Alavi, Rokiah, Duasa, Jarita, Mat Ghani, Gairuzazmi

“…The findings provide a greater understanding of the reasons behind agricultural trade protectionism.…”
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The determinants of efficiency of publicly listed Chinese banks: evidence from two-stage banking models by Sufian, Fadzlan

“…The paper attempts to investigate the long-term trend in the efficiency of the Chinese banking sector over the period 1997–2006 by employing the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) window analysis method. …”
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Knots Verses Graphs by Azram, Mohammad

“…It has been shown that the universes, LR-graphs and regions of reduced alternating knots (links) are path connected. Connected universe corresponding to reduced alternating knot (link) is unique. …”
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Application of graph-based technique to identity resolution by Kazemian, Hassan, Amirhosseini, Mohammad-Hossein, Phillips, Michael

“…This method can assist police forces in their investigation process to find criminals and those who committed a fraud. It can also be useful in other fields such as finance and banking, marketing or customer service.…”
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Hybrid Optimization with Enhanced QoS-based Path Selection in VANETs by F. Al-dolaimy, F. Al-dolaimy, Rabei Raad Ali, Rabei Raad Ali, Noor Nabeel, Noor Nabeel, Wisam Subhi Al-Dayyeni, Wisam Subhi Al-Dayyeni, Hashim Abbas, Fatima, Muhi Hariz, Hussein, A Mostafa, Salama, Jubair, Mohammed Ahmed

“…Due to these characteristics, link failures occur, and delay and routing overhead is greatly increased, directly affecting the effectiveness, Quality of Service (QoS), and stability of VANETs. …”
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Knots and colorability by Azram, Mohammad

“…We have extended the notion of tricolorability to colorability of knot(link) and have shown that colorability of knot (link) is also an ambient isotopy invariant. …”
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Achirality of Knots via Graphs by Azram, Mohammad

“…It has been shown that the universes, LR-graphs and regions of reduced alternating knots (links) are path connected. Connected universe corresponding to reduced alternating knot (link) is unique. …”
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Optimizing biodiversity conservation in Sundaland through advanced geospatial techniques and remote sensing technologies by Usman Gabi, Alhassan, Mohamad Abdullah, Nazirah

“…In conclusion, for efficient monitoring, well-informed policy creation, and decision-making to guarantee the long-term preservation of Sundaland's biodiversity, integration of GIS, RS, and AI is essential…”
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Optimizing biodiversity conservation in Sunderland through advanced geospatial techniques and remote sensing technologies by Usman Gabi, Alhassan, Mohamad Abdullah, Nazirah

“…In conclusion, for efficient monitoring, well-informed policy creation, and decision-making to guarantee the long-term preservation of Sundaland's biodiversity, integration of GIS, RS, and AI is essential…”
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Land remediation, event spaces and the pursuit of Olympic legacy by Gold, Margaret, Gold, John Robert

“…This paper explores the links between remediating land for Olympic event spaces and the pursuit of legacy. …”
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Outage prediction modelling of terrestrial free space optics for tropical region by Muftah Shumani, Mohamed Mahmud

“…In modern times, Free Space Optical (FSO) communication technology has become an alternative way to radio links and optical cables. FSO links provide gigabit per second data rates and unlimited bandwidth, however its availability can easily be affected by fading due to different meteorological conditions such as fog, haze, snow and rain. …”
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