The correlation between serum leptin and blood pressure after exposure to noise at work by Rahma, Muayad Salm, Mustafa Al-Ahmad, Basma Ezzat, Razali , Ailin, Samsuddin, Niza, Althunibat, Osama Yousef

“…Body Mass Index was also taken for each individual by a standard measure, blood pressure was measured by OMRON sphygmomanometer and serum leptin was measured through venous blood sample analysis enzyme linked immunosorbent assay. Spearman rank order correlation was used to examine the correlations between Blood pressure value (Systolic, Diastolic) and Leptin. …”
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The Significance of Green Infrastructure Experience to Cognitive Well-Being of Residents in Small Town by Mansor, Mazlina, Said , Ismail, Labintah, Suraidah

“…Green infrastructure network is greenery and open spaces linked by walkways, streets, waterways and drainage ways around and between urban areas, at all spatial scales. …”
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HRM strategies for managing employee commitment: a case study of small construction professional services firms by Mohyin, Nur Affah, Dainty, Andy, Carillo, Pat

“…All these HRM practices need to be effectively linked and managed appropriately to collectively foster the desired commitment, regardless of the economic climate. …”
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A map of human genome variation from population-scale sequencing by Tumian, Afidalina

“…We explore the data with regard to signatures of natural selection, and identify a marked reduction of genetic variation in the neighbourhood of genes, due to selection at linked sites. These methods and public data will support the next phase of human genetic research.…”
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Sustainable residential low density urban development: integrating sustainable consciousness with commercial viability by Jahn Kassim, Puteri Shireen, Ali, Maisarah, A. Haron, Husam, M. L. Tan, Rosemary

“…The projects features the layout planning for green-shared landscaped courtyard area, a rainwater harvesting system links all units for landscaping needs, double brick walls for energy efficiency, heat reclaim system for hot water and roof insulation for heat gain reduction. …”
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Multi-dimensional networking and distributed computing services by Pathan, Al-Sakib Khan

“…The multi-dimensional research issues include wireless and mobility problems, routing protocols and algorithms, resource and service location protocols, performance evaluations of networking systems, ubiquitous systems, context aware ubiquitous environment, mechanisms to improve throughput over wireless links, network management and network security, and other related areas. …”
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Experiential contacts with green infrastructure’s diversity and well-being of urban community by Mansor, Mazlina, Said, Ismail, Mohamad, Ismail

“…Green infrastructure network is a composite of various types of greenery and open spaces linked by streets, waterways and drainages encircling and connecting urban areas, at all spatial scales. …”
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Hyaluronic acid rheological properties of Synvisc and Suplasyn for intraarticular injection In osteoarthritis by Abd. Rahim, Nour Elhuda, Zulkifly, Ahmad Hafiz, Mohamed, Farahidah, Ku Zaifah, Norsidah

“…However, Synvisc is more elastic compared to Suplasyn probably may be due to its higher molecular weight and cross linking properties. …”
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Holistic Course Design: proposals for a short course on biosafety by Perumal, Dhayaneethie

“…Furthermore, several countries have embarked on international initiatives to strengthen emergency preparedness in response to terrorist activities (‘bio-terrorism’) by linking academic expertise to state and local health agency needs. …”
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Participation in vocational further education : a study of factors influencing entry into commercial, construction and engineering training in Inner London by Sammons, Pamela Mary

“…Attention has been paid to vocational preferences and job ambitions, due to their close links with training choices. The study adopted an inter-disciplinary approach. …”
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Posthumanist panic cinema? The films of Andrew Niccol by Baldwin, Jon

“…Niccol wrote The Truman Show (1998) and was writer and director of Gattaca (1997), S1m0ne (2002), In Time (2011), and Good Kill (2014). A consideration that links these films is a reflection upon posthuman cinema itself. …”
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Engagement through partnership: students as partners in learning and teaching in Higher Education by Harrington, Kathy, Flint, Abbi, Healey, Mick

“…Students as partners is a concept which interweaves through many other debates, including assessment and feedback, employability, flexible pedagogies, internationalisation, linking teaching and research, and retention and success. …”
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How do gay men experience ruptures in the relationship with their therapist? An interpretative phenomenological study by Brooke, Philip

“…The study also found that rupture overlaps with the difficulties commonly experienced as part of the therapeutic process, making it difficult to define rupture. The researcher links the findings to minority stress theory, and suggests that an over-emphasis on the transferential relationship in therapy, and rigidity in therapeutic approach, can impede the collaborative process that is more likely to lead to reparation with this client group, especially when they are at an early stage in their gay identity development. …”
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Black Workers and BME networks organising against racism in the NHS workplace by Carter, Nigel Geoffrey

“…The concept ‘racial capitalism’ is also linked to race and class theories of Black self-organised resistance to racism in the UK context. …”
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Expression of soluble active fluorescently tagged hephaestin in COS and CHO cell lines by Aslan, Elif Sibel, White, Kenneth, Syed, Basharut A., Srai, Kaila S., Evans, Robert W.

“…Hp was originally identified as the gene responsible for the phenotype of sex-linked anaemia in the sla mouse. The mutation in the sla protein causes accumulation of dietary iron in duodenal cells, causing severe microcytic hypochromic anaemia. …”
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Effects of parenting experiences and early maladaptive schemas on adjustment to atopic dermatitis by Kalaki, Elli

“…Results suggest that: a) people with an early and a late onset of atopic dermatitis were presented with a certain schematic profile that differentiated them from participants in the control groups; b) a certain pattern of early parenting experiences was linked to the development of this schematic profile and c) this schematic profile predicted high levels of dysfunctional coping and difficulties in adjustment. …”
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The crystal structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Alkylhydroperoxidase AhpD, a potential target for antitubercular drug design by Nunn, Christine M., Djordjevic, Snezana, Hillas, Patrick J., Nishida, Clinton R., Ortiz de Montellano, Paul R.

“…The resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to isoniazid is commonly linked to inactivation of a catalase-peroxidase, KatG, that converts isoniazid to its biologically active form. …”

Algerian immigrants in London (United Kingdom) and Valencia (Spain): towards a new migration and labour model? by Djilali Beloufa, Kouider

“…During the last two decades, one of the most important changes in the geography of Algerian migration has been its gradual spread to some "new" contexts, that can be located differently in a spectrum of various characteristics, such as geographical location, historical-cultural links, existence of networks, and profiles of Algerian migrants, among others. …”
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The publishing industry, the ideological framework and foreign aid in Tanzania by Nyerembe, Malima Paul

“…The study argues that Tanzania's post-colonial development attempts and those after SAP have been linked with initiatives and active participation of institutions in foreign aid allocation as well as the development of policy formulation, despite the policy of socialism and self-reliance. …”
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Pauper education in Victorian England: organisation and administration within the new poor law 1834-1880 by Livingstone, Janet Elizabeth

“…Pauper schooling involved central supervision, inspection and local management and was inextricably linked with Poor Law strategies to depauperise and to administer strict relief policies. …”
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