The GCSE attainment gap: assessing the influence of permanent school exclusion by Hills, Stephen, Walker, Matthew, Guinn, James, Kent, Aubrey

“…Research has shown that pupils who have been permanently excluded are at a greater risk of negative life outcomes when compared with their non-excluded peers. …”
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A longitudinal study of the self-concepts and experiential components of self-worth and affect across adolescence by Moneta, Giovanni B., Schneider, Barbara, Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly

“…Behind the stable growth of components of self-concept, adolescents experience a certain degree of discontinuity as to how they evaluate their capability to meet everyday life demands and their affect declines. The modifications in grade trends due to ethnicity and family structure call for studies on the possible influence exercised by family processes and school environments.…”
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Shifting identities of Bengali female learners in ESOL : a poststructuralist feminist exploration of classed, ‘raced’ and gender identities by Bonetti, Vivijana

“…In total, 20 Bengali female learners of ESOL participated in life history interviews over the period of 2 years. …”
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Understanding the factors that contribute to the outcome of cognitive behavioural therapy as adjunct to medical treatment in a sample of individuals with psoriasis : a constructivi... by Laoudi, Marietta

“…CBT has been effective in reducing the emotional distress, the quality of life impairment associated with psoriasis and as a result the clinical severity of it. …”
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Rhetoric of economic nationalism by Uzelac, Gordana

“…It maps and compares the nationalist discourse in these speeches and writings applied to different segments of economic life, especially in employment and migration, consumption, financial sovereignty, and productivity. …”
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Cross channel fraud detection framework in financial services using recurrent neural networks by Patel, Yogesh

“…The second focus is on modelling which is performed on an anonymised real-life dataset, provided by a large financial institution in Europe. …”
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No Oral Modification clauses to the test: how relevant are they in the COVID-19 shock and beyond? by Magklasi, Ioanna, Magklasi, Eleni

“…The methodology that we will follow will look at real life commercial contracts of the following two types: commercial leases and shipping contracts. 2. …”
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Someone who understands: a qualitative study exploring cancer patients' experiences of psychotherapy in cancer care by Lyons, Libby

“…In order to gain a more subjective and ecologically valid understanding of this phenomenon, in-depth interviews were conducted with six cancer patients who have accessed and availed of psycho-oncology via different pathways within a real-life setting (the Republic of Ireland). Using IPA’s analytic techniques, three master themes emerged from the data - Cancer Patient Needs; The Power of Talking and The Therapeutic Relationship (with each theme containing three corresponding sub-themes) - all of which capture the essence of this experience. …”
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Photodegradation Mechanism of Biopolymer Blended with High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) by Sulong, Nurulsaidatulsyida, Mohd Rus, Anika Zafiah, Ab Latif, Najibah, Wahab, Nor’Aini, Afian Omar, Afian Omar, Mohd Salim, Nurul Syamimi, Mat Hassan, Nik Normunira, Marsi, Noraini, Egi Agustian, Egi Agustian

“…Synthetic polymer such as polyethylene is used widely in industry, agricultures and daily life owing to its relatively low price and good mechanical and processing properties. …”
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Maintaining Water Quality in Urban Lakes: Challenges and Strategies by Ahmad Shafee, Farah Amira, Abd Razak, Siti Nooriza, Shafiq, Nasir, Vicky Kumar, Vicky Kumar, Sonia Lohana, Sonia Lohana, Farhan, Syed Ahmad

“…The research assesses public perceptions of lake benefits, studies the impact of lakes on quality of life, identifies water quality issues, and proposes an efficient lake management framework. …”
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A study on the application of discrete curvature feature extraction and optimization algorithms to battery health estimation by Hui Hwang Goh, Hui Hwang Goh, Zhen An, Zhen An, Dongdong Zhang, Dongdong Zhang, Wei Dai, Wei Dai, Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan, Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan, Kai Chen Goh, Kai Chen Goh

“…Lithium-ion batteries are extensively utilised in various industries and everyday life. Typically, these batteries are considered retired when their state of health (SOH) drops below 80%. …”
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Photodegradation Mechanism of Biopolymer Blended with High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) by Sulong, Nurulsaidatulsyida, Mohd Rus, Anika Zafiah, Ab Latif, Najibah, Wahab, Nor’Aini, Omar, Afian, Mohd Salim, Nurul Syamimi, Mat Hassan, Nik Normunira, Marsi, Noraini, Egi Agustian, Egi Agustian

“…Synthetic polymer such as polyethylene is used widely in industry, agricultures and daily life owing to its relatively low price and good mechanical and processing properties. …”
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Immobilization of blood coagulant factor VII on polycaprolactone membrane through polydopamine grafting by Gopal, Rathosivan, Md Shakhih, Muhammad Faiz, Sahalan, Mariaulpa, Lee, Te Chuan, Hermawan, Hendra, Sivalingam, Sivakumar, Kadiman, Suhaini, Saidin, Syafiqah

“…However, its short half-life has limited the effectiveness of this treatment and frequent FVII intake may distress the patients. …”
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Influence of Post-Heat Treatment on the Characteristics of FeCrBMnSi Coating on Stainless Steel 304 Substrate Prepared by Twin Wire Arc Spray (TWAS) Method at Various Stand-off Di... by Purna Irawan, Agustinus, -, Deni Fajar Fitriyana, Siregar, Januar Parlaungan, Cionita, Tezara, Anggarina, Paula Tjatoerwidya, Jaafar, Jamiluddin, Taqriban, Rilo Berdin, Jehadus, Emilianus, Manalu, Janviter

“…Twin wire arc spray (TWAS) is a type of thermal spray coating technology that has been extensively researched to improve the service life and overcome wear, cavitation and corrosion in pump impellers. …”
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Study on the application of ionic liquids in bio-based lubricant for a sustainable machining process by Abdul Sani, Amiril Sahab

“…With improved physicochemical and tribological performances, e.g. corrosion inhibition, friction and wear reduction, smooth surface finish and high machining efficiency, they recorded improvement in machining forces up to 12 %, cutting temperature up to 10 %, surface roughness by 7% and increased cutting tool life up to 50 % compared to the commercial synthetic ester-based MWF. …”
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Improving the indoor air quality (IAQ) through application of the air cleaning technologies for offices building simulated in environmental chamber by Abdelrahman Kabrein, Hashim Ahmed

“…Indoor air quality (IAQ) is very important issue in residential and commercial buildings, because human spend almost 90% of their life indoor. IAQ problems effect on the health of the occupants, and lead to reduction of the efficiency and output in workplaces. …”
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Development of ultra wideband antenna array for human detection under debris by Ali, Jawad

“…Any unfortunate accident may risk the life of residents living in such structures, the people might be trapped under the rubbles. …”
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Kemahiran boleh pindah dalam kalangan pelajar kejuruteraan di IPTA by Asha’ri, Aifaa Husna

“…Kemahiran boleh pindah didefinisikan sebagai kemahiran yang dimiliki oleh individu yang mempunyai kepelbagaian pengetahuan, nilai-nilai serta kemahiran hidup asas (life skills) yang diperlukan demi mendapatkan dan mengekalkan pekerjaan sedia ada. …”
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An assistive robotics control system based on speech semantic recognition by Mohamad, Siti Nur Ateeqa

“…Since 90’s era, many researchers and organizations are working on assistive technologies to ease the disabilities people to move around freely, independence, comfort and have the capabilities to enjoy life to the fullest. Nowadays, most of assistive technologies such as manual wheelchairs are propelled by patients sitting on the chair and physically turning the large rear wheels with hand or need helpers to push the chair by handles from behind of the wheelchair. …”
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The characterization of mechanical behaviour on kenaf fibre / polypropylene composites by Mat Husin, Muhammad Muslimin

“….% MAPP) give high fatigue life cycles at all stress level 90 %, 80 %, 70 %, 60 % and 50 % as the specimen structure less damage was induced during fatigue test. …”
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