Monetary policy and banking sector : lessons from Turkey by Akinci, Dervis Ahmet, Matousek, Roman, Radić, Nemanja, Stewart, Chris

“…The bank lending channel is shown to depend on two bank characteristics, namely liquidity and capital. We also find that both capital and GDP growth have plausible positive and significant long-run effects on bank loan growth, whereas inflation, bank size and, in particular, efficiency do not have a significant equilibrium relationship with loan growth. …”
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Wear characteristics of Fe-C-Si and Fe-C-Al cast irons by Shaha, Sugrib Kumar, Haque, Md. Mohafizul, Khan, Ahsan Ali

“…In the present study, wear behavior of the Fe-C-Si and Fe-C-Al cast irons were investigated using a pin-on-disk type apparatus at room temperature. …”
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Biomechanical evaluation and new improvement on ankle external fixator by Ramlee, Muhammad Hanif

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Novel opto-electronic and plastic fibre sensors by Ioannides, Nicos

“…Experimental results obtained confirm the long and linear operational range of the sensor (between 15 mm and 90 mm for a mirror target and between 20 mm and 100 mm for a matt white paper target). …”
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An analysis of the Dongba arts and culture in the context of tourism by Xie, Zheng

“…The study examines the critical link between Lijiang’s tourism development and the Naxi dongba culture. …”
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The investigation of chlorpyrifos (Cpy) detection of PEDOT:PSS‑MXene(Ti2CTX)‑BSA‑GO composite using P‑ISFET reduction method by Megat Hasnan, M. M. I., Lim, G. P., Nayan, N., Soon, C. F., Abd Halim, A. A., Ahmad, M. K., Said, S. M., Mohamed Ali, M. S., Noor, I. M.

“…This is much lower than that when using titanium dioxide (TiO2), which is −1.5 V. Composite thin flms containing Ti2CTX MXene are found to detect Cpy with higher sensitivity compared to thin flms without MXene. …”
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Sustainable supply chain management in construction: an exploratory review for future research by Cataldo, Ieva, Banaitis, Audrius, Samadhiya, Ashutosh, Banaitienė, Nerija, Kumar, Anil, Luthra, Sunil

“…The article offers a broad list of potentials for improving the current situation in the construction sector by using various types of supply chains such as increasing investment in energy conservation and emission reduction technologies to drive sustainable development, establishing strong green supply chain relationships, and forming a Covid-19 financial support group for small construction companies among other things. The study’s findings suggested that due to the significance of long-term relationships between construction companies, suppliers and customers, smart technology could make it simpler to reach every supply chain link. …”
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Nutritional status of school children aged 6-10 years old in Selangor by Kassim, siah, Mohamed Zainuddin, Norzila, Ab Rahman, Jamalludin, Zainal, Ramli, Abdullah, Ahmad Fadzil, Abdul Wahab, Norrashidah, Awang, Rusanida, Latif, Hasniah, Hussain, Shamsinah

“…About 11% of the rural school children were within thin and very thin compared to urban school children 6.5%. …”
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Hidden Markov model for human to computer interaction: A study on human hand gesture recognition by Bilal, Sara Mohammed Osman Saleh, Akmeliawati, Rini, Shafie, Amir Akramin, Salami, Momoh Jimoh Emiyoka

“…Therefore, for applications that involve HCI one can find many challenges to establish a system with high detection and recognition accuracy for hand posture and/or gesture. …”
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Ibn Khaldun on the role of knowledge, skills and values in the rise and fall of civilizations : implications for muslim educators in the 21st century. by Ssekamanya, Siraje Abdallah

“…This paper examines Ibn Khaldun s discussion, in his Muqaddimah,of the role played by knowledge, skills, systems and values in the rise and fall of civilizations to find out how contemporary Muslim societies can benefit from his thought as they grapple with the challenges of globalization and survival in a knowledge-based economy. …”
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The Differences of career self-efficacy in the selection of careers among Malay students at International Islamic University Malaysia by Ismail, Zuraidah

“…This study was conducted to examine the link between career self-efficacy and career selections of university students. …”
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Some applications of generalised linear models by Scallan, Anthony

“…This technique is applied to standard link functions as well as to the family of composite link functions. …”
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Low-loss paper-substrate triple-band-frequency reconfigurable microstrip antenna for sub-7 GHz applications by Singh, Ajit Kumar, Mahto, Santosh Kumar, Sinha, Rashmi, Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Al-Gburi, Ahmed Jamal Abdullah, Ahmad, Ashfaq, Kouhalvandi, Lida, Virdee, Bal Singh, Dalarsson, Mariana

“…In this paper, a low-cost resin-coated commercial-photo-paper substrate is used to design a printed reconfigurable multiband antenna. The two PIN diodes are used mainly to redistribute the surface current that provides reconfigurable properties to the proposed antenna. …”
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Enhanced priority-based adaptive energy-aware mechanisms for wireless sensor networks by Uzougbo, Onwuegbuzie Innocent

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Manufacture of cylinders with axial imperfections by Khirotdin, Khairilhijra

“…The report outlines the methodology and procedures used to manufacture the thin walled cylinder with its axial imperfections using a NUM 1060 CNC Lathe machine. …”
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A note on Chinese stock market efficiency: fresh evidence from non-linear unit root test by Abdul Manap, Turkhan Ali

“…This paper reexamines the efficiency Chinese stock market for the period December 1990 to February 2010 by extending recent work of Qian et al (2008)2 using the nonlinear unit root test developed by Kapetanios, Shin and Snell (2003)3 and Kruse (2010)4. In doing so, the nonlinearity test of Harvey, Leybourne, and Xiao (2008)5 is used to have an insight into the best specification of the model. …”
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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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