Collaborative open bibliographic network for Malaysian school libraries by Mansor, Yushiana, Awang Abu Bakar, Normi Sham

“…Collaborative bibliographic network among libraries has long gained its popularity not only due to the sheer cost of integrated library systems (ILS) but also the many benefits gained from being a member of library network or consortium. …”
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Strange attractors in the Vannimenus model on an arbitrary order cayley tree by Ganikhodjaev, Nasir, Akin, Hasan, Temir, Seyit, Uguz, Selman, Nawi, Ashraf Mohamed

“…In this paper we study the phase diagram of the model using an iterative scheme for a renormalized effective nearest-neighbour coupling Kr and effective field per site Xr for spins on the rth level; it recovers, as particular cases, previous works by Vannimenus, Inawashiro et al, Mariz et al and Ganikhodjaev and Uǧuz. …”
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On the strong phase transition for the one-dimensional countable statep-adic Potts model by Mukhamedov, Farrukh

“…Note that it turns out that the obtained condition does not depend on values of the prime p and, therefore, an analogous fact is not true when the number of spins is �nite. Note that, in the usual real case, if one considers a one-dimensional translation- invariant model with nearest neighbor interaction, then such a model does not exhibit a phase transition. …”
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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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Implied volatility forecasting in the options market: a survey by Mohamad, Azhar

“…Implied volatility gives indication about the future volatility of the underlying asset and can be used to predict the degree to which the asset price might swing and thus whether the options could become profitable before expiration. …”
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Fiscal policy in an Islamic economy and the role of Zakat by Yusoff, Mohammed

“…Likewise the Zakat expenditure could be increased, by using the Zakat surplus accumulated during the boom periods, when the economy is in the down-swing to spur aggregate spending and economic activities. …”
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Highly infectious prions are not directly neurotoxic by Benilova, Iryna, Reilly, Madeleine, Terry, Cassandra, Wenborn, Adam, Schmidt, Christian, Marinho, Aline T., Risse, Emmanuel, Al-Doujaily, Huda, Wiggins De Oliveira, Michael, Sandberga, Malin K., Wadsworth, Jonathan D. F., Jat, Parmjit S, Collinge, John

“…While it has long been assumed that prions are themselves neurotoxic, recent devel- opment of methods to obtain exceptionally pure prions from mouse brain with maintained strain characteristics, and in which defined structures—paired rod-like double helical fibers—can be definitively correlated with infectivity, allowed a direct test of this assertion. …”
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Biotar ironmaking using wooden biomass and nanoporous iron ore by Hata, Yuichi, Purwanto, Hadi, Hosokai, Sou, Hayashi, Jun-ichiro, Kashiwaya, Yoshiaki, Akiyama, Tomohiro

“…In our experiments, three types of iron ores containing different amounts of combined water (CW; 1.6, 3.8, and 9.0 mass %) were first dehydrated at 450 °C to make them porous and then heated with pine tree biomass at 500-600 °C for the gasification and the tar vapor generated was decomposed to deposit carbon within/on the porous ores. …”
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Iraq’s democratic dilemmas: from entrenched dictatorship to fragile democracy by Abdulla, Namo

“…The US-led allied invasion of Iraq in 2003 toppled Iraq’s long ruling dictator, Saddam Hussein, promising to import democracy to a country whose history had been shaped by both religious and secular totalitarianism. …”
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A case study on design and manufacture of tilting pad thrust bearing for steam turbine of fertilizer factories by Amin, A. K. M. Nurul, M. M., Rahman, M. M., Hossain

“…Apart from the high procurement cost import involves long lead time. In order to avoid factory shut downs a lot of spares are also kept in reserve. …”
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Investigation of the influence of the properties of the work and tool materials on performance level of Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) process by A.K.M., N. Amin, A. K., Sardar

“…From the experimental results it was observed that the curves of MRR versus machining time show convex behavior, specially after long duration of machining. It was also observed that the MRR and WR are inversely proportional to the melting points of the work and tool materials respectively. …”
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In vitro surface efficacy of CaP-based anodised titanium for bone implants by Alipal, J., Saidin, S., Kai Lo, A.Z., Koshy, P., Abdullah, H.Z., Idris, M.I., Lee, T.C.

“…However, the coating at 450 V was observed to suffer from delamination, indicating the needle-like structure is mechanically unstable. After 7 days of SBF immersion, the 450 V sample was highly bioactive relative to the 350 V sample. …”
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In vitro surface efficacy of CaP-based anodised titanium for bone implants by Alipal, J., Saidin, S., Kai Lo, A.Z., Koshy, P., Abdullah, H.Z., Idris, M.I., Lee, T.C.

“…However, the coating at 450 V was observed to suffer from delamination, indicating the needle-like structure is mechanically unstable. After 7 days of SBF immersion, the 450 V sample was highly bioactive relative to the 350 V sample. …”
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Modeling an Alternative Benchmarking for Home Financing: A Comparative Analysis between Malaysia and the United Kingdom by Mohd Yusof, Rosylin, Kassim, Salina, Abd. Majid, M. Shabri, Hamid, Zarinah

“…This implies that in the long run, the macroeconomics variables can be used to predict the rental price. …”
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Robust feedback control design using PSO-based optimisation: a case study in gantry crane control by Solihin, Mahmud Iwan, Akmeliawati, Rini, Legowo, Ari

“…The proposed method is applied into design of anti-swing control of an automatic gantry crane experiment. …”
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Acute airway obstruction due to Ascaris Lumbricoides in a ventilated child by Srinovianti, Noerdin, Mat Nor, Mohd Basri

“…Flexible bronchoscopy revealed a tube like foreign body obstructing the right and left bronchus. …”
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Virtual realities in the business world by Tredinnick, Luke

“…Is VR here to stay, or is it a passing fad like 3D Television? This issue of Out-of-the-Box explores the emergence of VR, and the kinds of changes that it may bring to the working world.…”

Cooperative transition of electronic states of antisite As defects in Be-doped low-temperature-grown GaAs layers by Mohamed, Mohd Ambri, Tien Lam, Pham, Bae, K. W., Otsuka, Nobuo

“…Magnetic properties resulting from localized spins associated with antisite arsenic ions AsGa+ in Be-doped low-temperature-grown GaAs (LT-GaAs) layers were studied by measuring the magnetization of lift-off samples. …”
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Control strategy for automatic Gantry crane systems: a practical and intelligent approach by Martono, Wahyudi, Jalani, Jamaludin, Muhida, Riza, Salami, Momoh Jimoh Emiyoka

“…However, moving the payload using the crane is not an easy task especially when strict specifications on the swing angle and on the transfer time need to be satisfied. …”
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Introduction to fingerprint verification by Hameed, Shihab A., Badurik, Waleed A.

“…It has been used as a form of identification for a long time and considers an acceptance and fear. Fingerprints consider by people as unique and can be used to identify someone. …”
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