Innovative UWB phase shifters using groove gap-waveguide technology inspired by metasurfaces for beamforming networks operating at 100 GHz by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Zidour, Ali, Virdee, Bal Singh, Kouhalvandi, Lida, Shahid, Saleem, See, Chan Hwang, Limiti, Ernesto

“…The metasurface features a "bed-of-nails" structure, where metal pins are connected to a bottom layer and spaced <λ/4 from a top plate. …”
Get full text

The effect of banks' debt creation on price stability: evidence from Middle East and North Africa by Sayid Hassan Musse; Hassanuddeen Abdul Aziz;, Osman, Abdul Aziz, Hassanuddeen, Echchabi, Abdelghani

“…The study uses yearly data spanning from 2005 through 2011 for 15 MENA countries, and applies panel regression analysis based on the pooled data set. …”
Get full text

A study of touching behavior for authentication in touch screen smart devices by Alariki, Ala Abdulhakim, Abdul Manaf, Azizah, Khan, Sheroz

“…Due to increasing demand for safer access in touch screen mobile phones, old strategies like pins, tokens, or passwords have failed to stay abreast of the challenges. …”
Get full text
Get full text

Fractional reserve banking and price stability: Evidence from Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries by Musse, Osman Sayid Hassan, Echchabi, Abdelghani, Abd Aziz, Hassanuddeen

“…The study uses yearly data spanning from 2008 through 2013 for Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates and applies panel regression analysis based on the pooled data set. …”
Get full text

Culture of five species of Malaysia indigenous freshwater microalgae by Sallehudin, Nor Jannah, Mustapa, Mokhzanni, Mel , Maizirwan, Ahmad Raus, Raha

“…The growth of Chlorella can be seen materially faster than any other microalgae strain especially from the strain that has spines such as Scenedesmus sp. TH. Based on the observations available, it appears that smaller strains of unicellular microalgae have appreciably higher intrinsic growth rates than algae of the larger size. …”
Get full text

Metamaterial based ultra-wideband antennas for portable wireless applications by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Naser-Moghadasi, Mohammad, Sadeghzadeh, Ramazan Ali, Virdee, Bal Singh, Limiti, Ernesto

“…Various approaches have been reported to reduce the physical size of RF antennas including using high permittivity substrates, shorting pins, reactive components, and more recently, metamaterials (MTM) based on composite right-/left-handed transmission-lines (CRLH-TLs). …”
Get full text

National survey of research and development 2008: summary by Mohd. Asraf, Ratnawati, Sheikh Ahmad, Ismail, Mat Ghani, Gairuzazmi, Abu Kassim, Noor Lide

“…It also includes data spanning 10 years so as to serve as a means to measure R&D growth in Malaysia.…”
Get full text

Development impact of Non-Bank Financial Intermediaries on economic growth in Malaysia: an empirical investigation by Islam, Mohd Aminul, Osman, Jamil

“…This paper aims to empirically examine the development impact of Non-Bank Financial Intermediaries on economic growth in Malaysia using time series data over the period spanning 1974 to 2004. The study employs bounds testing approach to cointegration and error correction mechanism to investigate the existence of a long run equilibrium relationship between NBFIs and economic growth. …”
Get full text

Development of artificial neural network model for the analysis of wastewater treatment by Jami, Mohammed Saedi

“…Extensive influent and effluent parameters database containing measured data spanning over two years of period was used to develop and train ANN using ANN toolbox in commercially available software, MATLAB. …”
Get full text

EFRAG-European Commission Sustainability Standards & ISSB Standard-Setting Process (2022–2024) by Carungu, Jonida, Dimes, Ruth, Molinari, Matteo

“…This dataset comprises meeting agendas, detailed discussion papers, summaries, and audio recordings of public webcasts related to the EFRAG-European Commission Sustainability Standards and the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB). It spans from the initial standard-setting efforts (March 2022 for EFRAG SRB, July 2022 for ISSB) to November 2024. …”
Get full text

Financial integration between Indonesia and its major trading partners by Abdul Karim, Bakri, Abd. Majid, M. Shabri, Abdul Karim, Shamsul Ariffin

“…We employ the newly proposed autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) approach to cointegration and recent weekly stock market data spanning from July 1998 to December 2007. The results indicate the Indonesian stock market is cointegrated with the stock markets of the US, Japan, Singapore and China. …”
Get full text

Ballistic impact fracture behaviour of continuous fibre reinforced al-matrix composites by Ali, Al-Hamdan, Nimir, Yassin Lutfi Mahmud, Mustafa, Ramadan J.

“…The materials response under high energy impact loads was studied using a gas gun. The projectiles were pins 1.2-1.5 mm in diameter and weighing 0.347-0.435 g. …”
Get full text

'I kiss the screen, but it is not the same' - grandparenting in geographically dispersed families by Kloc‐Nowak, Weronika, Ryan, Louise

“…Thus, we are looking at transnational ties as part of interlocking personal networks spanning distances, including internal migration. By comparing grandparents’ interactions with those who are near and far, we advance understanding of how distance impacts feelings of closeness and bonding between generations. …”
Get full text

Workplace equality in Europe : the role of trade unions by Anna, Paraskevopoulou, Sonia, McKay

“…It considers theoretical issues of equality and diversity, the role of EU legislation, multiple discrimination and exclusion and disadvantage in the labour market in relation to the role of trade unions, and addresses central questions about the actions and challenges faced by trade unions in promoting equality in the workplace and in implementing anti-discrimination policies at local, national and European levels. With research spanning 34 European countries and extending to over 250 interviews and 15 case studies, Workplace Equality in Europe examines the impact of a period of economic crisis on workplace diversity, exploring forms of inter-union cooperation at European and international levels and shedding fresh light on the processes that lead some trade unions to adopt equality policies while others remain reluctant to develop or expand policies in this area. …”

Reclaiming the conversation: Islamic intellectual tradition in the Malay Archipelago. Edited by Rosnani Hashim. Selangor, Malaysia: The Other Press, 2010, pp. 288. ISBN 978-983-954... by Hussien, Suhailah

“…The works and educational reforms of eleven scholars spanning through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries (CE) from three countries in the Malay world were explored. …”
Get full text

Energy efficiency mechanism using mobile-based fermat's spiral in wireless sensor networks by Mantoro, Teddy, Shaukat Ali, Haroon, Ayu, Media Anugerah, Usino, Wendi

“…We evaluated the performance of wireless sensor network using minimum spanning tree algorithm specifically Prim’s Algorithm in order to know the bottleneck effect on wireless sensor network and propose a better solution performance based on Fermat Spiral model. …”
Get full text

Plastic pollution in the ocean by Harun, Hasnida, Mohsin, Nur Izzmirza, Tahir, Rosmawati, Zulkifli, Mohd Daniel, Kasim, Norfazira, Kabir, Mohd Hafizalrisman, A. Hamid, Hazren, M. Sunar, N., Ali, R., Hamidon, Nuramidah, Muhamad, Mimi Suliza

“…Plastic pollution in the ocean was first reported by scientists in the 1970s, yet in recent years it has drawn tremendous attention from the media, the public, and an increasing number of scientists spanning diverse fields, including polymer science, environmental engineering, ecology, toxicology, marine biology, and oceanography. …”
Get full text

Modeling of a turning tool holder with finite elements and simulation of its free vibration frequencies by Jaafar, Israd Hakim, Shaik Dawood, Mohd. Sultan Ibrahim, Amin, A. K. M. Nurul, Shah, Qasim Hussain

“…This latter difference is unavoidable, due to the experimental test setup whereby the tool holder is clamped within the fixture with only 2 pins as opposed to the more rigid boundary condition applied to the finite element model, whereby the whole holder length within the carriage is rigidly supported at the element nodes. …”
Get full text

Does trade matter for stock market integration? by Abdul Karim, Bakri, Abd. Majid, M. Shabri

“…Design/methodology/approach – Weekly stock indices spanning from January 1992 to May 2008 is analysed using autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) bound testing approach and vector autoregression (VAR) framework. …”
Get full text

Pricing efficiency of the 3-month KLIBOR futures contracts: An empirical analysis by Razak, Marina Abdul, Bacha, Obiyathulla Ismath

“…This article also examines several issues related to pricing efficiency. The study spans the contract's entire 10-year history, June 1996 to June 2006. …”
Get full text