A Performance Analysis between Conventional and Shariah Private Retirement Scheme in Malaysia (S/O 14551) by Sofi, Mohd Fikri

“…The results obtained have taken into account both gross return unadjusted for risk and risk-adjusted return based on appropriate models. The empirical findings generally display an insignificant difference in return performance between both funds. …”
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Performance obligations for “revenue from contracts with customers” principle in the shipping industry by Duru, Okan, Mileski, Joan P., Gunes, Ergun

“…Research limitations/implications: It is obviously impossible to observe all kinds of freight market transactions for all different kinds of vessel particulars. …”
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Synthesis and performance analysis of a polysulfone braid-supported hollow fiber membrane for natural gas purification by Imtiaz, Aniqa, Kamaludin, Roziana, Othman, Mohd. Hafiz Dzarfan, Jilani, Asim, Khan, Imran Ullah, Muhammad Ayub, Muhammad Ayub, Samuel, Ojo, Iftikhar, Musawira

“…Mechanical strength testing revealed that 21_3 PSF BRHF (68.2 MPa) fabricated in this study outperformed conventional self-supported PSF hollow fiber membranes (9.44 MPa), as reported in the literature. These findings underscore the potential of BRHF membranes for natural gas purification, although further improvements are still possible.…”

Binding modes of teixobactin to lipid ii : molecular dynamics study by Liu, Yang, Liu, Yaxin, Chan-Park, Mary Bee Eng, Mu, Yuguang

“…In agreement with experimental findings, the pyrophosphate group and the attached first sugar subunit of LII are found to be the minimal motif for stable TXB binding. …”
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Data mining applications in Singapore by Ang, Chung Lay, Loh, Heng Meng, Tham, Tuck Kong

“…This is to give a greater realism and dimension to our research. The findings of our study reveal that Data Mining is still a new concept in Singapore but is gaining strength. …”
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Symbolic ltl f Synthesis: A Unified Approach for Synthesizing Winning, Dominant, and Best-Effort Strategies by De Giacomo, G, Parretti, G, Zhu, S

“…Synthesis typically focuses on finding strategies that win against all possible responses of the environment. …”

‘It's the little things that count’: healthcare professionals’ views on delivering dignified care: a qualitative study by Williams, V, Kinnear, D, Victor, C

“…Interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed and analysed using thematic analysis. <p><b>Findings</b></p> Forty-eight healthcare professionals took part in this interview based study. …”

Decentralized secondary control for frequency restoration and power allocation in islanded AC microgrids by Lian, Zhijie, Wen, Changyun, Guo, Fanghong, Lin, Pengfeng, Wu, Qiuwei

“…The results do show its effectiveness and also verify the established theoretical findings.…”
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Effects of combination of linguistic and musical pitch experience on subcortical pitch encoding by Maggu, Akshay Raj, Wong, Patrick C. M., Antoniou, Mark, Bones, Oliver, Liu, Hanjun, Wong, Francis C. K.

“…However, musicians showed a more robust brainstem encoding of musical pitch as compared to non-musicians. These findings suggest that a combined musical and linguistic pitch experience affects auditory brainstem encoding of linguistic and musical pitch differentially. …”
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Exploring Risk Management Activities for Solar PV: A Preliminary Investigation in Malaysia by Ahmad Zaidi, Mohamad Faizal, Othman, Siti Norezam, Mohamed Ismail, Risyawati

“…This pilot study has gathered some basic information on risk management for solar PV in Malaysia. With the findings, this study has come up with four critical questions that deserve further attention before pursuing for any large- or full-scale empirical study…”
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Really cannot understand meh? : Is Singlish internationally unintelligible? by Ng, Jing Hui

“…Strangely, resident foreigners seem to share the same attitudes towards Singlish as Singaporeans – they view it rather unfavourably despite finding it highly understandable.…”
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Surface modified polymers for controlled macroscopic functions by Chng, S

“…</p> <p>Lastly, a surprising finding on adhesion function generated from the diaryldiazo compound is disclosed, with preliminary results of lap-shear and t-peel tests showing high levels of adhesion. …”

Motion and shape recovery from image frame sequences by Sung, Eric.

“…Much of the thesis concentrates on finding what the minimum number of data points are needed for a unique solution under different number of frames and constraints.…”
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As Long As the Lemon Trees Grow / by Katouh, Zoulfa, 1994-, author 656134, Hachette Books Group (Online service) 647103

“…Salama Kassab was a pharmacy student when the cries for freedom broke out in Syria. She still had her parents and her big brother; she still had her home. …”
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Student teachers learning to use Assessment for Learning in schools by Tan Chia Chun, D

“…Consequently, the implications for the design of teacher education programmes are a key part of the discussion stimulated by the findings.</p>…”

Legal translation and ISO standards : a case study by See, Tingting

“…There was no standardized quality assessment for legal translations till April 2020, when the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) published ISO 20771:2020. …”
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Impact of Beijing Hukou on non-Beijinger talents working in Beijing. by Sun, Peiyi.

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Folk pedagogy? Investigating how and why UK early years and primary teachers use songs with young learners by Hamilton, C, Murphy, VA

“…To investigate why teachers use songs, this mixed-methods study explored teachers’ self-reported purposes for using songs in an online questionnaire (n = 103) and semi-structured interviews (n = 7), finding that respondents hold strong beliefs about songs’ effectiveness for teaching content, establishing classroom routines, and supporting pupils’ linguistic and social development. …”

Co-designing the implementation of a rural health systems-strengthening rheumatic heart disease program with remote First Nations Australian communities using Theory of Change by Jones, B, Mitchell, A, Haynes, E, Howard, NJ, Wade, V, Pears, C, Rossingh, B, Gatti, J, Ramadani, S, Corpus, E, Yan, J, Marangou, J, Kaethner, A, Bailey, M, Francis, JR, English, M, Nagraj, S

“…This study aimed to co-design local implementation strategies for an RHD active case finding program with five remote communities and explain how and why the task-sharing program might lead to improved health outcomes. …”

The role of PTEN in human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells mediated tumor cells suppression. by Toh, Xin Yi.

“…Human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) have been increasingly used as a vehicle for gene delivery to cancer. Still, little is known about the role of MSC in the tumor microenvironment. …”
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