A simple design tool for the calculation of effective section area for class 4 closed section using ms-excel by Deng, Liang

“…Quantitatively, this program could provide extremely accurate results with precision more than 15 decimal places, and the efficiency is increased at least 700 times as compared to manual calculation.…”
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Impact of host gut microbiome on pathogen colonization by Low, Wai Leong

“…The human gastrointestinal tract is colonized by at least 400 different microbial species, known as the gut microbiota, which play vital roles in our health. …”
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Built heritage conservation, urban development and tourism : Singapore in the 21st Century by Henderson, Joan C.

“…Government policies are examined and reveal that heritage is seen by officials to serve multiple purposes, not least as a tourist resource. Its economic role is appreciated, but awareness of sociocultural and political value is also apparent. …”
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Labour pains: mothers and motherhood on the British left in the twentieth century by Riley, CL, Jenkins, L, Baughan, E

“…In left-wing women’s movements, motherhood has been recognised as essential and difficult; necessary for future revolutions, not least in raising future revolutionaries. In less radical circles, it has been understood as a crucial contribution to the functioning of society, often forming the basis of women’s claims to citizenship and maternalist forms of politics. …”

Symmetry and generalisation in machine learning by Elesedy, B

“…</p> <br> <p>We apply these ideas to equivariance and invariance in random design least squares and kernel ridge regression respectively. …”

Disciplining the state: virtue, violence, and state-making in modern China by Thornton, P

“…This study finds that in China, the challenges of governing produced a trajectory of state-building in which the processes of moral regulation and social control were at least as central to state-making as the exercise of coercive power. …”

Life is uncertain: inherent variability exhibited by organisms, and at higher levels of biological organization by Bull, JW

“…Important practical implications arise if organisms can indeed be defined by an association with specific classes of inherent uncertainty: not least that isolating those signatures then provides a potential means for detecting life, for considering the forms that life could theoretically take, and for exploring the wider limits to how life might become distributed. …”

Capacity, autonomy, and risk: reflecting on asymmetries in capacity to consent and capacity to refuse by Pugh, J

“…I then explain how two competing theories of risk-relative standards are incompatible with at least one of these claims. Drawing on Douglas’ distinction between standards of ‘true capacity’ and standards invoked in the ‘test’ for capacity, I then outline my ‘quality of evidence’ view. …”

A surface transporter family conveys the trypanosome differentiation signal by Dean, S, Marchetti, R, Kirk, K, Matthews, KR

“…Consistent with predictions for the response of trypanosomes to CCA, PAD proteins are expressed on the surface of the transmission-competent ‘stumpy-form’ parasites in the bloodstream, and at least one member is thermoregulated, showing elevated expression and surface access at low temperature. …”

Reasons and reproduction: gene editing and genetic selection by McMahan, J, Savulescu, J

“…We argue that both of these objections can be satisfactorily answered and thus that there is indeed a significant moral reason, at least in some cases, to use gene editing rather than embryo selection.…”

Simple ecological indicators benchmark regeneration success of Amazonian forests by Giles, AL, Schietti, J, Rosenfield, MF, Mesquita, RC, Vieira, DLM, Vieira, ICG, Poorter, L, Brancalion, PHS, Peña-Claros, M, Siqueira, J, Oliveira Junior, L, do Espírito-Santo, MM, Sarmento, PSDM, Ferreira, JN, Berenguer, E, Barlow, J, Elias, F, Cassol, HLG, Silva, RC, Ribeiro, SC, Medeiros, N, Junqueira, AB, Massoca, P, Ferreira, MJ

“…After 20 years, successful regeneration should reach a minimum basal area of 14 m². ha−¹, at least 34 tree species per 100 individuals, a structural heterogeneity index of 0.27, and 123 Mg.ha−¹ of aboveground biomass. …”

Projection of older population in Malaysia by physical disability status by Muhammad Aziz, Mohd Azmi Haron, Zailan Siri, Noriszura Ismail

“…By 2040, it is anticipated that Malaysia will have nearly 1.7 million disabled older persons experiencing at least two of the six physical limitations delineated in the National Health Morbidity Survey 2019. …”
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A linearization based on Taylor expansion to multi-objective linear fractional program with fuzzy coefficients and fuzzy decision variables by Mojtaba Borza, Azmin Sham Rambely

“…In two phases, this method alters the fully fuzzy problem into linear programming problem (LPP) which its solution is at least a weakly E - efficient for the main problem. …”
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Why not travel to Malaysia? variations in inbound tourists perceptions toward halal-friendly destination attributes by Azali, Mohamed, Kamal Basha, Norazlyn, Chang, Yee-Shan, Lim, Xin-Jean, Cheah, Jun-Hwa

“…A total of 666 observations were collected using surveys and the data sets were analyzed via partial least squares structural equation modeling. The empirical results show that both countries have indicated variations in terms of preferences for social environment, services, and facilities. …”

Determination of hexane residues in vegetable oils with FTIR spectroscopy by Mirghani, M. E. S., Che Man, Y. B.

“…The method was based on horizontal attenuated total reflectance with a ZnSe crystal at 45° at room temperature, and partial least squares (PLS) statistics were used to derive calibration models. …”
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Multivariate calibration of Fourier transform infrared spectra in determining iodine value of palm oil products by Che Man, Y.B, Setiowaty, G

“…Forty-two spectra of palm oil with IV ranging between 53 and 65 were used to create calibration models based on partial least squares (PLS) and principle component regression (PCR) methods using different baseline types. …”
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Memoryless quasi-Newton-type methods via some weak secant relations for large-scale unconstrained optimization by Lim, Keat Hee, Leong, Wah June

“…These updating methods are derived by means of a least-change updating strategy subjected to some weaker form of secant relation obtained by projecting the secant equation onto the search direction. …”
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Modelling Framework of Regulatory Changes to Improve Efficiency of Malaysian IPO Market (S/O 14203) by Mohd Rashid, Rasidah, Abdul Rahim, Ruzita, Hwei, Khaw Lee, Tajuddin, Ahmad Hakimi, Che Yahya, Norliza

“…The study uses cross-sectional data over 16 years from 2000 to 2016. It uses ordinary least squares for the baseline model and incorporates an interaction term, quantile regression, quadratic term, break test and logit regression model for further analysis. …”
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Advanced Structural Materials

“…Concrete and cement properties and consistency, structural properties of modern wooden materials, and thermal insulation materials are the main topics of the last chapter. The edition will be useful to specialists in materials science, machinery and construction.…”
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A review of homogenous ensemble methods on the classification of breast cancer data by Nur Farahaina, Idris, Mohd Arfian, Ismail

“…In the last decades, emerging data mining technology has been introduced to assist humankind in generating relevant decisions. …”
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