Interest rate dynamics in Kenya : commercial banks' rates and the 91 day treasury bill rate by Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Gil-Alana, Luis A.

“…For this purpose we use data on four commercial banks’ interest rates (Deposits, Savings, Lending and Overdraft) together with the 91-Day Treasury Bill rate, for the time period July 1991 – August 2010, and apply various techniques based on long-range dependence and, in particular, on fractional integration. …”
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Banking efficiency and Economic growth in the MENA region by Ghannouchi, Walid, Radić, Nemanja

“…We introduce a set of control variables associated with the long run growth and find an interesting interaction with banking productivity and financial deepening suggesting that efforts should be focusing on the investments’ efficiency and the increase of regulation to spur a more stable financial system and foster financial deepening in the future.…”
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Book review : Human development and capabilities: re-imagining the university of the twenty-first century by Fourali, Chahid

“…The book was a criticism of the over focus on economic rational without considering long term effect on the human condition. The review was overall positive but argued that the book did not go far enough, and in the case of some authors such as Nussbaum, there was a contrast between the argument on what constitutes 'justice' and her actual actions as in the case of supporting a brutal regime.…”
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Populism in world politics: a comparative cross-regional perspective by Hadiz, Vedi, Chryssogelos, Angelos

“…As a concept, populism has had a long and contentious history. We suggest that populism has been on the rise alongside new imaginings of what constitutes the ‘people’ and ‘elites’, as the meanings attached to these labels are continually reshaped in conjunction with new social conflicts. …”
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Expanding the scope of architectural education: creating a culture of global citizenship for students by Denicke-Polcher, Sandra

“…Our unique teaching framework uses a project entitled Crossing Cultures as its vehicle of investigation to experiment with forms of integration of refugees into depopulated Italian villages, whilst offering students to positively impact and become an integral part of this new community, thereby, ensuring its continuity long-term. Such pedagogical experiments provide an education beyond architecture, and shape society by teaching citizenship to students.…”
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Structured medication reviews: origins, implementation, evidence, and prospects by Stewart, Duncan, Madden, Mary, Davies, Paul, Whittlesea, Cate, McCambridge, Jim

“…Notwithstanding the COVID-19 vaccination programme, a new Structured Medication Review (SMR) service has been introduced in Primary Care Networks (PCNs). The long term drivers are clear: addressing problematic polypharmacy in the NHS, reducing avoidable hospitalisations, and delivering better value from medicines spending. …”
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Submission of evidence to the Cabinet Office enquiry on the biological security strategy by Hobson, Tom, Sundaram, Lalitha S., Aldridge, David, Christie, Alec, Edwards, Brett, Dando, Malcolm, Petrovan, Silviu, Shang, Lijun, Sutherland, William, Ó hÉigeartaigh, Seán, Smith, Rebecca

“…The authors are academic researchers in the field of biosecurity, bioethics, biodiversity, technology governance and policy. We have a long-standing interest in policy and practice of biological security in the UK and globally. …”
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A key role for scientists in strengthening the Biological Weapons Convention by Shang, Lijun, Sheff, Lincoln, Dando, Malcolm

“…In March 2023 an agreement was also reached on an agenda and timetable for this effort over the next two years. Scientists have a long history of providing valuable input to such meetings, in this paper, we discuss how such input might best be provided with complicated challenges now facing the BWC and concluded that there is much that could be done, but greater coordination amongst scientists is needed.…”
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Work / memories of work by Arkomanis, Ektoras

“…Filmed over ten years, ‘work / memories of work’ documents the last days of a tannery in the area of Eleonas, in Athens. The long, monotonous shifts of the tanners are set against a backdrop of work in the surrounding neighbourhoods – scavengers’ markets, old farmhouses, abandoned kilns, and people labouring away amid factory ruins. …”
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Determination of baseflow quantity by using unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and Google Earth by Tajul Baharuddin, Mohamad Faizal, Awang, Zarizi, Yusoff, Nor Azizi, Embong, Zaidi, Lim, Alvin John Meng Siang

“…In many catchments, base flow is an important component of streamflow and, therefore, base flow separations have been widely studied and have a long history in science. Baseflow separation methods can be divided into two main groups: non-tracer-based and tracer- based separation methods of hydrology. …”
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Mixture of CO2-N2 as a potential to SF6 insulation gas: an overview by ., Noor Mazliza, ., Noor Zahirah, ., Muhammad Saufi, Abd-Rahman, Rahisham, Baharom, Md Nor Ramdon

“…An excellent gaseous dielectric material, however, required a long list of demanding properties, for example, having an utmost dielectric strength, good heat transfer, environmental-friendly, high thermal constancy, and available at low cost.…”
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Corrosion assessment on reinforced concrete and its service life prediction by Syed Mohamad, Syed Burhanuddin Hilmi

“…From the results, assessment on the validation of corrosion in short and long terms by using predictive models are discussed.…”
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A review on prevalence and risk factors of musculoskeletal disorders (Msds) among VDT users by Mohamad, Siti Shafika, Abdol Rahman, Mohd Nasrull

“…Through the studies, it was found that computer-related risk factors correspond with Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) including awkward postures, long duration of computer use, work involving repetitive processes and the office environment…”

Fish wastewater treatment with "PACP" filter and reuse of the treated water by Helal Uddin, A.B.M., Saeed, Mohammad, Mohd Asri, Mohd Nawi

“…The optimum flow rate for the PACP filter was 100 ml/min. In a comparative study it was found that PACP filter had a better COD removal capacity compared to a same size granular activated carbon (GAC) filter. …”
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Evaluation on different forms of Moringa Oleifera seeds dosing on sewage sludge conditioning by Kien, Tat Wai, Idris, Azni, Megat Johari, Megat Mohd Noor, Mohammad, Thamer A., Ghazali, Abdul Halim, Muyibi, Suleyman Aremu

“…Sludge conditioning was then operated at 60 rpm for 45 min using jar test apparatus. Using specific resistance to filtration (SRF) as a parameter, Moringa oleifera in dry powder form at dosage of 2000 mg/L was comparable to 50 mg/L Zetag 7653 in reducing the value from 8.0×1010 to 3.3×1010 m/kg (2.5 times of magnitude). …”
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Waste cooking oil transesterification: influence of impeller type, temperature, speed and bottom clearance on FAME yield by Adeyemi, Nabeel A., Mohiuddin, A. K. M., Jameel, Ahmed Tariq

“…Peak yield time between 5 to 30 min was observed. Correlation between FAME yield, peak time and temperature was high (0.968). …”
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Multi-criteria optimization in end milling of AISI D2 hardened steel using coated carbide inserts by Karim, A.N. Mustafizul, Lajis, M.A., Amin, A. K. M. Nurul

“…At this stage, the optimum values of machining parameters - cutting speed, depth of cut and feed were determined as 44.27 m/min, 0.61 mm, 0.065 mm/tooth respectively. Under this set condition of machining operations a surface roughness of 0.348 μm and volume material removal of 7.45 cm3 were the best results compared to the rest four set conditions. …”
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Optimization of process parameters on EDM milling of stainless steel AISI 304 by A.K.M, Asif Iqbal, Khan, Ahsan Ali

“…The result shows that the machining parameter setting of voltage 120 V, rotational speed of electrode 1200 rpm and feed rate 4μm/s, gives optimized responses MRR 5.0259 x 10-3 mm3/min, EWR 53% and Ra 0.79 μm.…”
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Fish oil recovery from viscera of Indian mackerel (Rastrelliger kanagurta) by supercritical fluid: an optimization approach by Ferdosh, Sahena, Sarker, Md. Zaidul Islam, Nik Abd Rahman, Nik Norulaini, Selamat, Jinap, Karim, Md. Rezaul, Abdul Razak, Tariq, Abd Kadir, Mohd Omar

“…The optimum parameters for all 4 techniques applied were found to be 35 MPa, 60 °C, and 2 mL min-1 with an Oil recovery ranging from 93 to 99%. …”
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Performance of the trim and fill method in adjusting for the publication bias in meta-analysis of continuous data by Nik Idris, Nik Ruzni

“…Although the data was incorrectly adjusted, it was found that the Percentage Relative Bias (PRB) introduced into the estimates due to this adjustment is minimal (min: 0.007%, max: 0.109%) and coverage probability for estimates based on this incorrectly adjusted data is not significantly different from those of which is correctly not adjusted. …”
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