Mohammed Shawal Ian Fitri earns two degrees in Railway Engineering by Mimi Rabita, Abd Wahit

“…BEIJING, 8 January 2024 – Mohammed Shawal Ian Fitri, 25, gained a unique and valuable learning experience as he graduated from two universities, completing a Dual Degree Programme in Railway Engineering at Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA) during his first and second years before continuing his studies at Beijing Jiaotong University (BJTU), China, sponsored by the Public Service Department (JPA) for his third and fourth years.…”
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The Trends of Corporate Legitimation Strategies within Timber Industry (S/O 14648) by Chern, Ooi Sue

“…Over the years Malaysian timber companie have been accused of committing ethical, social and environmental wrongdoings. …”
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A 12-week Taijiquan practice improves balance control and functional fitness in fall-prone postmenopausal women by Bai, Xiaorong, Xiao, Wensheng, Soh, Kim Geok, Zhang, Yang

“…Methods: Chinese women who self-reported a tendency to fall and had a baseline one-leg stand test time (4.1 s in the Taijiquan group) below the national average for their age group (60–64 years: 10.9 s, 65–69 years: 9.9 s) were assigned to either a control group (n = 26, mean age = 63.9 years) or a Taijiquan group (n = 24, mean age = 63.9 years). …”
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“Virtual encounters: the making and manifestations of Deleuze’s Bergsonism” by Lundy, Craig

“…For example, Bergsonism is the fifth of Deleuze’s books, published 4 years after his book on Nietzsche and only 2 years before Difference and Repetition. …”
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Thyroid autoimmunity and autoimmune thyroid disease in Malaysian girls with Turner syndrome: an understudied population by Lee, Yee L, Zaini, Azriyanti A, Idris, Arini N, Abdullah, Raja A, Wong, Jeanne SL, Hong, Joyce SS, Hussain, Suhaimi, Lim, Poi G, Lim, Song H, Nor, Noor SM, Wu, Loo L, Jalaludin, Muhammad Y

“…The prevalence of thyroid autoimmunity increased with age (33.3% for age 0–9.9 years; 46.8% for age 10–19.9 years and 57.1% age for 20–29.9 years) with autoimmune thyroid disease detected in 14.3% during adulthood. …”

Nutritional assessment of rural villages and estates in peninsular Malaysia: total blood cholesterol values in children, adolescents and adults by Wai, Tony Ng Kock, Lin, Khor Geok, Siong, Tee E., Hashim, Normah

“…Second, the study provides on a nationwide-sampling basis, information on total blood cholesterol (TC) levels in rural children (7.0-12.9 years; n = 1921) and adolescents (13.0-17.9 years; n = 753) which were hitherto unavailable. …”

Anti-ageing properties of edible bird's nest ascertained by in vitro and in vivo studies in animal model by Hou, Zhiping

“…According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the world average life expectancy as at 2014 is 66.26 years, having an average of 64.30 years for males and 68.35 years for females. …”
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Predicative adjectives in Thai: diachronic changes in the past century by Jaratjarungkiat, Sureenate, Park, Kyung-Eun, Tan, Samuel Yuan Han

“…Peripheral adjectives, on the other hand, bear resemblance to both nouns and verbs from a syntactic standpoint (e.g. they may co-occur with the negation marker, auxiliary verbs and even the copula /pen/). …”
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Electronic and optoelectronic devices using chemical vapour deposited 2D materials by Fan, Y

“…<p>Two dimensional (2D) materials bear a lot of expectations on playing important role in next generation electronics and optoelectronics. …”

Industrial policy refraction: how corporate strategy shapes development outcomes in Brazil by Zylberberg, E

“…My findings are brought to bear on three traditionally disparate bodies of research –industrial policy, corporate strategy and institutional theory – extending each and also bringing them into fruitful communion with one another.…”

Soft law, hard stakes? State commitment to non-binding international instruments and the case of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by Villeneuve, L

“…In this thesis, incorporating insights from public international law into rationalist IR approaches, I argue that soft law instruments can have important effects over time and bring substantial costs for states to bear. This is particularly the case for soft law instruments ‘hardening’ through domestic law, treaties or customary international law, increasing the sovereignty and implementation costs attached to commitment. …”

Unravelling giant molecular clouds by Liang, F

“…<p>Giant molecular clouds (GMCs) provide the fuel for star formation and bear various feedbacks. Thus, they are key to our understanding of galaxy evolution and the baryon cycle. …”

Dietary pattern trajectories in early childhood and their associations with patterns of maternal feeding practices in a multi-ethnic Asian cohort by Appannah, Geeta, Toh, Jia Ying, Lai, Jun Shi, Yong, Heng Yaw, Shariff, Zalilah Mohd, Tint, Mya Thway, Yuan, Wen Lun, Pang, Wei Wei, Godfrey, Keith M., Tan, Kok Hian, Yap, Fabian, Lee, Yung Seng, Eriksson, Johan G., Chong, Mary F. F.

“…Results: Two DPs, namely the ‘healthy’ and ‘less healthy’ were consistently derived at 18 months, 5 and 7 years of age. From each DP, 2 stable DP trajectory groups were further identified between 18 months and 7 years of age. …”
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Editorial introduction, Religions special issue, Peace, politics, and religion. Volume II by Haynes, Jeffrey

“…In recent years, a burgeoning body of literature on the relationship between peace, politics and religion has emerged. …”
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The importance of research and development of virgin coconut oil in food, pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and cosmeceutical industries by Ya’akob, Harisun, Amirmudin, Noor Afiqah, Abdul Aziz, Azila, Aman Nor, Nor Farahiyah, Mat, Siti Alyani, Hasham@Hisam, Rosnani, Al-Batul Azizuddin, Maryam

“…The percent usage of VCO increases tremendously over the years. The market demands for VCO is forecasted to be increased by 9% for the next five years. …”
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Structural behavior of tubular frame under elevated temperature by Tan, Peng Hoe.

“…In this study, a two-bay-two-floor steel tubular frame, separated as four individual compartments, was modeled to investigate the behaviour of tubular frame under transient elevated temperature. To bear a resemblance to real fire condition, transient elevated temperature analysis was run to provide a more realistic solution. …”
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Land reclamation without using soil-fills by Yeo, Eng Swee

“…The retaining wall structure constructed must be able to bear the lateral loading of 10 m to 20 m of seawater level. …”
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Energy Profiling and Potential Energy Saving of a Keropok Lekor Small Industry by Ahmad Wardi, Ahmad Wafri, Hariri, Azian, Nordin, Normayati, Mat Isa, Norasikin, Nasir, Nurul Fitriah, Zakaria, Hanis, Nor Salim, Nor Adrian, Sani, Winardi, Buwono, Haris Puspito

“…The cost analysis showed 0.73 years of the pay-back period for LED tubes retrofitting and 6 years for solar panel installation. …”
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Alcohol Use and Its Relation with Demographic, Environmental, and Psychological Factors among Adolescents in Nabawan, Sabah by Jaimon, Selly, Deligannu, Pravina, Robinson, Fredie

“…Analysis revealed that older age adolescents 18 years and 19 years, respectively (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 3.93; P=0.021; aOR, 5.38; P=0.003), having parents (aOR, 4.11; P=0.001) and peers (aOR, 11.57; P<0.001) who consume alcohol were significantly associated with alcohol use. …”
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Dual role of mesenchymal stem/stromal cells and their cell‐free extracellular vesicles in colorectal cancer by Saadh, Mohamed J., Mohamed, Asma'a H., Almoyad, Muhammad Ali Abdullah, Allela, Omer Qutaiba B., Amin, Ali H., Malquisto, April Ann, Wong, Tze Jin, Sârbu, Ioan, AlShamsi, Faisal, Elsaid, Fahmy Gad, Akhavan-Sigari, Reza

“…Mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSCs) with potential translational applications in regenerative medicine have been widely researched for several years. MSCs could affect tumor development through secreting exosomes. …”