The national minimum wage's effects on the non-wage benefits of labour migrants : evidence from the UK by Elfani, Maria

“…It is shown through regression that the minimum wage is likely to create adverse effects in the UK labour market, particularly for migrant workers. …”
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Medical instability in typical and atypical adolescent anorexia nervosa: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Brennan, Cliona, Illingworth, Sarah, Cini, Erica, Bhakta, Dee

“…Underweight adolescents were signifcantly more likely to have lower blood pressures (p<0.0001) and bradycardia was signifcantly associated with greater weight loss (p<0.05). …”
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Undergraduates' perception on ethics and integrity in the construction sector by Abdul Rashid, Khairuddin

“…Furthermore the study identified the areas and parties most likely to be susceptible to un-ethical practices and the key reasons why the construction sector lacks integrity. …”
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High-precision dry micro-electro-discharge machining of Carbon-Nanotube forests with ultralow discharge energy by Saleh, Tanveer

“…The new configuration with the reversed polarity is observed to generate higher discharge currents, most likely due to effective field-emission from CNTs. …”
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Expert system for the thermal design of mechanical devices by Mohiuddin, A. K. M.

“…Based on the experience the author likes to chalk out a general procedure for the development of expert system for the thermal design of different mechanical devices.…”
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Challenges Facing ASEAN and East Asia in a Turbulent Time by Doan, Xuan Loc

“…This paper reviews the impact of the current crisis on the economies of ASEAN and East Asia, the policy response, and their likely outcomes, in the context of the presentations made at the ASEAN-AAF meeting.…”
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Utilising signal measurement in bandwidth reservation scheme for QoS provisioning in multimedia wireless networks by ,, Prihandoko, Habaebi, Mohamed Hadi, Mohd Ali, Borhanuddin

“…The proposed scheme integrates user mobility information obtained by measuring Received Signal Strength (RSS) for determining the next cell the mobile user is likely to move to. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed scheme can guarantee the required QoS requirements in terms of handoff call dropping probability and new call blocking probability while maintaining efficient use of network resources.…”
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Study of cytotoxic activities of Rubraxanthone by Bakhtiar, M. Taher, Sawaneh, Fatoumata, Darnis, Deny Susanti

“…In order to evaluate the activity against cancer, the compound is exposed for its activity against several cancerous cell lines. It is tested against breast (MCF-7), bone (Saos-2), cervix (SiHa and C33A), colorectal (HCT-116), esophageal (TE1 and TE2), rectum (SW837) cancer cells and normal fibroblast (NHDF). …”
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Non-Government Organization (NGOs) in Bangladesh: a study of their role in participatory rural development by Quddus, S. M. Abdul

“…Realizing the need for sustainability of institutional development some NGOs are begining to rethink in hard lines. This is considered worstwhile at this critical juncture as poverty issue arising out of growth model in gaining prominence.…”
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Editorial article: on the boundaries of trust and security in computing and communications systems by Pathan, Al-Sakib Khan

“…This notion is also true for our human life, even for example entering a house needs legitimacy of a person. Some boundary lines preserve the security; otherwise an unwanted access is called a ‘security breach’. …”
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PCR-based chromosome walking: the SFR 3 case by Amid, Azura, Warren, Garreth J., Bramley, Peter M.

“…Roughly 557 F2 plants tested in these experiments and 38 lines were then used in the fine mapping experiments. …”
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Space and place as constraints and resources in women’s strategies to escape domestic violence by Bowstead, Janet

“…This paper will particularly explore three examples of such thinking about women’s spatial strategies: Foucault’s concepts of the spatiality of surveillance are used in understanding space as a constraint and appreciating what women are overcoming when they leave abusive relationships; Deleuze and Guattari’s concepts of rhizomic networks and lines of flight are used in understanding space as a resource on the journeys themselves; and Augé’s concepts of nonplaces are used in understanding space as place, and recognising what needs to be counteracted to create new homes and a sense of belonging.…”
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Deconstructing institutional racism and the social construction of whiteness: a strategy for professional competence training in culture and migration mental health by Lazaridou, Felicia, Fernando, Suman

“…As institutional theory perspectives continue to develop, solutions to complex social problems such as racism require embodied knowledge if the lines of authority and basic occupational routines are to be meaningfully renegotiated. …”
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Effect of discharge current and electrode size on material removal rate and wear ratio in electrical discharge machining by Khan, Ahsan Ali, Ali, Mohammad Yeakub, Haque, Md. Mohafizul

“…Both MRR and WR were found to increase with the increase of current density. The trend lines are also expressed by two degree parabolic plots and equations. …”
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The analysis of programming competency in test driven development by Yahya, Norzariyah, Awang Abu Bakar, Normi Sham

“…However, test last for low and mixed competency produced more lines of code (LOC). In addition, the lack of cohesion in methods (LCOM) results for all programming competency were varied.…”
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Potts model with the simplest modulated phase by Ganikhodjaev, Nasir, Temir, Seyit, Akin, Hasan, Uguz, Selman

“…We study the phase diagrams for the Potts model on the Bethe lattice with competing nearest-neighbor interactions J1 and ternary interactions Jp and Jt: At vanishing temperature, the phase diagram is fully determined for all values and signs of Jp=J1 and Jt=J1; in particular, we show that the phase diagrams contain ferromagnetic, paramagnetic and < 2 > phases only; i.e., the set of modulated phases consists of the < 2 > phase only for J1 > 0 and Jp=J1 < 0: We verify that values of T=J1 in the very narrow strip ¡0:11 < T=J1 < 0 with ¡Jp=J1 < 0 favor the modulated phase, which is either a commensurate phase with a very large period or an incommensurate phase. The transition lines are obtained from stability conditions, and characteristic points in the phase diagram are analyzed by using numerical iterations. …”
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The impact of television programmes on Muslim women dressing: social learning theory by Wok, Saodah

“…It is hoped that Muslim teenagers, adolescents and youths are less likely to be influenced by the fashion trends through TV compared to their counterparts from other religions. …”
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Micropatterning polypyrrole conducting polymer by pulsed electrical discharge by Anwar, Mohammed Muntakim, Saleh, Tanveer, Madden, John D. W., Takahata, Kenichi

“…This novel micropatterning capability opens up new possibilities for polypyrrole and likely other polymers, promoting micro-device applications for them.…”
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Reaching a consensus in multi-agent systems : a time invariant nonlinear rule by Saburov, Mansoor, Saburov, Khikmat

“…However, local interactions between agents are more likely to be governed by nonlinear rules. In this paper, we investigate the consensus of discrete-time MAS with time invariant nonlinear cooperative rules.Based on ourpresented nonlinear model, we showa consensus in the discretetime MAS. …”
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Measuring self-esteem, work/family enrichment and life satisfaction: an empirical validation by Wan Rashid, Wan Edura, Nordin, Mohamad Sahari, Omar, Azura, Ismail, Izhairi

“…Using data collected from 680 female nurses employed in public hospitals in Malaysia, this study also examines the likely mediation effect of work/family enrichment on self-esteem-satisfaction relationship. …”
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