The research in Scotland event in Edinburgh: reflections and key issues by Terry, Cassandra, French, Fiona, Morrison, Neil

“…Several important points were raised: the requirement for better awareness and better support for those living with Parkinson’s (including specialist care) and the need to invest in research and work together including the importance of Patient and Public Involvement to find better treatments and, hopefully, a cure.…”
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Re-examining the decline in the US saving rate : the impact of mortgage equity withdrawal by Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Costantini, Mauro, Paradiso, Antonio

“…We estimate a Vector Error Correction (VEC) model including the saving rate, asset prices, equity withdrawal and interest rates and find that indeed mortgage equity withdrawal is a key determinant of the observed saving pattern.…”
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Fiscal shocks and real exchange rate dynamics: some evidence for Latin America by Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Ciferri, Davide, Girardi, Alessandro

“…Using quarterly data over the period 1980-2006, we find that in a majority of cases fiscal shocks are the main driving force of real exchange rate fluctuations.…”
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Ageing and personal retirement savings plan participation with heterogeneity in preferences : the Portuguese case by Barros, Carlos Pestana, Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Garcia, Maria Teresa Medeiros

“…A mixed logit model is used to analyse the determinants of retirement saving behaviour, allowing for heterogeneity in the responses. We find considerable heterogeneity among individuals (in terms of socio-economic variables such as age, gender and income), which must be taken into account by any policy aimed at changing retirement saving behaviour.…”
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Identification of segments of European banks with a latent class frontier model by Barros, Carlos Pestana, Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Gil-Alana, Luis A.

“…A latent class frontier model is used which allows the identification of different segments in the production frontier. We find that there are three statistically significant segments in the sample. …”
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Opinion on the compatibility of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) with the European Convention on Human Rights & the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights by Korff, Douwe, Brown, Ian

“…It follows a request to find out “if the final Version of ACTA and its foreseen legislative procedure is in line with the Treaties of the European Union and which legal possibilities there are for the European Parliament to challenge this in front of the European Court of Justice.” …”
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Characteristic qualities affecting landed house prices by Mohamad, Muhamad Hilmi, Nawawi, Abdul Hadi, Mohd Safian, Edie Ezwan, Ahmad Saleh, Ahmad Fawwaz

“…The research was conducted to find the characteristics quality of houses in Malaysia. …”
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Gender ratio in undergraduate medical program, Medical Faculty, IIUM by Myint, Yi Yi, Tun, Ye

“…Although a similar trend is seen, there is no documentation found in Malaysia. …”
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Retrocaval ureter: the importance of intravenous urography by Hassan, Radhiana, Abd. Aziz, Azian, Che Mohamed, Siti Kamariah

“…Differentiation from other causes of urinary tract obstruction, especially the more common urolithiasis, is important for successful surgical management. Current practice has seen multislice computed tomography (MSCT) rapidly replaces intravenous urography (IVU) in the assessment of patients with hydronephrosis due to suspected urolithiasis, especially ureterolithiasis. …”
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An improved wavelet digital watermarking software implementation by Khalifa, Othman Omran, Yusof, Yusnita

“…The improvement could be seen in quality of the watermarked image (imperceptibility) and of extracted watermark (robustness).…”
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Introduction to fingerprint verification by Hameed, Shihab A., Badurik, Waleed A.

“…By doing so, biometrics can be seen as a privacy-enabling technology, not a technology to be feared. …”
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Between the purposefulness of the Shari‘ah and normativity by El-Mesawi, Mohamed El-Tahir

“…His effort culminated in his widely acclaimed theory of the Shari‘ah objectives (maqasid al-Shari‘ah) that consisted in developing a new and comprehensive legal hermeneutics whereby Islamic spiritual, moral and legal teachings are seen to revolve around realizing and promoting five necessary universal objectives. .....…”
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Economic evaluation of a solar water heating system by Hawlader, Mohammad Nurul Alam, Ng, K C, Chandratilleke, T T, SHARMA, D, Koay, K H L

“…When different economic optimization criteria were applied to the CIAS solar system, it was seen that both the life cycle saving and the annualized life cycle cost lead to the prediction of the same optimum collector area of 1200 m 2. …”
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An Improved Wavelet Digital Watermarking Software Implementation by Khalifa, Othman Omran, Yusof, Yusnita, Hassan Abdalla Hashim, Aisha, Olanrewaju, Rashidah Funke

“…The improvement could be seen in quality of the watermarked image (imperceptibility) and of extracted watermark (robustness).…”
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Institute of Public Relations Malaysia: a historical perspective by Syed Abdullah Idid, Syed Arabi

“…The development of public relations in Malaysia during the last 40 years must be seen within the context of the nation's metamorphoses as well. …”
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The Muslim World and the West: the potential of educational institutions in building bridges in the context of Malaysia by Hashim, Che Noraini, Langgulung, Hasan

“…The Muslim World and the West share the same global village but each has a different civilizations and worldview. Education is seen as a major vehicle in transmitting ideas, attitudes and beliefs. …”
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Modified anatomical reconstruction for symptomatic chronic acromioclavicular joint disruption: surgical technique and case reports by Mohd Sabari, Qiuzi Iqbal, Goh, Kian Liang, Awang, Shukrimi, Mohd Yusof, Nazri, Che Ahmad, Aminudin

“…Acromioclavicular joint (AC) separations are common injuries seen in orthopedics and sports trauma practices; and accounting for 9% of all injuries to the shoulder girdle. …”
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ADR in building contracts: special reference to PWD 203A (Rev 2007), PAM 2006 and CIDB Building Works 2000 by Abdul Ghadas, Zuhairah Ariff, Mohd Zafian, Rozina

“…In Malaysia, ADR is seen as an alternative to litigation in resolving contractual disputes as it is perceived to be cost saving, more private and able to avoid ill-will or animosity as it sometimes does, in litigation. …”
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Symbiosis of religious principles and basic occupational values on Islamic work-life balance by Abd. Rokis, Rohaiza

“…In such a case, not only those humans may be seen as successful in fulfilling the work-needs, but also victorious in completing the life-demands as human beings. …”
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Islam and civilisational renewal: the case for "sacred science" by Moten, Abdul Rashid

“…Some opted for a “secularisation thesis”, others advocated liberalisation, still others advocated adoption of science since the Qur’an and science could be seen to complement each other. Seyyed Hossein Nasr asks for the revival of Islamic science. …”
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