Journalism cupcakes: Same cakes, different icing or vice-versa by Ismail, Awan, Aripin, Norizah, Yusof, Norhafezah, Mohamad, Noraihan, Ismail, Rizalawati

“…After three to four years of study, journalism graduates from these universities would have to share the same pie to find jobs in media or communication related organizations. …”
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The effect of material property gradient on the fracture toughness of a PMMA/PC bimaterial with a crack normal to the interface by Shah, Qasim Hussain, Homma, H., Iliyas, M. H., Ismail, Ahmad Faris

“…Finite element analysis was used to find out the stresses IC in the specimens. Subsequently the stress values were used to find out the fracture toughness of each specimen. …”
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Rural transformation and productivity in China by You, Kefei, Sarantis, Nicholas

“…This paper carries out for the first time an econometric investigation of the contribution of rural transformation to total factor productivity in China. We find that the efficiency gains resulting from rural transformation make a significant and nontrivial contribution to factor productivity in China. …”
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On some dynamic systems arising in lattice models with competing ternary interactions by Ganikhodjaev, Nasir

“…Later similar result was proved for Potts model with three spins [2]. Let Let …”
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Pattern of the news media consumption and news discussion among youth : a test of agenda setting theory by Wok, Saodah, Tamam, Ezhar, Bolong, Jusang

“…The specific objectives of the study are (1) to determine the level of perceived news media credibility, (2) to find out the level of news media consumption, (3) to find out the extent of interpersonal news discussions, (4) to analyze the relationship between perceived media credibility and news media consumption with interpersonal news discussions, and (5) to differentiate between selected demographic characteristic with news media consumption and interpersonal news discussions. …”
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Pricing efficiency of the 3-month KLIBOR futures contracts: An empirical analysis by Razak, Marina Abdul, Bacha, Obiyathulla Ismath

“…The study spans the contract's entire 10-year history, June 1996 to June 2006. In line with findings in other markets, we find a pre-ponderance of overpricing. …”
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Pattern of the news media consumption and news discussion among youth: a test of agenda setting theory by Wok, Saodah, Tamam, Ezhar, Suci , Elsa Maria

“…The specific objectives of the study are (1) to determine the level of perceived news media credibility, (2) to find out the level of news media consumption, (3) to find out the extent of interpersonal news discussions, (4) to analyze the relationship between perceived media credibility and news media consumption with interpersonal news discussions, and (5) to differentiate between selected demographic characteristic with news media consumption and interpersonal news discussions. …”
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Date seed extract as preservatives by Mirghani, Mohamed Elwathig Saeed, Mikail, Maryam Abimbola, Ahmed, I. A., Abdul Karim, Mohamed Ismail, Daoud, Jamal Ibrahim

“…The increasing demand for minimally-processed. extended shelflife foods and rcpons of ehemical preservatives as having potential toxicity demands food manufacturers to find altcrnative snurccs of anTimicrobial compounds. …”
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On dynamical systems and phase transitions for q + 1-state p-adic Potts model on the Cayley tree by Mukhamedov, Farrukh

“…In antiferromagnetic case, there are two attractive fixed points, and we find basins of attraction of both fixed points, and describe solutions of the nonlinear recursive equation. …”
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Combined influence of carrier mobility and dielectric constant on the performance of organic bulk heterojunction solar cells by Inche Ibrahim, Mohd Lukman, Ahmad, Zubair, Sulaiman, Khaulah, Muniandy, S. V.

“…We also find that if the dielectric constant of the active material can be increased significantly (to around 8 or higher), it is then possible that the mobility of the active material need not to be improved in order to achieve the maximum efficiency. …”
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األلعاب اللغوية في تعليم اللغة العربية في املدارس االبتدائية في برنامج جي قاف(J-QAF)في ماليزيا : دراسة تحليلية = Al-al'aab al-lughawiyah fii ta'liim al-lughah al-arabiyah fii al-m... by Chik, Abdul Rahman

“…This research aims to find out how the use of language games and their impact in the educational attainment of the primary school students in the Arabic language education in the j-QAF program, and also aims to identify the extent of the application of the proposed model language games existing models in the textbooks. …”
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Bank specific and macroeconomic determinants of bank profitability: empirical evidence from the China banking sector by Sufian, Fadzlan, Habibullah, Muzafar Shah

“…This paper seeks to examine the determinants of the profitability of the Chinese banking sector during the post-reform period of 2000–2005. The empirical findings from this study suggest that all the determinants variables have statistically significant impact on China banks profitability. …”
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The equilibrium real effective exchange rate of China : a NATREX approach by You, Kefei, Sarantis, Nicholas

“…However the misalignment rates are much lower than those reported by previous studies. We also find weak evidence of overvaluation for most of the pre-reform period. …”
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Technical oral presentations: knowledge and practices among technical students by Akiah, Siti Aisyah, Kadir @ Shahar, Hazila

“…Thus, this paper does not only aim to explore the respondents’ overall feedback on TOP, but also to find out the respondents’ experiences in conducting TOP. …”
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An analytical study of the role of selected metal ions in bone and joint diseases by Furst, Alexandra

“…The speciation of the titanium (III)/titanium (IV) complexes in the biological matrices was investigated with Fourier transform infra red (FTIR) spectroscopy and high field proton nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) with a Hahn spin echo pulse sequence. The chemical nature of non-protein bound iron present in knee joint synovial fluid obtained from RA patients was also investigated by use of NMR…”
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DNA extraction methodologies for ultra long nanopore sequencing to determine chromosome specific rodent telomere lengths by Kidd, Elliot, Mooruth, Ravi, Meimaridou, Eirini, Walley, Andrew, Fairbrother, Una

“…Previous work in our lab shows that phenol/chloroform extraction damages DNA less than spin columns and magnetic beads and that extraction methods are crucial for accurate TL determination. …”
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Development of Smart Chopper Composting Monitoring System by Daud, Mohamad Khairul Aiman, Mohd Nordin, Najaa Aimi, Tuan Ismail, Tuan Noor Hasanah, Adam, Effendy, Zulkarnain, Noraishikin, Muhammad Razif, Muhammad Rusydi, Rehman, Tariq

“…A DC motor controlled by the Arduino Mega microcontroller was used to spin the chopper blades to shred the food into smaller sizes. …”
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Deposition of ZnO-Al (AZO) thin films for optical properties by Hussin, R., Anuar, S. Z. S., Ibharim, S. A., Kamdi, Z., Ainuddin, A. R., Harun, Z.

“…In this work, sol gel method and spin coating was used to deposited AZO thin films. …”
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On the existence of phase transition for one dimensional P-adic countable state Potts model by Mukhamedov, Farrukh

“…Note that it turns out that the finding condition does not depend on values of the prime p , and therefore, an analogous fact is not true when the number of spins is finite.…”
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Madame Reilly, fortune teller by London Irish Centre, LIC

“…Behind her, a handwritten advertisement reading 'Come and find happiness and joy speaking to Madame Reilly'. …”
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