Generative power and closure properties of Watson-Crick grammars by Mohamad Zulkufli, Nurul Liyana, Turaev, Sherzod, Mohd Tamrin, Mohd Izzuddin, Messikh Azeddine, Azeddine

“…We also establish that the Watson-Crick regular grammars are closed under almost all of the main closure operations.…”
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Modeling and control of a multi degree of freedom flexible joint manipulator by Akhtaruzzaman, Md., Akmeliawati, Rini, Teh, Wai Yee

“…A nonlinear passivitybased control method for rigid flexible joint as well as flexible link is proposed here. The main idea of Passivity Based Controller (PBC) is to use energy state of a system to provide stabilization. …”
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Determination of critical point of p02 L]level in the production of lactic acid by Lactobacillus rhamnosus by Mel, Maizirwan, Abdulkarim, Mohd Ismail, Mohamed Salleh, Mohamad Ramlan, Abdullah, Rohane

“…The fermentation process was successfully carried out in laboratory scale fermenteribioreactor using different p02 level (the main parameter that significantly affects the growth of L. rhamnosus and lactic acid production) together with two other parameters; the agitation rate and pH. …”
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Low phase noise performance of VCO using MEMS by Al-Khateeb, Khalid A. Saeed, Mohd Subki, M. Mu’adz

“…It is relatively less complicated, which facilitates the practical integration of the LC components. The main components in the configuration are the MEMS variable capacitor and monolithic 3-D coil inductor. …”
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Development of International Islamic University Malaysia-Micro Aerial Vehicle (IIUM-MAV) by Omar, Ashraf Ali, Cheong, Zi Jian

“…The total weight of MAV6 is 197 grams, while MAV7 is 157 grams. The foam was the main material used to construct the IIUM-MAV. The electric micro R/C engine with maximum weight of 19 grams and maximum power output of 80 W was used. …”
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The standard of care for alternative medicine practitioners: legal problems and challenges by Jahn Kassim, Puteri Nemie

“…Although some laws may have an indirect effect on these practices but they are not adequate to ensure comprehensive protection to relevant parties. The main problem is defining the appropriate standard of care for these practices in order to be at par with the standard of care of conventional medicine practitioners. …”
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Quality services for students in learning through information technology by Adam, Zalika, Che Ibrahim, Khairani

“…Hence, quality services in IT are needed most in the globalization era. The main objective of this study to show beneficial services through IT that prepared for IIUM students during their study. …”
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Crab and cockle shells as heterogeneous catalysts in the production of biodiesel by Maniam, Gaanty Pragas, Boey, Peng-Lim, Abd Hamid, Shafida

“…Characterization results revealed that the main component of the shells are calcium carbonate which transformed into calcium oxide upon activated above 700 °C for 2 h. …”
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Zakat, school enrolment, and economic growth in Malaysia: a panel data analysis by Yusoff, Mohammed

“…The main objective of this study is to determine the impact of zakat spending and school enrollment on economic growth using panel data represented by the fourteen states of Malaysia. …”
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Reducing variability, increasing reliability: exploring the psychology of intra- and inter-rater reliability by Aslett, Helen J.

“…However, the reliability of the assessment process should never be assumed. There are two main forms of reliability: intra- and inter- rater reliability. …”
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Aspects of problem-based learning : implications for library collaboration in learning and teaching by Foley, Anne

“…PBL and IL appear, in the main, to make easy bedfellows. It is the evidence for this mutually beneficial relationship, from the point of view of the learner, academic staff, and academic/subject librarian in HE that is examined in this paper.…”
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FOSS as an efficient tool for extraction of MOSFET compact model parameters by Tomaszewski, Daniel, Gluszko, Grzegorz, Brinson, Mike, Kuznetsov, Vadim, Grabinski, Wladek

“…A GNU Octave - based application for device-level compact model evaluation and parameter extraction has been developed. The applications main features are as follows: experimental I-V data importing, generating input data for different circuit simulation programs, running the simulation program to calculate I-V characteristics of the specified models, calculating model misfit and its sensitivity to selected parameter variation, and the comparison of experimental and simulated characteristics. …”
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Bridging the gap between gender (studies) and (audiovisual) translation by De Marco, Marcella

“…For this purpose, I will give an overview of the theoretical background on which this new approach is based and summarise the main aspects that the analysis of gender issues in AVT encompasses.…”
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An innovative custom cyber security solution for protecting enterprises and corporates’ assets by Ouazzane, Karim, Aigbodi, Markson, Mitchell, Daniel, Vassilev, Vassil, Li, Jun

“…Anti-virus software has been the main defense against malicious application and will remain so in the future. …”
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Tales of the Olympic city: memory, narrative and the built environment by Gold, Margaret, Gold, John Robert

“…After a contextual introduction, it employs a case study of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park (QEOP), the main event space for the London 2012 Summer Games, to supply insight into how to read the urban traces of Olympic memory. …”
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Blind drawing: investigation into screen location tracking for computer aided interactive drawing by Fernando, Sandra

“…One of the main problems faced by blind learners is lack of drawing technologies that support images and diagram drawing without the help of a sighted support worker. …”
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What’s in store for Georgia at the European Court? An analysis of recently communicated cases by Koroteev, Kirill

“…An analysis of recently communicated cases against Georgia allows us to highlight the main areas of concern for the country, which which ought to be addressed even before judgments at the ECtHR are passed down.…”
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The role of discourse in family policy reform - the case of Finland by Nyby, Josefine, Nygard, Mikael, Autto, Janne, Kuisma, Mikko, Blum, Sonja

“…Not only did it draw on ideas from an austerity discourse advocating financial sustainability, fiscal prudency and debt reduction, it was also impregnated by ideas from a neoliberal worldview questioning some of the main principles of the ‘Nordic’ family policy model.…”
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Principal component regression in GAMLSS applied to Greek-German government bond yield spreads by Stasinopoulos, Dimitrios, Rigby, Robert A., Georgikopoulos, Nikolaos, De Bastiani, Fernanda

“…Fitting a model, using principal components regression of both main and first order interaction terms, for all the parameters of the assumed distribution of the response variable seems to produce promising results.…”
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Initiation, marketing and branding of smart city projects: a study of decision processes by Vijaygopal, Rohini, Bennett, Roger, Savani, Sharmila

“…Interviewees were asked to relate stories of how decisions had been reached, which stakeholders had been prioritised, the extent of citizen co-creation in project initiation and branding, and the main difficulties involved. An argumentative narrative discourse methodology was employed to analyse the interview transcripts, which revealed a number of disparities between the suggestions of extant place branding literature and current practice where smart city projects were concerned.…”
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