Molecular dynamic simulation studies of three novel Gerstmann - Straussler - Scheinker and Creutzfeldt - Jacob Prion mutations by Jomah, Ashraf Fadhil

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Risk assessment tool for implementing building information modelling in industrialised building system project by Tabatabaee, Sanaz

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Constraining the far-field maximum horizontal stress in the plate tectonic area by Ali, Wahid

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Distance-aware bidirectional medium access control for mesh wireless network-on-chip architecture by Lit, Asrani

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String-based representation techniques for malware detection model by Mohammed, Gamal Abdel Nassir Awad Ali

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Ontology-based conceptual model for business process improvement method in complex information systems by Mohammed Salih, Ehab Azhary Seed Ahmed

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Synergistic effect of 5-fluorouracil and the small molecule Wnt/β-catenin inhibitor iCRT3 on Caco-2 colorectal cancer cells in vitro by Smarslik, Maren, Inal, Jameel

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Using corporate social responsibility (CSR) to build brands : a case study of Vodafone Ghana Ltd by Amoako, George Kofi

“…The data was analysed to identify the significant relationships amongst these three main variables using the structural equation model (SEM) PLS.The first round of data collected were qualitative and was subjected to content analysis. …”
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Laws without enforcement : the case of unskilled foreign workers in Kuwait by Al Rayes, Dina

“…The purpose of this thesis is to show how the lack of enforcement of national and international labour and human rights laws concerning unskilled foreign workers in Kuwait constitutes modern slavery and forced labour. There are three main factors that will be addressed: the lack of enforcement of existing national laws, as well as international treaties and conventions; the ways in which the sponsorship system, as it exists today, is in breach of international laws and human rights standards; and the responsibilities of governments, recruitment agencies, and other organizations involved with migrant labour. …”
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The potential of peer support to extend the reach of digital health by Nanton, Veronica, Roscoe, Julia, Appleton, Rebecca, Clarke, Amy, Dale, Jeremy

“…While this aims to extend their reach, it leaves those without digital access disadvantaged in terms of the ability to make use of online health resources.Main text Though peer support has been used to maintain adherence to online programmes, its potential in assisting with access and thus widening participation has remained unknown. …”
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A systematic literature review of factors affecting Cloud Computing adoption internationally by Ullah, Raja Muhammad Ubaid, Buckley, Kevan, Garvey, Mary, Li, Jun

“…Keeping in view of these elements, a systematic literature review (SLR) of cloud computing adoption in businesses and organisations was conducted. Goal: The main purpose of this research is to identify the possible opportunities, challenges, factors and guidelines for the evaluation and adoption of cloud computing (CC) for organisations intending to adopt or already using CC. …”
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Cross channel fraud detection framework in financial services using recurrent neural networks by Patel, Yogesh

“…Based on the proposed framework, Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) based Recurrent Neural Network model for detecting fraud in remote banking is implemented and performance is evaluated against Support Vector Machine (SVM) and Markov models. The main research element is to model events as state vectors so that sequence-based learning can be applied, followed by a weak classifier to deal with noise. …”
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High-protein, low-glycaemic meal replacement decreases fasting insulin and inflammation markers — a 12-month subanalysis of the ACOORH trial by Kempf, Kerstin, Röhling, Martin, Banzer, Winfried, Braumann, Klaus-Michael, Halle, Martin, McCarthy, H. David, Predel, Hans-Georg, Schenkenberger, Isabelle, Tan, Suzanne, Toplak, Hermann, Berg, Aloys, Martin, Stephan

“…The intervention group substituted all three main meals/day in week 1, two meals/day in week 2–4, and one meal/day in week 5–26 with a protein-rich, low-glycaemic meal replacement. …”
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Formation of mutual relations between enterprises and business partners in the process of preparation and production of new products by Iastremska, Olena, Strokovyc, Hanna, Iastremska, Olesia, Kalantaridis, Christos, Nagy, Szabolcs, Somosi, Mariann Veresne

“…This article summarizes the scientific approaches to improving the quality of relations between the enterprise and business partners in preparation for the release and production of new products in today's economic realities. The study's main purpose is to substantiate and develop a methodological approach for determining effective relationship models between enterprises and business partners to prepare and produce new products. …”
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Institutional quality in the finance-growth nexus in Sub-Saharan Africa by Adu-Darko, Eunice Adwoa

“…Specifically, it seeks to achieve four main objectives: first, to capture both the market and non-market features of institutional quality in order to bring out the full contribution of institutional quality to economic growth within the framework of finance-growth nexus; second, to investigate the role of market and non-market institutions in the finance-growth nexus for a group of twenty-one SSA economies; third, to detect and account for structural breaks introduced by historical events to produce more reliable estimates in our investigation; and fourth, to consider the constant elasticity of substitution and the variable elasticity of substitution in addition to the Cobb-Douglas production function to not only relax the constraints but also check the robustness of the analysis. …”
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Master of the house: de-mythologizing the father in Turkish-German film by Celik, Sibel

“…The mythological grounding for the dominant position of the father in Islam is examined with particular attention to the traditional Turkish village at the time of the main labour migrations. Chapter Three indicates how approaches to the patriarch in film have been dominated by Oedipal interpretations. …”
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An evaluatory study of the methods used in the reconstruction of historical vegetation and land-use, with reference to part of East Sussex, England by Moffat, Brian

“…This enables critical reflections to be made on the contributory disciplines, as well as more general evaluation. The main general conclusion is that any one method, were it used singly, would seriously mislead as to the nature of vegetation sensu lato. …”
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Regenerating the logistics industry through the physical internet paradigm: a systematic literature review and future research orchestration by Samadhiya, Ashutosh, Agrawal, Rajat, Kumar, Anil, Garza-Reyes, Jose Arturo, Kazancoglu, Yigit

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Optical-microwave sensor for real-time measurement of water contamination in oil derivatives by Abdulsattar, Russul Khalid, Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, Sharma, Richa, Elwi, Taha A., Kouhalvandi, Lida, Abdul Hassain, Zaid A., Ali, Syed Mansoor, Tokan, Nurhan Türker, Livreri, Patrizia, Falcone, Francisco, Limiti, Ernesto

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Comparative study on different approaches to new privacy challenges, in particular in the light of technological developments: contract nr. JLS/2008/C4/011 – 30-CE-0219363/00-28... by Korff, Douwe, Brown, Ian

“….; - increased surveillance (and “dataveillance”); and - increased uses of personal data for purposes for which they were not originally collected, in particular in relation to national security and the fight against organised crime and terrorism - and to produce a report containing a comparative analysis of the responses that different regulatory and non-regulatory systems (within the EU and outside it) offer to those challenges, and that provides guidance on whether the legal framework of the main EC Directive on data protection (Directive 95/46/EC) still provides appropriate protection or whether amendments should be considered in the light of best solutions identified. …”
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