Irish building worker by O'Brien, Joanne

“…Black and white photograph, mounted on paper and laminated, showing a man standing precariously on the bucket of an excavator using a long-handled mallet to demolish a section of brick wall outside a block of flats. …”
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Prioritizing the nine challenges of Malaysian Vision 2020 by Islam, Rafikul

“…The exotic phrase “Vision 2020” has been coined to signify a lofty and long term objective pertaining to some issue in many countries across the world. …”
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Preservation of behavioural functions by haruan traditional extract (HTE) in rats with ketamine-induced neurodegeneration by Mohd Shafri, Mohd Affendi, Mohamed, Farahidah, Md. Jaffri, Juliana, AM, Mat Jais

“…RESULT AND DISCUSSION Restoration of nose dipping and rearing activities show significant differences between short and long ketamine exposure group. CONCLUSION Statistical analyses comparing the groups indicate that HTE may be able to exert neuroprotective effect.…”
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Highly infectious prions are not directly neurotoxic by Benilova, Iryna, Reilly, Madeleine, Terry, Cassandra, Wenborn, Adam, Schmidt, Christian, Marinho, Aline T., Risse, Emmanuel, Al-Doujaily, Huda, Wiggins De Oliveira, Michael, Sandberga, Malin K., Wadsworth, Jonathan D. F., Jat, Parmjit S, Collinge, John

“…Prions are infectious agents which cause rapidly lethal neurode- generative diseases in humans and animals following long, clini- cally silent incubation periods. They are composed of multichain assemblies of misfolded cellular prion protein. …”
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Physiotherapists’ views on their role in self-management approaches: a qualitative systematic review by Killingback, Clare, Thompson, Mark, Chipperfield, Sarah, Clark, Carol, Williams, Jonathan

“…Self-management has been an increasingly important aspect of helping people manage their long-term conditions. The aim of this qualitative review was to synthesise the views of physiotherapists concerning their delivery of a self-management approach. …”
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Suicide attack: weapon of the weak or crime against humanity? by Ali, Md. Yousuf

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Application of functionally graded materials for severe plastic deformation and smart materials: experimental study and finite element analysis by Jamian, Saifulnizan

“…First, the novel technique in producing ultra fine grain of difficult-to-work materials by equal-channel angular pressing (ECAP) process at ambient temperature was developed by using FGM. …”
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Tribological behavior of dual and triple particle size SiC reinforced Al0MMCs: a comparative study by Maleque, Md. Abdul, Karim, Md Rezaul

“…The triple particle size (TPS) composite consist of SiC of three different sizes viz., coarse, intermediate and fine. The solution heat treatment was done on as cast (AC) composite at 540 0C for four hours followed by precipitation treatment. …”
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Determinants of online brand communities’ and millennials’ characteristics: a social influence perspective by Ozuem, Wilson, Willis, Michelle, Howell, Kerry, Lancaster, Geoff, Ng, Raye

“…Drawing on social influence theory along with a constructivist perspective, we conducted fine‐grained in‐depth interviews to explore millennials’ participation in online communities and brand perceptions in the fashion industry. …”
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Development of Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System to Predict Concrete Compressive Strength by Seyed Hakim, Seyed Jamaldin, Jamaludin, Norwati, Heng Boon, Koh, Mokhtar, Shahrul Niza, Ali Khalifa, Nasradeen, Jamellodin, Zalipah

“…Each dataset was consisting of six input variables that were water, cement, fine and coarse aggregates, silica fume, and superplasticizer. …”
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A new approach for improving cleaning system of air filtration in kitchen hood using liquid mist spray nozzles with non-volatile organic compound by Asmuin, Norzelawati, Osman, Kahar, Mohd Ali, Mas Fawzi, Mat Isa, Norasikin, Sies, Mohd Farid

“…This project aims to implement fine spray technology in kitchen exhaust ventilation cleaning, and to introduce a non-Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) as spray cleaning solvent...…”
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Fast and slow carbonaceous BOD speciation of sewage effluent by Abdullah, Norizan, Abdul Rahman, Norazah, Zainudin, Zaki

“…The Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) test has been a long standing test method to quantify the amount of biodegradable organic matter present in a water sample. …”
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Visual plumes coastal dispersion modeling in south-west Sabah by Zainudin, Zaki

“…The modeling results indicated that there would not be a significant change in ambient concentration for all constituents modeled when the effluent discharge is increased from 1,500 m3/hr to 2,400 m3/hr, as long as the current quality is maintained. The plume travel distance would also not entrain into foreign waters as long as proposed volumetric discharge rate is no violated.…”
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Dynamic linkages among ASEAN-5 emerging stock markets by Abd. Majid, M. Shabri, Meera, Ahamed Kameel Mydin, Omar, MOhd. Azmi, Abdul Aziz, Hassanuddeen

“…Practical implications – The paper reveals that unlike during the pre-crisis period, the long-run diversification benefits that can be earned by investors across the ASEAN markets in the post-crisis period tend to diminish. …”
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Compliance to national guidelines on the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Malaysia: a single experience by Mohd Shah, Azarisman Shah, Hasmoni, Mohamed Hadzri, Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi, Mohd. Anshar, Fauzi, M. P. A., Faizal, Abdul Manap, Roslina, Harun, Roslan

“…Conclusion: The low uptake rate for long-acting beta-agonist and pulmonary rehabilitation could be attributed to several factors. …”
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Infusing Qur’anic moral codes into engineering studies: Selected themes by Shuriye, Abdi Omar

“…They have to abstain from doing some thing which in the long run might bring pain to the society rather than giving happiness to it. …”
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Finding the costs of freedom : how women and children rebuild their lives after domestic violence by Kelly, Liz, Sharp-Jeffs, Nicola, Klein, Renate

“…• How can community resources best be developed and integrated for long term support of survivor resettlement and independence? …”
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A comprehensive review on theoretical framework-based electric vehicle consumer adoption research by Adnan, Nadia, Nordin, Shahrina Md, Rahman, Imran, Vasant, Pandian M., Noor, Amir

“…As a part of long-term benefits, the adoption of EVs gives environmentally friendly innovation to society. …”

Great expectations? Female expatriates’ perceptions of organisational performance and development reviews in supporting access to international assignments by Shortland, Susan, Perkins, Stephen J.

“…Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of organisational performance and development review policy and practice on women’s access to international careers via long-term expatriate assignments in the oil and gas industry, with a specific focus on women’s perceptions of procedural justice. …”

Exploratory validation study of the individual AUDIT-C items among older people by Stewart, Duncan, Hewitt, Catherine, McCambridge, Jim

“…The findings were similar for men and women, and for participants prescribed medications for long term conditions. Conclusions: AUDIT-C items 1 and 2 performed as well as item 3 in identifying unhealthy drinking among older people in this study. …”
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