An insight review of lignocellulosic materials as activated carbon precursor for textile wastewater treatment by Abu Bakar, Norshila, Othman, Norzila, Yunus, Zalilah Murni, Altowayti, Wahid Ali Hamood, Tahir, Muhammad, Fitriani, Nurina, Mohd Salleh, Siti Nor Aishah

“…It appeared that the adsorption capacity for different types of the biomass ranged from 153.85 to 7.24 mg g−1 for Cd2+ ions, 1067.8 to 18.9 mg g−1 for Cu2+ ions, 175.6 to 1.7 mg g−1 for Ni2+ ions, 566.4 to 7.23 mg g−1 for Pb2+ ions and from 534.2 to 0.45 mg g−1 for Zn2+ ions. These findings indicated that the heavy metals having different affinity to the adsorbent, among the heavy metals Ni2+ and Cd2+ has less affinity and the adsorbent used for the removal these metals need to be prepared with high porosity and surface area.…”
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Development of new lean manufacturing approach through people development and process improvement as a mediator in the libyan companies by M. A. Ataalah, Abdurezzag

“…The respondents involved General Managers, Quality Managers, Operations Managers, Production Managers, and Maintenance Managers. 320 questionnaires were returned yielding 61.5 percent response rate. The findings of the survey were analysed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) and Partial Least Square (PLS) based Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) software. …”
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Enhancement of social skills by using multimedia interactive social skills module application among students with autism spectrum disorder by Ibrahim, Zuraida

“…Social Skills Knowledge Test (SSKT) and Social Skills for ASD (SS-ASD) instruments were used to measure knowledge of social skills and social skills respectively on students with ASD. The finding indicated that specifically-tailored culture-based social skills module irrespective of media (mobile application or paper) effectively enhance social skills among students with ASD. …”
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Archimedean spiral antenna embedded with frequency selective surface for wideband applications by Mohamud Shire, Abdirahman

“…The potential applications such as satellite communication systems, critical military communications, radar warning systems and direction finding systems demand for high gain, uniform unidirectional radiation pattern and wideband antenna ranging from 3.1 GHz to 10.6 GHz. …”
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The framework of improving on-site materials tracking for inventory management process in construction projects by Liwan, Siti Radziah

“…The data analysis involves both within case analysis and cross-case analysis. The findings conclude by developing an on-site material tracking framework for inventory management process which consists of seven components namely; manufacturing, materials delivery, materials arrival, materials storage, materials use, on-site control centre and report generation. …”
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Standard operating procedure for rescue operation in human-made disaster management in Nigeria by Gabarin Umar, Abubakar

“…Secondary data was gathered and analyzed through search document. All the findings were analyzed by using thematic content analysis that was derived from purposive sampling and the result shows possibility of harmonization of SOP in human-made disaster management. …”
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Mitigation measures for critical factors causing cost overrun in Malaysian building projects by Ullah, Kaleem

“…Finally, another questionnaire survey was conducted among construction experts to assess the level of significance of the mitigation measures. The findings from the survey showed the most significant mitigation for each critical cost overrun factors. …”
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Hybrid fuzzy- proportionl integral derivative controller (F-PID-C) for control of speed brushless direct curren motor (BLDCM) by Farag A. M., Elkarghali

“…The FUZZY-PID controller has been tuned by trial and error and performance parameters are rise time, settling time and overshoot. The findings show that the trapezoidal membership function give good results of short rise time, fast settling time and minimum overshoot compared to others for speed control of the BLDC motor.…”
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Relationship between the national universities commission resource allocation parameters used in allocating funds to teaching and learning and research and development and the outc... by Bello Garba, Kofar Sauri

“…Factor analysis was conducted to identify the number of factors for the study, from where the measurement and structural models were built to identify the relationship between the funding parameters and the outcomes of the federal universities. The findings revealed that there is a positive and a statistically significant relationship between academic support, academic facilities and academic research with the teaching outcomes of the federal universities, while only academic support and academic facilities showed a similar relationship with research outcomes. …”
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Implementation of vibration-based structural health monitoring technique for identification of simulated corrosion damage in steel pipeline using neural network by Farag Elghanudi, Muheieddin Meftah

“…The classification analysis also has demonstrated a feasible method for classifying damage into classes with the accuracy ranged from 84 – 98%. These findings were substantial in providing information for pipeline corrosion monitoring activities.…”
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Application of bacterial ligninase enzymes from rynchophorus ferrugineus’s gut consortium in agropulp biodelignification by Ishak, Nadiah

“…Through the identification of metabolites produced, the conversion pathways of lignin polymer to various aromatic and non-aromatic compounds during the breakdown were also proposed. The findings of this research can be made applicable to the pulp and paper industries thus encouraging the use of green and sustainable technology. …”
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Investigations of Ni-SDC carbonate (Ni-SDCC) as composite anode for low temperature solid oxide fuel cells by Ng, Kei Hoa

“…This mechanism is a new finding that has not been reported in previous studies and must be given appropriate attention. …”
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Investigation on plasma properties for deposition of titanium nitride film using reactive magnetron sputtering system by Soo, Reh How

“…More quantitative analysis also had been done throughout the findings to confirm the effect of different parameters used significantly change the properties of TiN films.…”
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Moderating effects of cross-cultural dimensions on the relationship between persuasive smartphone application's design and acceptance-loyalty by Faisal, Serri

“…These surveys, which included responses from 488 participants, further investigated if there is one cross-cultural dimension that has more moderating effects per country. The findings indicate an agreement among WhatsApp users from all four countries about their reasons for adopting and using this app, namely: social influence (93.7 percent), reliability (83.4 percent), dialog-support via feedback (76.4 percent), ease of use (90.5 percent) and small cost (87.7 percent). …”
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Social emotional skills (SES) among lecturers in relation students performance by Dahri, Salma

“…Data were collected using two sets of questionnaire, Empathy Quotient (EQ) to measure empathy and Teacher Interpersonal Self-efficacy Scale to measure self-efficacy. Findings showed that lecturers have high level of SES from lecturers’ and students’ perspective. …”
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Behavioural intention to use ICT in teaching science among lecturers in Nigerian Polytechnic by Bundot, Yohanna Garba

“…The qualitative phase of the study aimed at exploring important factors responsible for the intention to use ICT in science teaching. The findings showed the significance of perceived ease of use on perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, and perceived usefulness are significant on attitude while perceived usefulness and attitude are significant on behavioural intention. …”
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Pool-based electricity market model for Malaysia electricity supply industry considering minimum generation capacity payment by Ngadiron, Zuraidah

“…However, this proposed model did not consider market uncertainties. This findings can be applied for MESI and globally, in assisting and creating a new policy to achieve a better electricity market model.…”
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Antecedents of livelihood of entrepreneurs at the disaster-hit areas of Sindh, Pakistan. by Kazi, Abdul Ghafoor

“…This study has contributed to the body of knowledge by testing SLA in an underdeveloped country. The findings could also aid policymakers to update policies related to livelihood restoration by including training for entrepreneurs as a contingency plan and backup plan for the business to cope with natural disasters. …”
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The mediating infuence of entrepreneurial empowerment on the linkage between Islamic microfinance services and clients’ well-being in Malaysia: perceived assesment of service provi... by Usman, Abubakar Sadiq

“…The results rejected three hypotheses on the relationship between Islamic microfinance services and clients’ well-being. The unique finding of the study is that, it has espoused the importance of entrepreneurial empowerment as a full mediator towards achieving clients’ well-being. …”
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Biomimetic bone-like apatite coating on anodised titanium in simulated body fluid under UV irradiation by Lee, T.C., Koshy, P., Abdullah, H.Z., Idris, M.I.

“…The suggested mechanism for bone-like apatite formation on anodised titanium under different UV irradiation conditions is illustrated in this article. The findings of this study indicated that biomimetic bone-like apatite coating with assistance of UV irradiation is an effective method in accelerating the formation of bone-like apatite.…”
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