Comparison of Ku-Band satellite rain attenuation with ITU-R prediction models in the tropics by Ismail, Ahmad Fadzil, Badron, Khairayu, Yaacop, Afham, Dao, Yao

“…Rain attenuated Ku-band beacon signal from Malaysia’s MEASAT satellite was compared with various ITU-R prediction models in the attempt to identify the best applicable technique. The preliminary findings indicate that ITU-R P.618-5 is the best ITU-R model since it offers good estimations that almost comparable to the measured attenuation values. …”
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Human capital analysis at sme development agency in malaysia: skills, knowledge, attitude, and performance (SKAP) perspectives by Ramli, Lokman Effendi, Osman-Gani, AAhad M.

“…This paper is to highlight the findings of this study which conducted from November 2011 to February 2012. …”
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The evolution of Malaysian banking sector’s efficiency during financial duress: consequences, concerns, and policy implications by Sufian, Fadzlan

“…By employing the non-stochastic data envelopment analysis (DEA) method, the present paper provides empirical evidence on the efficiency of the Malaysian banking sector around the Asian financial crisis. The empirical findings suggest that the foreign banks (FB) have exhibited higher technical efficiency (TE) compared to their domestic bank counterparts. …”
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Exploring the use of ‘Assessment for learning’ strategies with final year students to improve their dissertation journey and engage them as partners in learning at GSBL by Meletiadou, Eleni, Coleman-Schoels, Bettina

“…The preliminary outcomes showed that the use of these two assessment methods had a profound impact on students’ dissertations and their attitudes towards writing. Considering the findings, the use of PA and SA was challenging, but developed students’ autonomy, critical thinking, and sense of personal accountability.…”
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Clarification of turbid lake water using novel coagulant from peat soil by Helal Uddin, A.B.M., Saeed, Mohammad, Mohd Asri, Mohd Nawi

“…It was found that at acidic pH peat coagulant showed a better clarification compared to basic pH. It was mainly due to the chemical characteristics of the peat coagulant itself. …”
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Algebraic reduction in automatic text summarization - The state of the art by Kadar Batcha, Nowshath, Zeki, Ahmed M.

“…Automatic text summarization technique mainly addresses this issue by the extraction of a shortened version of information from texts written about the same topic. …”
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Lipase production: An insight in the utilization of renewable agricultural residues by Salihu, Aliyu, Alam, Md Zahangir, AbdulKarim, M. Ismail, Salleh, Hamzah M.

“…Bioconversion of agricultural residues for lipase production as well as other value added products would hold a prominent position in future biotechnologies, mainly because of its eco friendliness and flexibility to both developing and developed countries. …”
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Palm olein-in-water cream containing extracts from Hirudinaria manillensis for improving blood flow by Abdul Talib, Mat Sharil, ., Maryanto, Taher, Muhammad, Md. Jaffri, Juliana, Ahmad, Kausar

“…Due to this, products containing extract from leech can be obtained in the market mainly in the form of oil or ointment to treat ailments associated with poor blood flow. …”
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State of the art review on walking support system for visually impaired people by Hossain, Eklas, Khan, Md. Raisuddin, Muhida, Riza, Ali, Ahad

“…However, we will focus mainly on electronic travel aids (ETAs). This paper presents a comparative survey among the various portable or wearable walking support systems as well as informative description (a subcategory of ETAs or early stages of ETAs) with its working principal advantages and disadvantages so that the researchers can easily get the current stage of assisting blind technology along with the requirement for optimising the design of walking support system for its users.…”
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Issues of consumerism in Bangladesh: present status and challenges by Solaiman, Mohammed, Yasmin, Sanoara, Haque, A. K. M. Ahasanul

“…Extant consumerism literature mainly focused on developed countries while the conditions of developing countries are largely ignored by the researchers. …”
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Reconstruction and electronic properties of interface between carbon nanotubes and ferromagnetic co electrodes by Cuong, Nguyen Tien, Mohamed, Mohd Ambri, Otsuka, Nobuo, Chi, Dam Hieu

“…The increase of the electron density occurs mainly at the interface where a substantial concentration of electron accumulates in Co-C bonds. …”
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E-commerce adoption by Indonesian small agribusiness: reconsidering the innovation-decision process model by Kartiwi, Mira, Machfud, Alfi Khairiansyah

“…Granted that studies on e-commerce adoption by small business in developing countries has received a significant attention in the past decade, most of the studies recorded in the literature were mainly focused on manufacturing, distribution and service sector. …”
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War crimes trial in Bangladesh: a real political Vendetta by Jalil, Md. Abdul

“…So far it has killed more than 200 people extra-judicially and arrested more than 1200 leaders and supporters of Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh (Jamaat) and Shibir without any valid reason and they are being oppressed in detention since February 2010. This paper mainly focuses on the war crimes trial issue in Bangladesh for war crimes committed in 1971 during independence movement in Bangladesh. …”
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Effects of Lean Six Sigma application in healthcare services: a literature review by Ahmed, Sellim, Manaf , Noor Hazilah, Islam, Rafikul

“…The expected results can be reductions in several aspects of healthcare such as patient waiting time in emergency departments, lost charges for billing in patient financial services, delinquent medical records, diagnostic result turnaround times, accounts receivable days, patients’ length of stay, or medication errors. This paper mainly discusses the effects of the LSS approach in different hospitals around the world according to the literature review. …”
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Objective evaluation of speech enhancement using compressive sensing algorithm by Sulong, Amart, Gunawan, Teddy Surya, Khalifa, Othman Omran, Chebil, Jalel

“…Most of the accurate method for the speech enhancement design mainly focuses on quality and intelligibility to produce high performance level by using compression techniques. …”
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Approaches of Abu Rayhan Al-Biruni in the study of Hinduism: an analytical discourse by Gilani, Sayyid Muhammad Yunus

“…It follows the qualitative method and analyses the data which is mainly based on available relevant books or manuscripts in various libraries. …”
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Cholesterol lowering in intermediate-risk persons without cardiovascular disease by Yusuf, Salim, Bosch, Jackie, Dagenais, Gilles, Jun, Zhu, Xavier, Denis, Lisheng, Liu, Md Aris, Mohd Aznan, Mohd Shah, Azarisman Shah, ., et. al

“…Those trials have involved persons with elevated lipid levels or inflammatory markers and involved mainly white persons. It is unclear whether the benefits of statins can be extended to an intermediate-risk, ethnically diverse population without cardiovascular disease. …”
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Pharmacy practice in Pakistan by Hussain, Azhar, Jamshed, Shazia Qasim

“…In 2004, pharmacy education was upgraded to a 5-year PharmD program, but an inadequate number of experienced and qualified staff, mainly in the area of pharmacy practice, is still a major challenge. …”
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The concept of social obligations under Islamic law by Hj Ibrahim, Badruddin, Mohd, Azizah

“…The defining law is further divided, mainly, into five types of rules: obligation (ijab), recommendation (nadb), prohibition (tahrim), disapproval (karahah) and permissibility (ibahah). …”
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Metamaterial based ultra-wideband antennas for portable wireless applications by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Naser-Moghadasi, Mohammad, Sadeghzadeh, Ramazan Ali, Virdee, Bal Singh, Limiti, Ernesto

“…The size of a conventional antenna is dictated mainly by its operating frequency. With the advent of ultra-wideband systems (UWB), the size of antennas has become a critical issue in the design of portable wireless devices. …”
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