Analysing the project delay causes and improving quality using multi-project strategies. by Azman, Nur Amirah Syahirah, Ramlie, Faizir, Wan Muhamad, Wan Zuki Azman, Abu, Mohd. Yazid, Harudin, Nolia

“…The clients and contractors gave the same importance to factors like poor communications and governmental approvals in projects that were successful (had a time delay of less than 10%). …”
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Smuggling of Migrants in Malaysia: The Case Study of Illegal Immigrants in the Northern Region by Ajis, Mohd Na'eim, Ahmad Zakuan, Ummu Atiyah, Mohd. Zain, Zawiyah, Keling, Mohamad Faisol

“…The data sample of this study are taken from 54 illegal immigrants who are being detained at the Immigration Detention Centre at Sik, Kedah and also those who settled in several districts in the Northern part of the Peninsular Malaysia. Relevant authorities like Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency, Malaysia Immigration Department and Border Ranger Regiment, are being interviewed. …”
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Promoting Sustainable Management Through Technological Innovation / by Sahdev, Supriya Lamba, 1984-, editor 656388, Krishnan, Chitra, 1983-, editor 656389, Hassan, Ahdi, 1991-, editor 654727, IGI Global Scientific Publishing (Online service) 655412

“…The world is currently grappling with unprecedented environmental and social challenges that jeopardize our ability to achieve a sustainable future for all. Issues like climate change, resource depletion, and social inequality require urgent and effective action. …”
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Exciton Dynamics and Anisotropy in 2D Metal Organochalcogenolate Semiconductors by Lee, Woo Seok

“…This finding can be generalized to other blue-emitting 2D AgSePh-R compounds which exhibit either AgSePh-like or AgSePh-F₂(2,3)-like absorption spectra. Overall, this thesis advances the understanding of the structure-composition-excitonic property relationships in these emerging hybrid semiconductors, paving the way for future investigations into this exciting material family.…”
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Bacteria-mediated anti-cancer therapy by Bhave, Madhura Satish

“…Traditional cancer treatments like chemotherapy and radiation therapy continue to have limited efficacy due to phenomena like tumor hypoxia and multi-drug resistance. …”
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Modulation and control strategies for neutral-point-clamped converters by Beniwal, Neha

“…NPC converters are widely employed in grid integration of renewable energy sources like solar and wind energy, high-power motor drives, shunt active power filters, etc. …”
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论王畿的 “三教合一” 观 = Wang Ji's thought and "Unity of the Three Teachings" by 陈碧琪 Tan, BiQi

“…Even though Wang Ji inherited most of Wang Yangming’s thoughts and teachings, there were still places where they differed from each other, like how Wang Ji focused on the emptiness of liangzhi while the latter focused on liangzhi’s heavenly principles. …”
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Effect of surface albedo of urban fabrics on urban climate in tropical area by Long, Yongping

“…The resulting urban heat island (UHI) effect can be harmful to urban residents. In tropical regions like Singapore, the direct influence would be heat stress in the outdoor environment and higher energy consumption by air-conditioning. …”
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Pre-failure strain localization in siliclastic rocks: a comparative study of laboratory and numerical approaches by Bianchi, Patrick, Selvadurai, Paul Antony, Zilio, Dal Luca, Vásquez, Antonio Salazar, Madonna, Claudio, Gerya, Taras, Wiemer, Stefan

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Interaction-mediating sequences within class I viral fusion glycoproteins : their roles in viral infection and in applications by Zhang, Simin

“…These putative self-binding peptides contain five core octapeptide consensus sequences, among which the octapeptide GINITNFR was predicted to form β-zipper-mediated amyloid-like fibrils. The peptide C6 containing this sequence was subsequently shown to oligomerize and form amyloid-like fibrils. …”
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Particle self-assembly in sessile droplet on patterned substrate by Lim, Si Xian

“…This indicates that the particle is the pinning force that prevents contact line withdrawal. …”
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Next generation design of floating systems for coastal solar farms by Bi, Cheng

“…It is found that the wave transmission decreases as barriers shift from plate-like to membrane-like and its material has higher viscosity. …”
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Language dynamics in the agricultural sector: Determining language use and choices in a Malaysian organization by Sareen Kaur Bhar, A/P Lakhbir Singh, Zuraina, Ali, Norshima, Zainal Shah

“…These findings provide insights into language use in agricultural companies in multilingual countries like Malaysia, emphasizing the need for continuous language training to bridge proficiency gaps.…”
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Looking for a better future: modeling migrant mobility by Loaiza Saa, Isabella, Novak, Matej, Morales, Alfredo J., Pentland, Alex

“…A recent example is the Venezuelan migration crisis across South America, which particularly affects neighboring countries like Colombia. Creating an effective response to the crisis is a challenge for governments and international agencies, given the lack of information about migrants’ location, flows and behaviors within and across host countries. …”
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Development of Educational Marine Soft Robotics STEM Platform as New Iteration of SeaPerch K-12 National Outreach Program by Garcia-Langley, Ansel, Alvarez, Isabel, Chen, Audrey, Li, Alex, Wang, Haoyu, Brancazio, Diane, Gutierrez, Valeria, Bennett, Andrew, Triantafyllou, Michael

“…In the past thirty years, educational programs like the Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Office of Naval Research’s SeaPerch have been effective at introducing students to robotics, science and engineering concepts through low-cost, hands-on curricula [1], [2]. …”
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PANDALens: Towards AI-Assisted In-Context Writing on OHMD During Travels by Cai, Runze, Janaka, Nuwan, Chen, Yang, Wang, Lucia, Zhao, Shengdong, Liu, Can

“…While effective for recording and sharing experiences, traditional in-context writing tools are relatively passive and unintelligent, serving more like instruments rather than companions. This reduces primary task (e.g., travel) enjoyment and hinders high-quality writing. …”
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Generative models for simulation of KamLAND-Zen by Fu, Zhenghao, Grant, Christopher, Krawiec, Dominika M., Li, Aobo, Winslow, Lindley A.

“…This work describes the performance of generative models that we designed for monolithic liquid scintillator detectors like KamLAND to produce accurate simulation data without a predefined physics model. …”
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Advancing Content Synthesis in Macro-Task Crowdsourcing Facilitation Leveraging Natural Language Processing by Gimpel, Henner, Laubacher, Robert, Meindl, Oliver, Wöhl, Moritz, Dombetzki, Luca

“…Macro-task crowdsourcing presents a promising approach to address wicked problems like climate change by leveraging the collective efforts of a diverse crowd. …”
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On the Complexity of Neural Computation in Superposition by Adler, Micah, Shavit, Nir

“…Conversely, we show a nearly tight upper bound: logical operations like pair- wise AND can be computed using O(√(m′) log m′) neurons and O(m′ log^2 m′) parameters. …”
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SPECTER: efficient evaluation of the spectral EMD by Gambhir, Rikab, Larkoski, Andrew J., Thaler, Jesse

“…In this work, we obtain a closed-form expression for the Riemannian-like p = 2 SEMD metric between events, eliminating the need to numerically solve an optimal transport problem. …”
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