Financial development and economic growth: evidence from ten new EU members by Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Rault, Christophe, Sova, Robert, Sova, Anamaria

“…The evidence suggests that the stock and credit markets are still underdeveloped in these economies, and that their contribution to economic growth is limited owing to a lack of financial depth. By contrast, a more efficient banking sector is found to have accelerated growth. …”
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Computed tomography of blunt spleen injury: a pictorial review by Hassan, Radhiana, Abd. Aziz, Azian, Md Ralib @ Md Raghib, Ahmad Razali, Sa'at@Yusof, Azlin

“…Computed tomography (CT) scanning can accurately detect splenic injury and is currently the managing modality of choice in accessing clinically stable patients with blunt abdominal trauma. …”
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Detection of traumatic intra abdominal injuries using MSCT in Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Kuantan: our preliminary experience by Hassan, Radhiana, Abd. Aziz, Azian, Mohd Yusof, Mubarak, Abdul Rashid, Mohd Amran, Sa'at@Mohd Yusof, Azlin, Che Mohamed, Siti Kamariah

“… • It is often difficult to accurately evaluate the site and extent of suspected internal injury clinically • Intra-abdominal injury may be masked by more obvious or compelling injuries elsewhere • The management of patients with solid organ injuries has changed dramatically, in most cases treatment has shifted from early surgical treatment to non-operative management • Hence, CT scan plays an important role in patient’s management as it provided a rapid, accurate assessment of abdominal viscera, retroperitoneum and abdominal wall…”
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An integrated approach of biomedical image management system by Suhaimi, Mohd Adam, Yasrib, Asma, Rahman, M.M. Hafizur

“…Biomedical images, such as X-ray, CT scan, MRI, etc., are extensively used in diagnosis of diseases, research & teaching in medical science, administration & management of hospital, information for the third party like medico-legal situation & health insurance, and so on. …”
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Repeal of the Rent Control Act and its impacts on the pre-war shophouses in George Town, Malaysia by Mohit, Mohammad Abdul, Sulaiman, Mohd Bashir

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Modeling of EDM Process parameters for Machining Stainless Steel using Copper Electrodes by Khan, Ahsan Ali, Abdulkareem, Suleiman

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Interpreting panoramic radiographs for beginners by Ghazali, Ahmad Badruddin

“…Panoramic radiography is widely used in dentistry and was considered a significant breakthrough as both jaws, together with the dentition, are imaged with a quick and straightforward procedure.1 It has a wide variety of uses requiring broad coverage of the jaws, including traumatic fractures, impacted third molars, dental problems or bony diseases, evaluation of tooth development, temporomandibular joint pain and other anomalies.2 Distinct soft tissue, bony landmarks from midfacial to the chin region as well as the teeth can be seen in the radiograph.3 Interpreting panoramic radiographs may be tricky especially for beginners, and this article will discuss the steps needed to read the wide sized black, white and grey images.…”
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Tribological (wear) properties of aluminum–silicon eutectic base alloy under dry sliding condition by Alias, Tuti Yasmin, Khalid, Asad A., Haque, Md. Mohafizul

“…Wear experiments on both samples were conducted with a pin-on-disk type wear testing apparatus. The test variables were the rotational speed, input weight, and time/sliding distance. …”
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Influence of single and multiple particle size variation on mechanical and wear behaviour of aluminium silicon carbide composites by Adebisi, Adetayo A., Maleque, Md. Abdul, Ali , Mohammad Yeakub, Bello, Kamilu Adeyemi

“…Standard impact and hardness test was conducted to ascertain the energy absorbed before fracture failure and resistance to plastic deformation of the composite. Pin-on-disc test was also investigated at room temperature under dry sliding wear condition. …”
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3rd order coupled-resonator bandpass filter assisted by Groove Gap-Waveguide technology for 26-GHz radio link diplexer by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Parand, Peiman, Zidour, Ali, Virdee, Bal Singh, Longhi, Patrick, See, Chan Hwang, Limiti, Ernesto

“…Its unit-cells consist of a rectangular metal-pin which is connected to a bottom metal plate and its other side is electromagnetically coupled to a top plate with an air-gap of approximately λ/4 that creates a bandgap, preventing unwanted electromagnetic-wave propagation. …”
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Frequency reconfigurable substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) cavity F-shaped slot antenna by AL-Fadhali, Najib, A Majid, Huda, Omar, Rosli, Mokhtar, Mohd Hezri, Abo Mosali, Najmaddin

“…Configurability is accomplished by embeddings PIN diode switches in the 'F' slot. The proposed antenna is equipped for exchanging between working band of 3.172 GHz to 3.606 GHz in four different narrow bands and it underpins the cognitive system for LTE2300, WiMAX and WLAN. …”
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Renal cell carcinoma in a von Hippel-Lindau syndrome; when should pheochromocytoma be anticipated? by Mohd Shah, Azarisman Shah, K, Nor Azmi

“…Further investigation revealed an enlarged left adrenal gland on abdominal computed tomography scan and raised urinary catecholamines. We discuss the risk of renal cell carcinoma a nd ph a e oc h romoc y toma a r i s ing concomitantly in von Hippel-Lindau syndrome, and how best to investigate and manage them.…”
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Delay in diagnosis of blunt abdominal injuries in children and adolescents: a pictorial review of CT abdomen in HTAA by Hassan, Radhiana, Abd. Aziz, Azian, Mohd Yusof, Mubarak, Che Mohamed, Siti Kamariah, Sa'at@Yusof, Azlin, Abdul Rashid, Mohd Amran

“…Bluntabdominal injuries are often difficult to be accurately assessed clinically especially with concomitant external injury, in patients with head injury and in paediatric patients1. CT scan is the modality of choice for the evaluation of abdominal injury due to blunt trauma in hemodynamically stable children as it is widely available,rapidly performed with accurate depiction of various solid and hollow viscus injuries and associated retroperitoneal or pancreatic injuries2. …”
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Permutation groups in automata diagrams by Gan, Yee Siang, Fong, Wan Heng, Sarmin, Nor Haniza, Turaev, Sherzod

“…From the previous researches, the classical models of automata have been used to scan strings and to determine the types of languages a string belongs to. …”
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Non-contrast computed tomography in acute ischaemic stroke: a pictorial review by Hassan, Radhiana, Sharis Osman, Syazarina, Mohamed Mukari, Shahizon Azura, Hashim , Hilwati, Muda, Ahmad Sobri

“…However,the task ofidentifying the signs of acute ischaemia and quantifying areas of brain involvement on NCCT scan is not easy due to its subtle findings. The reliability of arly ischemic sign detection can be improved with experience, clinical history and the use of stroke window width and level on viewing the images. …”
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The influence of ageing on the impact damage of carbon epoxy composites by Mokhtar, Hanan, Sicot, Olivier, Rousseau, Jérôme, Aminanda, Yulfian, Aivazzadeh, Shahram

“…The specimens were then impacted and the damage was evaluated via ultrasonic analysis (C-scan). The damage due to impact was not greatly influenced by ageing, but influences the morphology of the damage in the composite…”
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Optical thermal imaging for breast cancer diagnosis by Zubir, Nazira, Pushpanathan, K, Mat Noor, N.A

“…Mammography, Computated Tomography (CT) scan, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and ultrasound are examples of imaging modalities for cancer screening. …”
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Improving fit of bicycle helmet liners using 3D anthropometric data by Skals, Sebastian, Ellena, Thierry, Subic, Aleksandar, Mustafa, Helmy, Toh, Yen Pang

“…In this study, a new 3D head scan sizing method was implemented in a reverse engineering approach for bicycle helmet liner dimensioning. …”
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Investigation of anisotropic reflectance from densified arrays of vertically aligned carbon nanotube forests (VACNTs) by Rana, Masud, Mohd Asyraf, M. R., Saleh, Tanveer, Asan Gani, Abdul Muthalif

“…VACNTs is commonly known as darkest absorber on earth owing to their highly inherent porosity. To reduce this porosity, in this letter, we introduce a simple process to densify VACNTs by soaking into water. …”
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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 wear test was carried out using a pin-on-disc type tribo-test machine under dry sliding condition. …”
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