Interfacial wicking flow through hierarchical structure of natural cellulose fibers for biomedical microfluidic devices by Sadir, Sahba

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Transformational texts: genre, discourse and subjectivity in the self-help book by Collingsworth, Jean

“…It argues that these texts have links with classical and modern ethics of optimum living and are predicated on an ontology of transformative possibility which is expressed through typical rhetorical strategies. …”
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The geopolitical context of NATO's role in the Middle East by Orfy, Mohammed Moustafa

“…Questions remain unanswered concerning the limits of NATO's role in the region and whether or not NATO is able to help in improving regional security through cooperative links with select Middle Eastern partners. This dissertation seeks to ascertain whether or not NATO has indeed expanded its role in the region; whether this enhanced role is adequate to post-9/11 challenges; and whether this role - specifically or in general - has been used as a tool of US foreign policy in the region. …”
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Voice and visibility: tackling the ‘invisibility’ of the sexual orientation strand in UK organisation equality and diversity research by Colgan, Fiona

“…The covering document provides details of the research projects and the interpretivist case study methodology on which the published outputs draw. It summarises and links the aims and principal findings of each output demonstrating that they form a coherent body of work. …”
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Water level monitoring and controlling of water treatment plants using wireless sensors in LabVIEW by Obeed, Kamal Mushina

“…We have proposed, developed and tested hardware module based on two Arduino Mega2560 boards linked wirelessly by using two NRF transceivers. Remote Arduino is designed to monitor the water flow and the level of the distribution tank besides controlling the water level whenever is necessary. …”
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A low cost, sustainable, locally delivered intervention to promote exclusive breastfeeding practices in rural Bangladeshi women by Haque Rema, Sanjida

“…Results: A total of 269 mothers were recruited during 2014-2015, of whom 265 mothers with a mean age of 23.6±5.0 years completed the final 5-6 months of follow-up. …”
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Diagnostic yield of kidney biopsies performed in a suburban, satellite hospital. by Draman, Che Rosle, Seman, Mohd Ramli, Mohd Noor, Fariz Safhan, Kelsom, W M

“…A total of 219 biopsies were performed throughout the period and only 74 were included in this review. Their mean age was 22.5 ± 10.5 years. 59.5% of the biopsies were performed on female patients. …”
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Studies of oxime complexes by Shutie, Winston Michael

“…The reaction of 5-hydroxy-2-nitrosophenol (mnrH), 5-hydroxy-6-methyl-2-nitrosophenol (6-MemnrH). 2 4-dinitrosooresorcinol (dnrH2) and substituted dinitrosoresorcinols (X-dnrH2) with various metal salts gave monomeric, dimeric and polymeric metal complexes such as M(mnr)2 (M=Cu, Ni and Fe); Cu(OH)(mnr); M(dnr)(M=Ni or Cu). …”
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Tetraazamacrocyclic ligands and their copper complexes by Judd, P. M.

“…An X-ray structure determination of the copper complex of 5,12-dimethyl-5,6,11,12, 18,19,20,21-octahydro-17-H-tribenzo (f,j,n)(1,5,9,12) tetraazacyclopentadecine shows this to be meso-dimethyl isomer. …”
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Studies of quinone monooximes derived from dihydroxyphenylalanines by Khozam, Mahmoud Mohamed

“…This thesis is concerned with the nitrosation behaviour of 1,5-, 1,6- and 2,7-dihydroxynaphthalenes towards equimolar and excess sodium nitrite/acid. …”
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Blood pressure and 10-year cardiovascular risk profile of young hypertensives in Malaysia; a single centre study by Abdullah, Aszrin, Mohd Shah, Azarisman Shah, Abdul Razak, Tariq, Mohd Noor, Noriah

“…The mean fasting blood sugar 4.67 ± 0.75 mmol/L, total cholesterol 5.82 ± 0.96 mmol/L , low-density lipoprotein 3.73 ± 0.86 mmol/L, high-density lipoprotein 1.40 ± 0.37 mmol/L and body mass index 28.72 ± 5.24 kg/m2. …”
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Characterization and solvent stability of strep-tagged purified recombinant lipase from thermostable and solvent tolerant Bacillus sp. strain 42. by Tengku Abdul Hamid, Tengku Haziyamin, Mohamed , Abdallah Eltaweel, Raja Abdul Rahman, Raja Noor Zaliha, Basri, Mahiran, Salleh, Abu Bakar

“…Based on solvent stability studies in 30 min pre-incubation in 25% v/v solvents with a shaking rate at 150 strokes per min, the purified Lip 42 showed a different residual activity profiles depending on solvents and temperatures. …”
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Banana peels: a new carbon source for bioprotein production by utilizing phanerochaete chrysosporium and candida utilis by Jamal, Parveen, Saheed, Olorunnisola Kola, Alam, Md. Zahangir

“…Forty percent reduction in saponin was observed at 1000C (from 9.5mg/g to 5.7mg/g). Solid state bioconversion was done by sequential mixed culture of Phanerochaete chrysosporium (PC) and Candida utilis (CU) and 88.93mg/g of bio-protein was produced. …”
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Surface modification of work material using Powder Metallurgey (P/M) compacted electrodes during Electric Discharge Machining (EDM) by Khan, Ahsan Ali

“…The Cu-TaC electrode was also used to improve the micro-hardness of the Ti-6Al-4V to 552.6 Hv. Further work is recommended on extension of this technique to improve the wear characteristics of the Ti-6Al-4V alloy with these electrodes.…”
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A comparative study of the effectiveness of ca-alginate and k-carrageenan beads as support material for enzyme immobilization by Razizad, Anis Nadzirah, Jameel, Ahmad Tariq

“…At a fixed substrate concentration, optimum pH and bead size for enzyme immobilization on Ca-alginate were 5 and 5 mm respectively, while for the K-carrageenan these were pH 4 and 5 mm bead size. …”
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Household food insecurity in Malaysia: findings from Malaysian Adults Nutrition Survey by Selamat, Rusidah, Ahmad, Hasnan, Chong, Zhuo Lin, Zainuddin, Ahmad Ali, Mohd Shariff, Zalilah, Mohd Abu Bakar, Wan Azdie

“…Results: The prevalence of Malaysian adults that had both reduced the size of meals and skipped main meals because of financial constraints at least one or two months in the past 12 months was 13.4% (95% CI: 11.5%, 15.5%). This prevalence was significantly higher in East Malaysia (20.3%) than in Peninsular Malaysia (11.5%) and in rural areas (18.8%) than in urban areas (11.0%). …”
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A retrospective review of 25 cases of lethal fetal anomalies by Abdulwahab, Dalia F, Ismail, Hamizah, Nusee, Zalina, S.L., Yong, Awang, Mokhtar

“…The mean gestational age at diagnosis of lethal foetal anomalies was 25.5 weeks (SD=12.5) and mean gestational age at termination of pregnancy (TOP) or delivery was 28.5 weeks (SD=12.5). …”
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S-quinolin-2-yl-methyldithiocarbazate-based magnetic adsorbent for magnetic solid-phase extraction of heavy metals from water samples by Abdul Rahman, Ahmad Jazmi, How, Fiona Ni Foong, Mohd Nasirc, Mohd Hamzah, Mohamad, Sharifah, Yahaya, Noorfatimah, Jajuli, Maizatul Najwa, Miskam, Mazidatulakmam Akmam

“…Under optimal MSPE conditions (20 mg adsorbent dispersed in 25 mL of sample which adjusted to pH 6.0 and sonicated for 10 min, before desorbed in 0.5 mL of 1 M HClO4 and sonicated for 5 min), the validation method revealed a good linearity (0.1–5.0 μg mL−1) with the coefficient of determination (R2) in the range of 0.995–0.996 for the samples. …”
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Pressure-dependent, infrared-emitting phenomenon in hypervelocity impact by Mihaly, Jonathan M., Tandy, Jonathan D., Rosakis, A. J., Adams, M. A., Pullin, D.

“…A series of hypervelocity impact experiments were conducted with variable target chamber atmospheric pressure ranging from 0.9 to 21.5 Torr. Using a two-stage light-gas gun, 5.7 mg nylon 6/6 right-cylinders were accelerated to speeds ranging between 6.0 and 6.3 km/s to impact 1.5 mm thick 6061-T6 aluminum plates. …”
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Prevalence, predictors and prevention of motion sickness in zero-G parabolic flights by Golding, John F., Paillard, Aurore, Normand, Hervé, Besnard, Stéphane, Denise, Pierre

“…Each parabola consisted of 20 s of 0 g sandwiched by 20 s of hypergravity of 1.5–1.8 g. The survey covered N 5 246 person-flights (193 men, 53 women), ages (M 6 SD) 36.0 6 11.3 yr. …”
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