The GCSE attainment gap: assessing the influence of permanent school exclusion by Hills, Stephen, Walker, Matthew, Guinn, James, Kent, Aubrey

“…Research has shown that pupils who have been permanently excluded are at a greater risk of negative life outcomes when compared with their non-excluded peers. …”
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The shari'ah objectives and their implications for non-Muslim minorities: the case of Malaysia by Amanullah, Muhammad

“…Islam is considered to be the only complete code of life available for the whole human kind on this planet. …”
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Evaluating the rediscovery process as a treatment programme for a range of substance use disorders by Parker, Phil

“…Poor outcomes for many of those in treatment for substance use disorders (SUD) has raised interest in recovery-based approaches, positive psychology and the importance of flourishing, a quality defined as functioning positively in all realms of life. However, there is little research into approaches that focus on flourishing in SUD. …”
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Informational content of short interest (EBES 2011) by Mohamad, Azhar

“…We also find the larger the increase in short interest, the more negative is the abnormal returns. …”
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Predicting Financial Distress based on Corporate Actions by Mohamad, Azhar

“…Furthermore, we also find that Working Capital to Total Assets Ratio and Asset Turnover Ratio are reliable predictors of financial distress among the accounting ratios.…”
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Opening the Black Box on bank efficiency in China: does economic freedom matter? by Sufian, Fadzlan, Habibullah, Muzafar Shah

“…By examining different dimensions of economic freedom, we find that not all are equally regressive on bank efficiency. …”
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Wear study of Mg-SiCp reinforcement aluminium metal matrix composite by Maleque, Md. Abdul, ., M. Radhi, Rahman, Md. Mustafizur

“…The study further analysed the effects of different size variations of silicon carbide particles such as the coarse particle size, fine particle size, intermediate particle size and mixed particle size in the fabrication of the composites on the hardness and wear properties. The pin-on-disc test was also done at room temperature in a dry sliding wear condition. …”
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Granting employee stock options (ESOs), market reaction and financial performance by Bacha, Obiyathulla Ismath, Syed Mohd Zain, Sharifah Raihan, Mohd Rasid, Mohd Eskandar Shah, Mohamad, Azhar

“…Firm size has been identified in previous studies as a determinant of market reaction and post-ESO performance. Indeed we find this to be the case for Malaysian ESOs. We find a positive announcement effect for large firms but a significantly negative one for small firms. …”
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Mental health: a contrastive analysis between western and Islamic psychologies by Abdul Razak, Mohd Abbas, Abdul Razak, Abdul Latif, Mohamed Ali Zaroum, Abdulhamid

“…It is hoped that a proper understanding on the concept of mental health and its maintenance could help people to lead a meaningful life: finding peace and harmony within themselves and in the external surrounding.…”
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الخصائص العامة للشعر العربي في ولايتي هوسا ويوربا: نظرات مقارنة = General characteristics of Arabic poetry in the Provinces of Hausa and Yoruba: Some comparative considerations =... by Ahmad H.Osman, Rahmah, Mohammad Jamiu, Abdullahi

“…Islamic and the Arabic language entered the different regions of Nigeria, and the faith, teachings, culture, and knowledge they brought in attracted the hearts and minds of the local people. The provinces of Hausa land in the north and the Yoruba in Western South were among the first regions in Nigeria to embrace Islam. …”
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Intimate revelations: conversations among ‘evil’ women in Rokeya’s Padmarag by Hasan, Md. Mahmudul

“…Zaynab, Din Tarini, Saudamini, Helen, Quaresa, Usha, Rafia, Sakina and others sit together to unfurl and speak their minds among themselves. Through their reminiscences and memories, Rokeya lays bare the angst of women under a patriarchal social order. …”
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Does subject matter, matter? - a comparison of student engagement in culturally diverse classrooms in urban, cosmopolitan higher education institutions in the UK by Bamford, Jan, Djebbour, Yaz, Pollard, Lucie

“…We wanted to identify which specific items of engagement, if any, are important and consistent in students’ minds in culturally diverse higher education classrooms and we tested the engagement items that are seen to be associated to specific students’ profiles. …”
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Lead time management in the garment sector of Bangladesh: an avenues for survival and growth by Nuruzzaman, Md., Haque, A. K. M. Ahasanul

“…In this study attempts have been made to find out the ways to face the competitive business environment by the efficient management process towards the lead time reduction. …”
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The impact of corporate governance on the restrictiveness of covenants in private debt contract by Abu Bakar, Intan Suryani, Mather, Paul, Tanewski, George

“…Our cross-sectional analysis on a sample of new syndicated loans in the U.S private debt market indicates that both a corporate governance score and board independence are positively and significantly associated with covenant slack. Similarly, we find that independent directors’ financial expertise and covenants slack are positively related, but we find no evidence that slack is associated with ‘busy’ directors or CEO duality. …”
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Journalism cupcakes: Same cakes, different icing or vice-versa by Ismail, Awan, Aripin, Norizah, Yusof, Norhafezah, Mohamad, Noraihan, Ismail, Rizalawati

“…After three to four years of study, journalism graduates from these universities would have to share the same pie to find jobs in media or communication related organizations. …”
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The effect of material property gradient on the fracture toughness of a PMMA/PC bimaterial with a crack normal to the interface by Shah, Qasim Hussain, Homma, H., Iliyas, M. H., Ismail, Ahmad Faris

“…Finite element analysis was used to find out the stresses IC in the specimens. Subsequently the stress values were used to find out the fracture toughness of each specimen. …”
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Rural transformation and productivity in China by You, Kefei, Sarantis, Nicholas

“…This paper carries out for the first time an econometric investigation of the contribution of rural transformation to total factor productivity in China. We find that the efficiency gains resulting from rural transformation make a significant and nontrivial contribution to factor productivity in China. …”
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Flexible work by Mohd Rosli, Nur Amalina, Ismail, Fadillah, Rashid, Umi Kartini, Salleh, Siti Hasliah, Kadir, Adibah Abdul

“…In this paper, connection between flexible working hours and work-life balance is inspected. This paper examines whether flexible working hours backing and improve work-life balance or on the other hand make challenges in adjusting among work and life jobs. …”
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Neighbourhood satisfaction and QOUL in middle-income housing in Kuala Lumpur city, Malaysia by Mohit, Mohammad Abdul, Ali, Mohamed Sajid

“…This paper is based on the subjective perception of the residents about the neighbourhood environment and their quality of urban life. The neighbourhood satisfaction provides a generalized view into the well-being of the residents, and it has been viewed as a significant aspect of the quality of urban life (QOUL). …”
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Religious and ethical worldviews on engineering standards

“…A worldview could be defined as a model of realities in life, or an outline of ideas and mind-sets about the world, A comprehensive system of beliefs, approaches and methods. …”
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