Blackpool Tower's Irish fun weekend by Blackpool Tower, BT

“…Notice advertising a weekend including an Irish party night, a line dancing afternoon and a concert by Daniel O'Donnell to be held in Blackpool on 27-28 February. …”
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Novel narrowband microstrip filters for wireless communications systems by Farhat, Mohamad

“…The analysis and modelling methods for these resonators includes a transmission-line theory, ABCD matrix, and EM simulation based on method of moments. …”
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Properties and performance of kenaf fiber-sawdust polymeric sandwich bio-composites by Adole, Michael Adole

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Handwritten Arabic word/character recognition : common approaches by O. H., Assma, Khalifa, Othman Omran, Hassan Abdalla Hashim, Aisha

“…Letters are joined together along the writing line to form words or sub-words. The Arabic Alphabet has 28 letters, each with two to four shapes. …”
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Simmulation of a virtual transducer using potentiometer by Khan, Sheroz, Khairul Hassan, SK, Md Ralib, Aliza Aini, Ma, Li Ya, Arshad, Atika

“…The complete circuit diagram is made of three stages: (i) the input stage for range selection, (ii) a digital logic to make appropriate selection, (iii) a conditioning circuit for realizing a given straight-line segment identified by its relevant slope and reference voltage. …”
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Fuzzy trust model for trustworthiness of information in vehicular ad hoc network by Soleymani, Seyed Ahmad

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High performance metasurface-based on-chip antenna for terahertz integrated circuits by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, See, Chan, Abd-Alhameed, Raed, Falcone, Francisco, Limiti, Ernesto, Parchin, Naser Ojaroudi

“…To reduce the surface-waves and substrate-losses a meander-line slits has realized inside the ground-plane. …”
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Equilateral triangular slot-based planar rectangular antenna for millimeter-wave applications by Tahir, M. Usmam, Rafique, Umair, Ahmed, M. Mansoor, Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Arpanaei, Farhad, Virdee, Bal Singh

“…The front-side of the proposed antenna is composed of a rectangular patch radiator with an equilateral triangular slot fed using a 50Ω microstrip feeding line, while the bottom side of the antenna consists of a partial ground plane. …”
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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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Microencapsulation of Cassia Alata: fabrication and characterization by Alfatama, Mulham, Ahmad, Kausar, Mohamed, Farahidah

“…The microsphere is envisaged to release the extract in a controlled manner allowing more convenient mode of administration when treating related skin infection. Several variables had been investigated including different types of surfactants and buffer systems and different homogenization times for primary emulsion. …”
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The design of non-invasive Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) for restoration of muscle function by Azman, Amelia Wong, Naeem, Jannatul, Mohd Mustafah, Yasir

“…While there are many different types of electrodes to be used in FES system, for this early work, we only look at FES systems application using only skin surface electrodes (non-invasive).…”
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Morphological structures of rattan waste binderless particleboard: effect of acid treatment by T., Maisarah, A., Zuraida, H., Zahurin, I., Hanafi, Md. Abdul, Maleque

“…The morphology of manufactured binderless particleboard demonstrated the compressed cellular structures with some voids and occurance of rattan skin. It can be concluded that acid treatment helps in improving interlocking between fibers inside binderless particleboard. …”
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Optical thermal imaging for breast cancer diagnosis by Zubir, Nazira, Pushpanathan, K, Mat Noor, N.A

“…The fundamental principle of optical thermal imaging relies on physiology such as the distribution of temperature on the skin surface. This article highlights the potential usage of optical thermal imaging, its limitations, advantages and latest concerns pertaining the usage. …”
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Isolation of the compounds from antimicrobial active fraction from the stem barks of Entada spiralis Ridl by Mat So'ad, Siti Zaiton, Harun, Aiza, Mohd Hassan, Norazian, Che Mohd Ramli, Neni Kartini

“…The methanol extract of the stem bark possess promising antimicrobial activity against some species of skin diseases caused microbes The extract was further fractionation with different solvent gradient and repeated test on dermatophytes were done. …”
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Intra-aural tick infestation, the presentation and complications by N, Srinovianti, Raja Lope Ahmad, Raja Ahmad Al'konee

“…It grips firmly into the skin of the external auditory canal and the tympanic membrane. …”
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Preliminary investigation of MYO-INOSITOL phosphates produced by ASUIA279PHYTASE on MCF-7 cancer cells by Yusoff, Narazah Mohd, Nuge, Tamrin, Zainan, Nur Hidayah, Hashim, Yumi Zuhanis Has-Yun, Jamal, Parveen, Meor Hussin, Anis Shobirin, Farouk, Abd Alaziem, Salleh, H.M.

“…In this study, the cytotoxicity of the partially purified myo-inositol phosphate fractions and commercial IP1 and IP6 were investigated against MCF-7 breast cancer cell lines. The study showed that the commercial standard IP1 and IP6 showed good inhibition towards the MCF-7 cell line. …”
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