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An assessment of the impact of South Asian ethnicity on body composition, dimensions and proportions in children and adolescents, and their potential for risk of metabolic syndrome
Published 2015“…These are the first set of reference percentile charts for BC, proportions and dimensions in the UK SA paediatric population. Our findings support the use of these ethnic-specific references that go beyond BMI as an indicator of obesity-related metabolic health risk.…”
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4003
Social housing programme of Selangor Zakat Board of Malaysia and housing satisfaction
Published 2011“…In order to examine housing satisfaction, five objective components of satisfaction—housing unit features,housing unit support services, the social environment, public facilities and neighbourhood facilities—were analysed through beneficiaries’ levels of satisfaction which were measured by applying a Likert scale. The findings of the paper indicate that SZB has been successful in providing a moderate level of satisfaction with the housing unit. …”
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4004
Determinants of target capital structure: evidence on South East Asia countries
Published 2011“…The introduction of country specific variables such as the level of stock market development, bond market development, economic growth, interest rates and country governance support and enhance these findings. The importance of country determinants also varies across countries understudy despite sharing some similarities. …”
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4005
A Meta analysis of research on private finance initiative (PFI) or public private partnership (PPP)
Published 2011“…Methodology: A qualitative meta-analysis method is used to analyse 134 PFI/PPP published papers from twenty nine selected public sector journals from 1992 to 2009. Findings: There is evidence of a growing trend in the number of PFI/PPP literature since its inception. …”
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4006
New method for improving solubilization and uptake of lutein and beta-carotene in human hepatocellular liver carcinoma (HepG2) cell culture
Published 2010“…Using this evaporation method, results showed that medium containing up to 90~M could be obtained, compared to a maximum of 15uM of lutein by using a conventional method, while THF was reduced to a nontoxic level as low as 0.01 %. This finding allowed the use of high concentrations of the carotenoids for antioxidative activity study. …”
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4007
The Nigerian policy on critical information infrastructure
Published 2017“…The methodology adopted is doctrinal approach by examining the primary and secondary data, the statutes, case report and few responses from the interviews conducted. The findings of the paper reveal that the Nigerian Cybercrime Act 2015 has adequately addressed cybercrimes, but requires some amendments, particularly in the context of cyber warfare in relation to NCII. …”
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4008
Development of an effective composting process for oil palm industrial waste: optimization of process parameters
Published 2011“…Moreover, non-food cassava (NFC) used as supplementary nutrients for initial microbial growth (0 to 2%, w/w) was evaluated and found no significant variations in the findings. …”
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4009
A systematic review of research on the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) and Public Private Partnership (PPP)
Published 2011“…Methodology: A qualitative meta-analysis method is used to analyse 134 PFI/PPP published papers from 29 selected public sector journals from 1992 to 2009. Findings: There is evidence of a growing trend in the number of PFI/PPP literature since its inception. …”
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4010
Availability of literature on engineering ethics in the Internet
Published 2011“…The results of the analysis reveal the ISE’s that contain the highest frequency of materials on engineers and ethics. The findings suggest to engineering students and practitioners of varying capabilities among the ISE’s used in the study to learn about engineering ethics. …”
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The relationship between’ instructional leadership practices and students academic achievement of secondary schools in Banda Acheh, Indonesia.
Published 2011“…It is hoped that this research will provide useful findings which will effectively assist the process of instructional leadership enhancement among principals and teachers of secondary schools in Banda Aceh in order to improve students' academic performance.…”
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Proceeding Paper -
4012
The Relationship between Principals Instructional Leadership Practices and Students Academic Achievement of secondary schools in Banda Acheh Indonesia
Published 2011“…It is hoped that this research will provide useful findings which will effectively assist the process of instructional leadership enhancement among principals and teachers of secondary schools in Banda Aceh in order to improve students' academic performance.…”
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4013
New Method for Improving solubilization and uptake of lutein and carotenoids in human hepatocellular liver carcinoma (HepG2) cell culture
Published 2009“…Using this evaporation method, results showed that medium containing up to 90~M could be obtained, compared to a maximum of 15uM of lutein by using a conventional method, while THF was reduced to a nontoxic level as low as 0.01 %. This finding allowed the use of high concentrations of the carotenoids for antioxidative activity study. …”
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4014
Crime against maids: an evaluation of Shariah and civil law punishment
Published 2011“…Finally, useful solution to outstanding problem and suggestions would be suggested in the findings.…”
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4015
Minimizing the impacts of coastal reclamation to the environment
Published 2011“…As such, it highlights findings from the review based on two fundamental frameworks for coastal reclamation which explain coastal reclamation impacts to physical environment and community living in it. …”
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4016
Induced rolling moment for NACA4412 plain and flapped wing
Published 2010“…A rectangular wing of a subsonic wall interference model is used as a vortex generator in two different configurations: plain wing of NACA4412 cross-section profile; and flapped wing with trailing edge flap of NACA0012 cross-section profile extended at 20°. Findings – Results obtained showed that the maximum induced rolling moment coefficient depends on the strength of the vortex produced by the generating aircraft wing and increases linearly with the increment of the angle of attack. …”
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Urban poverty: a case study of major cities in Malaysia
Published 2009“…Based on the detailed findings on multi-dimensional aspects of urban poverty this study strongly suggests that the development should be taken to the people and not the people to the development mostly confined to the urban areas. …”
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Spectrum of breast asymmetries: a pictorial essay
Published 2009“…Introduction: Asymmetric breast tissue is a relatively common mammographic finding and is usually benign. It might be due to a normal variation, postoperative changes or hormone replacement therapy. …”
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4019
The influence of Islam on Albanian culture
Published 2011“…This research attempts to provide important findings, which will be very helpful to the Muslims and others. …”
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The effect of interview structure in interview transcript on applicants' reactions : a laboratory experiment
Published 2008“…No significant difference was found in applicants’ reactions between semi-structured and unstructured interview with t (41) = 1.56; p>0.05. The findings were then discussed in relation to review of past literature, in addition to the study’s limitations and its implications were discussed with further suggestions for future research.…”
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