Non-Government Organization (NGOs) in Bangladesh: a study of their role in participatory rural development by Quddus, S. M. Abdul

“…Realizing the need for sustainability of institutional development some NGOs are begining to rethink in hard lines. This is considered worstwhile at this critical juncture as poverty issue arising out of growth model in gaining prominence.…”
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Editorial article: on the boundaries of trust and security in computing and communications systems by Pathan, Al-Sakib Khan

“…This notion is also true for our human life, even for example entering a house needs legitimacy of a person. Some boundary lines preserve the security; otherwise an unwanted access is called a ‘security breach’. …”
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PCR-based chromosome walking: the SFR 3 case by Amid, Azura, Warren, Garreth J., Bramley, Peter M.

“…Roughly 557 F2 plants tested in these experiments and 38 lines were then used in the fine mapping experiments. …”
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Space and place as constraints and resources in women’s strategies to escape domestic violence by Bowstead, Janet

“…This paper will particularly explore three examples of such thinking about women’s spatial strategies: Foucault’s concepts of the spatiality of surveillance are used in understanding space as a constraint and appreciating what women are overcoming when they leave abusive relationships; Deleuze and Guattari’s concepts of rhizomic networks and lines of flight are used in understanding space as a resource on the journeys themselves; and Augé’s concepts of nonplaces are used in understanding space as place, and recognising what needs to be counteracted to create new homes and a sense of belonging.…”
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Architecture, sinon repression: a journey through the narrow layer where the State meets the land by Oropallo, Gabriele

“…Striation is the result of the intervention of man who, while colonising a territory, drew lines on it like on a wax tablet. This intervention progressively created homogeneity and facilitated movement through the territory. …”
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Deconstructing institutional racism and the social construction of whiteness: a strategy for professional competence training in culture and migration mental health by Lazaridou, Felicia, Fernando, Suman

“…As institutional theory perspectives continue to develop, solutions to complex social problems such as racism require embodied knowledge if the lines of authority and basic occupational routines are to be meaningfully renegotiated. …”
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Assesment of oxidative stress in chronic cerebral hypoperfusion-induced neurodegeneration in rats by Saxena, Anil Kumar, Abdul Majeed, Saif Saad, Oothuman, Pakeer, Gurtu, Sunil

“…Aging related reduction in cerebral blood flow (CBF) has been linked with neurodegenerative disorders including Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. …”
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Removal of nitrate and phosphate from municipal wastewater sludge by Chlorella Vulgaris, Spirulina Platensis and Scenedesmus Quadricauda by Khan Chowdhury, Ahmed Jalal, Alam, Md. Zahangir, W.A., Matin, Yunus, Kamaruzzaman, John, Akbar, Hossain, Toffazel

“…Nitrate and phosphorus in wastewater contribute to health and environmental threats as they are linked to illnesses as well as ecosystem disruption via algal blooms in contaminated water bodies. …”
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A new configuration of two wheeled vehicles: towards a more workspace and motion flexibility by Goher, Khalid, Ahmad, Salmiah, Tokhi, M. Osman

“…The new developed configurations is of great importance in various applications including self balance robots, wheelchairs on two wheels, stability analysis of multi segment gaits and multi links cranes etc. In order to maintain the system nonlinear characteristics, the system model is derived with the consideration of the joints friction based on the Coulomb friction model. …”
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Sustainability through website development: the case of public libraries in Malaysia by Abu Bakar, Ahmad Bakeri

“…So much so that higher quality websites tend to exhibit high traffic pattern and are capable of attracting more links and thereby rendered those websites as highly visible. …”
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Initial development of Islamic Envy Management Scale (IEMS) by Sri , Nurul Milla, Ssekamanya, Siraje Abdallah

“…In modern psychology, envy is linked with a group of negative mental health outcomes, such as depression, anxiety, and aggressive behaviors. …”
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Fabrication system for surface modification of polystyrene beads by UV/Ozone treatment and its characterization by Ahmad Nor, Yusilawati, Mel, Maizirwan, Sopyan, Iis, Mohd. Salleh, Hamzah, Ng, K.H., Wong, Chiow San

“…It is known that polystyrene must be chemically modified to make its surface enable to covalent cross-linking with protein. The aim of this study was to develop UV/Ozone treatment system and investigate the effects of treatment system on surface of polystyrene beads. …”
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FOSS Compact Model Prototyping with Verilog-A Equation-Defined Devices (VAEDD) by Brinson, Mike

“…It has the same structure as the standard EDD but is built around compiled Verilog-A module code, which in turn is translated to C++ code and dynamically linked to the main body of the simulator code. Essentially a VAEDD is a tiny Verilog-A module with a standardised internal code structure. …”
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Bridging realities into organizations through innovation and productivity: exploring the intersection of artificial intelligence, internet of things, and big data analytics in the... by Samadhiya, Ashutosh, Agrawal, Rohit, Kumar, Anil, Luthra, Sunil

“…The study gathers responses from the gaming, information technology, and entertainment industries, using a multi-method involving Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling, Fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis, and Artificial Neural Networks to investigate how these technologies might be used to improve the linking of disparate realities in a business context. …”
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Marketing research: planning, process, practice by Fourali, Chahid, Benzo, Riccardo, Mohsen, Marwa G.

“…To aid students in their research project, each chapter features a collection of learning features, such as: - Case studies and international real-world examples - Ethics boxes – Highlighting ethical implications in research projects - Advanced boxes – Signaling more challenging topics students can return to after they have mastered the basics - Activity boxes – Encouraging students to understand how what they have learned applies to their own experiences - The book is complemented by a range of online resources, including PowerPoint slides, multiple choice questions, free online exercise links, and discussion guides for Case Study & Additional Reading sections. …”

Effect of discharge current and electrode size on material removal rate and wear ratio in electrical discharge machining by Khan, Ahsan Ali, Ali, Mohammad Yeakub, Haque, Md. Mohafizul

“…Both MRR and WR were found to increase with the increase of current density. The trend lines are also expressed by two degree parabolic plots and equations. …”
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Potts model with the simplest modulated phase by Ganikhodjaev, Nasir, Temir, Seyit, Akin, Hasan, Uguz, Selman

“…We study the phase diagrams for the Potts model on the Bethe lattice with competing nearest-neighbor interactions J1 and ternary interactions Jp and Jt: At vanishing temperature, the phase diagram is fully determined for all values and signs of Jp=J1 and Jt=J1; in particular, we show that the phase diagrams contain ferromagnetic, paramagnetic and < 2 > phases only; i.e., the set of modulated phases consists of the < 2 > phase only for J1 > 0 and Jp=J1 < 0: We verify that values of T=J1 in the very narrow strip ¡0:11 < T=J1 < 0 with ¡Jp=J1 < 0 favor the modulated phase, which is either a commensurate phase with a very large period or an incommensurate phase. The transition lines are obtained from stability conditions, and characteristic points in the phase diagram are analyzed by using numerical iterations. …”
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Developing rat testicular organoid models for assessing the reproductive toxicity of antidepression drugs in vitro by Wu, Sixian, Li, Xiaoliang, Li, Peiyu, Li, Tongtong, Huang, Gelin, Sun, Qun, Dinnyés, Andras, Shang, Lijun, Xu, Wenming

“…However, these studies used germ cell lines to determine the phenotype, which limits their potential translational value in toxicity studies in humans. …”
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Prevalence of diabetes mellitus and its relation to diet and physical work in Azad Jammu and Kashmir by Ahmad Danish, Fayaz, Khan, Alam, Khattak, Muhammad Muzaffar Ali Khan

“…The prevalence of the disease is linked with diet and exercise level/physical work. …”
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Urban poverty: a case study of major cities in Malaysia by Pramanik, Ataul Huq, Abdullah, Moha Asri, Mat Derus, Alias, Barom, Mohd. Nizam

“…Urban poverty is inextricably linked to rural poverty. In fact, the former is caused by the latter. …”
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