Attractors on Ising Model with Restricted Interactions on Cayley Tree of Order 2 by Ganikhodjaev, Nasir, Nawi, Ashraf Mohamed

“…In this paper we reinvestigate the phase diagram of this model using an iterative scheme, that is developed for a renormalized effective nearest-neighbour coupling Kr and effective field per site Xr for spins on the n-th level of a Cayley tree with competing one-level J0 and prolonged Jp next-nearest-neighbour interactions between Ising spins on the tree. We find an intermediate range of Jp/J0 values where Xr and Kr iterate to a finite attractor in the X - K plane.…”
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Precautionary principle under the SPS Agreement: A critical exposition by Ansari, Abdul Haseeb, Sri , Wartini

“…But some jurists and environmentalists find it trade friendly, which can be detrimental to human health and the environment. …”
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Is shorting of Exchange Traded Funds a dangerous financial sport? recent UK evidence by Mohamad, Azhar

“…Contrary to most of the previous empirical evidence for individual stocks, we find that large increases in ETF short interest are associated with subsequent over-performance relative to a benchmark index and this pattern is most pronounced during pre-financial crisis period. …”
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Estimating depth of daylight zone and PSALI for side lit office spaces using the CIE Standard General Sky by Mohammad Shahriar, Abu Nur, Mohit, Mohammad Abdul

“…Using CIE Standard General Skies, two experiements are conducted to find the probable upper and lower limits of daylight penetration throughout the year. …”
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Promoting sustainability through corporate social responsibility: Malaysia environmental law initiative by Mustafa, Maizatun, Mohd Rusli, Mohd Hazmi, Mohamad, Nor Asiah, Ariffin, Mariani

“…Considering that environmental sustainability is one of the key components within the eco-friendly business practices, it is the aim of this article to look into some recent developments within the law in Malaysia that promote strategies aiming at encouraging companies to find solutions to their environmental impact and curbing carbon emission. …”
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Wireless physical layer security using channel state information by Tahir, Mohammad, Jarot, Sigit Puspito Wigati, Siddiqi, Muhammad Umar

“…BER (bit error rate) is used as performance metric. We find that the adversary suffers from high BER as compared to its legitimate counterpart.…”
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Procedure for unfair dismissal claims in Malaysia by Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali, Sardar Baig, Farheen Baig

“…The fundamental principles of the subject are explained in a clear, concise and organised manner. Readers will find the book valuable as it contains the adjudication process from the start of dismissal and the stages that an employee will have to undergo, the mode of challenging the award and its enforcement. …”
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Writing a nation: essays in Malaysian literature

“…Readers, as well as researchers, will find the book a rich source of information on Malaysian literature, history and culture. …”
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Human identification based on ECG signal by Amiruddin, Ainunjariah, Khalifa, Othman Omran, Rabih, Fadlallah Ali Fadlallah

“…Various studies have been conducted by previous researchers in order to find the best procedures and techniques to provide an ECG identification system with the lowest percentage of error. …”
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Uniform stability and weak ergodicity of nonhomogeneous Markov chains defined on ordered Banach spaces with a base by Mukhamedov, Farrukh

“…These results are even new in case of von Neumann algebras. Moreover, we find necessary and sufficient conditions for the weak ergodicity of NDMC. …”
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Man and nature: an Islamic perspective by Abdul Razak, Mohd Abbas

“…Apart from that, this paper would like to find out as to why the Muslim community is not paying due attention to conservation and preservation of nature at a time when there is a serious call made by others to stop the ongoing environmental degradation that is happening all over the world. …”
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Profitability of the Korean banking sector: panel evidence on bank-specific and macroeconomic determinants by Sufian, Fadzlan

“…The paper analyzes the profitability of banks in Korea, while controlling for a wide array of bank specific and macroeconomic determinants. We find that Korean banks with lower liquidity levels tend to exhibit higher profitability. …”
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Navigating the impact of globalization on bank efficiency in China: panacea or Pandora’s Box? by Sufian, Fadzlan, Habibullah, Muzafar Shah

“…The empirical findings suggest that liberalization (restrictions) of the capital account exerts a negative (positive) influence on bank efficiency levels in China.…”
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Determinants of bank profitability in a developing economy: empirical evidence from the China banking sector by Sufian, Fadzlan

“…However, the impact of liquidity is not uniform across bank types. We find that the SOCBs with higher level of liquidity tend to be relatively more profitable, which could be vindicated by the significant amount of lending to the State Owned Enterprises. …”
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Statistical Signal Processing and Sorting for Acoustic Emission Monitoring of High-Temperature Pressure Components by Hrairi, Meftah

“…SAS statistical software package was used to find a correlation between these features, leading to the classification of AE signals according to type and discover relationships between emissions and the findings of the investigation. …”
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PID-based control of a single-link flexible manipulator in vertical motion with genetic optimisation by Md Zain, Badrul Aisham, Tokhi, M. Osman, Toha, Siti Fauziah

“…The important point is to evaluate the range of PID parameter which used in the GAs programmed to find the best value of this parameter. Comparative performance assessment of the control approaches are presented and discussed in the time and the frequency domains.…”
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Animal waqf as a thrust of social entrepreneurship by Mar Iman, Abdul Hamid, Mohammad, Mohammad Tahir Sabit

“…Understandably, poor members of the community who wish to raise animals as a source of living do not find an affordable means of beginning a herd. Livestock waqf could be offered as an approach to resolving this issue. …”
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Toolkit for community groups: promoting the well-being of migrants & displaced persons by Ata, Ayar, Jos, Hermans, Jamaludin, Thandar Soe@Sumaiyah, Janzing, Sigfried, Jeurgens, Charles, Mifsud, Alex, Ogbuigwe, Akpezi, Raza, Saima, Sayer, Ahmet, Wade, Rosalind, Win @ Fahmida, Nilar

“…Humans have always travelled and if we look back far enough in our family histories we will find that we are all migrants. The world crisis over the COVID 19 virus has shown that there is a danger that some vulnerable communities can be sidelined or forgotten. …”
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Determinants of banks’ total factor productivity: the post-Asian financial crisis experience of the Philippines by Sufian, Fadzlan

“…The present paper employs the Malmquist Productivity Index (MPI)method to examine the sources of total factor productivity change of the Philippines banking sector during the period of 1998 to 2008. The empirical findings suggest that the Philippines banking sector has exhibited productivity regress due to technological regress. …”
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Getting around 'offensive' language by Mohamed Ali, Haja Mohideen

“…They are insulting to fellow human beings, besides being distasteful in other ways. Users may therefore find it repugnant to use such expressions in their discourse. …”
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