Al-Biruni's views on the discovery of the spherical earth by Mohd Ibrahim, Azhar, Shuriye, Abdi Omar

“…However, this chapter investigates the method used by AI-Biruni to find the earth's circumference and this was the most precise calculation of earth's circumference during the medieval period. …”
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Has economic freedom foster bank performance? panel evidence from China by Sufian, Fadzlan, Habibullah, Muzafar Shah

“…The present paper employs data on the Chinese banking sector and provides for the first time empirical evidence on the impact of economic freedom. We find evidence supporting greater freedom for entrepreneurs to start businesses. …”
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Taylor -Fixed point homotopy for solving nonlinear algebraic problems by Hasan, Talib Hashim, Chowdhury, Md. Sazzad Hossien, Yamamura, Kiyotaka

“…HAM can be considered as one of the new methods belong to the general classification of the computational methods which can be used to find the numerical solution of many types of the problems in science and engineering. …”
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Muslim ummah, international organisations, and human development in the MMCs by Hossain, Ishtiaq

“…This chapter, by examining the features and achievements of the Arab League, OIC and GCC, will endeavour to find answer to the above questions. Before getting to the main analysis, the chapter presents a brief discussion on international society from the perspective of Islam. …”
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Economic freedom, development and bank intermediation spreads by Sufian, Fadzlan, Hassan, M. Kabir

“…The results indicate that restrictions on the activities of which banks could undertake reduces their margins. We also find evidence supporting for government interventions contention. …”
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The Law Relating to Medical Confidentiality and Patient's Right of Privacy by Jahn Kassim, Puteri Nemie

“…In providing care, medical professionals often find themselves trapped between conflicting duties and obligations. …”
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Study of localized solutions of the nonlinear discrete model for dipolar BEC in an optical lattice by the homoclinic orbit method by Messikh, Azeddin, Umarov, Bakhram

“…We use homoclinic orbits to find solutions of a dynamical system of the dipolar Bose Einstein Condensate (BEC) in a deep optical lattice. …”
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On dynamics of Lotka-Volterra type operators by Mukhamedov, Farrukh, Saburov, Mansoor

“…We prove that trajectories of such kind of operators converge, and moreover, we find an estimation for fixed points of the introduced operators.…”
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Ab initio NMR studies of chemical constituents of piper sarmentosum by Ibrahim Ali , Noorbatcha

“…The NMR shifts are calculated using Hartree Fock (HF) and Density Functional Theory (DFT) methods. We find that the ab initio calculations are very useful in assigning the NMR peaks and provide insights on the electronic factors affecting the NMR shifts.…”
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Hierarchon vol. 2: a dictionary of AHP hierarchies by Saaty, Thomas, Islam, Rafikul

“…We hope that the readers will find the present compilation useful.…”
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Essentials of management science by Islam, Rafikul

“…Further, at the end of every chapter brief descriptions of several case studies have been included. Readers may find this section particularly interesting. Every method has been discussed using two numerical examples followed by one self-test exercise problem. …”
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Face recognition based on singular valued decomposition and back progagation neural network by Rasied, Thaahirah S. M., Khalifa, Othman Omran, Kamarudin, Yuslina

“…The back propagation training parameters are varied in order to find the best parameter with the highest performance accuracy. …”
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Becoming Writers: Transforming Students' Academic Writing by Abegglen, Sandra, Burns, Tom, Sinfield, Sandra

“…Rather than focussing on a deficit student in need of ‘fixing’, we introduce and reflect on the usefulness of free- and creative writing exercises as we explore how we can enable students to find ‘a voice’ as we support them on the way to becoming successful academic writers. …”
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Teaching Research Methods : a pragmatic approach by Carty, Robert

“…Previous studies suggest that students often find such modules challenging and difficult to relate to, and recommend a number of different approaches to lessen these difficulties and to improve the student experience of research methods modules. …”
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Learning on The Move by Bradley, Claire, Holley, Debbie

“…The project ‘Making the most of my space’: Students’ use of mobile phones for studying and note making, was funded by the Write Now and Learn Higher CETLs, in conjunction with the Centre for Academic Professional Development. The aim was to find out about student mobile phone ownership, their attitude to using their mobiles for learning, and if they are using them for learning, what they are using them for.…”
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Helping students select a dissertation topic : a motivation-based approach by Girardi, Gherardo

“…It is not unusual for students to struggle to find a dissertation topic. To address this problem, I designed an exercise that helps students to better connect with their motivations, or the inner drives they have, for wanting to choose one topic or another. …”
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The Barrie guide to the English legal system 2021 (October 2021 update) by Goldstone, Barrie

“…If you have not studied or worked with English Law before, you will find it invaluable to gain a basic knowledge of legal structure, legal language, legal research and legal analysis, before looking at the substantive law which forms the main body of this course. …”

Dealing, music and youth violence: neighbourhood relational change, isolation and youth criminality by Alexander, James

“…The study considers the emergence of drill music, county lines and the lowering of the threshold of when weapons are used to explore the isolated social environments so many young people find themselves in. The book tracks how authorities have transitioned from an enforcement led to a public health approachh to tacking violence. …”
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Flexural strength of concrete prism strengthened using CFRP with modified mortar by Radzuan, Nurshafiqah, Ali, Noorwirdawati, Abdul Hamid, Noor Azlina, Salleh, Norhafizah

“…Hence, it is essential to find repair and strengthening techniques of deteriorated concrete structures not only suitable in terms of the economy, but also to use them for their intended service life.…”
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A user profile for information filtering using RFID-SIM card in pervasive network by Osman, A.A., Mantoro, Teddy

“…Thus, many new data processing techniques make difficult to user to find pertinent information in suitable time, unless knowing what accurately is in search of, where and how getting it. …”
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