Projection of older population in Malaysia by physical disability status by Muhammad Aziz, Mohd Azmi Haron, Zailan Siri, Noriszura Ismail

“…By 2040, it is anticipated that Malaysia will have nearly 1.7 million disabled older persons experiencing at least two of the six physical limitations delineated in the National Health Morbidity Survey 2019. …”
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A linearization based on Taylor expansion to multi-objective linear fractional program with fuzzy coefficients and fuzzy decision variables by Mojtaba Borza, Azmin Sham Rambely

“…In two phases, this method alters the fully fuzzy problem into linear programming problem (LPP) which its solution is at least a weakly E - efficient for the main problem. …”
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Why not travel to Malaysia? variations in inbound tourists perceptions toward halal-friendly destination attributes by Azali, Mohamed, Kamal Basha, Norazlyn, Chang, Yee-Shan, Lim, Xin-Jean, Cheah, Jun-Hwa

“…A total of 666 observations were collected using surveys and the data sets were analyzed via partial least squares structural equation modeling. The empirical results show that both countries have indicated variations in terms of preferences for social environment, services, and facilities. …”

Determination of hexane residues in vegetable oils with FTIR spectroscopy by Mirghani, M. E. S., Che Man, Y. B.

“…The method was based on horizontal attenuated total reflectance with a ZnSe crystal at 45° at room temperature, and partial least squares (PLS) statistics were used to derive calibration models. …”
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Multivariate calibration of Fourier transform infrared spectra in determining iodine value of palm oil products by Che Man, Y.B, Setiowaty, G

“…Forty-two spectra of palm oil with IV ranging between 53 and 65 were used to create calibration models based on partial least squares (PLS) and principle component regression (PCR) methods using different baseline types. …”
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Memoryless quasi-Newton-type methods via some weak secant relations for large-scale unconstrained optimization by Lim, Keat Hee, Leong, Wah June

“…These updating methods are derived by means of a least-change updating strategy subjected to some weaker form of secant relation obtained by projecting the secant equation onto the search direction. …”
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Modelling Framework of Regulatory Changes to Improve Efficiency of Malaysian IPO Market (S/O 14203) by Mohd Rashid, Rasidah, Abdul Rahim, Ruzita, Hwei, Khaw Lee, Tajuddin, Ahmad Hakimi, Che Yahya, Norliza

“…The study uses cross-sectional data over 16 years from 2000 to 2016. It uses ordinary least squares for the baseline model and incorporates an interaction term, quantile regression, quadratic term, break test and logit regression model for further analysis. …”
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Advanced Structural Materials

“…Concrete and cement properties and consistency, structural properties of modern wooden materials, and thermal insulation materials are the main topics of the last chapter. The edition will be useful to specialists in materials science, machinery and construction.…”
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A review of homogenous ensemble methods on the classification of breast cancer data by Nur Farahaina, Idris, Mohd Arfian, Ismail

“…In the last decades, emerging data mining technology has been introduced to assist humankind in generating relevant decisions. …”
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Effectiveness of influencer marketing tactics and our understanding of consumers psychology in the digital era by Muhammad Ashraf, Fauzi, Farghaly, Ahmed Taiseer, Nur Sofia Nabila, Alimin

“…Social media became very popular lately and social media influencers became a main driver in the marketing strategies in the last years, they also have the ability to influence a wild numbers of audience behaviours and their preference when it comes to purchasing decisions and all this became possible because of social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok, This paper aims to improve our knowledge of marketing through social media influencers by studying how influencer attributes effects customers behaviour, attributes such as expertise, trustworthiness, similarities, and attractiveness , this paper will provide some important ideas on how to improve influencers marketing strategies and will make us understand customers purchasing behaviour, the results of this paper might deliver a very useful insights on how to develop brands ethical marketing and will provide suggestions to help brands in implementing influencers marketing in their marketing strategies to be able to reach their target audience through better and real cost efficient manner…”
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Manipulation in the in situ growth design parameters of aqueous zinc-based electrodes for batteries: The fundamentals and perspectives by Nurul Akmal, Che Lah

“…Consideration of the fundamental crystal features of Zn, endowing the predominant key for its growth assembly, is provided. Last, the review offers perspectives on the current progress of Zn–Air batteries in the application of electric vehicles.…”
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Stem Life: A Framework for Understanding the Prebiotic-Biotic Transition by Fournier, Gregory P.

“…Drawing from several natural history analogies, I show how this shift in perspective enriches our understanding of Origins and directly informs debates on defining Life, the emergence of the Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA), and the implications of prebiotic chemical experiments.…”
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NOFIS: Normalizing Flow for Rare Circuit Failure Analysis by Gao, Zhengqi, Zhang, Dinghuai, Daniel, Luca, Boning, Duane

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15.012 Applied Macro- and International Economics, Spring 2002 by Thurow, Lester

“…The fourth part looks at the problems faced by transition economies. Finally, the last module looks at challenges of developed countries.…”
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Prospects of a multipolar international monetary order by Alam Md Whaheed

“…It has experienced turmoil periods at different moments but survived. But in the last twenty-five years the US has been undergoing persistent current account deficit and external debts. …”
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A study on Chinese religion model and how it may inspire interreligious relations in Singapore by Feng, Yiqin

“…Chapter 3 describes on some of the main problems of Singapore religious environment led by state control, and demonstrate on why and how Chinese Religion Model can help in alleviate these problems. At last, conclusion is drawn that by accepting practices from various religions can help to build a sense of community in a multi-religious society where religions are under state control.…”
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Comparison of different binary classification models on radiomic features by Loo, Bryan Kun Hao

“…Machine Learning (ML) has advanced significantly in the last few years and offers many different approaches on how to detect and model out associations. …”
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Dying to be seen : suicide and the Chinese in colonial Singapore, 1860s - 1930s by Gan, Zhen Yin

“…For European colonial subjects, suicide was regarded as a tragedy and/or consequence for the pathologically ill while the Chinese colonial subject viewed it as an alternative or last resort to transform themselves into subjects of value that was advocated by Confucian thought. …”
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Translating oral histories: a podcast by Wong, Melissa Xin Yu

“…This is done with a number of approaches: retaining the shorter clauses and sentences of the Chinese source text; translating oral features and other pieces of non-verbal communication; keeping and inserting discourse participles from both Chinese and Singlish to modulate the tone and build consensus; and editorial insertions. In particular, the last approach of editorial insertions renders the translator visible, a deliberate decision made to both respect the original speaker and to remind readers that someone else has shaped the stories being presented.…”
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Investigation of silicon nanowires photodetector by Foo, Kai Lin.

“…Silicon oxide was deposited on the SiNWs as passivation, to replace the thermal oxide that was removed for the purpose of inspection. The last round of fabrication was to reduce the high leakage current observed in batch 1 diodes. …”
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