Effect of consumers' awareness about country of origin on purchasing decision in Klang Valley, Malaysia by Taheri, Nasim

“…The accumulated information was examined with care to double check the accuracy using SPSS. The data collected was analysed using descriptive analysis, cross-tabulation analysis, factor analysis and multiple regression analysis. …”
Get full text

Essays on development economics by Wang, Wen

“…The estimation results remain robust when subjected to further checks and sensitivity tests. In addition, we consider alternative channels including pathogen stress, historical population density and colonization, which may also influence the degree of institutionalized democracy via the cultural dimension of collectivism / individualism. …”
Get full text

Advances in 3D optical profilometry by Huang, Lei

“…In addition, a practical phase retrieval framework is proposed for multi-frequency phase shifting method to accurately calculate the absolute phase and automatically identify invalid phase points via a thresholding and criterion checking process. For dynamic application, only a single frame of data is available to retrieve the wrapped phase and then unwrap it. …”
Get full text

Analysis and modelling of urban sprawl process and its spatiotemporal patterns in tripoli metropolitan area, Libya by Abdulhadi, Abubakr Albashir

“…Kappa statistic index of agreement technique was also used to check the validity of the CA– Markov chain model and the proposed hybrid models in terms of quantity and location. …”
Get full text

Physical unclonable function based solutions to unification of user, device and data authentication by Zheng, Yue

“…At a time of rampant public media manipulation and ease of fake image/video fabrication, verification of benign and malicious image transformations is necessary but not sufficient for fact checking of visual artefacts presented in the court of law. …”
Get full text

Health monitoring, lifetimes estimation, and thermal management of IGBT-based power converters by Mohamed Halick Mohamed Sathik

“…Normally, mean time to failure (MTTF) is used to check the reliability of power electronic components. …”
Get full text

Effectiveness of cognitive behavior therapy and Reiki therapy on adolescents with depressive disorders inTehran, Iran by Charkhandeh, Mansoureh

“…Pearson Chi Square analysis to check any significant association although the demographic variables (gender, age, parental education, medical problems, living arrangements and family income) between there group (CBT, Reiki and control). …”
Get full text