Effect of Various Plasticizers in Different Concentrations on Physical, Thermal, Mechanical, and Structural Properties of Wheat Starch-Based Films by A. B. A. Mohammed, Abdulrahman, Hasan, Zaimah, A. Borhana Omran, Abdoulhdi, Abdulhafid M. Elfaghi, Abdulhafid M. Elfaghi, Khattak, M.A., Ilyas, R. A., Sapuan, S. M.

“…The addition of different plasticizers shows improvement in water resistance; films plasticized with glycerol had the lowest water absorption at 35% fructose (187.4%) and also showed coherent surfaces. Glycerol, sorbitol, and urea films showed a higher mass loss compared to fructose films. …”
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The golden thread of Woolmington – A domestic yarn that should never have been spun by Dyer, Karen

“…It will be shown that there were numerous ‘red flags’ in Reginald Woolmington’s behaviour towards Violet, his wife, which indicated that she was at risk of serious physical violence from her husband. The commentary then reflects on the fact that such an important ruling is named after a domestic abuser.…”
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Anglo-German commercial and financial rivalry in Brazil 1900-1929 by Moller, C.

“…Being reminiscent of the continuous enquiries into the state of Britain's home industries, the thesis re-opens the complementary debate about British comparative efficiency in world trade and her ability to withstand Germany's expansion into new overseas markets. …”
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A robust digital image watermarking using repetition codes against common attacks by Hassan, Abdullahi Mohamud

“…The proposed methods have undergone several simulation attacks tests in order to check up and compare their robustness against various attacks, like salt and pepper, speckle, compress, Gaussian, image contrast, resizing and cropping attack. …”
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Vocational College teachers in Malaysia: confirmatory factor analysis for job attitude by Mustafa, Mohamad Zaid, Nordin, Mohd Norazmi, Abdul Razzaq, Abdul Rasid, Ibrahim, Badaruddin

“…Job attitude is often seen as something that makes a teacher successful or u nsuccessful in carrying out his or her job at school. Negative job attitudes reflect that a teacher's commitment to the school organization is not as expected. …”
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“Everything, it was everything”: victim blame, victimism, and responsibilisation by Beddows, Amy

“…To make the process as participatory as possible, I ran follow-up focus groups and requested feedback from the women to ‘sense check’ my findings. The focus group data were analysed through thematic analysis and NVivo software. …”
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A review of reliability tests on safety technologies by Mohammad Hisyammuden, Muhammad Syahmi, Hassan, Suhaimi, Mustaffa, Musfirah, Jumari, Mohamad Zhairul Iqumal, Mat Nadir, Mohamad Amirul, Yusof, N M, Ikhsan, M S, Ismon, Maznan, Zakaria, Hanis, Faizan Marwah, Omar Mohd, Yusof, M S

“…They perform a variety of tasks that demand physical exertion, such as repairing damaged automobiles, performing routine check-up procedures, or performing restoration work, among others. …”
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Automated human cortical bone Haversian canal histomorphometric comparison system by Abdullah, Hadi, Abdul Jamil, Muhammad Mahadi, Khan, Ijaz, Abd Wahab, Mohd Helmy Bin, Mohd Nor, Faridah

“…The system is designed to automatically check normality of the parameters measurement data and select the relevant comparison test. …”
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Evaluation of third class survey data for national digital cadastral database population by Sarif, Abd. Sukor

“…The objectives of this study are: i) to check the quality of an existing Third Class survey, and ii) to adjust the Third Class survey of the study area with acceptable accuracy. …”
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Topical and transdermal botanical formulations of the Chinese pharmacopoeia—a review by Gu, Jingyi, Lane, Majella E., Sil dos Santos, Bruno, Heinrich, Michael

“…The use of botanical materials in TCM formulations is guided by the “Jun‐Chen‐Zuo‐Shi” principle rooted in Yin‐Yang and the five elements' theories. …”
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Building a family ontology to meet consistency criteria by Tan, Mee Ting

“…The main aim of this research is to build a new Family Ontology which obeys the consistency criteria. Consistency checking ensures there are no contradictory concepts found within the resulting ontology. …”
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The effectiveness of approach : addressing the value of rights-based interventions to protect human rights defenders in oppressive environments by Bennett, Karen L.

“…The commentary describes the genesis of the work presented, and brings coherence and context to the submission. The nine outputs in the submission (Outputs A – I) address the nature of approaches to interventions for the protection of human rights defenders. …”
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Meta-analyses of the functional neural alterations in subjects with Internet gaming disorder: similarities and differences across different paradigms by Zheng, Hui, Hu, Yanbo, Wang, Ziliang, Wang, Min, Du, Xiaoxia, Dong, Guangheng

“…The present research aimed to combine the results of individual studies to provide a more coherent and powerful explanation. By selecting 40 studies utilizing a qualified whole-brain analysis, we performed a comprehensive series of meta-analyses that employed seed-based d mapping. …”
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Effect of Various Plasticizers in Different Concentrations on Physical, Thermal, Mechanical, and Structural Properties of Wheat Starch-Based Films by Abdulrahman A. B. A. Mohammed, Abdulrahman A. B. A. Mohammed, Zaimah Hasan, Zaimah Hasan, Abdoulhdi A. Borhana Omran, Abdoulhdi A. Borhana Omran, Abdulhafid M. Elfaghi, Abdulhafid M. Elfaghi, M.A. Khattak, M.A. Khattak, R. A. Ilyas, R. A. Ilyas, S. M. Sapuan, S. M. Sapuan

“…The addition of different plasticizers shows improvement in water resistance; films plasticized with glycerol had the lowest water absorption at 35% fructose (187.4%) and also showed coherent surfaces. Glycerol, sorbitol, and urea films showed a higher mass loss compared to fructose films. …”
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The relationship between technological capability and innovative SMEs by Mohd Radzi, Noorhassidah

“…Overall, firms need to perform an internal strategic and coherent strategy commensurate with the expected environment to get better performance.…”
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Unrolling the text: using scrolls to facilitate academic reading by Abegglen, Sandra, Burns, Tom, Middlebrook, Dave, Sinfield, Sandra

“…We conclude with an example of what happened when one of our staff participants took scrolls back to her third year Design students, and we argue that utilising emancipatory teaching practices can make higher education more inclusive.…”
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Role of China in Africa : three case studies of Angola, Ethiopia and Zambia by Tootoonchian, Soodabeh, Noohi, Sepideh

“…This paper concludes Chinese engagement in Africa to be multifaceted in light of her varied ‘development partnerships’, seen through the Angolan, Ethiopian and Zambian case studies. …”
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Myths about myths? A commentary on Thomas (2020) and the question of jury rape myth acceptance by Daly, Ellen, Smith, Olivia, Bows, Hannah, Brown, Jennifer, Chalmers, James, Cowan, Sharon, Horvath, Miranda A. H., Leverick, Fiona, Lovett, Jo, Munro, Vanessa, Willmott, Dominic

“…Key messages: Thomas (2020) argued that her research showed rape myths do not influence juries. …”
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“The facts don’t work”: the EU referendum campaign and the journalistic construction of ‘post-truth politics’ by Collins, Jeremy

“…In this context, this paper will seek to understand how British media have constructed the notions of truth, fact and the ‘post-factual’ during the referendum campaign, by analysing a number of key contested issues in the referendum debates, with a particular focus on the ‘fact-check’ websites and blogs which emerged in order to address what media channels presented as a distorted and unenlightening political process.…”
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Temperature effect on the low-velocity impact characteristics of glass laminated aluminium reinforced epoxy panels by Chow, Zhen Pei

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