Processing developments in employee performance and reward by Perkins, Stephen J.

“…Originality/value Employee performance appraisal as an institutional process central to organizational control systems is a topic of interest to both organizational effectiveness academics and the managerial practitioners they study. Using data that broadly represent recent developments in managerial practice across “UK plc”, the paper informs reflection on theory and practice.…”
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Anti-diabetic and pharmacological activities, of phytoestrogens by Roostaei, Davoud, Rezazadeh, S., Sharafi, S., White, Kenneth

“…Incubation of cells (104/ml, in 24 well plate at 37 °C in 5% CO2 / air) with three phytoestrogens at concentration of 10-4 M to 10-9M in two studies mood, short term treatment (one hour) and long term treatment (24 hours) revealed, daidzein stimulates uptake of glucose, with a greater effect after a short treatment of one hour compared with treatment 24 hours. The effect was broadly higher at the lower concentrations tried, 1 μM to 1nM, at which glucose uptake was increased four to five fold after a one hour treatment. …”
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The mind of the everyday in contemporary fine art and Zen Buddhist practice by Pok, Chong Boon

“…It developed an enhanced understanding of the everyday in contemporary fine art and Zen Buddhist practice in new and original ways, through bringing forward and integrating the physical and theoretical components of my studio practice.The everyday in my studio practice refers to things we encounter day-in and day-out that we are unlikely to give a second thought, like background noise, we hear it but hardly pay any attention to it. …”
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An ethnographic study examining food and drink practices in four early childhood settings by Albon, Deborah

“…I argue that early childhood practice is increasingly centred on a project of taming children's futures at the expense of their immediate and embodied experiences; something that highlighting food events brings into sharp focus. I assert that pleasure and playfulness are important for children and adults alike and need to be valued in early childhood practice.…”
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Socio-spatial practices of well-being: authors of civic ecologies by McAllister, Jane

“…The paper examines practices of city farms and the value that they bring to the community by fostering ‘well-being’ (Raz, 2004) from the ground up. …”
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Deconstructing the mole: a sociological narrative study that explores the mole concept experiences of science students and lecturers, in the context of social justice by Egbe-Agbor, Charles

“…This will increase mole prior knowledge of all the learners, which is crucial for a broad and balanced science curriculum.…”
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Policing terrorism in Nigeria: challenges for the 21st century by Mbaso, Chijioke Theophilius

“…In addition, the findings confirm that the NPF and similar agencies know they lack the skill set needed to bring the issue of terrorism to a minimum. Hence, training needs have been identified and embarked on. …”
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Proposed new interior design of Barbie flagship store for Mattel Inc. at Lot 2395, Seksyen 41, Jalan Sultan Ismail, 50350 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan / Nur Diyana Amira Mohd... by Mohd Ali Shaifuddin, Nur Diyana Amira

“…The aim of the project is to proposed new interior design for the Barbie flagship store and the objective is to design an interior space that resemble the image of Barbie at the same time brings a modem touch and welcoming ambience for customers to visit. …”
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Adaptive outdoor thermal comfort in hot and humid climate of urban park in Malaysia / Rabiatul Adawiyah Nasir by Nasir, Rabiatul Adawiyah

“…The condition has the potential to sustainably reduce urban temperatures and outdoor thermal discomfort in Shah Alam. The broad aims of this study are to establish an adaptive outdoor thermal comfort model according to users' behavioural patterns and physical conditions of urban recreational parks in Malaysia. …”
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Validating the Physical Activity and Leisure Motivation Scale (PALMS) by Molanorouzi, K., Khoo, S., Morris, T.

“…Often, the measures used were not broad enough to reflect all the reasons for participation in PA. …”

Zerumbone targets the CXCR4-RhoA and PI3K-mTOR signaling axis to reduce motility and proliferation of oral cancer cells by Zainal, Nur Syafinaz, Gan, Chai Phei, Lau, Beng Fye, Yee, Pei San, Tiong, Kai Hung, Rahman, Zainal Ariff Abdul, Patel, Vyomesh, Cheong, Sok Ching

“…Results: Our panel of OSCC cells was broadly sensitive towards zerumbone with IC50 values of less than 5 µM whereas normal keratinocyte cells were less responsive with IC50 values of more than 25 µM. …”

A reliable and economically feasible automatic meter reading system using power line distribution network by Moghavvemi, M., Tan, S.Y., Wong, S.K.

“…The cost of implementation is low and the benefits, especially economically, that it brings to the utility company are immense.…”

Biochemical characterization and optimization of cellulases for empty fruit bunch Saccharification by Obeng Eugene Marfo

“…The biochemical characterization of the cellulases (i.e., endoglucanase, BsCel5A; exoglucanase, CelK: β-glucosidase, BglA) revealed that the enzymes are active over a broad range of pH (4-10) and temperature (30-100 oC). …”
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Synthesis and characterization of new hybrid hexasubstituted cyclotriphosphazene-schiff bases and its effect on the fire retardancy of epoxy resin composite by Nur Atika Waldin

“…Broad research in hexasubstituted cyclotriphosphazene derivatives has become a great investment especially in science and technology. …”
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Fabrication and spectroscopic properties of tellurite glass containing rice husk by Siti Nur Hajrah Piara

“…XRD spectra validate the amorphous nature of glass samples with appearance of broad hump in the range of 25° - 35° and the absence of sharp peak. …”
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Clinacanthus nutans crude polysaccharide extract as a green platform for microwave-assisted synthesis of silver nanoparticles: optimization, characterization, and evaluation of bio... by Devasvaran, Kogilavanee, Alallam, Batoul, Lee, Carmen, Yong, Yoke Keong, Lim, Vuanghao

“…The synthesis condition was optimized using the Box–Behnken design method. The synthesized UL_AgNP showed the surface plasmon resonance peak at 458 nm. …”
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Clinacanthus nutans crude polysaccharide extract as a green platform for microwave-assisted synthesis of silver nanoparticles: Optimization, characterization, and evaluation of bio... by Devasvaran, Kogilavanee, Alallam, Batoul, Lee, Carmen, Yong, Yoke Keong, Lim, Vuanghao

“…The synthesis condition was optimized using the Box–Behnken design method. The synthesized UL_AgNP showed the surface plasmon resonance peak at 458 nm. …”
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Breeding of high yielding and dwarf oil palm planting materials using Deli dura × Nigerian pisifera population by Arolu, Ibrahim Wasiu, Yusop, Mohd Rafii, Marjuni, Marhalil, Musa, Mohamed Hanafi, Sulaiman, Zulkefly, Harun, Abdul Rahim, Zainol Abidin, Mohd Isa, Amiruddin, Mohd Din, Din, Ahmad Kushairi, Nookiah, Rajanaidu

“…Palm height after 8 years of field planting ranged from 1.67 to 2.78 m (control cross) with trial mean of 2.12 m. Broad sense heritability (h2B) was found to be very low (<17.60%) for all the yield traits, however this parameter was high for vegetative traits with palm height having h2B of 90%. …”
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Kant and Hegel in Dickens' Selected Works by Taghi Beigi, Parivash

“…I propose to clarify these desires by bringing together the theories of two famous philosophers: Immanuel Kant (in the 18th century) and George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (in the early 19th century). …”
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Communicating the Baba-Nyonya cultural identity by Kuake, James Beng Mun

“…The findings also indicated general decline in the demonstration of Baba-Nyonya cultural identity and efforts to transmit the culture but with a slight turnaround among respondents born in the 1990s. These can be explained by the broad and specific socio-economic and political scenarios surrounding these eras…”
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