Shareholders of a target company must be well informed of the merits of a takeover bid for their shares. The takeovers law requires the board of the bidder to provide all information necessary to enable the shareholders of the target to arrive at an informed decision. In addition, the board of the target company is also required to appoint an indep

In recent years, there has been much focus on the design and development of database management systems that incorporate and provide more flexible query operators that return data items which are dominating other data items in all attributes (dimensions). This type of query operations is named preference queries as they prefer one data item over th

The level scheme of the 148,150,152,154,156,158Sm isotopes have been investigated using both IBA-1 and IBA-2 versions of Interacting Boson Approximation Model. IBA-1 and IBA-2 Hamiltonian parameters are obtained as well as the extraction of the energy levels. Also, the electric quadrupole transition probabilities ( 2 : ) i f B E J → J of the Sm i

Energy levels, B(E2) values and potential energy surface for even-even 170-178Yb isotopes have been calculated using the IBM-1. The predicted energy levels, B(E2) values and intrinsic quadrupole moments Q0 results were reasonably consistent with the experimental data. The contour plot of the potential energy surfaces shows all interest nuclei were

Background: Safe surgical margins are difficult to achieve when performing surgical resections for bone and soft tissue tumours involving the pelvis. We evaluated whether safe surgical margins could be achieved and if oncological outcomes could be predicted based on microscopic marginal status. Method: We analyzed 53 consecutive patients surgically

Particle image velocimetry was used in a low-speed wind tunnel to investigate the vortex structures of a slender reverse delta wing at various angles of attack and roll. This work investigates the characteristics of the vortices generated downstream in planes perpendicular to the freestream direction and their dependence on angles of attack and rol

The elbow joint has a key role in the functions of the upper limb like feeding, washing and toilet care. Its hinge action and strong static collateral stability, combined with dexterity and versatility of the shoulder, hand and forearm enables the hand to be put in almost any position on the body. The elbow is inherently a stable joint. Both static

The chapter looks at the history and development of of Islamic institution in Malaysia. The issues of federalism and distribution of legislative powers are discussed in relation to Islamic institution. The chapter discusses the Islamic religious councils, mufti and syariah courts.

This study assesses the mean and volatility spillover effects of changes in food prices among a number of Asia and Pacific countries - Australia, New Zealand, Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, India and Thailand - including the USA as a special case using daily observations for 1995 to 2010. Employing an empirical multivariate-TGARCH model this

Mawdudi's thesis of Muslim unity touches core of the issue as he emphasizes on finding the basics of understanding the Muslim unity. Any attempt to set the theory of Muslim unity may not get the practical dimension until the standards of its understanding are laid out. In other words, it can be said that setting the basics of understanding the