In this work, a high-performance catalytic membrane, composed of ultrasmall gold nanoclusters (AuNCs) and high aspect-ratio carbon nanotubes (CNTs), was designed for the continuous-flow catalytic reactions. In this hybrid catalytic membrane, the Au core of the NCs serves as high-performance catalyst, and the ligand of the NCs plays two key roles: (

Abstract As the airline industry struggles to be profitable in the face of high operating costs and intense competition, electronic ticketing has emerged to be an effective way to reduce costs. While market research shows an increasing trend among travellers to book air tickets online, they are mostly from advanced nations such as the United States

Tax non-compliance is a subject that has attracted substantial discussion not only within policy circles but also within the academia. The non-compliance issue is very important as the compliance rate will affect the revenue collection from taxpayers of a country. In view of the importance of tax compliance behavior, the present study aims at (1) e

This paper compares and analyses Singapore government’s commitments towards the past haze phenomenon with the haze attack on 2013. In the past, Singapore seemed to be quite willing to tolerate hazy skies and choking smog caused by the haze; but the haze in June 2013 oversees significant change in Singapore’s behavior from being half-hearted to

This paper reports the outcome of a study carried out in four Algerian high schools with 240 Students to obtain a deeper insight into their perceptions of challenges that they are facing in Learning English as a Second Foreign Language in the classroom, in addition, to see whether the gender plays a vital role in challenges. Quantitative data were

Hypodontia is characterized by the absence of one to six teeth. Malaysia has a high prevalence of hypodontia (2.8%). This study aimed to investigate the MSX1 mutation with clinical variability in Malaysian hypodontia families and to correlate the findings a previous study of the PAX9 mutation. Materials and methods: We re-examined seven individuals

Introduction: Increasing the cessation rate among smokers was among the effective strategies to reduce smoking related health problems. Identification of stages of smoking cessation among smokers is a pre-requisite to enhance the rate of smoking cessation. The aims of the study were to determine the prevalence and factor/s associated with stages of

Native Customary Rights (NCR) is not defined in the present Land Code (CAP. 81) 1958, Sarawak, (hereinafter referred to as the "Code") but Native Customary Land is. Section 2 of the Code defines Native Customary Land (NCL) to mean land in which native customary rights, whether communal or otherwise, have lawfully been created prior to the 1

This research discusses the actual concept of al-Ijtihad in al-Rukhas as-shar iyyah and its relationship with Jurist's justification. It will address this issue by looking into the various channel of ijtihad evidences such as al-qiyas, al-Istihsan, al-masalih al-mu'tabarah and al-urf in order to extend the usage of al-rukhas as-shar'iyy

يحظى التحكيم لدى جانبٌ واسعٌ من الفقه بأنه يمتاز بقدرة فائقة على تسوية المنازعات بشكل إحترافي تعجز عنه المنظومة القضائية بما يجعله بديلاً أفضل لتسوية المنازعات ،ومجاراةً لذلك أفردتْ السلطات