This paper examine the response asymmetries of the Malaysian market to two developed markets – the US and Japan. We used weekly data from January 1988 to December 2007 and simple regression and VAR analyses. In line with previous studies, we found evidence for the presence of response asymmetries in the Malaysian market. The evidence strongly suggests significant responses of the Malaysian mark...

In a time of ever more rapid and extensive technological change, the task of transitioning to new technologies presents each nation with a set of critical challenges and choices. What will be the most effective response will depend both on the particular capabilities, legal frameworks, and political realities in each national setting, and the ways in which global shifts which shape and sharpen ...

2 Detailed Technical Approach 2 2.1 Production-quality source address validation testing system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.2 Use measurement results to inform compliance efforts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.3 Traffic SAV analysis system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2.4 Enabling SAV testing in home networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 ...

In this paper, we adopt a new communication protocol between the UAV and fixed on-ground nodes. This protocol tends to reduce communication power consumption by stopping communication if the channel is not good to communicate (i.e. far nodes, obstacles, etc.) The communication is performed using the XBee 868M standard and Libelium wapsmotes. Our designed protocol is based on a new communication...

Big Data brings unprecedented power to address scientific, economic and societal issues, but also amplifies the possibility of certain pitfalls. These include using purely data-driven approaches that disregard understanding the phenomenon under study, aiming at a dynamically moving target, ignoring critical data collection issues, summarizing or preprocessing the data inadequately and mistaking...

We present City Sentinel, an in-house built visual analytic software capable of handling a large collection of textual documents by combining diverse text mining and visualization tools. We applied this tool for the Vast Challenge 2011, Mini Challenge 1 over millions of tweet messages. We demonstrate how City Sentinel aided the analyst in retrieving the hidden information from the tweet message...

One of the most controversial stages in the jury selection process is the lawyers' exercise of peremptory challenges. Peremptory challenges allow a party to remove a prospective juror from the jury panel without giving any reasons. The United States Supreme Court has held that the purpose of the peremptory challenge is "to assure the parties that the jurors before whom they try the case will de...

The first of two Dutch skeptics' attempts at disproving the Mars effect failed (Nienhuys 1993a). Contrary to the Nienhuys view, however, the second pass of the Dutch critics at the Gauquelin claiman attempt at undermining the validity of his data baseis shown to fail as well. The critics drew apparent support from my previous unearthing of a Gauquelin biasGauquelin had exempted cases from publi...

In this paper a robust multivariable H-infinite controller for an UAV to track all types of manoeuvres in the presence of noisy environment is addressed. The results demonstrate the ability of the proposed control scheme to maintain the desired trajectory despite the presence of noise and uncertainties. Tests with realistically large control inputs are used to validate the design.

The cancer burden is a global problem, and oncology nurses should be accountable for delivering safe and effective cancer care and providing the best possible experience for patients. The development and application of evidence-based practice in cancer care is an effective strategy in achieving this goal; however, the journey in which such practice involves may encounter various challenges. In ...