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The uses and abuses of power: teaching school leadership through children's literature by Thomson, Pat

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Classification of alcohol abusers: An intelligent approach by Kanna,, PS, Ravi,, KVR, Palaniappan,, R

“…Then, the total power extracted are used as features to classify alcohol abusers from control subjects using Multilayer Perceptron - Back Propogation (MLP-BP) neural network classifier. …”
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Inequitable access to substance abuse treatment services in Cape Town, South Africa by Myers-Franchi, Bronwyn, Louw, J., Pasche, S.C.

“…To date, substance abuse research has not examined the factors associated with substance abuse treatment utilization within developing countries. …”
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Impact of abusive supervision, perceived injustice and cultural values on counterproductive work behaviours of nurses in public healthcare in Malaysia by Low, Yoke May

“…This study fills the gap by examining the relationship between abusive supervision, nurses’ perception of injustice, individual differences (collectivism value orientation, power distance orientation and locus of control) and CWB using a sample of 337 nurses in six public hospitals in Klang Valley, Malaysia. …”
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Can independent directors prevent abusive related party transactions? by Md Nor, Hamezah, Ku Ismail, Ku Nor Izah

“…Therefore, an area of concern with regard to this issue is a mechanism that can constrain the insiders from engaging in abusive RPTs.Many jurisdictions have placed greater reliance on the institution of independent directors (INEDs) to protect the interest of shareholders.INEDs, being independent from the influence of the insiders, are expected to balance and limit the strong power and incentives of managers and controlling shareholders, thereby effectively prevent abusive RPTs.However, prior studies provide mixed results on whether INEDs are effective monitors. …”
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Safeguarding democratically elected local government councils in Nigeria from abuse by Aliyu, Musa Adamu, Abdullah, Anita, Mohd Anuar, Haslinda

“…The paper argues that the Code of Conduct Tribunal, being a quasi-adjudicatory body, has the power to sanction public officers who abuse their powers. …”
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Drugs misuse among children: measuring the level of parents' awareness on their children's behavioural change / Afifah Hanani Rosdi by Rosdi, Afifah Hanani

“…Significantly, parents are aware of reasons why drug addicts find it difficult to change their habits, mainly lacking motivation to stop taking drugs and that drug addicts do not have the power to control themselves. There was an agreement that unfulfilled needs such as 'not being respected or recognised for one’s capabilities' and 'not being loved or treated fairly by parents', were among causes of drug abuse. …”
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Impacts of legislative controls on private hospitals in Malaysia / Lee Kwee Heng by Lee , Kwee Heng

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Controlling shareholders: issues and challenges for shareholders’ empowerment in directors’ remuneration in corporate Malaysian by Mohd. Sulaiman, Aiman @ Nariman

“…The issue of protection of minority shareholder rights and the prevention of abuse of the controlling power by paying excessive remuneration to the executives is therefore a subject of due consideration in Malaysia and countries with similar shareholding structures. …”
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The effectiveness of medical student wellbeing workshop for stress management of medical students, school of medical sciences, USM by Yusoff, Muhamad Saiful Bahri

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Controlling shareholders’ networks and related party transactions : moderating role of director remuneration in Malaysia by Mohd Mohid Rahmat, Hanis Amera Mohd Amin, Norman Mohd Saleh

“…Past research argued that controlling shareholders can use their power of control to influence their networks via proxy (CSProxy) and multiple-directorship (CSMulti) to engage in related party transactions (RPT). …”
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Does the judiciary provide adequate control over subsidiary legislation / Norainy Shahar Alam by Hussein, Norashikin

“…in view of the alarmingly rate of subsidiary legislation enacted per year, there is a greater need for control over the subsidiary legislation so that the executive will no readily abuse the powers vested on to them according to their unfettered and unlimited discretion. …”
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The continuing saga of the proposed Malaysian Press Council: a boone or bane? by Shuaib, Farid Sufian, Haron, Hafidz Hakimi

“…The powers also come together with the potential abuse. …”
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Lack of amanah (trust) and its Implication in governance: issues of corruption in Malaysia by Ali, Mohammed Farid

“…This research found that unchecked power lures towards indiscriminate violation of trust, the study therefore proposes strict measures to control abuse and excessive power entrusted into the custody of the leader such as decentralization of authority and strengthening the power of the anticorruption institution.…”
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Risk and reflexivity in the development of Irish child protection law and policy, 1919-2017 by Walsh, Kieran

“…With the movement from simple to late modernity came an outbreak of child protection scandals, focused on the lack of intervention by the social services in abusive families, and on abuse in community organisations, most especially by the Roman Catholic Church. …”
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Competing patriarchal and feminist discourses in selected films of Tahmineh Milani by Feizabadi, Anna Sadat

“…The objectification of women, verbal abuse, physical violence, and the narrative of male superiority are the elements that constitute the discourse of patriarchy, while the subjugation of women, in terms of the denial of education, employment, independence, sisterhood, and equal power relations form the discourse of feminism. …”
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A legal study on the effectiveness of the Election Offences Act 1954 ('ACT 5') To regulate election expenses in Malaysia / Mohd Azmi Kassim by Kassim, Mohd Azmi

“…Hence, in order to minimize the abuse of power and corruption, there is a serious need to exert some control on party funding. …”
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Light and transmission electron microscopic study on the effect of contraceptive pills on the glomerulus and juxtaglomerular apparatus in mice by Al-Ani, Imad Matloub Dally, Noor Al-Deen, Jinan A., Kashmola, Muhanad Ali Hamdon

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Effects of behavioural family therapy intervention on juvenile delinquents at Ahvaz Correction Centre in Iran by Baratvand, Mahmood

“…The findings indicated that there were differences between the experimental and control groups on all the hypotheses with regard to the studied variables in this study, including behaviour correction, relationship with siblings, peers and parents, social and school adaptation, academic behaviour, drug abuse tendency, sexual behaviour and recidivism rate. …”
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Treating posttraumatic stress disorder using Narrative Exposure Therapy: A study of domestic violence survivors in south India by Raghuraman, Shruti

“…Responses to, and appraisals of abuse were found to be heavily influenced by pre-abuse identity, interpersonal childhood experiences, societal perceptions of, and stigmatising attitudes towards survivors. …”
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