Online Mapping-Based Navigation System for Wheeled Mobile Robot in Road Following and Roundabout by Ali, Mohammed A. H., Mailah, Musa

“…A road mapping and feature extraction for mobile robot navigation in road roundabout and road following environments is presented in this chapter. …”
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Blueprints for change in post-Tsunami Aceh, Indonesia by Daly, Patrick, Feener, R. Michael, Jauhola, Marjaana, Thorburn, Craig

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Instruments for assessing Malaysian children’s oral health-related quality of life (OHRQOL): A mini systematic review by Ramli, Muhammad Zaki, Nina Suhaity, Azmi

“…Articles from Scopus and Web of Science were retrieved, following an advanced search with the following search string: (oral OR dental) AND (child* OR kid* OR (primary dentition)) AND (quality of life) AND Malaysia*), resulting in a final of six shortlisted and reviewed articles based on the review objective. …”
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The shari'ah objectives and their implications for non-Muslim minorities: the case of Malaysia by Amanullah, Muhammad

“…The first category is further divided into following sub-types: protection of religion, protection of life, protection of progeny, protection of intellect, and protection of wealth. …”
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Arab Spring by Hossain, Ishtiaq

“…Having done these, the chapter subsequently analyses the following:Leadership and Organizational Structure; Evolution and Major Transformations; Impact on Political Dynamics and Future Prospects…”
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Elections and electoral system

“…Except for an ethnic riot between the Malays and the Chinese following general elections in 1969 (which suspended parliamentary democracy for about two years), elections were held relatively peacefully,…”
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Psychology in Malaysia: current trends and future directions by Abdul Rahman, Shukran

“…The suggestions of the way forward for the field of psychology in Malaysia are also discussed, the goals being to provide a direction for this field to practise and studies in Malaysia. The following section discusses the current scenario in Malaysia that necessitates the contribution of psychology, followed by the current trends on the roles of psychology in the country.…”
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Case Study: Recombinant Bromelain Selection by Azura, Amid, Nurul Azira, Ismail, Zatul Iffah, Mohd Arshad

“…The criteria that we examined were the following: (1) easy access to a DNA source; (2) broad application; (3) an enzyme size amenable to the cloning strategy; (4) available data in free online databases; (5) broad industrial application.…”

Contemporary human rights issues in Malaysia by Shuaib, Farid Sufian

“…The polemics and contested issues canvassed in following discussion will look at these tensions which involve traditions and understanding of the relationship between the State and the people.…”
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On nonlinear dynamic system arising in Potts model by Ganikhodjaev, Nasir, Nawi, Mohamed Ashraf

“…Each phase is characterized by a pafticular attractor and the phase diagram is obtained by following the evolution and detecting the qualitative changements of these attractors. …”
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The role of psychological factors in health and illness : the application and future direction of health psychology in Malaysia by Abdul Majid, Hariyati Shahrima

“…The chapter is divided into the following sections: (1) overview of health psychology; (2) literature review on psychological factors associated with health and illness-related behaviors; (3) health and illness in Malaysia; (4) major landmarks ofhealth psychology in Malaysia; and (5) coronary heart disease among Malaysians referring to a study on the relationship between psychological factors and outcomes. …”
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Informal caucuses within the WTO: Singapore in the “invisibles group” by Desker, Barry

“…The following sections are included: - Introduction - The Invisibles Group - Origins of the Invisibles Group - The 1995 Inaugural Meeting - Five Meetings Before the Singapore Ministerial Conference - What these Meetings Achieved - Opportunity Lost and the Proliferation of Free Trade Agreements - Singapore's Inclusion in Key Informal Groupings - Ensuring a Central Role for the WTO Director-General - Influence of the Quads and the Absence of a Developing Country Agenda - Accomplishing the Information Technology Agreement - The Second WTO Ministerial Conference - The Issue of NGO Participation - End of the Invisibles - Conclusion…”
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Review of current practices and development of Islamic micro credit and micro financing by Md Saad, Norma, Abdul Razak, Dzuljastri, Abdul Rahman, Abdul Rahim

“…Finding : This study found that the practices of micro credit and micro finance in Bangladesh, Malaysia and Indonesia have succeeded in alleviating poverty albeit following conventional methods. This industry is not well developed in Pakistan and Sudan as it is at its formative stage. …”
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The 1976 Bali Summit: ASEAN shifts gears by Desker, Barry

“…A discussion of the decision to hold the Summit and its outcomes requires an appreciation of the genesis for the establishment of ASEAN in 1967, a recognition of the challenges faced by ASEAN in its formative years and the climate of uncertainty in the region following the emergence of communist regimes in Indochina in 1975, and an awareness that bilateral relationships among ASEAN Member States (AMS) at that time were uneasy and characterised by mutual suspicions.…”
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Entangled loyalties : Qiaopi, Chinese community structures, and the state in Southeast Asia by van Dongen, Els

“…The "state" in this context does not only include the sending state of China, but also the policies affecting Chinese communities before and under colonial rule and following decolonization in Southeast Asia.…”
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Health, medicine and disease : among the barefoot doctors of Hangzhou by Fang, Xiaoping

“…In this chapter, I share my fieldwork experience researching the history of medicine in Zhejiang Province by addressing the following key questions: why was fieldwork indispensable? …”
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Singapore English, language mixing, and vernacular speech by Bolton, Kingsley, Botha, Werner

“…In this chapter, we present an overview of research on Singapore English, a field of academic inquiry which began in the mid-nineteen seventies, and which has expanded greatly throughout the following decades. Today, there is a small library of research on Singapore English, from multiple perspectives, not least with reference to the spread and features of the colloquial variety of the language known as ‘Singlish’. …”
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Judicial pluralism in the Malaysian legal system by Kayadibi, Saim

“…In this paper, the historical development of the Malay legal system is analyzed and the following themes are elaborated upon: Malaysia’s constitutional law, customary law, and tribal legal systems; Shari‘ah and civil court procedures; the first contacts with Islamic law; the influence of Portuguese, Dutch, and English law; and the Turk-Malay connection and strong relationships.…”
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Tahir Jalaluddin and Syed Shaykh Al-Hadi's aptation of the Salafiyyah ideas into colonial Malaya by Zakariya, Hafiz

“…In colonial Malaya, the safafi-'~'(j ideas found its following among a group of concerned Muslim scholars. …”
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Routing in mobile Ad Hoc Networks by Pathan, Al-Sakib Khan, Hong, Choong Seon

“…In this chapter we will learn about the following things: - The preliminaries of mobile ad hoc network - The challenges for routing in MANET - Expected properties of a MANET routing protocol - Categories of routing protocols for MANET - Major routing protocols for MANET - Criteria for performance comparison of the routing protocols for MANET - Achievements and future research directions - Expectations and reality…”
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