Auditor reputation, auditor independence and local market prices: Contagious impact on Andersen's clients in Malaysia by Shafie, Rohami, Md. Idris, Kamil, Wan Ahmad, Wan Norhayati

“…This study examines the impact of Andersen reputation on market prices using the event that Andersen admitted shredded documents related to the Enron audit in United States. Specically, in this paper, we extend to the other stock exchange out of United States, namely Bursa Malaysia. …”
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An empirical study of the extent of usage of quantitative techniques in Malaysian business firms by Ku-Mahamud, Ku Ruhana, M. Oktovia, Brigida

“…Findings of this study are compared to a comparable survey in the United States and Hong Kong…”
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English diaspora in North America: migration, ethnicity and association, 1730s–1950s by Bueltmann, Tanja, MacRaild, Donald

“…Ethnic associations were once vibrant features of societies, such as the United States and Canada, which attracted large numbers of immigrants. …”

Computer crime and security a survey of financial institutions in Malaysia by Salim, Basariah, Tayib, Mahamad, Abidin, Shamharir

“…Studies in United States of America, Europe and Australia show that computer crime has grown along with the increase in the use of computers. …”
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Financial crisis: Risk and opportunity by Yong, Lina Yoke Wai

“…The bursting of speculative bubble in the United States has triggered the international finance crisis. …”
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The expression of recombinant bacille calmette-guerin (rBCG) containing VPI gene of enterovirus 71 (EV71) by Wey, Goh Kai

“…Enterovirus 71 (EV71) is a positive-sense single-stranded RNA, nonenveloped, icosahedrally symmetrical virus which was first detected in 1969 in United States. EV71 is associated with Hand-Foot-And-Mouth disease (HFMD) and some of EV71 infections may proceed to neurological diseases and even death because of neurogenic pulmonary edema. …”
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Global Security Conference Brisbane, Australia 28 Februari- 03 Mac 2010 by Rohasliney, Hashim

“…APHIS- United States Department of Agriculture Rebecca Bech is the Deputy Administrator for Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's (APHIS) Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) program. …”
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The complexity of the Malaysian income tax laws: Do we need the rewriting programme? by Saad, Natrah, Mat Udin, Noraza, Derashid, Chek

“…Complexity of the income tax system is viewed from various perspectives, including the readability of the legislations.Having said that, this study examines the readability of the Income Tax Act 1967 (ITA 1967), its Schedules and Public Rulings issued from the year 2000 to 2013 with the aim to understand the level of readability of such tax documents.This is important since those materials are considered as the main references for taxpayers who are intended to comply with their income tax obligations.Using the four readability measures, namely Flesch Reading Ease Index, Flesch Kincaid Grade Level, average sentence length and percentage of passive sentences, it is found that the ITA 1967, its Schedules and Public Rulings are complex to understand.The findings indicate that the materials under study may need to be rewritten following the exercise of other countries such as the United States of America, Australia and New Zealand.It is hoped that the findings will contribute not only to the body of knowledge but also prompt the tax authority to review the existing income tax legislations.…”
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A study on antiproliferative activity of methanolic extract of Nephelium lappaceum peel towards selected cancer cell lines by Sul'ain, Mohd Dasuki

“…Nephelium lappaceum which belongs to family Sapindaceae is subtropical and tropical native fruit of the Southeast Asia but unknown in the United States (Ong et al., 1998). Nephelium lappaceum is known as rambutan in Malaysia where the fruit is generally consumed fresh and industrially processed to juices, jams and jellies. …”
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Malaysian banking sector outlook during global financial crisis by Tan, Lai Hock

“…As we have witnessed, the sub-prime mortgage crisis and the slowdown of the global economy originated from the United States which is regarded as the most developed and advanced financial market in the world. …”
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Malaysia-EU trade relationship and EU foreign direct investment in the Malaysian manufacturing sector by Abdul Karim, Noor Al-Huda

“…The European Union (EU) is a major trading partner of Malaysia.The EU is the third largest export market for Malaysia after the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the United States ((US).Regarding foreign direct investment (FDI), the EU has been the biggest foreign investor in the manufacturing sector in Malaysia for the past seven years.This paper focuses on the importance of trade in promoting FDI flows from the EU member countries into the manufacturing sector in Malaysia. …”
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The provision of non-audit services, audit partner tenure, a new audit and auditor independence: Evidence from going concern opinions by Ramlan, Mohd Raime, Shafie, Rohami, Abdul Kadir, Dzarfan

“…Independent auditing is an important attribute for efficient capital markets.However, due to the recent corporate scandals in the United States, the regulators are very concerned with the potential threats to the auditor independence such as the provision of management advisory and other non-audit services (NAS) by auditors to their audit client.Thus, specifically, the objectives of this study are to examine the impact of non-audit services, audit partner tenure, and new audit towards the propensity of the auditor in issuing going concern opinion.We utilise logistic regression analysis in this study.The results show that there exist a negative significant relationship between new audit and going concern opinion.However, both NAS and partner tenure variables are found not to be significant.Thus, the implications of these results are discussed.…”
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1st. Olympic Council of Asia Sports Congress Kuwait City, Kuwait 12-14 March 2009 by Krasilshchikov, Oleksandr

“…China, with 28 gold medals, moved up from fourth ranked in Atlanta to No 3 behind only the United States (with 39 gold medals}, and Russia (with 32). …”
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Identification of characteristic features of Java programming language for application tool on a lower end mobile phone by Abd. Ridzab, Faizul Azli, Nasrul, Mohammad Ahmad

“…Games that have been offered here in Malaysia are basically imported from other countries such as the United States and European countries. The applicability of games being offered is much dependant on the capability of mobile phone in use. …”
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Comparison of vocal symptoms between teachers and non-teachers by Hafizah, Rusdi

“…This information may help to facilitate the development of early screening, prevention and intervention programs that have been practiced in several other countries such as United States of America and Australia. These programs may prevent the development of voice disorders among teachers which in turn will reduce the implication of voice disorders on teachers' job performance, students' academic performance and government's financial.…”
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Effects Of Aging Condition, Preconditioned Temperature And Anti-Stripping Agent On The Adhesive And Cohesive Behaviour Of Asphalt Binder And Mastics by Goh, Xiao Wen

“…Warm Mix Asphalt (WMA) has gain wide acceptance by asphalt industry especially in the United States due to its ability to lower asphalt mixing and compaction temperatures by 20°C to 55°C compared to the conventional Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA). …”
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Stress And Strength Analyses Of Ultra-Light Aircraft Fuselage by Saironi, Muhammad Isa

“…This thesis is the case study on the stress and strength analyses of an ultra-light aircraft fuselage about its performance dependent on a guideline from the Federal Aviation Administration under Federal Aviation Regulation (FAR) that has been provided to the operators of ultra-lights in the United States. This archive additionally gave a detailed method in dissecting the stress and strength of the fuselage of an ultra-light aircraft and the point-by-point design of the fuselage. …”
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Development and application of high temperature high performance liquid chromatography to the analysis of pesticides and persistant organic pollutants by Sanagi, Mohd. Marsin, Wan Ibrahim, Wan Aini, Abu Naim, Ahmedy, Md. Saleh, Noorashikin, Norfairulzukry, Norfairul

“…It was found that PLE could reduce sample preparation time and reduce organic solvent consumption to one-fifth of that required by Soxhlet extraction (United States Environmental Protection Agency, (US EPA) Method 3545). …”
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Derivation of attenuation equations for distant earthquake suitable for Malaysia by Adnan, Azlan, Meldi, Suhatril

“…This research is collaborating with related institutions such as Malaysian Meteorological Department (MMD), Jabatan Mineral dan Geosciences Malaysia (JMG) and United States Geological Survey (USGS). There are 481 recordings from 40 mainshocks and aftershocks which magnitude greater than 5.0 in the full data set. …”
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A test on audit tenure, auditor size, independence of audit committee and the issuance of going concern opinion by Shafie, Rohami, Md Yusof, Mohd 'Atef, Md Hussain, Md Hairi

“…Nowadays, due to the recent corporate scandals in the United States, the issue is discussed together with auditor independence that led to companies’ demise. …”
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