Facility Management Challenges and Opportunities in the Malaysian Property Sector by Syed Mustapa, Syed Abdul Haris, Adnan, Hamimah, Jusoff, Kamaruzaman

“…The challenges and the opportunities in the local property and construction market are also discussed, specifically to understand the limits of growth for FM. FM is relatively new in Malaysia and much it’s the wider concept of FM of building management is still in the process of improving its maintenance management structure. …”

Evaluating Bacillus flexus as bioremediators for ammonia removal in shrimp culture water and wastewater and characterizing microbial communities in shrimp pond sludge by Jasmin, M. Y., Isa, N. Mat, Kamarudin, M.S., Lim, K.C., Karim, Murni

“…Ammonia is a form of nitrogen that limits shrimp growth due to its potential toxicity and effects on shrimp health and water quality. …”

Characterization and expression of senescence marker in prolonged passages of rat bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells by Ridzuan, Noridzzaida, Al Abbar, Akram, Wai, Kien Yip, Maqbool, Maryam, Ramasamy, Rajesh

“…Although the currently optimized protocols had successfully yielded rBM-MSCs, the culture-mediated cellular senescence limits the growth of rBM-MSCs and its potential use in rat-based MSC research.…”
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Understanding the environment worldviews of Malaysian project managers by Leby Lau, Jasmine, Hashim, Ahmad Hariza, Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi, Salim Syed Salim, Azizah

“…The four factors retained explained 61.6 per cent of the variance and were duly named Human over nature, ecocrisis, rights of nature and limits of growth. High scores on both pro-NEP and pro-dominant social paradigm items revealed the co-existence of both ecological and utilitarian view of the environment among project managers.Similar outcome was obtained from interviews with project managers where they indicated efforts in finding compatibility between protecting the environment and exploiting natural resources for development. …”
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Nitrogen Fixation And Vegetative Growth Of Immature Oil Palm Inoculated With Bacillus Sphaericus (Strain Upmb-10) by Ab. Aziz, Zakry Fitri

“…Inorganic-N fertilizer is the most widely used input in agriculture and it is a major factor that limits crop growth and yield. However, excessive use of inorganic nitrogenous fertilizer could lead to hazardous effect to the agro-environment. …”
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Environmental concern and intention to adopt green concepts among housing developers in Klang Valley, Malaysia by Lau, Nur Jasmine Leby

“…Factor analysis supported the multidimensionality claim of the environmental concern scale where four distinctive dimensions were found, namely Human over nature, Eco-crisis, Rights of nature and Limits of growth. These factors explained 61.6% of the variance and each has acceptable internal consistency. …”
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Alleviation of soil acidity and aluminum toxicity in ultisol using biochar for maize cultivation by Rabileh, Mahamoud Abdillahi

“…Al saturation in an Ultisol is high (> 60%), which limits maize growth. High Al concentration in acid soils restricts root growth by inhibiting cell elongation and cell division and subsequently reduce crop yield. …”
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Effect of organic fertilizer and formulated feed in pond culture of the freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii (de Man): pond productivity by Maclean, M.H., Brown, J.H., Ang, K.J., Jauncey, K.

“…In the absence of pelleted feeds, macrobenthos appeared to limit prawn growth after 1 month of culture. Simple nutrient mass-balance equations indicated that the losses of nitrogen, phosphorus and carbon from the treatments receiving feed were not dissimilar to previously reported values in finfish culture.…”
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Short-and long-run effects of sustainable forest management practices on West Malaysian log supply : an ARDL Approach. by Abdul Rahim, AS, Mohd Shahwahid, HO

“…It seems obvious that without planted forest in the future, the timber industries have almost reached the limit for growth. The log supply model for West Malaysia is based on an equation of domestic log supply from natural and planted forests as a function of weighted price of log, annual logging area and royalty of logs. …”
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Heterophil / lymphocyte response and performance of feed and water restricted broiler chickens under tropical conditions by Idrus, Zulkifli

“…Feed and/or water limitation retarded growth, but had no adverse effect on overall feed conversion ratio and survivability. …”
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Voltage stability indices studies on optimal location of wind farm in distribution network by Ismail, Bazilah, Mat Naain, Muhammad, Abdul Wahab, Noor Izzri, Mohd Shaberon, Nur Syahidah, Awalin, Lilik Jamilatul, Al Hamrouni, Ibrahim Mohamed Ali

“…The voltage instability occur in both transmission and distribution network may weaken the whole operation of power system that will significantly limit the growth of load. As a result, voltage collapse blackout occurs in the power system whereas at this point the voltage become uncontrollable. …”
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Success factors of small and medium enterprises in the Malaysian furniture industry: discerning the growth of entrepreneurs by Ratnasingam, J., Ab Latib, H., Mariapan, M., Othman, K., Amir, M., Choon Liat, L.

“…Further, young graduates showed a reduced desire to pursue a career in the furniture industry, as they deem it not environmentally sustainable in addition to limited career growth. These results suggested that current entrepreneurship development programs may need to be revised, so as to assist in producing more resilient and successful entrepreneurs in the future in the furniture industry.…”

A review on Haematococcus pluvialis bioprocess optimization of green and red Stage culture conditions for the production of natural astaxanthin by Oslan, Siti Nur Hazwani, Shoparwe, Noor Fazliani, Yusoff, Abdul Hafidz, Abdul Rahim, Ainihayati, Chang, Shen Chang, Tan, Joo Shun, Oslan, Siti Nurbaya, Arumugam, Kavithraashree, Ariff, Arbakariya, Sulaiman, Ahmad Ziad, Mohamed, Mohd Shamzi

“…In short, any factor that interferes with the cellular processes that limit the growth or photosynthesis in the green stage could trigger the encystment process and astaxanthin formation during the red stage. …”

Public perception of the wood products industry in Malaysia and its implication on the future workforce by Ratnasingam, Jegatheswaran, Ab Latib, Hazirah, Liat, Lim Choon, Mariapan, Manohar, Jegatheswaran, Natkuncaran, Othman, Kamaruzaman, Amir, Mohd Afthar

“…The main reasons cited for this were the limited career growth opportunity due to the predomination of family-controlled small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the industry and the discouragements from family members and friends. …”

Aluminium speciation of amended acid tropical soil and its effects on plant root growth by Cristancho, R. J. A., Musa, Mohamed Hanafi, Syed Rastan, Syed Omar, Yusop, Mohd Rafii

“…Exchangeable and soluble soil aluminum (Al) is limiting plant growth in many soils worldwide. This study evaluated the effects of increasing rates of dolomite and magnesium carbonate (MgCO3) on Al3+, pH, dissolved organic carbon, cations, anions, and Al speciation on oil palm Deli dura × AVROS pisifera root growth. …”
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Physio-chemical and mineralogical characteristic of Rhu Tapai Soil Series by Suhaimin, Nur Suhada

“…The result showed low clay and silt content, high porosity, low water retention and lack of soil nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorous are all the characteristic of the soil which limit the growth on crops. The mineralogy found were dominantly by quartz and presence of kaolinite, hematite, feldspar, gibbsite and goethite in small amounts in soil. …”
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Growth Performance of Hopea Odorata Roxb. and Mimusops Elengi L. Seedlings Under Soil Compaction, Water and Nutrient Stresses Experienced in the Urban Environment by Zainudin, Siti Rubiah

“…The urban environment has a variety of biological, chemical and physical stresses that can limit tree growth. Hopea odorata and Mimusops elengi are among the most common tree species planted in parks, along roadsides and highways in urban areas. …”
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Synthesis of silver/montmorillonite nanocomposites using y-irradiation. by Shameli, Kamyar, Ahmad, Mansor, Wan Yunus, Wan Md. Zin, Ibrahim, Nor Azowa, Gharayebi, Yadollah, Sedaghat, Sajjad

“…The interlamellar space limited particle growth (d-spacing [ds] = 1.24–1.42 nm); powder X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) measurements showed the production of face-centered cubic Ag-NPs with a mean diameter of about 21.57–30.63 nm. …”

Establishment of Oil Palm Suspension Culture in the Sixfors Bioreactor by Rosli, Samsul Kamal

“…Nitrogen sources from the MS media remained in excess until the end of the growth period where only 30% of ammonia and 15% of nitrates were utilised which resulted in the cell being toxic and thus limiting cell growth. The growth was exponential in the first 10 days with a maximum specific growth rate of 0.07 day-1 which corresponded to a doubling time of 10 days. …”
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Effects of Different Rehabilitation Methods and Soil Parameters on the Establishment of Forest Tree Seedlings in a Degraded Forest by Bahar Dj., Maswar

“…The simple regression equations between soil parameters and height increment showed that the soil parameters limiting the growth of Azadirachta excelsa are thickness of A-horizon, texture, penetration resistance, available water capacity, organic matter, and exchangeable Ca and Mg. …”
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