The internationalization process of higher education institutions(HEIS) and the roles and challenges of academic leaders by Mansor, Zuraina

“…This is because nowadays, education stands as one important element to bring national income as well as investment for building human capital, who will become a driver for technological innovation and economic growth in the world-wide market. Thus it is suggested by improving the educational status of a society, the multi-faceted development of its people can be achieved and prolong. …”
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Willingness to pay for domestic water service improvements in Selangor, Malaysia : a choice modeling approach by Yacob, Mohd Rusli, Radam, Alias, Samdin, Zaiton

“…In order to realized water resource conservation, economic effectiveness of water utilization (consumers), maintenance of water quality supply (source of water supply) and efficiency in allocating water resources (agencies) needs to be addressed. …”
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Effect of soft story on structural response of high rise buildings. by Jaafar, Mohd Saleh, Abang Ali, Abang Abdullah, Hejazi, Farzad, Kojouri, Samira Jilani, Chieng, C. Y., Noorzaei, Jamaloddin

“…The lower level containing the concrete columns behaved as a soft story in that the columns were unable to provide adequate shear resistance during the earthquake. Usually the most economical way of retrofitting such as a building is by adding proper bracing to soft stories. …”
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Habitat preference and usage of Strombus canarium Linnaeus, 1758 (Gastropoda: Strombidae) in Malaysian seagrass beds. by Che Cob, Zaidi, Arshad, Aziz, Bujang, Japar Sidik, Bakar, Y., Simon, K.D., Mazlan, A.G.

“…Despite their economic importance, the ecology of Strombus canarium is poorly understood and factors influencing their habitat preferences remain largely unexplained. …”
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Renewable energy policy and initiatives in Malaysia by Lim, Chin Haw, Salleh, Elias, Jones, Philip

“…Energy has always been an essential element for the generation of social and economic growth in a country. It is no longer viewed as a luxury as it used to be but it has become a necessity in our everyday life. …”
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Mitragynine as an anthelmintic for caprine strongyles by Abdul Aziz, Farah Hida, Abdul Kadir, Arifah, Abdullah Sani, Rehana

“…Hence, helminth infection can lead to direct or indirect economic loss to farmers. Over the past 30 years, farmers have mainly relied on the use of commercial anthelmintics to control helminth infection. …”
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Motivational factors of women to become social entrepreneurs in Lundu district, Sarawak by Yee, Lai Ling, Johari, Shazali, Emang, Diana, Thoo, Poh Yee, Hasan, Muhammad Luqman

“…Social entrepreneurship has become the attention of the scholars and practitioners for years in various countries as it is a tool which plays important roles in developing individuals, societies, and communities socially and economically. However, it is essential to study the motivations of the social entrepreneurs as it is yet to be theorised. …”
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Improvements in domestic water services in Kelantan: are people willing to pay? by Kamaludin, Mahirah, Abdul Rahim, Khalid, Radam, Alias, Yacob, Mohd Rusli

“…Excessive water consumption, frequent interruptions, rapid social and economic growths are putting higher demands for quality of services and the water company is unable to cope with the growing number of populations. …”
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Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and the issue of safety and halal in Malaysia by Ab Rahman, Suhaimi, Abd Rahman, Azmawani, Aliaziz, Muhammad Hafiz

“…To achieve its aim to be a developed nation in 2020, Malaysia has envisaged biotechnology as an important field to be focused as a new engine for economic growth. This is evidenced through the introduction of National Biotechnology Policy 2005 where a special focus will be given to the development of agriculture, and industry. …”
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Development of on-the-go soil nitrogen mapping system for site specific management by Mohd Husin, Ezrin, Wayayok, Aimrun, Mohd Soom, Mohd Amin, Bejo, Siti Khairunniza

“…Site specific management can potentially improve both economic and ecological outcomes in agriculture. Effective site specific management requires strong and temporally consistent relationship among identified management zones; underlying soil physical, chemical and biological parameters, and crop yield. …”
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Refinement of the English language teaching textbook evaluation checklist by Nimehchisalem, Vahid, Mukundan, Jayakaran

“…The refined instrument is more economical than its previous version, and yet further research is required to test its validity empirically.…”
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Predictive models for hotspots occurrence using decision tree algorithms and logistic regression. by Sitanggang, Imas Sukaesih, Yaakob, Razali, Mustapha, Norwati, Nuruddin, Ahmad Ainuddin

“…The data consist of ten explanatory layers (physical, weather and socio-economic data) and a target layer. Target objects in the target layer are hotspots 2008 and non-hotspot points which were randomly generated near hotspots. …”
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Contribution of morpho-physiological traits on yield of lentil (Lens culinaris Medik). by Mondal, Mohd Monjurul Alam, Puteh, Adam, Abdul Malek, Mohd, Roy, S., Yusop, Mohd Rafii

“…Results indicated that genotype improvement efforts have achieved higher seed yield by higher growth rate at early growth stages and better assimilate partitioning to economic yield. The bushy plants are unlikely to improve harvest index in lentil. …”
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50 years of Malaysian agriculture: transformational issues challenges & direction by Fatimah, Mohd Arshad, Raja Abdullah, Nik Mustapha, Kaur, Bisant, Abdullah, Amin Mahir

“…The sector which kicked off as the major earner for the country’s coffer in the 1950’s has been reduced to one of many sectors in the country’s economic statistics. At the turn of the 21st century, agriculture accounted for less than one-tenth of the country’s Gross Domestic Product and export earnings. …”

The sociolinguistics of banking: language use in enhancing capacities and opportunities by Abdullah, Ain Nadzimah, Talif, Rosli

“…The use of BM (the national language) and English offers economic profitability to private sector employees in Malaysia. …”
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Developing a roadmapping system for knowledge management in an organisation by Yee, Choy Leong, Teoh, Kenny Guan Cheng

“…Unlike conventional technology roadmapping (TRM) research that focuses more on the hard aspects of technical and economic elements, this study explores the soft aspects of knowledge management for improving the strategic capability of an organisation. …”
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Interventions to reduce musculoskeletal disorders among motor vehicle workers: a review by Mohd Shafiei, Umi Kalsom, Karuppiah, Karmegam, Mohd Tamrin, Shamsul Bahri, Rasdi, Irniza, Alias, Ayuni Nabilah

“…It causes problems in several economic activity sectors in industrialized countries. …”
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Perspectives on antimicrobial resistance in livestock and livestock products in ASEAN countries by Archawakulathep, Amornthep, Chung, Ta Thi Kim, Meunsene, Dethaloun, Handijatno, Didik, Abu Hassim, Hasliza, Rovira, Hope R. G., Myint, Khin Sandar, Baldrias, Loinda R., Sothy, Meas, Aung, Min, Wahyu, Nenny H., Chea, Rortana, Boonmasawai, Sookruetai, Vannamahaxay, Soulasack, Angkititrakul, Sunpetch, Collantes, Therese M. A., Tho, Nguyen Van, Punyapornwithaya, Veerasak, Zakaria, Zunita, Chuanchuen, Rungtip

“…The tendency of bacterial pathogens to become multidrug resistant (MDR) is the most serious concern in AMR. The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) will be fully established in 2015 and ASEAN cooperation has acknowledged the significance of food safety, of which AMR is one of the major concerns. …”

Productivity growth, technical change and efficiency change of the Malaysian cage fish farming: an application of Malmquist Productivity Index approach by Iliyasu, Abdullahi, Mohamed, Zainal Abidin, Hashim, Mazuki

“…In addition, the balance of trade for the past decade has been negative signaling a threat to the economic growth. However, aquaculture has the potential to meet these challenges if it is well practiced. …”
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Real time monitoring and analysis of tropical impact on PV performance based on LabVIEW architecture by Ya'acob, Mohd Effendy, Hizam, Hashim, Mohd Radzi, Mohd Amran

“…Based on recent studies, PV technology and application is economically viable to be adopted in tropical countries like Malaysia where it receives more than 6 hours of direct sunlight each day throughout the year. …”