Livestock stakeholder willingness to embrace preslaughter stunning in key Asian countries by Sinclair, Michelle, Idrus, Zulkifli, Burns, Georgette Leah, Phillips, Clive J. C.

“…Importantly, different attitudes and solutions existed by country, mostly in line with the predominating religion within the country, and the stage of economic development. Concerns around nonstatic and constantly evolving animal welfare benchmarks were also presented as important factors impacting the adoption of stunning, and the technical methods used. …”
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Sources of change in CO2 emissions from energy consumption by industrial sectors in Malaysia by Abdullah Chik, Norlaila, Abdul Rahim, Khalid

“…Changes in the economic structure, energy consumption and awareness of the environmental impact have altered the intensity of CO2 emission from energy consumption in Malaysia. …”
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Malaysian plantations and smallholders: some subjective comparisons of performance by Mohamed Arshad, Fatimah, Mohayidin, Mohd. Ghazali, Gibbons, E. T.

“…Progress towards the attainment of New Economic Policy (NEP) targets is also taken into consideration. …”
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Natural fiber reinforced polymer composites in industrial applications: feasibility of date palm fibers for sustainable automotive industry by Al-Oqla, Faris M., Salit, Mohd Sapuan

“…Technical properties and performance, environmental, economical, and societal aspects strongly contribute toward adopting DPF into the automotive sector to improve its sustainability and productivity. …”
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An inclusion of willingness to pay as an independent variable in the individual travel cost model by Matthew, Nitanan Koshy, Shuib, Ahmad, Ramachandran, Sridar, Herman, Syamsul

“…The economic value of the resources available at a site can be shown in terms of the benefits gained by the visitors in a quantitative or monetary value. …”
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Competencies and training needs of agriculture extension officers in develop the MADA’s paddy farming by Man, Norsida

“…The functions of this agency were to promote, stimulate, facilitate and undertake economic and social development in main granary areas. …”
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Anemia among antenatal mother in urban Malaysia by Soh, Kim Lam, Mohd Tohit, Eusni Rahayu, Japar, Salimah, Soh, Kim Geok, Ab Rahman, Norhaslinda, Abdul Raman, Rosna

“…A cross-sectional study was conducted in urban areas in Malaysia to determine the Hb levels of antenatal mothers and their association with various socio-economic characteristics. Data for this study were collected from pregnant women during their first antenatal check-up at three selected polyclinics in Malaysia. …”
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Performance of public spaces in the Kuala Lumpur metropolitan region in terms of the tropical climate by Kozlowski, Marek, Ujang, Norsidah, Maulan, Suhardi

“…Much of this development has been mainly market driven and guided by economic and political reasons. Such rapid property led development often neglects the local traditions, the natural settings and the local tropical climate and as a result has a detrimental impact on the surrounding public space. …”
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A vector error correction model (VECM) approach in explaining the relationship between interest rate and inflation towards exchange rate volatility in Malaysia by Abu Hassan Asari, Fadli Fizari, Baharuddin, Nurul Syuhada, Jusoh, Nurmadihah, Mohamad, Zuraida, Shamsudin, Norazidah, Jusoff, Kamaruzaman

“…The exchange rate is one of the most important determinants of a country's relative level of economic health. Exchange rate plays a vital role in a country's level of trade, which is critical to most free market economies in the world. …”
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A GIS-based model to analyze the spatial and temporal development of oil palm land use in Kuala Langat district, Malaysia by Nourqolipour, Ramin, Mohamed Shariff, Abdul Rashid, Balasundram, Siva Kumar, Ahmad, Noordin, Sood, Alias M., Buyong, Taher, Amiri, Fazel

“…Evaluation criteria consist of constraints and nine suitability factors indicating environmental and socio-economic issues of oil palm development. In the first simulation, changes of six land-cover classes were projected to the year 2008 based on transitions between 1997 and 2002. …”
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Framing analyses of Malaysia's media outlets and editorial decisions concerning frame preferences after the 2008 general election by Baharin, Muhammad Izawan, Waheed, Moniza, Ahmad Ghazali, Akmar Hayati, Ahmad, Abdul Mua'ti @ Zamri

“…Through a content analysis of news articles of an UMNO-owned media (Utusan Malaysia) as well as an independent news portal (Malaysiakini), the study identified five different news frames (conflict, human interest, economic consequences, morality, and responsibility) employed in the news articles. …”
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The nature, functions and management of urban green space in Kuala Lumpur by Mohd Yusof, Mohd Johari, Rakhshandehroo, Mehdi

“…In addition, Kuala Lumpur has experienced a great loss of green space in recent decades, both on its periphery from urban expansion and around the city center from the drive (fueled by economic growth) to use central land more intensively.…”
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Modeling forest fires risk using spatial decision tree by Yaakob, Razali, Mustapha, Norwati, Nuruddin, Ahmad Ainuddin, Sitanggang, Imas Sukaesih

“…The modeling forest fire risk includes variables related to physical as well as social and economic. The result is a spatial decision tree containing 138 leaves with distance to nearest river as the first test attribute.…”
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Edu-eco Park at Bukit Serindit, Melaka by Hussain, Norhuzailin, Hussein, Mohd Kher, Leng, Li Thing

“…Park gives many benefits for people such as for socialization and integration, well-being, environmental and economic. The purpose of this study is to highlight the importance of green environment and wildlife conservation where people need to experience and value it, and recommend some designs to overcome the issues which can be used for Landscape architects in Malaysia related to the similar site’s condition. …”
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The management of technology and women in two electronics firms in Malaysia by Ng, Cecilia, Mohamad, Maznah

“…This will be followed by a short discussion on women's economic position in Malaysia to provide the backdrop to the situation of electronics workers in the context of globalization and changing technology. …”
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An overview of satellite remote sensing for landuse planning with special emphasis in Malaysia by Jusoff, Kamaruzaman, Mohd. Hassan, Haszuliana

“…The satellite remote sensing data provides' economic development planners, with excellent starting point for mapping and monitoring resources as well as environmental changes. …”
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The impact of food availability on food security in developing countries by Abdul Manap, Nur Marina, Ismail, Normaz Wana

“…Starvation and malnutrition have a negative impact on health, leading to poor productivity and thus gradually affecting overall economic growth. Factors such as climate change, natural disasters, overpopulation, food crisis, higher food prices and diminishing resources have worsened the situation and are now beginning to impact the rich and developed countries. …”
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Safety of machinery and special scheme of inspection’s requirement towards industry competitiveness in Malaysia by Ab Rahman, Rozanah, Abdul Malek, Mohd Zahlul Azizi

“…This is obviously important for the economic benefits as the implementation of the scheme safeguards the integrity of the plant that will eventually increase the industry productivity and competitiveness. …”
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Teachers’ perception on the vitality of the English language among primary school students by How, Soo Ying, Abdullah, Ain Nadzimah, Tan, Helen

“…It is found that social milieu (in the sense of urban area versus rural area), socio-economic background and language policies contribute to the differences in the experience of the English language among students and thus influencing the vitality of the language.…”
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Impact of paclobutrazol on the growth and development of nursery grown clonal oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) by Abdul Rahman, Mohd Nasriq Hafizee, Shaharuddin, Noor Azmi, Abdul Wahab, Nurniwalis, Megat Wahab, Puteri Edaroyati, Abdullah, Meilina Ong, Abdullah, Nur Ashikin Psyquay, Ahmad Parveez, Ghulam Kadir, Roberts, Jeremy A., Ramli, Zubaidah

“…The economic life of an oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) plant is associated with the stature of the palm as the height of each oil palm affects the cost of harvesting. …”
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