Depauperate avifauna in tropical peat swamp forests following logging and conversion to oil palm agriculture: evidence from mist-netting data by Ainil Hawa, Badrul Azhar, Mohd Top, Marina, Zubaid, Akbar

“…Although palm oil is a primary driver of economic growth, the unsustainable expansion of the oil palm industry has led to the widespread degradation of peat swamp forests. …”
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Lightning incidents in Mongolia by Doljinsuren, Myagmar, Gomes, Chandima

“…Compared with impacts of other convective disasters such as squalls, thunderstorms and hail, lightning stands as the second highest in the number of incidents, human deaths and animal deaths. Economic losses due to lightning is only about 1% of the total losses due to the four extreme weather phenomena. …”
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Histopathological evaluation and molecular detection of natural iridovirus infection in cultured grouper fish in Malaysia by Hazeri, Maryam, Mohd Daud, Hassan, Abba, Yusuf, Omar, Abdul Rahman, Allaudin, Zeenathul Nazariah, Soltani, Mehdi, Hamdan, Ruhil Hayati, Mohamad, Nora Faten Afifah, Manaf, Sharifah Raina, Vishkaei, Mahta Sadegh

“…Iridovirus is the causative agent of grouper iridovirus infection (GIV), which causes severe epizootics resulting in large-scale mortalities and huge economic losses in cultured and marine fishes worldwide. …”
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Genetic modification of crop plants: issues and challenges by Khan, Faheema, Hakeem, Khalid Rehman

“…Genetically modified crops are increasingly gaining acceptance and their adoption has brought huge economic and environmental benefits. In the past 17 years, these achievements have been primarily supported by two simple traits of herbicide tolerant and insect resistant crops. …”
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The role of labour standards in shaping migration: the ASEAN perspectives by Ng, Kar Yee, Said, Rusmawati

“…This study attempts to investigate the role of labour standards in explaining the pattern of bilateral migration flows in ASEAN; and it is motivated by the target of ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint that aims to promote free flow of skilled labour in the region. …”
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Determinants of financial well-being among public employees in Putrajaya, Malaysia by Mokhtar, Nuradibah, Abdul Rahim @ Abdul Wahab, Husniyah

“…People generally see finance as anything that can be associated with the economic situation of the family. Thus, managing finances among individuals may result in satisfaction or dissatisfaction towards their financial situation, which is called financial well-being. …”
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Professors' career experience on barriers obstructing community engagement activities in Nigerian universities by Adekalu, Samuel Olutokunbo, Suandi, Turiman, Krauss, Steven Eric, Ismail, Ismi Arif

“…Community engagement has been acknowledged as a core function of higher education, along with research and teaching which helps in promoting economic, environmental and socio-cultural development of communities. …”
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Simulation, Design and Construction of a 15 Kv Dc Power Supply Using Voltage Multiplier Circuits by Karim, Anayet

“…The main emphasis of this project is on the simulation, and design by using two different software (mentioned earlier) to compare simulation results as well as experimental results of the high voltage DC power supply. The economic feasibility of designing doubler or tripler based high voltage DC power supply and observation of the fact that simulated and experimental values are different. …”
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Cryo-electron microscopy structure of the Macrobrachium rosenbergii nodavirus capsid at 7 angstroms resolution by Ho, Kok Lian, Kueh, Chare Li, Beh, Poay Ling, Tan, Wen Siang, Bhella, David

“…White tail disease in the giant freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii causes significant economic losses in shrimp farms and hatcheries and poses a threat to food-security in many developing countries. …”
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Local Residents' and Tourists' Attitudes Towards Tourism Development at Patong Beach, Phuket, Thailand by Ketmuang, Srirat

“…It was found that the respondents were highly aware of the impacts of the development; the perceptions of the local residents were consistent to previous studies; the residents were divided between the economic impacts and environmental pollution of the industry. …”
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Potential of participatory ergonomic intervention approaches to reduce work-related musculoskeletal disorders among office workers: a review by Albeeli, Ayman, Mohd Tamrin, Shamsul Bahri, Ng, Yee Guan, Karuppiah, Karmegam

“…Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are a prevalent issue affecting office workers worldwide and resulting in economic losses and health problems. Pursuing of suitable ergonomic interventions approaches became an inescapable need in order of overcoming the future forecast that expects increased proportion of office-based worker as result of rapid growth of information technology. …”
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Robust efficiency and output elasticity of broiler production in Peninsular Malaysia by B. H., Gabdo, M. I ., Mansor, Kamal, H. A. W., Ilmas, A. M.

“…Relative to output elasticity, we observed an inelastic relationship in feeds but an elastic relationship in DOC, medications and utilities. Most of the socio-economic attributes (experience, age, education, business status and number of farms) show highly significant statistical relationship with efficiency and with appropriate signs. …”
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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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Water quality characteristics in relation to mangrove disturbance levels by Nik Zaidin, Nik Harun Al-Rashid, Abu Bakar, Siti Nurhidayu, Mohamad Kasim, Mohamad Roslan

“…Mangroves are an important ecosystem that provides environmental protection and play a significant role in economic activity especially for fisheries and charcoal products. …”
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Animal biotechnology research and development initiatives in Malaysia by Ideris, Aini

“…Malaysian scientists have carried out research on various aspects of biotechnology as means of enhancing the economic production of livestock and fish. These are now a strong network among researchers in the universities and research institutions. …”
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Production of compost from organic materials and agro waste by Samsu Baharuddin, Azhari, Abu Hassan, Norhasmillah, Muhamad, Zambahari, Sulaiman, Alawi, Dzulkornain, Chairil Anuar, Mokhtar, Mohd Noriznan, Yahya, Azmi

“…If the system expands to 2,100 t/yr of compost produced in future, a preliminary economic analysis showed that with selling price of RM600/t, the payback period will be 2.83 years and internal rate of return (IRR) will be 7%. …”
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ASEAN ten economies: converge or diverge? by Habibullah, Muzafar Shah, Din, Badariah, Chong, Choy Yoke

“…This implies that the government of the ASEAN-10 economies have to work harder in order to achieve the aspiration of the ASEAN Economic Community in the far future.…”
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Impact of product costing for branding and business support on small and medium enterprises in Malaysia by Faizal, Diana Rose, Mohd Ashhari, Zariyawati, Kamarohim, Nor Azlina, Md Nassir, Annuar

“…These actions can increase SMEs' income and contribute to national economic growth.…”
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Social consciousness of Mahua campus writings in the 1980s and their development by Pong, Siew Choo

“…Mahathir’s governance, normally named as Mahathirism by social science scholar, and its implementation of certain political, economic, culture and education policy had brought a tremendous impact to the Chinese community and the Chinese campus students in the time mentioned. …”
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Kenaf fiber: structure and properties by Lee, Seng Hua, Abdul Halip, Juliana, Alias, Aisyah Humaira, Md. Tahir, Paridah, Choo, Adrian Cheng Yong

“…Compared to other plants, the yields of kenaf are relatively higher (up to 25 t/ha) thus presenting more economic advantages (Wood 2000). For the past several years, kenaf fibers have been shown to be suitable for composite applications such as particleboard, MDF, wood plastic composite (WPC), non-woven materials, and pultruded products (Kawai 2005; Viilar et al. 2009; Dutt et al. 2009; Paridah et al. 2009a; Juliana et al. 2012; Aisyah et al. 2013). …”
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