Preliminary insights: Isomorphism and effectiveness of performance auditing issues follow-up by Umor, Sarimah, Zakaria, Zarina, Sulaiman, Nor Adwa, Kutty, Rasheed Mohamed

“…Reality of current times of scarce public budgets drive the public administrations to achieve their goals in the most economical, efficient and effective manner as depicted in the key concepts of performance auditing. …”

Smart money kit: an innovative learning tool for kids by Sabri, Mohamad Fazli, Moga Dass, Thinagaran, Ramli, Nurhayatul Nira

“…It comprises six basic units covering financial management education i.e. getting to know money, financial goals, needs vs. wants, saving, expenditure and budgeting. This kit has been in the market for the past three years and the researchers conducted an online survey among the parents, teaches, caretakers of the users to measure the impact of Smart Money Kit on their children. …”

The Performance Of Modified Internal Rate Of Return For Equity Investment Assessment: A Markov Chain Approach by M A Sarsour, Waseem

“…Research in capital budgeting has considered the application of the modified internal rate of return (MIRR) as an alternative technique to the traditional valuation methods such as the net present value (NPV) and the internal rate of return (IRR) to overcome certain limitations raised from these conventional methods, especially the problem of multiple IRR. …”
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Management accounting and risk management in Malaysian financial institutions: an exploratory study by Abdul Rasid, Siti Zaleha, Abdul Rahman, Abdul Rahim, Wan Ismail, Wan Khairuzzaman

“…Consistent with the survey findings, the interviewees also perceived that budgetary control, budgeting, and strategic planning played important roles in managing risk. …”

The match between organizational climate for innovation and airport service quality by Fooladivanda, Abdolmabood

“…Six other innovative climate attributes had higher existence than importance, thus were considered, including supervisor support, budgeting and resource dedication, over-challenging tasks, time pressure and realistic expectations. …”
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The location of schools in urban area : some planning implications by Abdul Aziz, Norsiah, Agus, Mohd Razali

“…These include not only the curriculum, staffing and budgeting but also the school's built environment i.e. school building and the learning environment. …”
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The benefit of building information modelling technology applied in public transportation construction by Ishak, Nurul Aain

“…Traditional methods of construction using 2D drawing during the planning phase cannot promise that the construction project will be completed within contractual time, budgeted cost and a good construction quality. Malaysia has started to implement BIM technology as it is one of the promising developments in the architecture, engineering, and construction fields (AEC) industry. …”
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Atmospheric CO₂ inversion reveals the Amazon as a minor carbon source caused by fire emissions, with forest uptake offsetting about half of these emissions by L. S. Basso, L. S. Basso, L. S. Basso, C. Wilson, C. Wilson, M. P. Chipperfield, M. P. Chipperfield, G. Tejada, H. L. G. Cassol, H. L. G. Cassol, E. Arai, M. Williams, T. L. Smallman, W. Peters, W. Peters, S. Naus, S. Naus, J. B. Miller, M. Gloor

“…Instead of an air column budgeting technique, we use an inverse of the global atmospheric transport model, TOMCAT, to assimilate CO<span class="inline-formula">₂</span> observations from Amazon vertical profiles and global flask measurements. …”
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Substrate and channel engineering for improving performance of strained-SiGe MOSFETs by Gupta, Saurabh, Ph. D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Durability phenomena of bitumen and bituminous pavement materials by Mohamed, Abdullahi Ali, Soon, Yee Wong, Lau, Teck Leong, Farooqi, Mohd Ahmadullah, Putra Jaya, Ramadhansyah, Al-Saffar, Zaid Hazim, Haryati, Yaacob

“…Apart from entailing hefty maintenance budgets, it remains a challenge to the researchers to slow down aging.…”
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Learning to Be an Orangutan—Implications of Life History for Orangutan Rehabilitation by Signe Preuschoft, Ishak Yassir, Asti Iryanti Putri, Nur Aoliya, Erma Yuliani, Siti Nur Badriyah, Paloma Corbi, Yoyok Sugianto, Bina Swastas Sitepu, Mukhlisi, Elfriede Kalcher-Sommersguter

“…The older orphans spent less time interacting with human surrogate mothers or peers, started to use the canopy more than lower forest strata and began to sleep in nests in the forest. Their time budgets resembled those of wild adults. In conclusion, juvenile orphans can develop capacities that qualify them as candidates for release back into natural habitat when protected from humanising influences and immersed in a species-typical environment.…”
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An Integrated Decision-Making Approach for Green Supplier Selection in an Agri-Food Supply Chain: Threshold of Robustness Worthiness by Erfan Babaee Tirkolaee, Zahra Dashtian, Gerhard-Wilhelm Weber, Hana Tomaskova, Mehdi Soltani, Nasim Sadat Mousavi

“…Furthermore, the threshold of robustness worthiness (TRW) is studied by applying different budgets of uncertainty for the green service food manufacturing company. …”
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The influence of formal and informal control on market and financial results by Daniel Espinosa Sáez, Paola Andrea Ortiz-Rendón, José Luis Munuera Alemán

“…Methodology – This study collected the data through a survey among marketing professionals with experience and decision-making capacity involving marketing budgets and plans, in practical terms a sample of 97 marketing managers and analyzed the data via a structural equation model using Smart PLS 3. …”
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Development of a simulation model for the development of socio-ecological-economic systems in the process of making innovative decisions by Kuksova I.V., Gubertov E.A., Kuvshinova O.V., Kuznetsov S.A.

“…A structural and logical model of the system is proposed that ensures the consistency of goals, plans, tools, budgets, indicators and results of implementing strategic changes in the process of its long-term development. …”
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In situ near-infrared spectroscopy for soil organic matter prediction in paddy soil, Pasak watershed, Thailand by Chutipong ROMSONTHI, Saowanuch TAWORNPRUEK, Sumitra WATANA

“…Soil organic matter (SOM) is a major index of soil quality assessment because it is one of the key soil properties controlling nutrient budgets in agricultural production systems. The aim of the in situ near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) for SOM prediction in paddy area is evaluation of the potential of SOM and prediction of other soil properties. …”
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Identifying the Effective Factors on Information Security Management in Libraries and Information Centers in Hamadan University of Medical Sciences by Masoumeh Amini, Hossein Vakilimofrad, Mohammad karim Saberi

“…It is essential for senior managers to enhance security by identifying organization-related security objectives, establishing comprehensive and integrated management, striving to comply with security rules and standards, having adequate resources and budgets, and motivating librarians and informants. …”
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Energy Consumption Forecasting for University Sector Buildings by Khuram Pervez Amber, Muhammad Waqar Aslam, Anzar Mahmood, Anila Kousar, Muhammad Yamin Younis, Bilal Akbar, Ghulam Qadar Chaudhary, Syed Kashif Hussain

“…Reliable energy forecasting helps managers to prepare future budgets for their buildings. Therefore, a simple, easier, less time consuming and reliable forecasting model which could be used for different types of buildings is desired. …”
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A systems perspective on national prioritisation of sustainable development goals: Insights from Australia by Atie Asadikia, Abbas Rajabifard, Mohsen Kalantari

“…Yet, the simultaneous attainment of all goals is hindered by constraints such as limited budgets and resources, varied national priorities, and the intricate nature of the goals. …”
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The decay of traditional education: A case study under covid-19 by Mohammed Oda Abunamous, Azzeddine Boudouaia, Majed Jebril, Selma Diafi, Mohamad Zreik

“…This study recommended the necessity of recognizing e-learning and enhancing this style of study by allocating specific budgets and specialized technical and educational cadres. …”
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Validation of Water Vapor Vertical Distributions Retrieved from MAX-DOAS over Beijing, China by Hua Lin, Cheng Liu, Chengzhi Xing, Qihou Hu, Qianqian Hong, Haoran Liu, Qihua Li, Wei Tan, Xiangguang Ji, Zhuang Wang, Jianguo Liu

“…Furthermore, the retrieved water vapor concentrations at different altitudes (100–2000 m) are validated with the corresponding European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) ERA-interim datasets, achieving a correlation coefficient (R) varying from 0.695 to 0.857. The total error budgets for the surface concentrations and VCDs are 31% and 38%, respectively. …”
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