Phenotyping the Halal Entrepreneur Exploring the Malaise Involvement of Bumiputera Entrepreneurs in Halal Business (S/O 13812 by Ismail, Noor Azizi, Mohamed Ismail, Risyawati, Mustafar, Mastora, Othman, Siti Norezam

“…The newly improved model is hoped to serve stakeholders in the halal business ecosystem especially the policymakers in focusing on making better initiative and development programs for entrepreneurs keen in joining the niche area…”
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Formulation of A New Product Development Process Innovation Framework for Malaysian SMEs by Abu, Noor Hidayah, Mansor, Mohd Fitri

“…This study will investigate the characteristics of the process innovation frameworks proposed by past studies to provide an understanding on the similarities and differences between all the frameworks. It is author hoped the result of the investigations can guide the author towards further development of a new framework for process innovation implemenation, which is well adapted to the needs and fulfill the requirement of SMEs…”
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A longitudinal study of the tax capacity and tax effort of the Malaysian state government by Abdul Jalil, Ahmad Zafarullah, Harun, Mukaramah, Che Mat, Siti Hadijah

“…In Malaysia, the recently launched New Economic Model (NEM) has emphasized the need to review the state-federal fiscal arrangement.It is hoped that through this review, the state government will have a more efficient expenditure programme.However, the model failed to recognize the importance of enhancing the revenue collection system of the state government.Studies have shown that state governments face great difficulties in financing their expenditure needs.And this can be due to the differences in term of their fiscal capacity and fiscal effort.To what extent are the state governments differ in term of these two measures? …”
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Industrial smart product-service systems solution design via hybrid concerns by Zheng, Pai, Wang, Zuoxu, Chen, Chun-Hsien

“…To make our visions concrete, two prospective application scenarios leveraging abovementioned hybrid concerns are given at last. It is hoped this work can contribute to the future directions of this interdisciplinary research area, and offer insightful guidance to industrial companies in their solution design process with profitable outcomes.…”
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Practical and theoretical considerations as a researcher-teacher: reflections on a bidialectal programme involving Singlish in a secondary school by Lu, Luke

“…I discuss my dual position as researcher-teacher in the data collection process, before addressing the importance of and how I shifted between analytic familiarity and distance from the data. It is hoped that being transparent about the research process in this fashion will strengthen the field and be useful to fellow researchers embarking on similar studies.…”
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A Model of Life Cycle on Biogas Feed to Solid Oxide Fuel Cell in Malaysia:Economic and Environmental Perspective by Mohd Shafie, Shafini, Othman, Zakirah, Nu'man, A Harits, Nik Yusuf, Nik Nurul Anis

“…Then the carbon dioxide emissions are 0.2034 CO2-EQ / kWh and 0.61 CO2- EQ / kWh. Hopefully, the outcome from this paper will be able to assist the decisionmaker in planning to model the fuel cell combining with biogas system in the future. …”
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Mining microbial resources from plastic-eating worms by Muhammad Asyraf Bin Zuraini

“…Reports of worms that are able to consume plastic as a food source gave hopes of methods that could biodegrade plastics. …”
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Financial assistance schemes for small & medium enterprises : an end-user perspective by Yeong, Kong, Ng, Tee Huat, Koh, Cheng Kiat

“…Despite these findings, the report also attempts to provide recommendations to further improve the awareness and the effectiveness of the schemes. Hopefully, by improving them, more SMEs will take up the schemes offered by the government to upgrade themselves so as to face the challenges ahead.…”
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Study of construction productivity & conduct of literature review, design of survey questionnaire, analyse technology application to improve productivity for optimum performance in... by Ang, Pei Wen

“…Lastly, data of 20 residential projects were analyzed through statistical approach to develop a relation between different parameters and productivity and understand the impact each parameter has on productivity. The author hoped that the findings will assist the different project stakeholders as well as related organizations in the building and construction industry in making informed decisions on improving construction productivity in their projects and in Singapore.…”
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Knowledge mapping and trend analysis of disaster mitigation research in the Sulawesi Islands of Indonesia: a bibliometric study using VOSviewer by Muhammad Ahsan Samad, Kadir Arifin, Azlan Abas, Tiwi Eka Sari

“…The implications of this research emphasize the importance of evaluating existing disaster mitigation programs and more effective development policies, which can increase community preparedness and resilience to disasters. It is hoped that this research can make a significant contribution to efforts to reduce disaster risk in the region, as well as encourage collaboration between government, institutions and society in improving disaster mitigation.…”
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Optimum Location of Biomass Waste Residue Power Plant in Northern Region: Economic and Environmental Assessment by Mohd Shafie, Shafini, Othman, Zakirah, Hami, Norsiah

“…It means that the maximum power of electricity could be generated at each zone from 0.05 MW up to 0.6 MW. Hopefully, this result provide the guideline for decision maker to implement the renewable energy in the future…”
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Structural Emergency Control Paradigm by Vu, Thanh Long, Chatzivasileiadis, Spyros, Chiang, Hsiao-Dong, Turitsyn, Konstantin

“…In response to emergency situations, load shedding is a prevailing approach where local protective devices are activated to cut a suitable amount of load to quickly rebalance the supply demand and hopefully stabilize the system. This traditional emergency control results in interrupted service with severe economic damage to customers. …”
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Machine learning for bioelectronics on wearable and implantable devices: challenges and potential by Goh, Guo Dong, Lee, Jia Min, Goh, Guo Liang, Huang, Xi, Lee, Samuel, Yeong, Wai Yee

“…Such advancements in the field of bioelectronics and ML could hopefully build a strong foundation for this research field, promoting smart optimization together with effective use of ML to further enhance the effectiveness of such applications.…”
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The ALA, public libraries and the Great Depression by Luyt, Brendan

“…This article examines the role the ALA hoped libraries would play in the campaign against the anti-taxation groups and, using the work of social theorists Antonio Gramsci and Nicos Poulantzas, situates these efforts within the wider political economy of the time.…”
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NATO : Network Architecture Tensile Organization : mending Berlin through public interface by Vassilev, Vasilena (Vasilena R.)

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Pose buddy : workout platform with PoseNet by Ong, Jia Ying

“…Some have started working out at home in hopes of keeping fit. However, many lose interest after a while as it becomes mundane, or simply because they are used to working out with friends. …”
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Segregation in carbon steels by Liong, Wei Hao.

“…Therefore heat treatment process will be carried out on the carbon steel to eliminate the segregation problem. The author hopes the information will aid the metallurgists and engineers when performing heat treatment on carbon steel. …”
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Fashioning Sanyan Stories into contemporary written novellas —— With A Bird and Seven Lives as an example by Gu, Chunguang

“…With these efforts, the author hopes Sanyan stories can gain more attention from English readers and more ancient Chinese literary works can be introduced to the world.…”
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Investigate the application of functional decomposition in life cycle assessment to support ecodesign by Lim, Amelia Yi Xuan

“…Therefore, future works can be done to discover more environmentally friendly methods for the heating or air circulation function in hopes of designing products that have a smaller carbon footprint.…”
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One more minute by Liew, Ming Jia

“…Subjective time has taken a backseat from objective time and appears ironically to be of least importance among practical concerns.This project hopes to remind people of where the meaning of time is strongest felt. …”
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