Effectiveness of interpretive exhibits in influencing students’ intention in birdwatching activity at a Bird Interpretive Center, Fraser’s Hill, Pahang, Malaysia by Mokhli, Nuraain Amalina

“…Questionnaire data were collected from 119 first-year students from the Faculty of Forestry and Environment, Universiti Putra Malaysia. The findings indicated significant differences between the mean scores of the control and intervention groups for the affective responses, intentions and design evaluation, except for the birds’ sound construct in the affective responses and the title and contents construct in the design evaluation. …”
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ESBL producing E. coli in chickens and poultry farms environment in Selangor, Malaysia: a cross-sectional study on their occurrence and associated risk factors with environment and... by Aliyu, Abdulrasheed Bello, Jalila, Abu, Saleha, Abdul Aziz, Zunita, Zakaria

“…In the determination of possible factors associated with the presence of ESBL-EC at poultry farms, a questionnaire was used to obtain the information and data. Results: The findings demonstrated the wide distribution of ESBL-EC in all the farms with an overall occurrence of 37.2%. …”

Antibiotic resistance profile, potential drivers and genotype of Escherichia coli, Salmonella sp. and Vibrio sp. isolated from hybrid red tilapia and Asian seabass in the West Coas... by Dewi, Rita Rosmala

“…The result of this study highlighted the aquaculture production system is an important reservoir of clinically important bacteria. The findings revealed that bacteria isolated had a high level of resistance to antibiotics classified as priority and critically important for human use, as well as veterinary critically important medications for food-producing animals, posing a significant risk to human, aquatic and animal health. …”
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Optimization and mechanistic insight of phenol removal using an effective green kaolin adsorbent through experimental and computational approaches by Zubir, Aisyah, Erna Normaya, Erna Normaya, Zuhaidi, Nurul Huda, Goh, Pei Sean, Mat Piah, Mohd. Bijarimi, Ismail, Mohamad Wafiuddin, Show, Pau Loke, Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi, Ahmad, Mohammad Norazmi

“…Based on the response surface methodology findings, the optimum conditions were pH 1.6, 40 min, 50 mg/L, and 2 g with 92.19 % maximum percentage removal. …”

Fabrication and characterization of a novel mullite-stainless steel composed hollow fibre membrane for oil/water separation by Almukhtar Omar, Najib Meftah, Othman, Mohd. Hafiz Dzarfan, Zhong, Sheng Tai, Jaafar, Juhana, A. Rahman, Mukhlis, Puteh, Mohd. Hafiz, Abu Bakar, Suriani, Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan, Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan, Tao, Li

“…Afterwards, they were evaluated in an oil/water separation system regarding water flux and oil rejection rate. Based on the findings, there was a gradual increase in the bending strength from 32.1 to 79.8 MPa with increased SS contents from 0 to 12 % (w/w). …”
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Implementation of lean manufacturing practices and six-sigma among Malaysian manufacturing SMEs: intention to implement IR 4.0 technologies by Ibikunle, Afeez Kayode, Rajemi, Mohamad Farizal, Mohd Zahari, Fadhilah

“…The data were collected using the six-point Likert scale questionnaire. Findings – Based on research findings, about 86% Malaysian manufacturing SMEs implement 6s. …”
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Reynolds numbers exhibit dramatic influence on directionality of movement of self-propelled systems by Zhao, Guanjia, Pumera, Martin

“…We demonstrate here that the motion directionality of millimetre sized self-propelled objects is highly dependent on the Reynolds numbers (Re) of the systems, with emphasis on the “intermediate” Re region (1–600). Our findings have strong implication on the motion controllability and predictability of these independent self-propelled systems.…”
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Determining climate in a new primary school by Rohani Ahmad.

“…Their responses towards curriculum and instruction, school administration and management and relationship with parents gave an indication of the existing climate in the school. Many of the findings point to a positive school climate. The information gained through the analyses was used to make recommendations for meaningful change.…”
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Effect of lubrication on the nano-structure of soft metals by Peh, Jasper Jun Ming

“…Similar experiments will be conducted with varying imprinting forces and lubrication concentration to determine the optimum parameters in the fabrication process. Preliminary findings suggest some correlation in the use of the lubrication to the improvement of nanowires fabricated.…”
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Becoming Chetti Melaka : the intergenerational transmission of culture and gender role ideology between mothers and daughters of the Chetti Melaka community in Singapore. by Cheah, Emily Shi Hua.

“…Using qualitative interviews, the results of this study discuss several issues such as the relationship between culture and gender, food as a gendered experience of cultural identity and the use of alternative variables to claim legitimate association with the ethnic group. The findings also point to the types of coping mechanisms used by both mothers and daughters to construct and negotiate their ethnic and gender identities.…”
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Emigration attitudes : perceived needs of parents and national identity by Nagashima, Aki

“…In this study undergraduate subjects were recruited as part of their course bonus point’s accumulation programme. The findings were that the perceived high financial needs of the parents resulted in participants having a greater desire to be overseas. …”
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Effect of negative mood on working memory in 3 to 5 year old pre-schoolers. by Revathy Pachamuthu.

“…Preschoolers also engaged in the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT), Dimensional Change Card Sort (DCCS) and Digit and Block Span tasks. The findings did not give support to our main hypothesis, as results showed that there was no significant difference in reaction time between negative and neutral mood manipulated group in the SOPT, but additional insights were revealed.…”
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Positive mood and working memory in young preschool children. by Tang, Mavis Yi Wen.

“…However, positive mood did not significantly affect children’s working memory span. These findings suggested that positive mood elicits an additional load on underlying executive processes (inhibition) in the service of working memory, decreasing cognitive resource capacity to devote to the task at hand.…”
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Fundamental understanding and materials design for atmospheric water harvesting by Chen, Xingyu

“…Therefore, by investigating water condensation behaviours on surfaces with various morphologies and energies, combining this research with Molecular Dynamics and Python simulation, we hope to carry out optimal possible surface designs supported by the findings of our experiments and simulations, to aid in the atmospheric water harvesting process.…”
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Is Ying Chou an act of corruption? : An exploratory study of Ying Chou and the multidimensionality of Taiwanese female’s perception and judgement of Ying Chou in Taiwan. by Liew, Shi Min.

“…Also, the study adopted five dimensions from Sousa (2008) study to evaluate their opinions regarding Ying Chou (on whether Ying Chou is an act of corruption) from their interview transcripts. Findings revealed that Ying Chou is not deemed as an act of corruption according to the female interviewees. …”
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The call to complain : antecedents to complaint behaviour (telecommunications industry). by Lim, An Qi., Ng, Shi Hui., Tan, Ming Hui.

“…The research scope was narrowed to the telecommunication industry based on the findings. As the local telecommunication market approaches saturation point, the competition between players intendify, increasing the importance of customer service and customer retention rate as the players grab market share from each other.…”
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Understanding Buddhist environmentalism in Singapore : explaining how religious ideas motivate environmental action. by Quek, Ri An.

“…The analysis also includes the influence of local socio-political conditions. Findings suggest that young Buddhists’ knowledge and awareness of environmental concern is not a guarantee of actual action. …”
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A study of risks in maritime transportation by Seah, Lay Ling.

“…Information was extracted from published sources to act as reinforcement to the research interviews’ findings.…”
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Gaps in Singapore’s 3Ms healthcare safety net : the 4th M – membership. by Koh, Jansen Zhi Xiong., Goh, Shu Jun., Teng, Jessica Shu Jiao.

“…This paper thus aims to evaluate the comprehensiveness of Singapore's existing healthcare safety net of Medisave, Medishield and Medifund -- the 3Ms. Our findings suggest that there are five groups of individuals who still fall through the perceived well-constructed safety net. …”
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Dimensions of perfectionism and contingencies of self-worth in differential outcomes related to perfectionism. by Lee, Kit Ying.

“…Results demonstrated that PSP correlated with both internal and external domains of CSW while ECP correlated only with external domains of CSW. Our findings showed that individuals high in personal standards perfectionism were vulnerable to basing their self-worth on successes and failures in external domains of contingencies. …”
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