The adequacy of remedies in consumer transactions: special study in the motor vehicle repair and service industry in Malaysia by Amin, Naemah, Abu Bakar, Elistina

“…Nevertheless, the CPA has introduced the redress of remedying the defect which brings the law in line with reality by giving a consumer, in many cases. the remedy that he/she really wants.…”
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Multi-factor Gegenbauer processes and European inflation rates by Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Gil-Alana, Luis A.

“…In this paper we specify a multi-factor long-memory process that enables us to estimate the fractional differencing parameters at each frequency separately, and adopt this framework to model quarterly prices in three European countries (France, Italy and the UK). …”
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Wear study of Mg-SiCp reinforcement aluminium metal matrix composite by Maleque, Md. Abdul, ., M. Radhi, Rahman, Md. Mustafizur

“…The study further analysed the effects of different size variations of silicon carbide particles such as the coarse particle size, fine particle size, intermediate particle size and mixed particle size in the fabrication of the composites on the hardness and wear properties. The pin-on-disc test was also done at room temperature in a dry sliding wear condition. …”
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Wear behavior of as-cast and heat treated triple particle size SiC reinforced aluminium metal matrix composites by Maleque, Md. Abdul, Karim, Md. Rezaul

“…The wear test was carried out using a pin-on-disc type tribo-test machine under dry sliding condition. …”
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Refining tourist’s place experience through placemaking: concepts and correlations by Zakariya, Khalilah, Mohyuddin, Amira, Mohd. Yaman, Maheran

“…Experiences are undoubtedly different from one tourist to another as each tourist brings with them diverse backgrounds, conceptions and expectations. …”
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Design and development of controller of a rotary crane system by Ali Azhar, F.E., Rashid, Muhammad Mahbubur, Alamgir, Tarik Bin

“…This project is very significant due to fact that it brings an improvement in controlling the angle of swing of the rotary crane and minimizes the time needed to move the payload.…”
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Feasibility of QKD over FSO Link by Husagić-Selman, Alma, Al-Khateeb, Wajdi Fawzi Mohammed, Saharudin, Shuhairi

“…Fiber based QKD may be used if direct line of sight link is not possible, but it brings along many problems related to material properties of fiber cable and detector limitations. …”
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Optimal throughput and self-adaptability of robust real-time IEEE 802.15.4 MAC for AMI Mesh network by Shabani, Hikma, Ahmed, Musse Mohamud, Khan, Sheroz, Hameed, Shihab A., Habaebi, Mohamed Hadi

“…A smart grid refers to a modernization of the electricity system that brings intelligence, reliability, efficiency and optimality to the power grid. …”
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Optimal throughput and self-adaptability of robust real-time IEEE 802.15.4 MAC for AMI Mesh network by Shabani, Hikma, Ahmed, Musse Mohamud, Khan, Sheroz, Hameed, Shihab A., Habaebi, Mohamed Hadi

“…A smart grid refers to a modernization of the electricity system that brings intelligence, reliability, efficiency and optimality to the power grid. …”
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Ijtihad on issue of waqf in malaysia with a special reference to legal authority in administration of waqf property by Hj Ibrahim, Badruddin, Arifin, Mahamad

“…Examination extends to analysis whether ijtihad by Malaysian authority on this issue is sound and acceptable as according to the principle of siyasah shar'iyyah that brings benefit to the society. In addition, the paper will finally examine the issue whether there is any room for improvement that can be recommended with respect to administration of waqf in Malaysia. …”
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Qualitative network analysis for migration studies: beyond metaphors and epistemological pitfalls by Ryan, Louise, Dahinden, Janine

“…Adopting a reflexive approach enables us to de‐migranticise our research turning the role of migration and ethnicity for social networks into an empirical question rather than taking them as an essentialist starting point for investigation. The Special Issue brings together an integrated set of articles drawn from a social networks and migration symposium. …”
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Refugees & mental health - a collaboration between Sandra Denicke Polcher (Deputy Head of Architecture, The Cass) and Dr Corinna Haenschel (Director of Centre for Psychological Wel... by Denicke-Polcher, Sandra, Haenschel, Corinna, Giacco, Domenico

“…Crossing Cultures is the project title for a research initiative that brings together architecture students from Studio 3 and Unit 6 with students from other universities to work together with locals and asylum seekers in the hilltop village Belmonte Calabro, Italy. …”
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The investigation of scandal from Watergate to Monicagate: the special prosecutor in late twentieth century American politics by Harrington, Clodagh

“…Chapter 6 explores the Kenneth Starr investigation and the perils of politicized justice, examining how the Whitewater investigation of alleged financial misconduct by President Clinton evolved into a partisanized demand for his impeachment because of personal misconduct over the Monica Lewinsky scandal. Chapter 7 brings a conclusion of previous chapters. There is some disagreement among scholars regarding the' acceptable plural of the term 'counsel.' …”
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Methodological implications of participant and researcher multilingualism: making language dynamics visible by Rolland, Louise, King, Hannah M., Lorette, Pernelle

“…This special issue (SI) brings together seven contributions which discuss the methodological implications of researching in a multilingual world, where researchers and/or research participants are likely to know more than one language. …”
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Infusing Communication Skills into Financial Accounting Curriculum: A perspective from the Digital Era by Nuwan Lakmal Hettiarachchi, Nuwan Lakmal Hettiarachchi, Tamil Selvan Subramaniam, Tamil Selvan Subramaniam, Anas Al-Fattal, Anas Al-Fattal

“…Another possible research could replicate the investigation in other fields of study. This paper brings several implications for instructional practice and pedagogies, as well as for policies of instructional training and development. …”
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Oil-price macroeconomic relationship in Australia and New Zealand: Application of hidden co-integration technique by Alom, Fardous

“…The study fails to find any convincing evidence of the long-run relationship between oil price and New Zealand macroeconomic variables.…”
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Design of a heuristic for balancing a multi-stage production flow line by Kays, H. M. E., Karim, A. N. M., Tajudin, M. N. B., Abdesselam, M.

“…But the solution given by the RPW model loses its exactitude due to the presence of the extra-long tasks. In this research a heuristic approach based on RPW is developed through which the problem has been resolved in an efficient and effective manner and hence the proposed heuristic is deemed to be capable of balancing production lines having such extra-long tasks.…”
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An asymmetric cointegration approach of foreign portfolio investment-growth nexus by Duasa, Jarita

“…The present study attempts to analyze the long-run equilibrium relationship between foreign portfolio investment (FPI) and real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by cointegration tests assuming asymmetric adjustment. …”
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The role of bank lending in the monetary transmission process of a developing economy: the Malaysian evidence by Kassim, Salina, Abd. Majid, M. Shabri

“…It explores the causal relationships between bank loan and monetary policy variable using two major tests; first, the auto-regressive distributed lag (ARDL) model which is used to examine the long-run relationship among the variables and second, the vector error-correction model (VECM) which is adopted to explore the short- and long-run dynamics between the variables. …”
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Young children retain fast mapped object labels better than shape, color, and texture words by Holland, Amanda, Simpson, Andrew, Riggs, Kevin J.

“…We compared short- and long-term retention of fast mapped color, shape and texture words as well as object labels. …”
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