Attitudinal Factors of Fishermen Trapped in the B40 Category: an Empirical Study by Mustafar, Mastora, Mat Yamin, Fadhilah, Mohamed Ismail, Risyawati, Mohd Nawi, Nur Syazwani, Abu Bakar, Siti Zakiah, Johari, Ayub

“…Although the government has emphasised this issue by providing various programmes and funds that are suitable for fishing activities by Zone A fishermen, there are still some Zone A fishermen who are at the poverty level. …”
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Indentation and laser annealing of NiTi shape memory alloys by Su, Jun Feng

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Adoption of ZakaTech in the Time of COVID-19: Cross-Country and Gender Differences by Nashwan, Saeed Awadh, Ismaiel, Abdelhamid Elsayed A., Muneeza, Aishath, Isa, Mohamad Yazid

“…To validate the research model and draw significant insights, SmartPLS structural equation modeling was used. Findings – By analyzing both Saudi and Egyptian samples, the authors found that all UTAUT constructs are statistically significant, except for effort expectancy in Egypt. …”
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A systematic literature review of online teaching and learning strategies in language learning by Zuraina, Ali, Intan Syahidah, Zulkafa

“…While the world is gradually recovering from the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, teachers and learners are still coping with the impact of online teaching and learning (OTL). …”
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Facial attractiveness in male androgyny : having both male and female physical characteristics by Lim, Grace Zhuo Yah, Lim, Nichole Jie Qi

“…We address two hypotheses regarding the attraction towards PA men - the first being that PA men still meet conventional standards of attractiveness, and the second being that the facial feminisation of PA men is attractive. …”
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Rail (real) safety issues: predictive maintenance for Singapore railway by Khoo, Alyna Yi Jie

“…The quest to predict railway faults in Singapore is still underway, spearheaded by the Rail Enterprise Asset Management System (REAMS) project jointly led by SIEMENS and ST Engineering Consortium formed in 2018. …”
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Biopolymeric fibrous scaffolds for tissue engineering. by Chen, Jasmine Shuwen.

“…The feasibility of using Pullulan as a scaffolding material is still at its infancy stage; therefore, further the exploration of the applications of Pullulan is required. …”
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A study on factors affecting receptivity to traditional chinese medicine In Singapore. by Chu, Hui Wen., Liu, Jia., Tan, Pei Ting.

“…In an ageing population like Singapore, the integration of TCM into the mainstream healthcare system may serve as an ideal long-term healthcare solution to combat the threat of geriatrics. However, TCM is still considered as an alternative medicine. Therefore, our research aims to explore the factors that affect the receptivity of non- and rare users to TCM. …”
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Exploring lean team development from the Tuckman's model perspective by Zirar, Araz, Muhammad, Noor, Upadhyay, Arvind, Kumar, Anil, Garza-Reyes, Jose Arturo

“…The findings extend the Tuckman model to explain a lean team development lifecycle…”
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IL-5 antagonism reverses priming and activation of eosinophils in severe eosinophilic asthma by Luo, J, Chen, W, Liu, W, Jiang, S, Ye, Y, Shrimanker, R, Hynes, G, Klenerman, P, Pavord, ID, Xue, L

“…However, the mechanism of these effects is still not fully understood. The anti-IL-5 antibody mepolizumab reduces eosinophil counts in the airway modestly but has a large beneficial effect on the frequency of exacerbations of severe eosinophilic asthma, suggesting that reduction in eosinophil priming and activation is of central mechanistic importance. …”

The Malay Standard Framework (KSBM) as a measure of Malay writing mastery in third form activity books by Abd. Nasir, Siti Noridayu, Abdul Halim, Hazlina

“…This I because, the measurement of marks shows the ability of students who are excellent or still weak in writing reviews. It is hoped that this study can helps an improve the level of students skill in the future get good marks and grades in final exams at school.…”
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Enhancing software effort estimation in the analogy-based approach through the combination of regression methods by Javdani Gandomani, Taghi, Dashti, Maedeh, Zulzalil, Hazura, Md Sultan, Abu Bakar

“…Among various techniques, the analogy-based approach has emerged as a widely-used method for software effort estimation. However, there is still a need to improve its accuracy and reliability. …”
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Development of an Integrated Framework for Solving Housing Project Delays in Post-Disaster Reconstruction (S/O 13575) by Abdul Nifa, Faizatul Akmar, Lin, Chong Khai, Mohd Nawi, Mohd Nasrun

“…Although there are efforts to define and implement collaborative procurement methods such as partnering and Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) in the construction industry, these concepts are still new in most developing countries, let alone be applied within a disaster reconstruction setting. …”
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Are customers happy? a study of satisfaction in Sarawak’s fast-food restaurants by Thien, Nancy Swee Yen, Latip, Malisah

“…Data from 414 respondents aged 18 and above were analysed using SPSS through Spearman’s correlation and simple linear regression analysis. The findings showed that all variables, perceived price, service quality, food quality, and physical environment quality had significant correlations with customer satisfaction. …”
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Global response of Vibrio cholerae to predation by heterotrophic protists by Hu, Jie

“…Transcripts differentially expressed included biosynthetic and metabolic genes, flagellar and chemotaxis genes, genes encoding cell wall and outer membrane proteins, and transcriptional and translational regulators. …”
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Deadweight costs and optimal capital structure. by Liang, Huijun., Lim, Wei Ling.

“…Banerjee and Noe (2010) shows that MNCs do not necessarily obtain all of their financing in locations that feature the most creditor friendly legal regime. …”
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Smartphone application-based addiction scale: psychometric evidence across nine Asian regions using advanced analytic methods by Chen, I-Hua, Pramukti, Iqbal, Gan, Wan Ying, Ruckwongpatr, Kamolthip, Pham, Le An, Huang, Po-Ching, Mamun, Mohammed A., Ullah, Irfan, Jahrami, Haitham A., Lin, Chung-Ying, Pakpour, Amir H.

“…Results: Findings from confirmatory factor analysis, Rasch analysis, and network analysis all indicate a one-factor structure for the SABAS. …”
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Local climate action from the middle-out: the social potential of craft guilds to facilitate low-carbon installations in Germany by Wehden, S, Janda, KB, Jansen, J, Creutzig, F

“…However, research on effective governance arrangements targeting this ‘installation bottleneck’ is limited. To fill this gap, we adopt a Middle-Out Perspective (MOP) and use rich qualitative data including in-depth interviews to study the role of craft guilds within Germany's low-carbon transition, particularly in rooftop photovoltaic and heat pump installation. …”

Neural combinatorial optimization: from routing to integer programming by Wu, Yaoxin

“…Although there is already abundant literature in such domain, some challenging aspects are still not tackled well. For example, the current deep models are generally still inferior to highly-specialized solvers in some specific COPs, and meanwhile it is still difficult for NCO methods to solve general COPs, especially the ones with uncertainty and multiple objectives. …”
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An experimental evaluation of point-of-interest recommendation in location-based social networks by Liu, Yiding, Pham, Tuan-Anh Nguyen, Cong, Gao, Yuan, Quan

“…In recent years, a number of POI recommender systems have been proposed, but there is still a lack of systematical comparison thereof. …”
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