Towards an Islamic common market: are oic countries heading the right direction? by Mohd Amin, Ruzita, Hamid, Zarinah

“…The corresponding MFN weighted average applied rates are also examined to determine the specific sectors that would benefit from tariff reductions under the PRETAS. The findings of the analysis serve to provide an indication as to whether the implementation of the TPS-OIC is strategically headed towards the right direction. …”
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Exploring the needs of Malay manuscript studies community for an e-learning platform by Zulkifli, Zahidah, Abdullah, Noorhidawati, Awang Ngah, Zainab

“…Academy of Malay Studies, University of Malaya is the case study setting, focusing on lecturers who teach and students who enrol in a philology course as well as doctoral students researching on manuscript studies. The findings highlight problems faced by the various stakeholders and propose solutions in the form of a conceptual model for a collaborative electronic platform to improve teaching and learning as well as utilizing digitized manuscript surrogates held in a digital library of Malay manuscripts.…”
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Lecturers’ perspective of self-efficacy towards research: 'Push or not to push' by Velu, Jeya, Sheikh Ahmad, Ismail, Abdul Rahman, Zainurin

“…Lecturers in teacher training institute are encouraged to conduct research and are given the opportunities to present the research findings in conferences or to publish them in journals. …”
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Implementation mechanism of ethics in business organizations by Jalil, Md Abdul, Azam, Ferdous, Rahman, Muhammad Khalilur

“…Descriptive and analytical research methodology is applied in this research paper. The findings of this paper is that it is very essential to have a code of business ethics in every business organization and this code of business ethics must be implemented in the organization in objective and effective way.…”
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A study of the residential location of information, communication and technology (ICT) sector employees in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia by Mohit, Mohammad Abdul

“…Finally, the study intends to provide an essential understanding of residential location of ICT sector employees in Kuala Lumpur and a substantial step for further empirical research. Findings from this study is expected to assist in land use planning, housing and infrastructure policies formulation and also to provide a general idea of future housing demand for the private developers and other relevant agencies.…”
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Why teachers use bahasa in the Arabic language classroom? by Mohamad Adnan, Mohamad Azrein, Mohamad, Shukeri, Mamat , Arifin

“…The respondents of this study weretwo experienced teachers. The findings indicated that L1is still used by the teachers to explain difficult concepts of grammar so that students easily understand linguistics terms, and also to translate new words to ensure that students understand unfamiliar words.…”
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Usability Evaluation of IIUM Online Digital Manuscript Interface by Mansor, Yushiana, Mat Ripin, Faizal Hazri

“…In addition, each respondent was given eight tasks that have been specifically designed to measure their ability to navigate within the digital manuscript interface of the library. Findings indicate that despite some of the shortcomings observed with the interface design, respondents were able to complete the tasks assigned, though at different completion duration. …”
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Strengthening professional expertise: mentoring in knowledge transfer, the cataloguers' perspective by Bello, M.A, Mansor, Yushiana

“…This study surveys the uses of mentoring in knowledge transfer for cataloguing, managerial, and research skills development for cataloguers in Nigerian academic libraries. The findings show that mentoring as a tool for knowledge transfer influences cataloguers and their skills development. …”
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Din al-Fitrah (Primordial Religion): Nurturing inter-religious dialogue and beyond in al-Faruqi’s thought by Shehu, Fatmir Mehdi

“…A critical analysis will be done on al-Faruqi’s approach towards DÊn al-FiÏrah as a religious norm that nurtures inter-religious dialogue and beyond by composing the differences between religions. The findings of this study will enrich the perspective of modern comparative religious studies with the insights of the original efforts and contribution of contemporary Muslim scholar and thinker, Ismail Raji al-Faruqi, in inter-religious dialogue scholarship.…”
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Validity of factor structure of the TVET graduates's job performance inventory by Zulkipli, Inas, Nordin, Mohamad Sahari, Ismail, Nik Ahmad Hisham

“…The practical implications of the finding are discussed.…”
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Parking utilization pattern of park and ride facility at public transportation terminals by Khalid, Ummi Aqilah, Kadar Hamsa, Abdul Azeez

“…Parking characteristics such as parking occupancy, parking accumulation, parking volume, parking turnover and parking duration at each facility were also examined. Findings showed that overall parking utilization pattern at the two facilities was generally high with the occupancy rate of more than 85% (Terminal Putra station) and more than 92% (Kelana Jaya station). …”
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Volatility and spillover effects of oil and food price shocks-application of time series econometrics by Fardous, Alom

“…Finally, the fifth essay assesses the economic impacts of oil and food prices in the context of selected Asia and Pacific countries. Overall, the findings show that both oil and food prices have persistence effects on the volatility while the evidence of asymmetry is mixed; there is considerable cross country mean and volatility spillover effects of food prices; oil prices positively spillover to food prices and the impacts of oil and food prices to macroeconomic variables are dependent on the economic characteristics of individual economies.…”
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Critical reading in English as a second language by Muhamad, Ainon Jariah, Mohd. Asraf, Ratnawati

“…The think aloud data constituted the main source of data on the reading strategies. Findings revealed that although the students were able to utilize the critical reading strategies, they were only able to do so to a certain extent. …”
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Voluntary disclosure and company characteristics of Indonesian listed company: comparison of Shariah and non-Shariah compliant company by Nugraheni, Peni, Annuar, Hairul Azlan

“…Based on content analysis of 2009 annual report of 55 Indonesian listed companies for each category, the findings revealed that there is statistically significant difference in the quantity and quality of voluntary disclosure value of Shariah and non-Shariah compliant companies. …”
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Investigation of solvent system for the production of biodiesel from Sludge Palm Oil (SPO) by enzymatic transesterification by Alam, Md. Zahangir, Nasaruddin, Ricca Rahman, Jami, Mohammed Saedi, Uddin , Mohammad Shahab

“…Ethanol was selected based on the findings of ethanol-to-SPO molar ratio, water content, and additional organic solvent. …”
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Using plastic bags and its damaging impact on environment and agriculture: an alternative proposal by Jalil, Md. Abdul, Mian, Md. Nannu, Rahman, Muhammad Khalilur

“…The paper focuses on the sustainable agricultural and economic development by finding out alternatives to the use of ever harmful plastic bags. …”
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Public sector performance measurement practice in Malaysia by Abdullah, Nur Anisah

“…Verbatim transcripts of the interviews were thematically coded and analysed. Findings reveal that in addition to the statutory requirement of external reporting, agencies measure performance for improvement. …”
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Inclusive growth: the contribution of service sector to employment in Malaysia by Hamid, Zarinah

“…A two-sector model is adopted to analyze the growth of service sector in Malaysia. The findings indicate that the rising income hypothesis component accounted the highest percentage change in the service share of employment (56.4 percent) followed by lagging productivity hypothesis component (39.5 percent). …”
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East Asia Regional integration: A concern on economics and human development  by Duasa, Jarita

“…The second method adopted is the Kapetanois et al. (2003), KSS, non-linear stationary test which enables to detect the presence of non-stationarity against non-linearity. The study finds possible integration among the countries in studies based on the human development indicators.…”
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Mental health: a contrastive analysis between western and Islamic psychologies by Abdul Razak, Mohd Abbas, Abdul Razak, Abdul Latif, Mohamed Ali Zaroum, Abdulhamid

“…It is hoped that a proper understanding on the concept of mental health and its maintenance could help people to lead a meaningful life: finding peace and harmony within themselves and in the external surrounding.…”
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