Content-based indexing of low resolution documents by Md Nor, Danial

“…Image search is related with finding images that are similar for the known query image found in a given image database. …”
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The pricing efficiency of equity warrants: a Malaysian case by Haron, Razali

“…The paper will also look into related issues such as the extent of mispricing, factors that could lead to the inefficiencies, volatility of the warrants and the underlying stocks, the behavior of price relationships and appropriate strategies to be adopted with regards to the findings. The study concludes that there is significant mispricing on most of the traded warrants, which can be categorizes as underpriced, overpriced and extremely overpriced. …”
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A survey of usability awareness in IT industry by Hussein, Idyawati, Mahmud, Murni, Md. Tap, Abu Osman

“…Result reveals there is no significant different on the usability awareness between IT practitioners (e.g. software developer, system analyst etc.), non-IT practitioners (e.g. sales and marketing personnel) and IT student in IT industry. Finding indicates that usability is perceived as a “common sense” knowledge for both IT and non- IT practitioners. …”
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The linkage between board of directors characteristics, distinct business environments and organizations financial performance by Haron, Razali, Ibrahim, Khairunisah, Muhamad, Nordin

“…In conclusion, there are certain aspects of board attributes and control functions that differ between the two sectors, and these significantly influence firm performance. This finding thus confirms the differences in business nature and environment between the two sectors.…”
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Risk management and disclosure in Malaysian corporations: managerial perceptions by Mohd Ghazali, Nazli Anum

“…In departure from the majority of prior studies on risk management and disclosure which examined corporate annual reports, the present study sought views from corporate managers through questionnaire survey on issues related to risk management and disclosure in Malaysia. The findings show that 21 (35.6%) companies had established separate RMCs implying that the revised Malaysian Code on Corporate Governance (2007) have had some positive impact on corporate governance in terms of encouraging companies in establishing separate RMCs. …”
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Perception of the headmaster towards the implementation of the policy: english for teaching mathematics and science by Da-I, Naruemon, Salleh, Mohamad Johdi, Hussien, Suhailah

“…The questionnaire was distributed by post to 79 headmasters from selected primary schools including the National Primary Schools (Sekolah Kebangsaan), National-type Primary Chinese School (Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan China), National-type Primary Tamil School (Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan Tamil), and the government-aided school of the missionary schools. Findings of the study showed that most of the headmasters supported ETeMS, but they faced some problems and challenges in the implementation of ETeMS, particularly when most of the Mathematics and Science teachers and also the students were not proficient in English.…”
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Sensitivity of the Islamic and conventional banks to monetary policy changes: the case of Malaysia by Kassim, Salina, Abdul Majid, M. Shabri

“…The study focuses on Malaysian data covering the period from January 1998 to December 2006. The study finds that the Islamic banks' balance sheet items are relatively more sensitive to monetary policy changes, compared to the conventional banks balance sheet items. …”
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Separating item-related electrophysiological indices of retrieval effort and retrieval orientation by Dzulkifli, Mariam Adawiah, Sharpe, Helen L., Wilding, Edward

“…Reliable differences according to task were evident in the high relative difficulty group only. This finding is consistent with the view that, for this task pair at least, ERPs are sensitive to the processes set in train in pursuit of task relevant information (retrieval orientations) only when relative difficulty is high.…”
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The moderating effect of firm size: Internationalization of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the manufacturing sector by Chelliah, S., Pandian, S., Sulaiman, Mohamed, Munusamy, J.

“…In doing so, it draws upon the findings of survey of 300 internationalized enterprises located in northern region of Malaysia. …”
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A study on the headteachers’ perceptions of practicing transformational leadership, Malaysia by Salleh, Mohamad Johdi, Razikin, Mohyani, Saidova, Parvina

“…The study was based on the survey of one-hundred-seventy-six PKGPB students chosen randomly and conveniently from three universities namely the University of Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM), University of Malaysia Sabah (UMS), and International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). The findings are presented in frequency and percentage form. …”
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Financing coastal land use planning for sustainability by Asmawi, M. Zainora, Md. Din, Azrin, Mahamod, Lukman Hakim

“…In this regards, the framework of development and planning process is seen as one of the available tools to plan and manage coastal areas. The analysis and findings demonstrate that the practice of Lembaga Urus Air Selangor relatively plans and manages their coastal land uses as in accordance with the physical land use planning system, encompassing the components of forward planning in their long term vision for their area. …”
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National pride in news media among youth by Tamam, Ezhar, Wok, Saodah, Bolong, Jusang

“…This chapter describes the theoretical rational and reports the research design and findings of a national survey designed to examine the relationships of exposure and attention to national and public affairs news in television and newspaper among fifteen to twenty five years old Malay, Chinese and Indian youths in Malaysia.…”
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Accounting for non-accounting students: what affects their performance? by Ismail, Suhaiza, Kasim, Nurkamariah

“…This present study mainly focused on the overall performance of the students and did not investigate the effect of the factors on the performance of the various assessment components in Management Accounting course. The findings imply that the Management Accounting course should be offered to higher level non-accounting students. …”
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Defect handling mechanisms in various open source projects by Awang Abu Bakar, Normi Sham

“…The aim of this work is to investigate how the open source developers handle defects with regard to recording, tracking, and resolving these defects. The findings show that consistency of defect recording, completeness of defect records, or even the concept of defect can vary from project to project.…”
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التكنولوجيا التعليمية الحديثة ومدى الإستفادة منها في تعلم اللغة العربية وتعليمها الجامعة الإسلامية العالمية بماليزيا نموذجا = Usefulness of modern teaching technology in activati... by Man, Saupi

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Impact of teachers’ professional development on school improvement—an analysis at Bangladesh standpoint by Hoque, Kazi Enamul, Alam, Gazi Mahabubul, Abdullah, Abdul Ghani Kanesean

“…Also found that the maximum school improvement can be achieved if schools put more emphasis on teachers’ collaboration, in-service training and classroom observation and less emphasis on individual action enquiry. The findings of this study provide important information for the policy makers, educational managers and especially for the headmasters and teachers concerned with the improvement of teachers’ quality in secondary schools of Bangladesh. …”
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Preservation of health in Islamic law by Deuraseh, Nurdeng

“…This book represents as of the few attempts to introduce the role of Islamic medicine, although Chapter One provides information about a historical background of the preservation of health in Islam, but its aim is to provide a fresh and timely overview of major aspects of legal, ritual and spiritual structures of the Islamic laws, foods and drinks as well as environmental laws, for maintaining and preserving human health. Findings indicated that prevention of any diseases from Islamic medical law perspectives cannot attain any real success unless it emanates from Islamic fundamental teaching, namely: the pillars of Islam. …”
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The challenge of managing knowledge transfer among technology firms in Malaysian Technology Parks by Mhd. Sarif, Suhaimi

“…The study interviewed fifty (50) informants, who included policy makers, government officers, and senior executives of technology firms in Malaysian technology parks. The preliminary findings indicated that policy makers and government confirmed that they cannot go away from previous policy documents when formulated policies for technology incubation that based on three major elements: enhancement of national unity, intensification of foreign direct investment and expectation of sound economic growth. …”
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Grain refinement in medium chromium ferritic stainless steel welds via aluminum powder addition by Amuda, Muhammed Olawale Hakeem, Mridha, Shahjahan

“…The degree of grain refinement achieved was evaluated using a scaling index known as Grain Refinement Index (GRI). The findings showed that the GRI is influenced by the concentration of the aluminum powder introduced into the melt pool. …”
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Malaysian vehicle license plate recognition by Khalifa, Othman Omran, Khan, Sheroz, Islam, Md. Rafiqul, Suleiman, Ahmad

“…This technology can be used in various security and traffic applications, such as finding stolen cars, controlling access to car parks and gathering traffic flow statistics. …”
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