A BRIEF REVIEW ON THE UTILIZATION OF BIOPOLYMERS IN THE MANUFACTURING OF NATURAL FIBER COMPOSITES by TEZARA CIONITA, TEZARA CIONITA, JAMILUDDIN JAAFAR, JAMILUDDIN JAAFAR, LING-SHING WONG, LING-SHING WONG, JANUAR PARLAUNGAN SIREGAR, JANUAR PARLAUNGAN SIREGAR, AL EMRAN ISMAIL, AL EMRAN ISMAIL, MOHAMAD FARID SIES, MOHAMAD FARID SIES, AGUSTINUS PURNA IRAWAN, AGUSTINUS PURNA IRAWAN, AGUNG EFRIYO HADI, AGUNG EFRIYO HADI

“…Therefore, the current study's findings are expected capable to provide a clear picture of the biopolymer's position in producing biocomposites. …”
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Practical knowledge of prospective teachers’ in pedagogy by Rubani, Siti Nur Kamariah, Subramaniam, Tamil Selvan, Ariffin, Arihasnida, Hamzah, Nurhasyimah, Bidin, Maisarah

“…These findings may provide guidance to prospective teachers to prepare themselves to be an educator in the field of vocational with skills and practical knowledge in pedagogical.…”
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Mechanically rational forms of curved surface structures shaped from the uniform strain elements by Tanaka, Koki, Ijima, Katsushi, Obiya, Hiroyuki, Zakaria, Muhammad Nizam bin

“…The paper proposes a method for finding mechanically rational and practical forms of curved surface by using the uniform strain elements. …”
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Students’ perception using inquiry based learning in science experiment by Rubani, Siti Nur Kamariah, Ariffin, Arihasnida, Subramaniam, Tamil Selvan, Hamzah, Norhasyimah

“…Based on these findings, using inquiry based learning should be considered as the preferred method of teaching in science experiment.…”
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Determining the viability of rental price to benchmark Islamic home financing products evidence from Malaysia by Mohd Yusof, Rosylin, Kassim, Salina, Majid , M. Shabri A., Hamid, Zarinah

“…The study adopts several econometric time-series analysis, such as the autoregressive distributed lag estimates, bi-variate Granger causality, and multivariate causality based on the vector error-correction model. Findings – The study finds consistent evidence that the rental price (RP) is a better alternative than the LR to price Islamic home financing product. …”
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Assessing people-driven factors for circular economy practices in small and medium-sized enterprise supply chains: business strategies and environmental perspectives by Betuel Sawe, Fredrick, Kumar, Anil, Garza-Reyes, Jose Arturo, Agrawal, Rohit

“…The findings of this study will help industrial managers to understand the significance of the role of PDFs for enhancing business strategies; these findings can reduce the negative environmental impact in the adoption of CE practices in the SCs of SMEs.…”
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A meta-analysis of sustainable supply chain practices and performance: the moderating roles of type of economy and innovation by Yadav, Sanjeev, Choi, Tsan-Ming, Kumar, Anil, Luthra, Sunil, Naz, Farheen

“…Design/methodology/approach – Based on the main and moderating variables and selection criteria, 64 sample studies were selected after a systematic literature review and meta-analysis. Findings – The findings confirm a positive correlation (0.438) between SSCP and SP. …”
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What do Syrian managers know about self-directed learning? by Al-Jarrah, Mohammed Maher

“…The thesis is structured as follows: Chapter 1 introduces the background and field of the research, Chapter Two presents the Literature Review, Chapter Three explains the qualitative methodology which I applied to implement the research to achieve the objectives of the research, Chapter Four explains how I coded the data and analysed it to obtain useful findings and results, Chapter Five presents the discussion and analysis of the findings from the collected data, Chapter Six explains how I used the four conclusions which I reached after examining and analysing the previous findings of the research to construct a model that explains the Syrian managers’ SDL in addition to my recommendations and the limitations of the research.…”
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A corpus-based lexical study of the frequency, coverage and distribution of academic vocabulary in Islamic academic research articles by Mohamed Ismail , Ahamed Shah, Engku Ibrahim, Engku Haliza, Mayinuer, Abudukeremu

“…Findings also revealed that some of the words which were found in the present study were not found in Coxhead’s Academic Word List. …”
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The establishment and operation of Islamic banks in Nigeria :perception study on the role of the central bank of Nigeria by Daud, Mustafa, Mohd Yussof, Ibrahim, Adewale, Abideen Adeyemi

“…This finding is however classified as Type II error because it contradicts the known theoretical and empirical evidences in the area of central banking in the world. …”
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Patients transition: what is it like in the intensive care unit? discover the hidden realities from nurses’ perspective by Mohamed Ludin, Salizar, Arbon, Paul, Parker, Steve

“…In conclusion, the findings demonstrate the breadth of transition concerning the patients’ and families’ experiences and the journey of care in ICU. …”
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Audit assessment of the facilities maintenance management in a public hospital in Malaysia by Ali, Maisarah, Wan Mohamad, Wan Mohamad Nasbi

“…Research limitations/implications – Findings reveal that continuous involvement of all organisations is rudimentary to provide guidance and direction to the maintenance function. …”
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Exploring influencing factors for the selection of mobile phone service providers: A structural equational modeling (SEM) approach on Malaysian consumers by Rahman, Sabbir, Haque, A. K. M. Ahasanul, Ahmad, Mohd Ismail Sayyed

“…However, the findings of this study may provide needed feedback and contribute to the improvement of players’ strategy and their marketing program. …”
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Benchmarking the efficiency of the Korean banking sector: a DEA approach by Sufian, Fadzlan

“…The method allows for the decomposition of technical efficiency (TE) into its mutually exhaustive components of pure technical and scale efficiencies. Findings – The empirical findings suggest that estimates of TE are consistently higher under an operating approach vis-a` -vis the intermediation and value-added approaches. …”
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The salience of corporate social responsibilty to symbolic consumer value and brand relationship quality by Abdul Razak, Shamzul Razni

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Effect of islamic fasting on visualattention by event-related potential analysis by Molavi, Maziyar

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Exploring the processes of change in individual cognitive behavioural therapy for bulimia nervosa from the patients’ perspectives : a grounded theory study by Devantier, Line

“…Participants described how BN gradually became part of self and how bodily sensations and attributes affected cognitions and emotions. The overall finding demonstrates an immediate connection between the participants’ physical and psychological realities. …”
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"Obviously people haven’t heard of being pansexual": pansexual peoples' experiences of pansexuality: an interpretative phenomenological analysis by Haylock, Charlotte

“…Conclusion: The findings indicated the concept of feeling ‘boxed in’ as central to all of the superordinate themes in the study. …”
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Women's experiences of gender and sexuality within football contexts in England and Wales by Caudwell, Jayne Clare

“…That said, the findings expose the gender relations in football. The women have both shared and non-shared experience of the multi-layered policing of the football fields by the education system, officials, spectators, the media and through self-surveillance. …”
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Using Internet of Things (IoT) in agri-food supply chains: a research framework for social good with network clustering analysis by Yadav, Sanjeev, Choi, Tsan-Ming, Luthra, Sunil, Kumar, Anil, Garg, Dixit

“…Based on these findings, propositions are proposed and a research framework is established. …”
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