The impact of corporate governance on the restrictiveness of covenants in private debt contract by Abu Bakar, Intan Suryani, Mather, Paul, Tanewski, George

“…Our cross-sectional analysis on a sample of new syndicated loans in the U.S private debt market indicates that both a corporate governance score and board independence are positively and significantly associated with covenant slack. Similarly, we find that independent directors’ financial expertise and covenants slack are positively related, but we find no evidence that slack is associated with ‘busy’ directors or CEO duality. …”
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Journalism cupcakes: Same cakes, different icing or vice-versa by Ismail, Awan, Aripin, Norizah, Yusof, Norhafezah, Mohamad, Noraihan, Ismail, Rizalawati

“…After three to four years of study, journalism graduates from these universities would have to share the same pie to find jobs in media or communication related organizations. …”
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The effect of material property gradient on the fracture toughness of a PMMA/PC bimaterial with a crack normal to the interface by Shah, Qasim Hussain, Homma, H., Iliyas, M. H., Ismail, Ahmad Faris

“…Finite element analysis was used to find out the stresses IC in the specimens. Subsequently the stress values were used to find out the fracture toughness of each specimen. …”
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Rural transformation and productivity in China by You, Kefei, Sarantis, Nicholas

“…This paper carries out for the first time an econometric investigation of the contribution of rural transformation to total factor productivity in China. We find that the efficiency gains resulting from rural transformation make a significant and nontrivial contribution to factor productivity in China. …”
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Identifying and ranking critical success factors of Nine Challenges in Malaysian Vision 2020 by Islam, Rafikul

“…The present paper intends to identify and rank the critical success factors of these nine challenges by applying Analytic Hierarchy Process. The findings are expected to provide valuable guidelines to the Malaysian government in course of developing effective action plans to achieve Vision 2020. …”
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The prevalence of Internet addiction and its related factors among medical students of International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Kuantan Campus by Swe, Swe Latt, Mohd Rus, Razman, Ab Rahman, Jamalludin, Nasreen, Hashima E, Abd. Aziz, Karimah Hanim, Pasi, Hafizah

“…Internet addiction (mild and moderate) was higher among mean (SD) age of 22.7(1.9) years old, female (61%), Year 1(27%), living in dormitory (90%), using Smartphone (72%), using Internet for 7 years and more (48%), night user (63%) and spent 2 to 5 hours per day (40%) with fast speed Internet (52%). …”
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صورة الشعر الأندلسي في أبحاث بالنثيا وغومس by Bahjat, Munjid Mustafa

“…Furthermore, the paper looks in detail at the critique of various poets among them Yahya Al-Ghazal, Ibn Abid Rabah, Abu Ishaq Al-Albiri, Al-Sharif Al-Taliq, Ibn Zaidoun, and Al-Mu’tamid bin Abad. The paper also sheds light on their methodology of comparative criticism between a number of poets namely, between Ibn Hani and Al-Zubaidi, between Ibn Zaidoun and Al-Humaidi, between Ibn Shahid and Ibn Hazm, between Al-Mutanbi and Ibn Hani, between Ibn Zamrak and Ibn Khafajah, and between Ibn Hazm and Abu Ishaq Al-Albiri. …”
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The conflict of theory in Arabic grammar by Yaacob, Solehah@Nik Najah Fadilah

“…Otherwise, the Kufa school more concentrated on reading Holy Quran, Hadith and Arabic poetry such as Asim bin Abi Nujud, Hamzah Zayyat and Kisaai whose from Qura` Sab`ah among the thinkers of the school worked on informant sources meant they associated with something unexpected or different what normally happens. …”
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The conflict of theory in Arabic grammar by Yaacob, Solehah@Nik Najah Fadilah

“…Otherwise, the Kufa school more concentrated on reading Holy Quran, Hadith and Arabic poetry such as Asim bin Abi Nujud, Hamzah Zayyat and Kisaai whose from Qura` Sab`ah among the thinkers of the school worked on informant sources meant they associated with something unexpected or different what normally happens. …”
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Reclaiming the conversation: Islamic intellectual tradition in the Malay Archipelago. Edited by Rosnani Hashim. Selangor, Malaysia: The Other Press, 2010, pp. 288. ISBN 978-983-954... by Hussien, Suhailah

“…In particular, the book focuses on Shaykh Daud al-Fatani of Pattani in South Thailand, Munshi Abdullah Muhammad Yusof bin Ahmad (Tok Kenali), Shaykh Ahmad al-Hady and Za’ba of Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia), and Shaykh Abd al-Samad al-Palembani, Imam Zarkasyi, Mahmud Yunus, Hamka, Hasyim Asy’ari and Harun Nasution of Indonesia.…”
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Performance of ZigBee based fall detection alarm system by Habaebi, Mohamed Hadi, Agel, Mabruka Mohamed, Zyoud, Al-Hareth

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HTN: a new hierarchical iterconnection network for massively parallel computers by Rahman, M.M. Hafizur, Susumu, Horiguchi

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Al-Sheikh Dr. Muhammad Idris al-Marbawi's contribution to Islamic studies in the Malay World by Muhamad Shukri, Abdul Salam

“…Al-Sheikh Dr. Muhammad Idris bin 'Abd al-Ra'uf al-Marbawi al-Azhari al-Malayuwi (1893-1989) gained prominence in the Malay world with his Arab-Malay Dictionary called Qamus Idris al-Marbawi. …”
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Design a CVT lubricant test device by Azlan, Mohd Azwir

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Nonlinear finite element analysis of integral bridge including foundation soil interaction (wrinkler analogy) by Md. Noh, Mohammad Soffi

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Pattern of the news media consumption and news discussion among youth : a test of agenda setting theory by Wok, Saodah, Tamam, Ezhar, Bolong, Jusang

“…The specific objectives of the study are (1) to determine the level of perceived news media credibility, (2) to find out the level of news media consumption, (3) to find out the extent of interpersonal news discussions, (4) to analyze the relationship between perceived media credibility and news media consumption with interpersonal news discussions, and (5) to differentiate between selected demographic characteristic with news media consumption and interpersonal news discussions. …”
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Pricing efficiency of the 3-month KLIBOR futures contracts: An empirical analysis by Razak, Marina Abdul, Bacha, Obiyathulla Ismath

“…The study spans the contract's entire 10-year history, June 1996 to June 2006. In line with findings in other markets, we find a pre-ponderance of overpricing. …”
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Pattern of the news media consumption and news discussion among youth: a test of agenda setting theory by Wok, Saodah, Tamam, Ezhar, Suci , Elsa Maria

“…The specific objectives of the study are (1) to determine the level of perceived news media credibility, (2) to find out the level of news media consumption, (3) to find out the extent of interpersonal news discussions, (4) to analyze the relationship between perceived media credibility and news media consumption with interpersonal news discussions, and (5) to differentiate between selected demographic characteristic with news media consumption and interpersonal news discussions. …”
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Date seed extract as preservatives by Mirghani, Mohamed Elwathig Saeed, Mikail, Maryam Abimbola, Ahmed, I. A., Abdul Karim, Mohamed Ismail, Daoud, Jamal Ibrahim

“…The increasing demand for minimally-processed. extended shelflife foods and rcpons of ehemical preservatives as having potential toxicity demands food manufacturers to find altcrnative snurccs of anTimicrobial compounds. …”
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On dynamical systems and phase transitions for q + 1-state p-adic Potts model on the Cayley tree by Mukhamedov, Farrukh

“…In antiferromagnetic case, there are two attractive fixed points, and we find basins of attraction of both fixed points, and describe solutions of the nonlinear recursive equation. …”
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