Public Speaking Anxiety In Podcast Aided Language Classes by Mat Daud, Nuraihan, Ibrahim, Ainol Marziah

“…This paper presents a study on learners’ level of anxiety when a podcast was used in developing their public speaking skills. …”
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Terms of trade and economic growth: an estimate of the threshold level of terms of trade for Malaysia by Duasa, Jarita

“…The finding is that the negative impact is very much larger when the terms of trade growth is below the threshold of -1.576% but lesser when the terms of trade growth is higher than 0.0018%.…”
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Democracy and democratization in contemporary Muslim societies: a theoretical analysis by Ra'ees, Wahabuddin

“…The Islamist-secularists relation radicalizes: (1) when the Islamists are prevented from capturing power through democratic institutions and (2) when the advanced Western democratic states cooperate with non-democratic secular elites of Muslim societies. …”
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K-sample tests based on survival analysis with interval-censored data by Elfaki, Faiz Ahmed Mohamed, Daud, Isa, Noor Akma, Ibrahim, Jamal Ibrahim, Daoud, Usman, Mustofa, Lukman, Iing

“…The nonparametric tests are introduced and provides a new method to compare survival functions among groups when the data are interval-censored. The k-sample test for interval censored is studied. …”
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Surface breakdown property of SiO2 added MgO under electron bombardment in vacuum: a promising materials for spacecraft and space station by Sutjipto, Agus Geter Edy

“…A surface breakdown (flashover) might occur on the surface of an insulator when it was bombarded by electron beam until exceeding a critical value. …”
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E-portfolios and personal construct theory : the case of computing students by Chalk, Peter, Holley, Debbie, Pokorny, Helen, Andrew, David, Wilson-Medhurst, Sarah

“…It explores the personal constructs used by a small group of computing students when asked to describe e-portfolio elements and an ‘ideal’ e-portfolio. …”
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Female domestic violence counsellors/psychotherapists: attitudes towards addiction. An interpretative phenomenological analysis by Fricker, Nina, Banbury, Samantha, Visick, Amanda

“…It further provided insight into how supported and involved they felt in their workplace when counselling this group. These findings are discussed in terms of strategy development and training aimed at improving the experience of counsellors/psychotherapists working in DV counselling organisations when they encounter SUDs in order to support counsellors and service-users well-being.…”
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Consumption, Wealth, Stock and Housing Returns: Evidence from Emerging Markets by Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Sousa, Ricardo M.

“…We use quarterly data for a panel of 31 emerging economies and find that, when agents expect future stock returns to be higher, they will temporarily allow consumption to rise. …”
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Collapsibility of PMMA based material in direct investment casting by Shukri, Muhammad Shazwan, Marwah, Omar Mohd Faizan, Ibrahim, M., Sharif, S., Mohamad, Elmy Johana, Hashim, Mohd Yussni

“…Over recent years, the rapid growth of Additive manufacturing (AM) has benefits the Direct Investment Casting (DIC) process for intricate design in which significantly reduces the cost when associated with low volume production. Nevertheless, ceramic shells cracking has been recognized as critical problem when involved direct casting in which leads to incomplete collapsibility. …”
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Effect of river indus sand on concrete tensile strength by Lakhiar, Muhammad Tahir, Mohamad, Noridah, Shaikh, Muhammad Abu Bakar, Ahmed Vighio, Anees, Ahmed Jhatial, Ashfaque, Abdul Samad, Abdul Aziz

“…The aim of this research is to study the effect of Indus River sand on the tensile strength of various grades of concrete when it is utilized as fine aggregate. Concrete Samples of M15, M20 and M25 grade concrete were cured for 7, 14, 21 and 28 days. …”
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Antenna with artificial magnetic conductor for wireless application by Rahim, MKA, Hamid, MR, Samsuri, NA, Murad, NA, Zubir, F, Ayop, O, Yusof, MFM, Majid, HA

“…It shows that the transmission is better when there is an AMC attach to the body compared without AMC. …”
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Myths and realities of digital reference services: perspectives of libraries from developing countries by Abu Bakar, Ahmad Bakeri

“…A score of 1 is assigned to a country when libraries have begun providing email reference. …”
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Myths and realities of digital reference services: perspectives of libraries from developing countries by Abu Bakar, Ahmad Bakeri

“…A score of 1 is assigned to a country when libraries have begun providing email reference. …”
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Performance of reclaimed asphalt pavement rejuvenated with maltene by Al-Saffar, Zaid Hazim Hussein

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Seismic performance assessment of base isolated nuclear power plants by Farmanbordar, Babak

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Performance of cut-curved cold-formed steel channel sections for roof truss system by Mohd. Sani, Mohd. Syahrul Hisyam

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Fabricating a novel HLC-hBMP2 fusion protein for the treatment of bone defects by Chen, Zhuoyue, Zhang, Zhen, Wang, Zhaoyue, Wu, Jiawei, Wang, Yihang, Si, He, Xie, Xin, Shang, Lijun, Fan, Daidi, Chen, Fulin

“…Treating serious bone trauma with an osteo-inductive agent such as bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) has been considered as an optimized option when delivered via a collagen sponge (CS). Previous work has shown that the BMP concentration and release rate from approved CS carriers is difficult to control with precision. …”
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AN INTEGRATED RRT*SMART-A* ALGORITHM FOR SOLVING THE GLOBAL PATH PLANNING PROBLEM IN A STATIC ENVIRONMENT by HERU SUWOYO, HERU SUWOYO, ANDI ADRIANSYAH, ANDI ADRIANSYAH, JULPRI ANDIKA, JULPRI ANDIKA, SHAMSUDIN, A LT UBAIDAH, ZAKARIA, MOHAMAD FAUZI

“…Although this variant of RRT offers asymptotic optimality, its use is increasingly limited ber:ause it suffers from convergence rates, mainly when applied to an environment with a poor level of obstacle neatness and a narrow area to the target. …”
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AN INTEGRATED RRT*SMART-A* ALGORITHM FOR SOLVING THE GLOBAL PATH PLANNING PROBLEM IN A STATIC ENVIRONMENT by Heru Sowoyo, Heru Sowoyo, Andi Adrianshah, Andi Adrianshah, Julpri Andika, Julpri Andika, Shamsuddin, Abu Ubaidah, Zakaria, Mohamad Fauzi

“…Although this variant of RRT offers asymptotic optimality, its use is increasingly limited ber:ause it suffers from convergence rates, mainly when applied to an environment with a poor level of obstacle neatness and a narrow area to the target. …”
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A modified weighted support vector machine (WSVM) to reduce noise data in classification problem by Mohd Dzulkifli, Syarizul Amri

“…SVM provides a global solution for data classification but SVM is highly sensitive to noise data and may not be effective when the level of noise data is high. When noise exists in training data, the decision boundary of SVM would deviate from the optimal hyperplane severely. …”
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