Does trade liberalization effect energy consumption? by Mat Ghani, Gairuzazmi

“…The descriptive statistics show that average annual growth of energy consumption per capita after tradeliberalization varies among countries; hence it is a possibility that the effect of tradeliberalization is conditional on factors other than liberalization per se. The regression results show that tradeliberalization per se does not affect the growth of energy consumption of the developing countries analyzed, but its interaction with capital per labor reduces the growth of energy consumption as capital per labor increases. …”
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Respondents versus Informants Method of Data Collection: Implications for Survey Research by Hassan, Arif

“…The findings confirmed that the respondents attributed negative cognitions (beliefs, values and preferences) to the people more than themselves. They attributed predominantly positive beliefs, values and preferences to themselves and people, although a shade more to themselves. …”
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Internationalization and integration via benchmarking visits: the IIUM experiences by Abdul Ghadas, Zuhairah Ariff, Mohamad, Nor Asiah

“…In view of this, the university has established a Rectory (office of the Seputy Rector Internationalization and Innovation) as well as an International Students Office. Other than these two agencies, the Students Affairs Division, in particular, the residential accomodation (Mahallat) also plays important role to ensure that the agenda of integration and internationalization is successful in IIUM. …”
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Islam and the 1 Malaysia concepts by Mohamad, Nor Asiah

“…This paper promotes that 1 Malaysia implies that as the Federal Constitution has clearly defined that Malaysia declares Islam as the religion of the Federation, as such, the position of Islam in higher than other religions. In this respect, this paper traces the aspects of which the government is entrusted to provide and argues that the government is not burdened with a duty to ensure equality of rights and treatment in all aspects concerning religion to others. …”
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"Narrating 1Malaysia": nationalism in Malaysian literature in English by Mohd Ramli, Aimillia

“…This task, however, was generally undertaken by those who were more inclined to write about the issues and interests of their own communities rather than those of others living in the country. In the last twenty years, however, there have emerged a number of fictional writings that depict not only the country’s multiracial context but also imply the existence of a sense of national consciousness and patriotic feelings amongst Malaysians. …”
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Exchange rate misalignment and capital inflows: an endogenous threshold analysis for Malaysia by Mohd Sidek , Noor Zahirah, Yusoff, Mohammed, Munir, Qaiser

“…Results suggest that misalignment in terms of currency overvaluation, has a negative and significant effect when overvaluation is more than 15 percent. This estimate is consistent and robust despite the changes in the choice of explanatory variables. …”
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Profitability determinants of Islamic and conventional banks in Malaysia: a panel regression approach by Abduh, Muhamad, Omar, Mohd. Azmi, Mesic, Edina

“…This study also evidences that Islamic banks are more profitable than conventional banks during the period analyzed.…”
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Pulse generation using avalanche transistor for ultra wide band communication: Analysis and simulation results by Shahid, Zeeshan, Khan, Sheroz, Alam, A. H. M. Zahirul

“…The preliminary simulation results of this work shows a generated pulse with a width of around of 180 picoseconds, even shorter than reported in recently reported works.…”
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Design of a 2-bit multi valued analog-to-digital converter by Farhana, Soheli, Alam, A. H. M. Zahirul, Khan, Sheroz, Rahman, Mohammed Ataur

“…The ADC generates multi-valued logic outputs rather than the conventional binary output system. The design is implemented using 0.13|im CMOS process. …”
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Modelling and optimization of tool life in end milling of AISI 02 hardened steel by Lajis, M. A., Karim, A.N. Mustafizul, Amin, A. K. M. Nurul

“…It has been found that the models are valid for predicting the tool life in machining under specified condition with an average of error less than 10%.…”
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Influence of energy parameters of micro WEDM on kerf by Ali, Mohammad Yeakub, Willey, Liew Yun Hsien, Gure, S. A., Asfana, Banu

“…The analysis also revealed that the capacitance is more influential parameter than gap voltage on kerf width produced by micro WEDM. …”
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Fabricating micromilling tool using wire electrodischarge grinding and focused ion beam sputtering by Ali, Mohammad Yeakub, Ong, A. S.

“…The widths of the channels were about 10–20% larger than the tool diameter when milling without and with lubrication, respectively. …”
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Enforcement : the key human rights challenge by Hamid, Abdul Ghafur@Khin Maung Sein

“…International enforcement, which is merely supplementary, is rather weak at the universal level and it almost exclusively has to rely on monitoring rather than enforcement mechanisms. At the regional level, the European Court of Human rights has been a success story. …”
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Effect of Knowledge Management Practices on Business Performance in Bangladesh Pharmaceutical Industry by Islam, Rafikul, Haque, Mahbubul

“…This is due to the fact that firms’ performances are increasingly hinge upon managing knowledge of their employees rather than managing only physical facilities and resources. …”
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Theoretical study for magnetic effect in dissociative adsorption of oxygen to a platinum monolayer on Ni(110) surface by Rahman, Md. Mamudur, Muhida, Rifki, Chowdhury, M. S. H., Zainuddin, Hishamuddin, Zakaria, Azmi, Kasai, Hideaki

“…We have shown that the activation barrier on Pt/Ni(110) is lower than that on a clean Pt(001) surface. This may be due to the effect of magnetization of Pt surface. …”
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Predictors of cultural adjustment among international students in Malaysia: counseling implications by Ssekamanya, Siraje Abdallah

“…By the end of 2011, Malaysia had indeed managed to attract almost 100,000 foreign students from more than 100 countries. It is time now to move beyond the numbers and consider the quality of the students and the quality of their experiences in Malaysia. …”
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The future of coastal management programme in Malaysia: making the coast visible to planners by Asmawi, M. Zainora

“…The concept of coastal management which is regarded as an effective management tool has been widely used globally for more than 40 years. It works across sectoral, disciplinary and institutional boundaries to manage coastal resources. …”
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The role of customer satisfaction in enhancing customer loyalty in Malaysian Islamic banks by Amin, Muslim, Isa, Zaidi, Fontaine, Rodrigue Ancelot Harvey

“…The effect of customer satisfaction on customer loyalty and intention to switch is greater for the non-Muslim than the Muslim customers.…”
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Is any defect in Islamic banking products? a case study of BBA by Syed, Ahmed Salman, Htay, Sheila Nu Nu

“…Banks should be taking responsibility, rather than putting the entire burden on the customers, in the case of default by property developer. …”
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Precautionary principle under the SPS Agreement: A critical exposition by Ansari, Abdul Haseeb, Sri , Wartini

“…This resulted in disputes, which were ultimately resolve, in most of the cases in favour of international trade rather than protection of the environment or ensuring human health, except for where the harm was eminent. …”
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