Determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in grilled meat by Afsaneh, Farhadian, Selamat, Jinap, Abas, Faridah, Sarker, Md. Zaidul Islam

“…Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are primarily formed as a result of thermal treatment of food, especially grilling or barbecuing. In this study nine types of Malaysian popular grilled meat dishes were analyzed for toxic PAHs, i.e. fluoranthene, benzo(b)fluoranthene and benzo(a)pyrene using HPLC-FD. …”
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Research on work values in Malaysia and Thailand: a cross-cultural research proposal by Abdul Rahman, Wan Rafaei

“…The work value scale used will be from the scale developed by Wan Rafaei Abdul Rahman and Che’ Su Mustaffa (2004), The Twelve Pillars of Malaysia, and The Nine Thai values of orientation (Komin, 1995). …”
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Internet banking in Pakistan: finding complexities by Akhlaq, Mohammed ather, Shah, Asadullah

“…The model is tested with a survey sample (n=45). Out of the nine complexities identified, six are found significant. …”
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Benefits of air quality improvement in Klang Valley Malaysia by Rafia, Afroz, Hassan, Mohd Nasir, Awang, Muhamad, Ibrahim, Noor Akma

“…The study evaluated the comparative reliability of different question formats of contingent valuation method by resurvey of the same households nine months after their original survey. The test-retest correlations are statistically significant at 1% level. …”
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Goal measures for psychotherapy: a systematic review of self‐report, idiographic instruments by Lloyd, Christopher E. M., Duncan, Charlie, Cooper, Mick

“…In total, 104 texts were eligible for inclusion in the review, with nine measures identified. These took the form of multidimensional tools, brief rating forms, and goal attainment scaling. …”

Bucket plot: a visual tool for skewness and kurtosis comparisons by De Bastiani, Fernanda, Stasinopoulos, Dimitrios, Rigby, Robert A., Heller, Gillian Z., Silva, Lucas A.

“…We demonstrate the bucket plot in nine simulated skewness and kurtosis scenarios, and the usefulness of the plot is shown in a real-data situation.…”

Women and flexitime by Abdul Kadir, Adibah, Maulad Bahro, Khadijah, Mohd Rosli, Nur Amalina, Ismail, Fadillah

“…Traditionally working time where the time work began at nine to five job is increasingly not required (Manpower, 2010).…”
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Human resource development and organizational values by Hassan, Arif

“…Originality/value – Little empirical knowledge exists on HRD and organizational values linkages in the context of transitional economies like Malaysia. The paper makes a modest attempt to fill the gap. …”
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A primary interface selection policy in heterogeneous networks based on QoS by Masud, M. H., Anwar, Farhat, Bari, S.M. Sadakatul

“…Different types of services are provided by the Internet like file transfer, telephony, audio and video conferencing etc. …”
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Exploring a sensitive issue: menopause experience among urban Malay women in Malaysia by Mohamad Diah, Nurazzura

“…Researching a sensitive issue like menopause is therefore taxing and at times overwhelming. …”
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Prediction of the glucose level in blood using near infrared spectrometer by Abd. Rahim, Intan Maisarah

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Nanostructural analysis of finogel (Fish Nano Gelatin) for new process development by Monsur, Hammed Ademola, Jaswir, Irwandi, Salleh, Hamzah Mohd.

“…Cross~linked rods observed in ABS denote adequate removal ofnon~collagen content of the fish skin and increase its surface area. ABS is suggested as the best pretreatment lex perch fish gelatin.…”
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Unsteady three-dimensional boundary layer flow due to a stretching surface in a micropolar fluid by Ahmad, Kartini, R, Nazar, Aris, Ishak, I, Pop

“…The solutions of interest for the skin friction coefficient with various values of the stretching parameter c and material parameter K are presented. …”
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Carotenoid diversity in 22 species of Malay traditional ulam by Othman, Rashidi, Mohd Hassan, Norazian, Mohd Zaifuddin, Fatimah Azzahra

“…These antioxidants including the yellow-orange-red pigments, collectively known as carotenoids, which some of them play vital role as pro-vitamin A that supples humans' skin and visual health. Carotenoids also act as boosters to our immune system. …”
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Natural corrosion inhibitor for corrosion protection of metal artefact: an overview by Musa, Muktaruddin, Ani, Mohd Hanafi, Othman, Raihan

“…Unfortunately, the inhibitors used in conservation are frequently hazardous to conservator, either through inhaler or touch with skin. Responding to this, several researches has been conducted to look into environmental friendly inhibitors or green inhibitors. …”
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Gamma irradiated starch based hydrogel impregnated with silver nanoparticle by Esalami, Fayezeh, Ahmad, Zuraida, Abdul Razak, Nur Humairah

“…In this paper, biopolymer is used to overcome this problem and promote environmental friendliness and biocompatible to the human skin and impregnation of silver nano-particle (SNP) acts as anti-bacterial which needed for this application. …”
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Monitoring of dissolved ciguatoxin and maitotoxin using solid-phase adsorption toxin tracking devices: application to Gambierdiscus pacificus in culture by Caillaud, Amandine, de la Iglesia, Pablo, Barber, Esther, Eixarch, Helena, Mohammad Noor, Normawaty, Yasumoto, Takeshi, Dioge`ne, Jorge

“…The MTX-like toxicity was detected from day 19 to 47 (final of exponential to decade growth phases). …”
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A new technique to improve the machinability of hardened steel AISI H13 in end milling by Amin, A. K. M. Nurul, Mokhtar, Suhaily, Patwari, Muhammed Anayet Ullah, Abdul Razak, Nurhayati

“…Hardened materials like AISI H13 steel are generally regarded as difficult to cut materials because of their high hardness due to high carbon content, which however allows them to be used extensively as the hot working tools like, dies and moulds. …”
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"Loved and not judged": how African/Caribbeans with a diagnosis of schizophrenia experience the therapeutic relationship in psychological therapy: an interpretative phenomenologica... by Thomas-Hibbert, Veniece

“…African/Caribbean’s are more likely than white and other ethnic groups to be diagnosed with Schizophrenia and tend to have poorer therapeutic outcomes. …”
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Cross-education and neuromuscular factors relating to the prevention and rehabilitation of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) knee injuries by Gardiner, Nicholas

“…The participants were then divided into two groups, a cross-education group (CEG) (n = 9) and a detraining group (DTG) (n = 9). The CEG completed a nine week unilateral neuromuscular training programme while the DTG ceased their training. …”
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