Issues in location based marketing: a review of literature by Jaradat, Ahmad, Mohamad Ali, Noor Azian, Asadullah, Ahmad, Ebrahim, Seyed

“…Location based marketing has clearly become a primary element in today’s business. The main objective of this paper is to analyse such a growing phenomenon of using such location services by both marketers and customers, providing some motivations and factors that drive both parties to use these services. …”
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Contemporary healthcare experience in Malaysian Hospitals by Hasliza Hassan, Hassan, Rahman, Muhammad Sabbir, Abu Bakar , Sade

“…The main dissatisfaction of patients in hospital is the long waiting time, which could lead to stress. …”
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Preservation and the restoration of mental health from the Qur'anic perspective by Abdul Razak, Abdul Latif

“…This study also will benefit from the works of early Muslim scholars in the area of counseling and psychotherapy on the assumption that their writings are inspired by their understanding of the two main sources of Islam. It is hoped that this paper will enlighten us on the importance of revelation in the preservation and the restoration of mental health.…”
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Current state and future prospects of Islamic banking in Morocco: An empirical investigation by Abd Aziz, Hassanuddeen, Abdelghani, Echchabi

“…The findings revealed that the main factors that influence the decision of the Moroccan customers to adopt Islamic banking services are relative advantage, compatibility and social influence. …”
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Implementing key performance indicators in a government agency: a typical story? by Laurence, Ferry, Murphy, Peter, Zakaria, Zamzulaila, Zakaria, Zarina

“…The main objective of this study is to provide insight into the implementation of Key Perfor- mance Indicators (KPIs) in public sector organisations. …”
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Characterization of magnetorheological elastomer (MRE) engine mounts by Ladipo, Ismail, Darsivan, Fadly Jashi, Faris, Waleed Fekry

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Economic and monetary integration in East Asia by Ahmad, Nursilah, Duasa, Jarita

“…However, the dissimilarity of the level of economic development and monetary system is commonly said to be the main obstacle to the adoption of policies to support economic and monetary integration. …”
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Rural public bus routing and bus stops detecting using GPS and GIS in Malaysia by Ponrahono, Zakiah, Bachok, Syahriah, Mohamed Osman, Mariana, Ibrahim, Mansor

“…Bus route map was presented as the main findings of the research investigation.…”
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An assessment of the local residents’ perceptions on the socioeconomic impact of Iskandar Malaysia by Rabe, Noor Suzilawati, Mohamed Osman, Mariana, Bachok, Syahriah

“…The study investigates the local people’s knowledge and perception towards Iskandar Malaysia development as one of the main economic accelerators in the southern part of Peninsular Malaysia. …”
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Implied volatility forecasting in the options market: a survey by Mohamad, Azhar

“…Volatility forecasting can be grouped into two main categories namely option-implied volatility and historical time-series models. …”
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The exercise of self defence to cause death: a legal analysis under the Malaysian Penal Code by Mohamad Yunus, Mohamad Ismail

“…Had the killing exceeded the right of self-defence? Thus, the main objective of this article is to analyse and discuss the relevant issue as to what extent does the law allow a person to exercise his right of self-defence to cause death? …”
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Thermal performance of outdoor tropical environment by Abu Bakar, Aniza, Abdul Malek, Nurhayati

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Sources of banks’ productivity growth in a developing economy: efficiency change or technological progress? by Sufian, Fadzlan

“…We employ the output-oriented Malmquist productivity index first, proposed by Shephard (1970) to isolate efforts to catch up to the frontier (efficiency change (EFFCH)) from shifts in the frontier (technological change (TECHCH)). We also explore main sources of EFFCH: either improvements in management practices (pure technical efficiency change) or optimal size (scale efficiency change). …”
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Barriers of adopting environmental management practices in the micro and small island chalets operation by Jamaludin, Mariam, Yusof, Zeenat Begam

“…Sustainability becomes main management issues for hospitality firms. Big hospitality firms conduct countless attempts to accommodate into the sustainability agenda. …”
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Self-erecting inverted pendulum employing PSO for stabilizing and tracking controller by Solihin, Mahmud Iwan, Wahyudi, Martono, Akmeliawati, Rini

“…The main objective of this paper is to design a state feedback controller for stabilizing and tracking control of selferecting inverted pendulum employing intelligent method using particle swarm optimization (PSO). …”
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Organizational readiness and its contributing factors to adopt KM processes: a conceptual model by Mohamed Jalaldeen , Mohamed Razi, Abdul Karim, Nor Shariza, Mohamed, Norshidah

“…The main purpose of this paper is to propose a conceptual model that can be used to assess the organizational readiness and its contributing factors for KM process adoption. …”
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The impact of secularism on religious beliefs and practices by Abdul Rahim, Adibah

“…Secularism is the most serious challenge of modernity posed by the West. Its main ideology is to liberate man from the religious and metaphysical values and expel religion from the practical aspect of man’s life. …”
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Preparation of Dense Biphasic Calcium Phosphate Ceramics using Eggshell Derived Nanopowders by Iis, Sopyan, S.A. , Mohamad, S. F., Adlina

“…X-ray diffraction analysis of nanopowders revealed the existences of hydroxyapatite (HA) as the main phase, with β-tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP) and calcium pyrophosphate (CPP) as the second phases. …”
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'Big bang' and family values by Kamaruddin, Zaleha

“…Further elaborations of some works on post-modernism have also identified it as the main culprit for the loss of family values. .....…”
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Product liability under the Consumer Protection Act 1999 by Amin, Naemah

“…The purpose of this piece is to examine a new set of concepts introduced by the Act such as 'product', 'producer', 'defect' and the defences available to the defendant in order to assess the extent to which the new law realises its main objectives to improve the substantive position of the victims of defective products.…”
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