Exploring the use of ‘Assessment for learning’ strategies with final year students to improve their dissertation journey and engage them as partners in learning at GSBL by Meletiadou, Eleni, Coleman-Schoels, Bettina

“…The preliminary outcomes showed that the use of these two assessment methods had a profound impact on students’ dissertations and their attitudes towards writing. Considering the findings, the use of PA and SA was challenging, but developed students’ autonomy, critical thinking, and sense of personal accountability.…”
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Post fraud : an empirical In Malaysia by Puat Nelson, Sherliza

“…A matched pair sampling was made with the control group, and 256 firms’ observations were made. Findings revealed declining sales as well as increased in debts during the three years after the fraud for fraud firms. …”
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Blood levels of tryptophan and serotonin and their relationships with mood changes during pregnancy and postpartum period by Saeed, Mohammad, Helal Uddin, A.B.M., Khan, Umeed Ali

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Desalination of seawater to provide fresh water by Hawlader, Mohammad Nurul Alam

“…MED is making good progress. as shown by reccnt findings, and the production cost of water is less than MSF in certain cases. …”
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The reciprocity gap method by Syed Muhammad, Kashif

“…This method has also been applied to the case of finding plate’s flexure rigidities. However, the technique has shown good results for the crack identification problems.…”
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Human-related problems in quality management implementation in building construction projects by Tan, Chin Keng, Abdul Rahman, Hamzah

“…Survey samples were drawn from the construction organizations of G5, G6, and G7 registered with the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) Malaysia. Research findings indicate that the major human-related problems in the implementation of quality management in construction projects include human resources limitation, awareness of construction workers on the quality system is low and implementation of the quality system is not in full scale.…”
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Performance Measurement and Management Practices in the Saudi Arabian Public Sector by Abdullah, Nur Anisah, Lawrie, Gavin, Alkahtani, Moshobab

“…This paper presents the initial findings from currently ongoing survey of performance measurement and management practice in the Saudi Arabian public sector. …”
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The making of a quality neighbourhood park: a path model approach by Abdul Malek, Nurhayati, Mariapan, Manohar, Mohd Shariff, Mustafa Kamal

“…This paper explores and expended the attributes or construct from past literature findings in the area of use pattern, needs and preferences study towards neighbourhood parks by using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) Technique. …”
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Islamic definitions of selected English words in an English dictionary: students’ perspectives by Othman, Khairiah, Engku Ibrahim, Engku Haliza, Muhamad, Ainon Jariah, Mat Daud, Nuraihan

“…The subjects are 21 Muslim postgraduate students pursuing Master degree in English language studies in an Islamic institution. The findings indicated that the students were aware that certain words have a different meaning in the Islamic context.…”
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A genre analysis of Islamic academic research article introductions by Ahamad Shah, Mohamed Ismail, Mohd Yusof, Amira

“…Based on the model, sixty Islamic research article introductions were analyzed in terms of the move structure and linguistic features that signal the use of the move. Findings show that most of the introductions contain all the moves prescribed by the model but the introductions that strictly follow the CARS Move structure is relatively small. …”
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Risks in Islamic banks: evidence from empirical research by Mohd. Ariffin, Noraini, Archer, Simon, Karim, Rifaat Ahmed Abdel

“…The results indicate that Islamic banks are mostly exposed to similar types of risks to those in conventional banks, but that there are differences in the level of the risks. The findings of the study have both theoretical and policy implications for the issue of transparency, with particular reference to risk reporting in Islamic banks.…”
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Cultural sustainability and Islamic perspectives in introducing a cohesive retirement village for Muslims by Abdul Majid, Noor Hanita, Denan, Zuraini, Hamidi, Mohd Hazwan

“…The results indicated the perception of the respondents on the idea of having elderly care for the Muslim community and also the preferred type of care facilities. The research findings outlined the criteria for a cohesive retirement village for Muslims.…”
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International trade and conflict relationship by Hamid, Zarinah

“…An index which measures the amount of conflict is regressed upon a set of explanatory variables. The findings provide an indication that countries with greater trade dependency engage in less conflict. …”
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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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Adaptation of homotopy-perturbation method for numeric–analytic solution of system of ODEs by Chowdhury, Md. Sazzad Hossien, Hashim, Ishak

“…The HPM is treated,for the first time, as an algorithm in a sequence of intervals (i.e., time step) for finding accurate approximate solutions of linear and nonlinear systems of ODEs. …”
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A study on the key factors for effective e-learning by Pathan, Al-Sakib Khan, Islam, Humayun Kadir

“…The intent of this paper is to analyze the key factors of elearning and finding out the ways to use the key factors for successful and effective elearning.…”
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Improved success rates for students studying Programming by Boyle, Tom

“…This involved input from the Learning Technology Research Institute [LTRI] to develop a solution to the problems, guided by relevant research findings. The project initiated substantial changes to the curriculum supported by a major new online teaching and learning environment.…”
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Optimising Library Services - Cloud Computing for Higher Education Institutions: A Feasibility Study of the Adoption of IaaS in the Computing and Library Services of a U.K. by Chrysikos, Alexandros

“…A list of selection criteria and evaluation methods that could be regarded as the basis for a future IaaS Cloud decision model for HEIs is the proposed outcome. The findings of the current investigation contribute to the body of knowledge.…”
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Productivity drivers in European banking : country effects, legal tradition and market dynamics by Barros, Carlos Pestana, Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Abreu, Margarida

“…The policy implications of our findings are considered.…”
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Using translanguaging and English as a lingua franca to decolonise the curriculum and allow international students to demonstrate mastery in diverse ways at GSBL by Meletiadou, Eleni, Dwyer, Barry

“…This study used a mixed methods approach to explore the impact of translanguaging and ELF on final year students’ presentation skills and motivation at GSBL. Findings indicated that they had a positive impact on students’ academic performance and motivation as they facilitated content and language learning and enhanced students’ intercultural and multilingual awareness. …”
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