Health tourism in Malaysia : prospects and challenges by Abd. Manaf, Noor Hazilah

“…It is estimated that the health tourism industry in Asia will be worth US$4bil (RM14.2 bil) by 2012, and Malaysia is positioning itself as one of the major players in this region, expecting to earn up to US$590 mil (RM2.1 bil) within five years (The Star, Nov 8, 2008). In 2007 alone, Malaysia received 341,288 medical tourists with revenue of RM253.84 million (www.tourism.gov.my). …”
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Comparative study of different steganographic techniques by Zeki, Akram M., Ibrahim, Adamu A., A. Manaf, Azizah, Abdullah, Shahidan M.

“…Different Steganographic techniques were studied; experiment was carried out using five Steganographic software. Finally comparison was done using benchmarking tool for identifying different performance aspects of the Steganographic techniques and Steganographic software like visual quality, performance indices, memory requirement and the evaluation of the maximum capacity for each software under this study. …”
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Response surface optimization of the process conditions for anti-diabetic compounds from Cucumis Sativus by Jamal, Parveen, Ahmad Barkat, Anumsima, Amid, Azura

“…High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) analysis identified five compounds, out of which two were identified as p-coumaric acid and syringic acid while the other three were unknown. …”
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Optimization of Extraction Process for Antidiabetic Compounds from Cucumis sativus by Ahmad Barkat, Anumsima, Jamal, Parveen, Amid, Azura

“…High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) analysis identified five compounds, out of which two were identified as p-coumaric acid and syringic acid while the other three were unknown. …”
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Investigation of the cytogenetics of marine and terrestrial gastropods by Page, Catherine

“…A new classification of the karyotype into five main groups A to E has been made. The chromosome pairs thought to contribute to the numerical polymorphism occur in groups A, B and C and the two inversion polymorphisms occur in groups A and C. …”
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Communication between mothers and their emergent-language children : a longitudinal study by Messer, Julie Patricia

“…Interactions between eight mothers and their children from child age eight to eighteen months were video-recorded at five week intervals throughout the year of investigation. …”
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International capital markets structure, preferences and puzzles: the US-China case by Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Donadelli, Michael, Varani, Alessia

“…In this paper, we show that instead a two country-two good model with recursive preferences, international complete markets and correlated long-run innovations can address all five puzzles for a relatively large range of parameter values, specifically in the case of the US and China. …”
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A compendium of Colombian policing challenges : from Pablo to present by Jeapes, Anthony Christian John Lloyd

“…This author has utilised experience gained from living and working in Colombia for over five and a half years and the experience of his protected sources as well as the foundations laid by other academics and the media in order to present the most significant of the challenges to Colombian policing in the last forty years. …”
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An atmospheric correction algorithm for FY3/MERSI data over land in China by Fan, Cheng, Guang, Jie, Xue, Yong, Di, Aojie, She, Lu, Che, Yahui

“…Medium Resolution Spectral Imager (MERSI) has 20 channels onboard the FY-3A and FY-3B satellites, including five channels (four VIS and one thermal IR) with a spatial resolution of 250m. …”
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How do counselling psychologists in the UK construct their responsibilites to the wider world? : a Foucauldian discourse analysis by Hore, Beth

“…A critique of the extant literature found that this issue has not previously been researched. Five counselling psychologists were asked in semi-structured interviews about their responsibilities to the wider world. …”
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Integral measures and framework for green lean six sigma implementation in manufacturing environment by Yadav, Vishwas, Gahlot, Pardeep, Rathi, Rajeev, Kumar, Anil, Yadav, Gunjan, Kaswan, Mahender Singh

“…Moreover, this study also proposes a five facet GLSS framework for the manufacturing sector to enhance organizational sustainability. …”
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Adaptive-positive vs. maladaptive-negative structures and processes in learning : towards the comprehensive model of academic performance by Rogaten, Jekaterina

“…Finally, the model hypothesised that negative affect in studying and the maladaptive approach to studying would undermine academic performance. A total of five studies were conducted employing 2140 university students.…”
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Analytical review of direct taxation in India by Kadyan, Jagbir, Sobti, Renu, Jenefa, Leena, Naser, M Abu

“…This research is primarily based on secondary data and the duration for this research works is for a period of five years starting from the year 2013-14 to 2017-18. …”
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Crystal structure of the DNA decamer d(CGCAATTGCG) complexed with the minor groove binding drug netropsin by Nunn, Christine M., Garman, Elspeth, Neidle, Stephen

“…The netropsin molecule fits within a five base pair long minor groove site by bending of the flexible amidinium group at one end of the drug.…”

Partition at 75: reflections on migrant memories in the British South Asian diaspora by Clini, Clelia, Hornabrook, Jasmine, Nataraj, Paul, Keightley, Emily

“…In 2017, the 70th anniversary of the Partition of British India was widely discussed in the UK, not only within academic and cultural circles, but also in popular culture. Five years later, on the 75th anniversary of Partition, the scholarly, cultural and community interest in the events of 1947 intersected with the commemorations of the 50th anniversary of the expulsion of the South Asian population from Uganda, and the 70th anniversary of the Language Movement that led towards Bangladesh independence in 1971 - the 50th anniversary of which was celebrated just the year before. …”
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Toward a collaborative, collective and integrative international CBRN security education [workshop report] by Shang, Lijun

“…This section is divided into five sub-categories, emphasising the current efforts in biosecurity education from the London Metropolitan University Biological Security Research Centre, other ongoing initiatives, efforts from International Organisations and the approaches of regional actors. …”
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Heroes, villains and naked nations: micro-solidarity and grounded nationalism in times of crisis by David, Lea, Carol, Sarah, Malešević, Siniša, Uzelac, Gordana

“…Based on a survey conducted in April 2021 in five countries (Sweden, Serbia, Germany, Ireland and England), we thematically analyze two open-ended questions on who should be remembered as the heroes and villains of the pandemic, demonstrating that people’s perception of COVID-19 is shaped and reimagined through the category of their own nation-state. …”
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Assessing Potentiality of Underground Coal Gasification for the Coalfields of Bangladesh by Biswas, Arup Kumar, Mohideen Batcha, Mohd Faizal, Waehayee, Makatar

“…The study explored the essential factors required to assess the potentiality of UCG application for the five coalfields of the country. The threshold values were retrieved from published data of known trials occurred around the world. …”
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Evaluation of wind energy potential as a power generation source in chad by Didane, Djamal Hissein, Rosly, Nurhayati, Zulkafli, Mohd Fadhli, Shamsudin, Syariful Syafiq

“…Long-termwind speed data for thirteen meteorological stations,measured over a five-year period, were statistically analyzed using the two-parameterWeibull distribution function.The purpose of this study is to reveal for the first time the wind power potentials in Chad and to provide a comprehensive wind map of the country.Theresults show that the values of the shape and scale parameters varied over awide range. …”
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An enhancement of multi classifiers voting method for mammogram image based on image histogram equalization by Ibrahim, Ashraf Osman, Ahmed, Ali, Azizah, Anik Hanifatul, Lashar, Saima Anwar, Alobeed, Mohamed Alhaj, Kasim, Shahreen, Ismail, Mohd Arfian

“…The methodology is based on five phases starting by mammogram images collection, preprocessing (histogram equalization and image cropping based region of interest (ROI)), features extracting, classification and last evaluating the classification results. …”
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