The influence of the financial crisis on corporate voluntary disclosure: some Malaysian evidence by Ahmed Haji, Abdifatah, Mohd Ghazali, Nazli Anum

“…In departure from prior studies, which mainly examined the impact of social or environmental accidents on corporate disclosure, we examined voluntary disclosures for two years, 2006 and 2009, in an attempt to determine whether the 2007/08 financial crisis had some impact on corporate voluntary disclosure (CVD). …”
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Role of organizational justice in determining work outcomes of national and expatriate academic staff in Malaysia by Hassan, Arif, Hashim, Junaidah

“…Whereas interactional and distributive justice promoted expatriates’ organizational commitment and/or intention to stay with the organization, it was mainly procedural justice that contributed to local employees’ job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and turnover intentions. …”
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Effect of the processing parameters on the integrity of calcium phosphate coatings produced by RF-magnetron sputtering by Toque, Jay Arre, M., Hamdi, A., Ide-Ektessabi, Iis, Sopyan

“…The response graph of the results revealed that the interfacial strength of CaP was mainly influenced by the deposition power, while the coating thickness was predominantly affected by the argon gas flow rate. …”
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Applicability of bill of quantities in today's construction procurement by Razali, Atikah, Abdul Rashid, Khairuddin

“…Historically, the formal form of B/Qs was initiated in the United Kingdom after the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century. They were mainly used by contractors for paying their workers and claiming payments from clients by submitting it as partisan final account. …”
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Design and implementation of fuzzy based controller for modern elevator group by Muhammad , Mahbubur Rashid, Alang Md Rashid, Nahrul Khair, Faruq, Alias, Rahman, Mohammed Ataur

“…As a result a set of fuzzy rules was drawn based on practical considerations; mainly minimization of waiting time and energy consumption. …”
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Taslima Nasrin’s Criticism of Islam: an Academic Response by Hasan , Md. Mahmudul

“…When referring to secondary sources on Islam, she relies hugely on ‘dud’ materials written mainly by semi-educated Muslims and on some spurious hadiths, which this study aims to identify and clarify. …”
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The distribution of Co, Pb and Zn in the bottom sediment offshore of Kemaman, Terengganu, Malaysia during pre and post monsoon periods by Sevasamgaran, Syalindran, Mohamad Shazili, Noor Azhar, Yunus, Kamaruzzaman

“…This study also found that all the elements have a mainly crustal origin rather than anthropogenic input with Geoaccumulation Index (Ivo) value of less than 1.0 and Enrichment Factors (EF) of 0.69-2.91which suggests minimal-to-moderate enrichment of the metals…”
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PCD inserts in end milling of Aluminum Silicon Carbide (AlSiC) by M. K. , Nor Khairusshima, Amin, A. K. M. Nurul, Ismail, Ahmad Faris

“…The hardness in the range the silicon carbide phase is comparable with that of tungsten carbide (WC), and is mainly responsible for the high abrasive wear of the tool. …”
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IPv4 and IPv6 client-server designs: the sockets performance by Mantoro, Teddy, Ayu, Media Anugerah, Borovac, Amir, Zuhedy Zay, Aqqiela Zuhra

“…Client-Server has several design alternatives, mainly iterative server and concurrent server. Inefficiency in the use of time and process control can be resulted from choosing a server design improperly. …”
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Effects of intra- and interspecific competition on diet, growth and behaviour of Labeo calbasu (Hamilton) and Cirrhinus cirrhosus (Bloch) by Rahman, Mohammad Mustafizur, Verdegem, Marc

“…In presence of L. calbasu, C. cirrhosus continued to feed mainly on benthic macroinvertebrates, not changing its feeding behaviour. …”
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Common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) alters its feeding niche in response to changing food resources: direct observations in simulated ponds by Rahman, Mohammad Mustafizur, Kadowaki, Shusaku, Balcombe, Stephen Richard, Wahab, Md. Abdul

“…Common carp did not prefer any group of phytoplankton in any treatment. Common carp was mainly benthic in habitat choice, feeding on benthic macroinvertebrates when only plankton and benthic macroinvertebrates were available in the system. …”
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The importance of interreligious dialogue in Nigeria : (Muslim- Christian relations) by Ashimi, Tijani Ahmad

“…Based on above fact, inter-religious dialogue is perhaps; more important in Nigeria than anywhere else, on the grounds that, Nigeria is considered as the most populous country in African continent, and it is moreover, a pluralistic and multi religious society, which is mainly dominated by Islam and Christianity. Yet, in modern Nigeria, the relation between Muslims and their counterpart Christians is in continuous jeopardy (if not deteriorating). …”
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A study on the house preferences among different ethnic groups by Tan, Chin Keng, Ahmad Nor Bakri, Hanani Husna

“…The similarities are mainly on the items related to land status, location, security, near to school and supermarket, and easiness of access. …”
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Determinants of corporate governance characteristics influencing price and non-price informative voluntary disclosures: evidence from Iran by Zandi Pour Joopari, GholamReza, Md. Taib, Fauziah, Ibrahim, Daing Nasir

“…The findings, in general, suggest that the listed firms provide the market with a moderate amount of information which consists mainly of Non-PID matters. The lack of confidence among investors from the private sector is due to low level of transparency and failure to present true financial positions.…”
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The perception of community on coastal erosion issue in Selangor, Malaysia by Asmawi, M. Zainora, Ibrahim, Ainaa Nawarrah

“…Research methods applied was mainly by conducting questionnaire survey to a total of 377 coastal residents and site-observation. …”
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The impact of direct nucleation control on crystal size distribution in pharmaceutical crystallization processes by Abu Bakar, Mohd Rushdi, Nagy, Zoltan K., Saleemi, Ali N., Rielly, Chris D.

“…It is recognized that the variability in the final CSD is mainly caused by the significant uncertainties in the nucleation rates, and therefore, a good control of nucleation events is necessary to achieve the desired CSD. …”
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Synergistic effect of interleukin-6 and endoplasmic reticulum stress inducers on the high level of ABCG2 expression in plasma cells by Nakamichi, Naoto, Morii, Eiichi, Ikeda, Jun-Ichiro, Qiu, Ying, Mamat, Suhana, Tian, Tian, Fukuhara, Shirou, Aozasa, Katsuyuki

“…Immunohistochemically, strong ABCG2 expression was found in a small proportion of plasma cells mainly located in the interfollicular space of lymphoid tissues. …”
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Multi-horizon ternary time series forecasting by Htike@Muhammad Yusof, Zaw Zaw

“…Despite advances in forecasting technology over the past few decades, there have not been algorithms that can consistently produce accurate forecasts with statistical significance. This is mainly because state-of-the-art forecasting algorithms essentially perform single-horizon forecasts and produce continuous numbers as outputs. …”
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The potential role of Red Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) scales: allergic reaction test in mice by Abdul Rahman, Suzanah, Zambry, Husna, Basha, Sadak, Kamarzaman, Saheera, Khan Chowdhury, Ahmed Jalal

“…It is abundantly found in the wild and known to be cultured in several parts of the world. It is mainly a freshwater fish, inhabiting shallow streams, ponds, rivers and lakes but less commonly found living in brackish water. …”
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Urbanization and housing in Kuala Lumpur city centre : issues and future challenges by Shuid, Syafiee

“…Draft Kuala Lumpur Structure Plan 2020 (2003) review recently, had acknowledged that the slow population growth as compared to projection was mainly due to out-migration of people for better and cheaper houses outside Kuala Lumpur city. …”
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