Corporate governance theories from unconventional perspective by Htay, Sheila Nu Nu, Salman, Syed Ahmed, Mydin Meera, Ahamed Kameel

“…Therefore, these governance failures motivate the researchers to revisit and evaluate corporate governance theories from the ethical point of view. The main aim of this study is to propose “The Universal Corporate Governance Theory” which is developed based on the ethical teachings of Christians, Judaism, Islam, Sikh, Hinduism and Buddhism. …”
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Design and development of an intelligent net-zero energy building for remote, harsh weather locations by Salami, Momoh Jimoh Emiyoka

“…The intelligent cooling and lighting systems can be controlled via selected sensors such as temperature sensor and infrared motion sensor that are integrated with the main controller. Fuzzy logic (FL) control technique has also been implemented in this work .The parameters involved are light intensity, the number of occupants and the room temperature. …”
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MOIM: a novel design of cryptographic hash function by Alahmad, Mohammad, Alshaikhli, Imad Fakhri Taha

“…A hash function usually has two main components: a compression function or permutation function and mode of operation. …”
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A framework to estimate the willingness to pay of household for air quality improvement : a case study in Klang Valley, Malaysia. by Masahina, Sarabdeen, Afroz, Rafia, Duasa, Jarita, Mohamed, Noorihsan

“…The main objective of this study is to estimate the willingness to pay (WTP) of the household for improving the air quality in Klang Valley, Malaysia as a result of implementation of two types of transport hypothetical policy options. …”
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A judicial review of political questions under Islamic law by O. Sambo, Abdulfatai, Kadouf, Hunud Abia

“…It finds that the power of judicial review and its main institution existed in early Islamic periods after the demise of the Prophet (SAW). …”
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Leading beyond sustainability in Nigerian higher education institutions: imperatives for quality management and technology acceptance by Ayodele, Lasisi Abass, Mohd Ali, Hairuddin, Usman, Shuaibu Hassan

“…Leadership is a protruding aspect that needs enquiry based on the extent to which administration practices in higher education institutions (HEI) to achieve quality. The main argument of this paper emanates from the understanding that “quality management in HEI” is a highly challenged aspect that requires “strategies” and should follow basic approach of quality assurance, quality control, strategic planning and technology acceptance in managing educational institutions for quality achievement and sustainability of HEI. …”
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Wanita perlu ajar anak nilai agama, kebendaan by Abd Rahman, Saodah

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Efficiency of life insurance companies in Malaysia and Brunei: a comparative analysis by Md Saad, Norma, Haji Idris, Nur Edzalina

“…It is found that, on average, the TFP of the life insurance industry is mainly due to both efficiency and technical changes where the main source of the efficiency change is scale efficiency rather than pure efficiency.…”
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Volatile compounds of roasted and steamed Malaysian tropical almond nut (Terminalia catappa L.) by Lasekan, Ola, Khatib, Alfi, Abbas, Kassim A.

“…Roasting and steaming data revealed all of the main classes of compounds commonly listed as thermally generated flavors in oily seeds. …”
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The advent of industry fit RFID readers by Uddin, Md. Jasim, Hasan, Muhammad Asfarul, Ibrahimy, Muhammad Ibn, Ibne Reaz, Md. Mamun, Nordin, Anis Nurashikin

“…Radio frequency identification (RFID) is the latest technology for automatic identification which allows the transmission of a unique serial number wirelessly. The main purpose of this paper is to review and discuss RFID reader and its industrial application based on the manufacturing product. …”
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Fiscal and monetary policies in Islamic economics: contours of an institutional framework by Tahir, Sayyid

“…The following are the main points in the paper. (1) Roles of both the policies shall be complementary in the context of the overall objectives at the state level. (2) Thrust of both policies would be different from that presently recognized. …”
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‘Two in One’ regulating two business entities under one statute; Labuan Limited Partnership and Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2010 by Abd Ghadas, Zuhairah Ariff

“…Research methodology adopted for this paper is mainly statutory analysis.…”
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Strategic human resource management: A framework from an Islamic perspective by Ishak, Mohd. Shuhaimi

“…An effective human resource management is crucial for every organization’s success. The main purpose of human resource management is to ensure that an organization achieves the optimal level of benefits from its employees while at the same time giving them the material and psychological rewards for their accomplishment. …”
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Ant colony optimization for controller and sensor-actuator location in active vibration control by Md Nor, Khairul Affendy, Abdul Muthalif, Asan Gani, Wahid, Azni N.

“…Piezoelectric material has been a popular choice of sensor and actuator to attenuate vibration actively in flexible structures and numerous techniques of optimal control and actuator placement had been proposed. The main focus of this paper is to find the optimal location of the collocated sensor-actuator and controller gains to actively control vibration, using a swarm intelligent algorithm called Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) and verified with Genetic Algorithm (GA). …”
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A novel printed antenna for ultrawideband RFID (UWB-RFID) tag by Abdel-Raouf, Hany Essam Eldin, Obsiye, Abdi K.H., Islam, Md. Rafiqul

“…Different studies to optimize the design of this antenna for the UWB-RFID system have been performed, particularly to overcome the main challenges such as minimizing the size of the antenna, improving its read range, and the effects of the metallic objects on the antenna performance. …”
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Mobile technology for older people: use of personas by Abd Malik, Sofianiza, Azuddin, Muna

“…This paper is concerned with the use of mobile phone by Malaysian older people and the main focus was the appropriate methods for collecting data. …”
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Critical reading in English as a second language by Muhamad, Ainon Jariah, Mohd. Asraf, Ratnawati

“…The think aloud data constituted the main source of data on the reading strategies. Findings revealed that although the students were able to utilize the critical reading strategies, they were only able to do so to a certain extent. …”
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An introduction to swarming robotics: application development trends by Zainal Abidin, Zulkifli

“…Thus, in this paper, we simplify the three branches of the main applications which are frequently used for SI namely: (1) optimization and networks design, (2) prediction and forecasting, and (3) SR. …”
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A harmonious relationship of religion and science: muslim intellectual responses by Abdul Rahim, Adibah

“…The perception of Muslim thinkers toward science can be divided into two main groups. The first group advocated confrontation and rejection of science. …”
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Dynamic modal analysis of vertical machining centre components by Patwari, Muhammed Anayet Ullah, Faris, Waleed Fekry, Amin, A. K. M. Nurul, Loh, S.K.

“…The paper presents a systematic procedure and details of the use of experimental and analytical modal analysis technique for structural dynamic evaluation processes of a vertical machining centre. The main results deal with assessment of the mode shape of the different components of the vertical machining centre. …”
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