Contractors' strategies in joint venture during economic growth and economic downturn by Abdul Aziz, Nur 'Izzati, Hasan, Sharina Farihah

“…Along with the rapid growth in construction technology, joint venture can be seen as an option for contractors to share their resources and risks with other contractors. …”
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Orthodontics and you: patient information booklet by Tan, Lawrence, Abu Bakar, Noraini

“…Having straight teeth, and a nice smile, is seen as one of the key to a better quality of life. …”
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Gender inclusive education in higher education: illusory or a necessity? by Abdul Majid, Hariyati Shahrima, Zubairi, Ainol Madziah

“…The growth and development of the Malaysian economy can largely be attributed to the success of the Malaysian education system which has seen literacy rate increases from 80 per cent for men in 1980 to more than 90 per cent in 2000. …”
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Between the adversarial and the inquisitorial trial by Kamarudin, Abdul Rani

“…It is then possible to ascertain whether justice is substantially seen to be done to both the opposing parties under both legal traditions. …”
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E-procurement success factors measurement in Indonesia: a trust-based formation model by Nanang, Herlino, Misman, Ahmad Fatzilah, Zulkifli, Zahidah

“…In terms of implementation, there have been many advances and successes, this can be seen from the many studies relating to the progress of the system. …”
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Electoral guerrilla theatre in the 2015 UK general election: critique, legitimacy and incorporation in the news coverage of celebrity election campaigns by Collins, Jeremy

“…Each of these celebrity candidates displayed elements of theatricality in their campaign techniques, and the paper argues that while the campaigns could be seen as a form of electoral guerrilla theatre, the news coverage of the period leading up to the election suggests that neither campaign provided the kind of critical satirical edge that such a term might suggest. …”
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Challenges and constraints in designing a localisation module for a multilingual cohort by Baños-Piñero, Rocío, Toto, Piero

“…Although this heterogeneity can be difficult to manage and will have an impact on the resources needed, it can also be seen as an opportunity to increase students’ awareness of cultural differences, which is key to working in localization.…”
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Cultural journeys in higher education: student voices and narratives by Bamford, Jan, Pollard, Lucie

“…The cultural diversity of university student populations can be seen to reflect the changing demographics of an increasingly international mobile workforce. …”

Introductory thoughts about peace, politics and religion by Haynes, Jeffrey

“…Recent years have seen a growing literature on the interactions between peace, politics and religion, including their diverse and often complex relationships. …”
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Re-cycle/up-cycle: a conversation by Rossi, Gian, Scarso, Jacek Ludwig

“…Drawing on the changing connotation of recycling in an environmentally concerned world, parallels may be seen in the conceptual and aesthetic adaption of existent ideas, and the physical re-use of items of performance. …”
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Food scares and news media: a case study approach to science and risk in the news by Collins, Jeremy

“…They can however also be seen as an expression of the competing frameworks of scientific rationality and social rationality, of which the latter, in Beck's analysis of 'late modernity' as derived in part from Habermas, represents the emergence of a 'reflexivity' which has the potential to challenge societal conceptions of science and knowledge.…”
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The internet and small to medium-sized enterprises: research notes by Lawrence, Japhet Eke

“…Therefore, the use of the Internet is widely seen as critical for the competitiveness of SMEs in the emerging global market.…”
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The possibilities of disruption: serendipity, accidents and impasse driven search by Ross, Wendy

“…It emphasises the importance of an externalist approach which takes into account the role of objects in the environment in shaping cognition. Accidents are seen as a key trigger for creative thinking, as they disrupt planned cognitive trajectories and introduce novel elements into the cognitive ecosystem, leading to new possibilities that were previously inconceivable. …”
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Perspectival kinaesthetic imaging by Malafouris, Lambros, Carnegie, Rory, Creswell, Miranda, Ilipoulus, Antonis, Koukouti, Marie-Danae, Ross, Wendy

“…The basic idea is that the juxtaposition of different media affects how we observe and what can be observed by enabling the discovery of connections and material relations that are often obscured when seen from a single perspectival point…”
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Queering sexual health translation pedagogy by Toto, Piero

“…The role of translation and web localization within this multicultural context can be seen as ‘social activism’ promoting sexual health and community engagement, with a view to providing wider healthcare access and information using inclusive language. …”
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The Public Sphere and Network Democracy: Social movements and Political Change? by Iosifidis, Petros, Wheeler, Mark

“…New communications environments were seen to be instrumental in forging the conditions for the ‘Arab Spring’ revolutions and the Turkish protests within Istanbul’s Taksim square during the summer of 2013. …”
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The strategic business value of internet usage in small to medium-sized enterprises by Lawrence, Japhet Eke

“…Therefore, the use of the Internet is widely seen as critical for the competitiveness of SMEs in the emerging global market.…”
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Land suitability modelling using geographical information system (GIS) and multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) by Hussain Khahro, Shabir, Hussain Ali, Tauha, Ali Mangi, Sajjad, Ahmed Memon, Nafees, Hussain Khahro, Qasim

“…The integration of GIS and various MCDM approaches is successfully seen in resolving land suitability problems in the world.…”
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Level of soft skill in the implementation of work-based learning among community college students by Ali, Azita, Mahmod, Shuhada

“…Thus, the method of work-based learning (WBL) is seen as a way to improve the soft skills of the graduates. …”
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Training functional link neural network with ant lion optimizer by Mohmad Hassim, Yana Mazwin, Ghazali, Rozaida

“…From the result achieved, it can be seen that the implementation of the proposed learning algorithm for FLNN performs the classification task quite well and yields better accuracy on the unseen data…”
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