Teachers’ perception towards total quality management practices in Malaysian Higher Learning Institutions by Haque, A. K. M. Ahasanul, Sarwar, Abdullah Al-Mamun, Yasmin, Farzana

“…Though, adoption of TQM in the higher educational institu-tions is of common practice in the Western world, however, the history of TQM adoption in the Malay-sian higher educational institutions is not very long. Therefore, the main purpose of this study was to identify the factors influencing the level of TQM practices in the Malaysian higher learning institutions based on the teacher’s perceptions. …”
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Flocculation behaviour of colloidal suspension by use of inorganic and polymer flocculants in powder form by Kadooka, Hiroto, Kiso, Yukari, Tanaka, Takanori, Jami, Mohammed Saedi, Iwata, Masashi

“…It has been found that a dry powder flocculant mixture composed of inorganic flocculant, polymer flocculant and flocculation aid shows high reproducibility of turbidity removal as long as it contains an adequate amount of flocculation aid. …”
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Adopting a no-fault compensation scheme for motor vehicle accidents in Malaysia: a myth or reality by Amin, Naemah, Nicholson, Charles

“…In focusing on negligence and causation as the foundation of liability, the adversarial system of the law has been strongly criticized as, failing to provide fitting and timely compensation, requiring injured claimants to go through difficult, stressful and long, drawn out litigation procedures coupled with significant legal fees and administrative costs. …”
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Predictors to employees with disabilities’ organisational behaviour and involvement in employment by Wok, Saodah, Hashim, Junaidah

“…Practical implications – Job design, organisational climate and comfortable work environment have long been recognised for motivating employees’ performance (Hackman et al., 1975; Garg and Rastogi, 2006). …”
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Promoting Islam through research and publication: theses and journals by El-Mesawi, Mohamed El-Tahir

“…Therefore, concerning the first component, the chapter will cover a long time span since the first postgraduate programme was launched. …”
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Lightweight inter-cluster synchronization scheme for femtocell network by Hasb Alla, Omnya Abdel Rahman, A. Saeed, Rashid, Hassan, Kamarul, Ismail, Ahmad Fadzil, Hassan Abdalla Hashim, Aisha, Abdullah, Khaizuran

“…But this strategy is not fully covered in all situations if there has no Mobile Station for a long time in any of fBS network and make network overhead by generating the message flooding for a big adjacent network. …”
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Serum in mammalian cell culture: weighing the challenges of bioprocessing, ethics and animal welfare by Hashim, Yumi Zuhanis Has-Yun, Mel, Maizirwan, Mohd. Salleh, Hamzah, Ahmad Nor, Yusilawati, Othman, Siti Hajar, Wan Abdul Razak, Wan Yusra Hannanah

“…Serum, from various animal sources such as bovine and porcine can be obtained commercially from manufacturers. Although serum has long been used successfully in mammalian cell culture system, recent trend is moving towards serum alternatives and serum-free media. …”
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Classical forms of investment of awqaf: a juristic analysis by Osmani, Noor Mohammad, Rahman, Md. Habibur

“…The investment modes which will be discussed in the paper along with respective juristic issues and discussion are, for example, hikr (long lease with large advance lump sum), lease with dual payment, kadik (tenant's improvements to rental property), mursad (construction for rent swap with a waqf), sharecropping, partnership, diminishing partnership, manufacturing arrangement, lease ended with ownership as well as investment in purchasing permissible financial papers and securities. …”
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Facebook shaming as a tool to reduce crime in Malaysia: Evaluating effect and impact by Ismail, Shahrul Mizan

“…‘Shaming’ and ‘public humiliation’ has long been an equivocal tool of criminal justice and has been carried on as a form of ‘punishment’ by state authorities and members of the public, in a variety of ways in many parts of the world. …”
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Place rootedness suggesting the loss and survival of historical public spaces by Harun, Nor Zalina, Mansor, Mazlina, Said, Ismail

“…They evaluated its distinct character in term of long engagement, historic events, and place for social interaction and important moment they had during childhood days. …”
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Systematic phonics intervention and its impact on the development of phonics skills and speech perception among children with hearing loss using spoken language by Abdul Rahim, Zurahani, Brown, P. Margaret

“…However, a mixed result was evident for speech perception following the implementation of ten weeks of intervention. Poor long-term retention of the acquired skills at post-intervention suggests a need for a prolonged period of intervention to show any significant change. …”
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A modified LTE simulator for 3D femtocell networks by Zyoud, Al-Hareth, Habaebi, Mohamed Hadi, Islam, Md Rafiqul, Chebil, Jalel, Al-Shibly, Mohammed Abuljawad M, Lwas, Ali Kadhim, Alfaqawi, Mohammed

“…In addition, a three-dimensional (3D) system level simulator is developed in order to help the researcher in the Long Term Evolution (LTE) femtocell field to analyze and investigate more real scenarios of femtocell deployment. …”
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Enhancement of thulium– ytterbium doped fiber laser efficiency using dual-pumping method by Saidin, Norazlina, Harun, S. W., Saidin, N

“… Performance enhancement of laser acquired from a newly developed double-clad Yb31/Tm31 codoped fiber (YTDF) is demonstrated using dual-pumping scheme. The laser uses a 2 m long YTDF fiber with a core dopant concentrations (in wt%) of 2.00 Yb2O3, 0.5 Tm2O3, 1.0 Al2O3, and 3.00 Y2O3 as a gain medium in conjunction with a pair of fiber Bragg grating in a linear cavity resonator to generate lasing at 1901.6 nm. …”
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Understanding the personal and professional needs of the elderly clients in preparing for meaningful retirement years by Rais, Haniza

“…The fact that they have gone through life for a long period of time, naturally affect their worldview on how life should be for them. …”
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Investigation on the accessibility in transportation hubs: upgrades in London by Abdul Rahim, Asiah, Zen, Ismawi, Abd. Samad, Nur Amirah, Che Rahim, Che Raiskandar, Badhrulhisham, Aiman

“…Public transportation is one of the most important facilities in an urban area, London has a long history of transportation network in providing access to central London and its greater suburbs areas to allow smooth and easy alternative to move from one place to another besides personal cars. …”
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A study of culture of Muslims in Myanmar: collection of cultural resources for national identity by U Tun Aung, Maulana Akbar Shah

“…It is because, culture of a race or a community cannot be surfaced in a short period of time and it is a product of long term stay in a place. The land where they stay facilitates them to love its environment, people inspiring patriotism towards their land. …”
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Managing urbanisation and urban sprawl in Malaysia by using remote sensing and GIS applications by Rosni, Nur Aulia, Hj. Mohd. Noor, Norzailawati, Abdullah, Alias

“…Urban sprawl is a popular term in academic discourse and has a long history but until these days, the concrete definition of this term is not yet configured. …”
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TCP Skudai: A high performance TCP variant for Collaborative Virtual Environment systems by Gital, Abdulsalam Ya’u, Ismail, Abdul Samad, Chiroma, Haruna, Ibrahim, Adamu Abubakar

“…Researchers have shown that TCP underutilizes bandwidth in a high-speed network and in a long distance network. With the increasing number of concurrent distant collaborators in CVE systems, TCP may not provide the level of consistency and scalability required in the systems. …”
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Wild speculations on the missing flight MH370: balancing online expression and content regulation in Malaysia by Daud, Mahyuddin

“…In this regard, the author recalls the right to freedom of expression (FOE) â which has been long recognised by international treaties. Accordingly, FOE has been expanded to include online expressions. …”
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Biodiesel production from sludge palm oil by ultrasonic energy by Hayyan, Adeeb, Alam, Md. Zahangir, Mirghani, Mohamed Elwathig Saeed, Kabbashi, Nassereldeen Ahmed, Mohd. Hakimi, Noor Irma Nazashida, Mohd. Siran, Yosri, Tahiruddin, Shawaluddin, Al-Saadi, Mohammed A.

“…It is reasonable to conclude that the conversion of FFAs to fatty acid methyl ester by applying ultrasonic energy is related to long sonication time. The results showed that the FFA content of SPO reduced from 24.5% to less than 3 % using molar ratio 10:1, reaction temperature 50o C and 2% wt /wt sulfuric acid to SPO in 300 minutes sonication time.…”
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