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Physical property of multi walled carbon nanotube reinforced aluminium nano composite
Published 2012“…Addition of small percentage of MWCNT in aluminium matrix is the main contributing factor in achieving mass reduction, hence reduced the density of MWCNT-Al nano-composite material compared to pure aluminium.…”
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3562
Enhancing graduates’employability skills: A Malaysian case
Published 2013“…Graduates should equip themselves, not only with technical skills, but more importantly with soft skills. The main objectives of this study are to identify Malaysian graduates’ employability skills, to identify the priority of each skill and to highlight the gap between the importance of graduates’ employability skills to employers and their satisfaction on that skill. …”
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3563
Liquidity, initial public offering (ipo) long-term return and government ownership: Evidence from bursa malaysia ipo stocks
Published 2012“…Using 283 samples of IPO stocks listed on Main Board and Second Board of Bursa Malaysia from 1998 to 2008, the study examines the relationship between liquidity and IPO long-term return and the moderating effect of government shareholdings on the relationship between the two variables. …”
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3564
Position-based multicast routing in mobile ad hoc networks
Published 2012“…This paper introduces a position-based QoS multicast routing protocol (PBQMRP). The main objective of this protocol is to design a lightweight scalable QoS multicast routing scheme irrespective of the number of multicast members and network size. …”
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3565
Assessing policies for attracting international students: case of Malaysia
Published 2013“…The objective of this paper is to compare and assess the policy initiatives at the unilateral, multilateral, regional and bilateral level and their impact on the host environment which is defined in terms of the key pull factors that have attracted international students to Malaysia. The main findings show that domestic policy initiatives have enhanced the host environment for attracting international students by providing a governance system that protects the interests of international students through its regulations. …”
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3566
Experimental investigation of chip tool contact process and determination of optimum cutting speed for steel of any composition
Published 1990“…One of the main source of raw materials for local mechanical parts are easily available steel scraps, whose composition in most cases are unknown and the facilities for determination of the same are inadequate and costly. …”
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Fish gelatin and its applications in selected pharmaceutical aspects as alternative source to pork gelatin
Published 2013“…In the last decades, the rising interest in halal products issues for Muslim populations become one of the main reasons for exploring different types of collagen and gelatin from different animal sources. …”
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Interaction between test-taker characteristics, task facets and l2 oral proficiency test performance
Published 2006“…There are other elements in the assessment framework which also yield a significant amount of influence on test-taker reactions towards certain tasks and test perfromance. it is, therefore, necessary to further investigate the nature of these other factors in the assessment framework and examine how they relate to test-taker reactions and how they impact test perfromance. in this study, the interaction between three main factors in the assessment framework-test task facets, test-taker personla attributes, and language ability-and their simultaneous effect on oral proficiency test perfromance are examined through the use of structural equation modeling which allows the effects of the different factors in the assessment framework to be directly observed and modeled, and their individual effect on test performance estimated.…”
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Invisible hands behind the corporate governance practices in Malaysia
Published 2013“…Thus, this study examines the possible reasons that hinder current corporate governance system less effective in Malaysia. The main reasons for this problem are due to nature of ownership structure, political and culture background of Malaysia and the adoption of unsuitable foreign corporate governance template. …”
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Hash function of finalist SHA-3: analysis study
Published 2013“…Thus, for this reason the paper addresses the comparative and analysis study of the finalist SHA-3 candidates in: complexity of security, design and structure, as well as performance and cost, to measure the robustness of the algorithms in this area, through the Fundamentals Security Measurement Factors of Hash Function (FSMFHF) of Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA). Therefore, main idea from this comparison and analysis study between the finalist of SHA-3 candidates such as (BLAKE, Grostl, JH, Keccak, and Skein) is to investigate the tight security in the suitable designs of lightweight such as JH and Keccak for the future security of hash function. …”
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The influence of personal attributes and organizational ethics position on accountants' judgments: Malaysian scenario
Published 2013“…Findings – Adopting 15 vignettes used in Emerson et al. to assess ethical judgments, the main findings revealed from the analysis are that older accountants, accountants attached to corporations with higher ethics scale and accountants who understand the professional code of conduct are expected to be stricter in judging questionable ethical situations. …”
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ICT in Telemedicine: Conquering Privacy and Security Issues In Health Care Services
Published 2013“…The ultimate success of telemedicine demands an effective technology as well as privacy and security of records should be main concern. This paper explores recent identified privacy and security issues that affect telemedicine by featuring threats on security and authentication of medical records. …”
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Arrest and police remand issue of top Jamaat leaders in Bangladesh: under the guise of hurting the religious sentiments of Muslims
Published 2011“…On 16 December 1971, Bangladesh became separated after nine months of a bloody liberation/civil war with Pakistan. The main objective of the liberation was to obtain independence so as the development of the country can be fully implemented in all aspects, as far as possible, in order to meet the needs of people who have been long ignored by the former masters. …”
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Exploring English language learning styles of Malay students at the International Islamic University Malaysia
Published 2012“…This instrument has been validated in several studies. The study was mainly motivated by concerns about the standards of English of graduates of Malaysian universities. …”
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Ensuring the best interest of the child in adoption process: an overview of the practice in Malaysia
Published 2013“…In Malaysia, adoption process is governed under two main legislations, i.e. Adoption Act 1952 and Registration of Adoption Act 1952. …”
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3576
Penang bridge 1 loading analysis using British standard and finite element method for structural health monitoring
Published 2013“…Most existing highway bridges today have been designed to old codes. One of the main highway bridges in Malaysia is Penang Bridge. …”
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3577
Role of the masjid in disaster management: Preliminary investigation of evidences from Asia
Published 2013“…However, the potential has not yet been fully explored. Therefore, the main purpose of this paper is to explore and document the role the masjid has played in disaster management in various Asian countries and based on it develop a model of the potential role, the mosque can play in building the community resilience for disaster management in the Muslim countries.…”
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3578
An investigation of fatigue phenomenon in the upper limb muscle due to short duration pulses in an FES system
Published 2013“…Unfortunately, one of the main limitations of an FES system besides of its high cost is largely due to muscle fatigue. …”
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Let’s move to “universal corporate governance theory”
Published 2013“…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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3580
The Consumer Protection Act 1999: 10 years after
Published 2011“…The CPA covers all the main areas of consumer protection such as supply of goods, supply of services, product safety and liability and redress mechanism. …”
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