Voluntary disclosure in Malaysian corporate annual reports: views of stakeholders by Mohd Ghazali, Nazli Anum

“…Practical implications – The results also suggest that some companies may be willing to share information to selected interested parties such as analysts during private meetings rather than in a public document such as the annual report. …”
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The ethical dilemma of software piracy: an inquiry from an Islamic perspective by Zangana, Hewa Majeed, Alshaikhli, Imad Fakhri Taha, Graha, Yuliana Isma

“…It has been estimated based on BSA by 2009 that more than 90% of software in Yemen is pirated, followed by Libya 88%, Indonesia 86%, and Iraq 85%. …”
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Comparison of family environmental scale (FES) subscales between Malaysian setting with the original dimension of FES by Bujang, Adam, Musa, Ramli, Haniff, Jamaiyah, Muhammad, Noor Azimah, Omar, Khairani

“…Conclusion: The finding indicated that element of Cohesion, Conflict and Organization has a good indicator of a good family relationship. …”
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Housing prices and affordability issues among local people in Malaysia: a case study of the Perak State, Malaysia by Mohamed Osman, Mariana, Shuid, Syafiee, Bachok, Syahriah, Khalid, Najihan

“…Besides that, the study used clustered convenience sampling questionnaire survey of 1,371 respondents in various districts in Perak to identify the affordability level of Perakian. Findings from analysis found that the most affordable house price should be below RM 140,000 for people income less than RM4,000. …”
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Comparison of theoretical and experimental values of tensile properties of injection moulded polylactic acid – kenaf fibre biocomposite by Anuar, Hazleen, Ahmad, Zuraida, Kovacs, J. G., Tabi, T.

“…It is an interesting finding where the experimental value of tensile modulus was 15% higher than theoretical tensile modulus at 20 wt% KF. …”
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Hardware prototyping of an efficient encryption engine by Ibrahimy, Muhammad Ibn, Reaz, Mamun Bin Ibne, Hussain, S.

“…It has been verified that this RSA encryption engine can perform 32-bit, 256-bit and 1024-bit encryption operation in less than 41.585US, 531.515US and 790.61US respectively.…”
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The use of prepositions among adult ESL learners in Malaysia by Sudhakaran, Beena

“…They had more errors of commission than errors of omission. These findings imply that grammar should be taught in a way that is compatible with the natural processes of acquisition. …”
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Determinants of training and its impact on firms' performance: evidence from Malaysia by Zulkifli, Izyani, Duasa, Jarita

“…Using data from an online survey of companies in Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) Malaysia, it: (1) compares the quantity and quality of training offered by local and foreign MSC Malaysia status companies, (2) analyses the factors that affect the occurrence and magnitude of training for these companies as a whole, and (3) examines the impact of training on the company performance level. The findings indicate that there is no difference between the quantity of training provided by local and foreign MSC Malaysia status companies, though the latter provide significantly better quality training than their local counterparts. …”
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‘Medicine doesn’t cure my worries’ : understanding the drivers of mental distress in older Nepalese women living in the UK by Sah, Lalita Kumari, Burgess, Rochelle Ann, Sah, Rajeeb Kumar

“…Findings highlight that re-settlement in the absence of family is at the heart of emotional challenges for older Nepalese women. …”

On the conceptualization and measurement of flow by Moneta, Giovanni B.

“…The chapter then analyzes the emerging process approach, which conceptualizes and measures flow as a dynamic path rather than an object, and highlights its potential for integrating flow and creativity within the same conceptual framework. …”
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The implied-realized volatility relation in foreign exchange options markets by Kellard, Neil, Dunis, Christian L., Sarantis, Nicholas

“…In this paper we provide new time series techniques to investigate the validity of this finding in several foreign exchange options markets, including the Euro market. …”
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"It’s your job, you can handle it" : a grounded theory study of ward staffs' views on the experiences, causes and consequences of verbal aggression in an acute psychiatric ward by Shetty, Prarthana

“…The transcribed interview data was analysed in accordance with the principles of constructionist grounded theory (Charmaz, 2006). Findings: Incidents of verbal aggression were said to affect staff deeply on an emotional and psychological level. …”
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Opening Pandora’s box: how does peer assessment affect EFL students’ writing quality? by Meletiadou, Eleni

“…Learners’ essays were evaluated in terms of accuracy, fluency, grammatical complexity, and lexical complexity using Atlas.ti. Findings indicated that learners who received PA and TA improved their essays more in terms of lexical complexity, accuracy, and some features of grammatical complexity and fluency than those who received only TA. …”
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Evaluating the impact of self-assessment as an assessment for sustainable development strategy in higher education by Meletiadou, Eleni

“…Moreover, SA promotes learner-centred pedagogy which sees students as autonomous learners and emphasizes the active development of knowledge rather than its mere transfer and/or passive learning experiences. …”
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The helmet fit index - an intelligent tool for fit assessment and design customization by Ellena, Thierry, Subic, Aleksandar, Mustafa, Helmy, Toh, Yen Pang

“…Results in this study showed that quantitative (HFI) and qualitative (participants' feelings) data were related when comparing three commercially available bicycle helmets. Findings also demonstrated that females and Asian people have lower fit scores than males and Caucasians, respectively. …”
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How appraisals of an in-group's collective history shape collective identity and action: evidence in relation to African identity by Makanju, Damilola, Livingstone, Andrew G., Sweetman, Joseph, Okafor, Chiedozie O., Attoh, Franca

“…Altogether, our findings suggest that the relationship between historical representations of groups and in-group identification and group-based action in the present is more complex than previously acknowledged.…”
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How do gay men experience ruptures in the relationship with their therapist? An interpretative phenomenological study by Brooke, Philip

“…Gay men use therapy at higher rates than the general population, but are also more likely to report unsatisfactory experiences in therapy – otherwise known as ruptures. …”
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Challenges, alternatives, and paths to sustainability: better public health promotion using social networking pages as key tools by Zaidan , A. A., Zaidan , B. B., Kadhem, Z., Moussa, Larbani, Lakulu, Modi B., Hashim, M.

“…Results from statistical traffic show that a Facebook page is more efficient than other pages in promoting public health. …”
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Assessment of residential satisfaction in high-rise condominium and terrace housing: case studies from Kuala Lumpur by Mohit, Mohammad Abdul, Abdul Rahim , Zaiton

“…Therefore, a research need arises due to limited studies on the subject and further that due to more than one reason, Malaysian middle class city dwellers currently prefer to live in condos than their preferred terrace housing. …”
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A novel algorithm for collaborative behavior of multi-robot in autonomous reconnaissance by Khan, Md. Raisuddin, Billah, Md. Masum, Ahmed, Mohiuddin, Abdul Aziz, Normaziah

“…Robots in a group can solve problems in fundamentally different ways than individuals while achieving higher levels of performance, however, programming and coordination of a group of robots poses big challenge. …”
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