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Efficiency of life insurance companies in Malaysia and Brunei: a comparative analysis
Published 2011“…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.)
Published 2012“…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
Published 2009“…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
Published 2013“…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
Published 2011“…Research methodology adopted for this paper is mainly statutory analysis.…”
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Strategic human resource management: A framework from an Islamic perspective
Published 2013“…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
Published 2013“…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
Published 2010“…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
Published 2013“…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
Published 2007“…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
Published 2013“…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
Published 2006“…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
Published 2009“…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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Mediation in Malaysia: the law and practice
Published 2010“…It is a concerted effort by the main authors together with several contributors, both academic and professional, to highlight and discuss current issues affecting the law and practice of mediation. …”
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Death, graveyards and funerary architecture in Islam
Published 2008“…Out of so many objectives that could be achieved by undertaking this kind of study’ the following list presents the main objectives of this book: - To put the concept of Muslim funerary architecture in its proper religious and cultural context - To help the readers recognize and understand the origins and significance of Muslim funerary architecture - To show that funerary architecture, although having played an extremely prominent role in the history of Islamic civilization, has become neither a permanent nor ubiquitous feature of the Muslim reality - To clarify and remove some pervasive misconceptions/misunderstandings about Islam in general and Muslim funerary architecture in particular.…”
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Cultural landscape: a new paradigm for landscape architecture
Published 2011“…It is crucial to understand the concept of cultural landscape as it offers main contribution in sustaining the heritage value and protecting local identity and original culture of a group of people or place. …”
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Simple process capability analysis and quality validation of monoclonal antibody production in bench-top bioreactor
Published 2011“…The production of monoclonal antibody (IgM) for anti-cancer by fermentation of hybridoma cell in benchtop bioreactor has been investigated. The main target of this study was to increase the percentage of cell viability and to achieve high yield of IgM. …”
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Halal product price indicator portal: promoting Malaysia’s local Halal SMEs
Published 2011“…The portal involves Malaysia Department of Islamic Development (JAKIM) and local Halal SMEs in Malaysia. The main feature of the portal is Halal products price information and comparison functionality. …”
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The NPFM in emerging economies : the Modified Budgeting System(MBS) in Malaysian government
Published 2009“…This study adopted cross sectional survey with two main stages of data collection - questionnaire and interview surveys. …”
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