On site challenges for the construction of 16-storey condominium: as observed by a young civil engineering technologist by Ganageswaran, S., Srinivasan, M., Chan, C. M.

“…The difference between an engineer and an engineering technologist is that, an engineer would mainly focus and produce structural designs based on engineering calculations, while the job of an engineering technologist is to execute the design in the real working environment by adopting flexible and critical technical ideas on-site. …”
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Factors influencing online banking adoption: the case of academicians in Malaysian technical University network (MTUN) by Al-Subari, Saleh Nasser, Mohamed Zabri, Shafie, Ahmad, Kamilah

“…Government support was included as an extension of the original model mainly because of its direct influence on the existence of the online banking itself. …”

Business assets as matrimonial property from the civil law and shariah perspectives; implication for national family policy by Abd Ghadas, Zuhairah Ariff, Ibrahim, Norliah

“…Research methodolgy which is adopted is mainly doctrinal and case law analysis. …”
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Indian Muslims in Malaysia: a sociological analysis of a minority ethnic group by Muhamad Shukri, Abdul Salam, Abdullah @ Chuah Hock Leng, Osman, Yeoh, Mohd Syukri

“…Indeed they are facing the grim prospect of permanent bifurcation of their identity—some are slowly but surely being assimilated into the Malay cultural milieu, mainly through marriage and for political expediency, on the one hand and others stubbornly resist this cultural absorption, and resiliently retain and preserve their ethnic traditions and purity. …”
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Visibility effect on the availability of a terrestrial free space optics link under a tropical climate by Basahel, Ahmed, Islam, Md Rafiqul, Habaebi, Mohamed Hadi, Ahmad Zabidi, Suriza

“…In Malaysia, seasonal dense haze is mainly attributed to forest fires in Indonesia and in parts of Malaysia. …”
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Purification of Xanthine Oxidase Inhibitor from Carica papaya leaves using Reversed Phase Flash Column Chromatography (RPFCC) - High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography (HPTLC) by Azmi, Saiful Mohammad Nizam, Jamal, Parveen, Amid, Azura

“…Preliminary identification by chemical screening conducted on the optimized sample of distilled water extract of Carica papaya leaves showed the presence of several secondary metabolites, mainly, flavonoids, alkaloids, tannins, saponins and xanthine alkaloids, terpenoids and glycosides which could partially explain the pharmacological properties of this plant and demonstrates its importance in alimentation and daily intake especially for gout patient.…”
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Loss of NnT increases expression of oxidative phosphorylation complexes in C57BL/6J hearts by Williams, Jack L., Hall, Charlotte L., Meimaridou, Eirini, Metherell, Louise A.

“…However, differential gene expression was mainly driven by mouse background with some changes seen in all three tissues, perhaps reflecting underlying genetic differences between the C57BL/B6J and -6N substrains.…”
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Designing inclusive educational space for autistic children : a review of the axisting discourse by Rahaman, Farjana, Abdul Rahim, Asiah

“…Current researches on design practice for autism friendly learning environment falls mainly in two categories, while the first one addressing the need for special treatment of the environment exclusively for the children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) (Mostafa, 2008; Mullick & Khare, 2008; Vogel,2008; Paron-Wildes, 2009), the second one actually has translated research based knowledge on this subject matter in to practice thus designing several school building for the target group (Humphrey, 2005; Whitehurst, 2006; Beaver, 2010). …”
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Prophecy in later Islamic thought : the mystical views of Shah Waliyyullah ad-Dihlawi (d. 1176 ah/1762 ce) by Ariff, Syamsuddin

“…This article is an attempt to reconstruct and examine the views of Shāh Waliyyullah ad-Dihlawi on prophecy, drawing mainly on the most accessible and well-known of his works: the ‘Conclusive Proof of God’ (Hujjatullah al-Balighah), the ‘Abundant Good’ (al-Khayr al-Kathir), the ‘Divine Insights’ (al-Tafhimat al-Ilahiyyah), the ‘Full Moon Appearing on the Horizon’ (al-Budūr al-Bazighah), ‘Flashes’ (Sata‘at) and ‘Glimpses’ (Lamahat). …”
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Comparing the sensitivity and specificity of otoacoustic emission screeners in diagnosing noise-induced hearing loss from air conduction pure tone audiogram in a hearing conservati... by Razali , Ailin, A. Rahman, Nor Azlina

“…It is not an objective test, it is time consuming, it needs trained technician and a sound-proof room (or at least a very quiet ambience) and it is deemed not sensitive enough to detect subtle changes in the cochlea due to early exposure to noise as it assesses the whole auditory pathway and not just the cochlea, where damage from noise mainly occur. A likely alternative would be otoacoustic emission (OAE), an objective test that measures the emission of outer hair cells which ideally would reflect early damages from sound, and takes only fraction of the time to do PTA to complete. …”
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Anticancer effects of medical Malaysian leech saliva extract (LSE) by Merzouk, Ahmed, Mohammad Ghawi, Abbas, M.Abdualkader, Abdualrahman, Abdullahi, Abubakar Danjuma, Alaama, Mohammed

“…Leech saliva contains biologically active compounds that are mainly proteins & peptides. Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a form of cell lung carcinoma. …”
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Knowledge Based Systems for Man-made Disasters Management by Kabbashi, Nassereldeen, Mirghani, Mohamed Elwathig Saeed, Ismail, Noor Hafizah

“…Five man-made disasters have been reviewed in detail.This study shows that the factors, which contributed to the manmade disasters in Malaysia, were mainly due to Social, technical,Organizational, Operational, Investigational and Defences errors.Microsoft Visual Basic Express Edition 2005 was used as a medium for the development of Man-made Disaster Expert System (MMDES). …”
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Prediction of tool life in end milling of hardened steel AISI D2 by Lajis, M. A., Karim, A.N. Mustafizul, Amin, A. K. M. Nurul, Hafiz, A. M. Khalid, Turnad L., Ginta

“…Most published research works on the development of tool life model in machining of hardened steels have been mainly concerned with the turning process, whilst the milling process has received little attention due to the complexity of the process. …”
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The importance of interreligious dialogue in modern Nigeria (Christian-Muslim relation by Ashimi, Tijani Ahmad

“…Based on above fact, inter-religious dialogue is perhaps; more important in Nigeria than anywhere else, on the grounds that, Nigeria is considered as the most populous country in African continent, and it is moreover, a pluralistic and multi religious society, which is mainly dominated by Islam and Christianity. Yet, in modern Nigeria, the relation between Muslims and their counterpart Christians is in continuous jeopardy (if not deteriorating). …”
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Fabrication of microcomponents by injection molding by Yuan , S., Ngoi, B. K. A., Hung, N. P., Ali, Mohammad Yeakub

“…Although micromolding is mainly applied for plastic products, this technology can be applied to fabricate ceramic or metal microstructures. …”
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Leadership: Does gender matter? by Mohamad, Nor Asiah, Mustafa, Maizatun

“…The special emphasis of the research is on the trend of women leadership in Malaysia and some other countries mainly Muslim countries. The basic principles of the Shari'ah on women and leadership are also highlighted. …”
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The Mediating effect of interpersonal influence between mass media nfluence and University Student’s Voting Intention by Wok, Saodah, Syed Abdullah Idid, Syed Arabi, Moten, Abdul Rashid

“…The respondents were mainly female, Malays, from all states in Malaysia. …”
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Application of filtration blocking models to describe fouling and transmission of large plasmids DNA in sterile filtration by Salim, Affaro Affandy, Eli, Keshavarz-Moore, Henk, Versteeg

“…Initially, during the early part of the filtration, the intermediate blocking model provided the best fit of the experimental results suggesting that fouling of the membrane was mainly caused by deposition of particles onto its surface. …”
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A qualitative study of women living with HIV: understanding their subjective experiences and psycho-social needs by Omar Din, Meriam, Mohamad, Mardiana

“…Positive feeling was mainly associated with feeling of gratitude for the available supportive institution and acceptance by family members. …”
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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

“…The flocculation process and the turbidity removal of colloidal suspension are mainly determined by the morphology and the adsorped amount of polymer on a solid surface. …”
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