The determinants of non-tariff barriers in Malaysia’s agricultural sector by Hanif, Azlina, Alavi, Rokiah, Duasa, Jarita, Mat Ghani, Gairuzazmi

“…Malaysia is no exception as the applied most-favoured-nation tariff rate in her agricultural sector in 2009 is relatively low, averaging at 2.8 percent.Despite the reduction in tariff barrier, the incidence of non-tariff barriers (NTBs) in the sector over the 1978–2007 period has generally increased even though efforts at dismantlin these barriers have long been initiated. Thus, the paper seeks to identify factors that influence the level of NTBs in the agricultural sector. …”
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Solitons mobility in a dipolar Bose-Einstein condensate in an optical lattice by Umarov, Bakhram, Benzeghir, Abdelaziz

“…The present work is devoted to the theoretical investigation of the dynamics of Bose –Einstein condensates (BEC) in optical lattice with the long range magnetic dipole-dipole interaction between atoms. …”
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Financing coastal land use planning for sustainability by Asmawi, M. Zainora, Md. Din, Azrin, Mahamod, Lukman Hakim

“…The analysis and findings demonstrate that the practice of Lembaga Urus Air Selangor relatively plans and manages their coastal land uses as in accordance with the physical land use planning system, encompassing the components of forward planning in their long term vision for their area. Though it is evident that the current practice works well, the system can be further improved taking into consideration other influential factors such as establishing database and financial aspect.…”
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Linear and nonlinear models of heredity for blood groups and rhesus factor by Ganikhodjaev, Nasir, Daoud, Jamal Ibrahim, Usmanova, Makhsuma

“…We consider linear and nonlinear stochastic models for transmission of blood types and Rhesus factor from parents to their offspring and investigate long run behavior of these models. In this study we will consider an application of the theory of Markov chains and the theory of nonlinear transformations in medicine. …”
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Fuzzy logic approach for prediction the lift coefficient on an aircraft model with and without winglet by Hossain, Altab, Rahman, Mohammed Ataur, Mohiuddin, A. K. M., Iqbal, Parvez, Muhidin, Arifin, Mohamad, Mazian

“…This paper describes the unique structure of an aircraft model with and without winglet tested at Aerodynamics Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering (University Putra Malaysia) using subsonic wind tunnel of 1000 mm × 1000 mm rectangular test section and 2500 mm long. Focusing on predicting the aerodynamic characteristics of the aircraft model, three main issues are studied in this paper. …”
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Modeling G2C adoption in developing country: A case study of Malaysia by Hussein, Ramlah, Mohamed, Norshidah, Ahlan, Abdul Rahman, Mahmud, Murni, Aditiawarman, Umar

“…Electronic government or e-government has long been known as a breakthrough of a new form of communication and transaction between the government and citizens, the government and industries, and among the government agencies. …”
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Influence of TaC Powder Additive on electrical discharge machining of stainless Steel by Mohd Zain, Zakaria, Mohammed, Baba Ndaliman, Khan, Ahsan Ali, Mohammad , Yeakub Ali

“…Results indicate that the surface roughness were found to be lowest at 2.5A under long machining periods of various concentrations of the powder. …”
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Introduction to fingerprint verification by Hameed, Shihab A., Badurik, Waleed A.

“…It has been used as a form of identification for a long time and considers an acceptance and fear. Fingerprints consider by people as unique and can be used to identify someone. …”
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Modification of CDV reactor for carbon nanomaterialns production by Al-Mamun, Abdullah, Al-Saadi, Mohammed A., Muyibi, Suleyman Aremu, Alam, Md. Zahangir

“…However, improvement of the CVD reactor system was necessary due to its long time requirement to complete each batch of production. …”
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State of the art review on walking support system for visually impaired people by Hossain, Eklas, Khan, Md. Raisuddin, Muhida, Riza, Ali, Ahad

“…The technology for terrain detection and walking support system for blind people has rapidly been improved the last couple of decades but to assist visually impaired people may have started long ago. Currently, a variety of portable or wearable navigation system is available in the market to help the blind for navigating their way in his local or remote area. …”
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The Feudal Lords of Lahore’s stock exchange by Mohamed, Noor, Hassan, Arif

“…The chief architect behind all these feudal and corrupt practices was the man who had been working as a General Manager for a long time. The Malaysian CEO patiently studied the organizational culture and practices and introduced several cultural and structural changes. …”
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دور المؤثرات السقافية في تقدير المدى الزمني للفونيم: دراسة فونولوجية حاسوبية = dawr al-mu'asirat al-siyaqiyah fi taqdir al-mada al-zamani li al-fonim: dirasah fonololojiyah hasubi... by Ahmed Mahmoud, Ahmed Ragheb

“…This is done by tracking the time of long vowels in the samples of the study. The effects in approximating the time of the phoneme will be concluded through the analysis of the Quranic recitations by the samples which consist of reliable recitors such as Syaikh ‘Abdulla Basfar, Saikh Muhammad Ayyub, and Syaikh Masyari bin Rasyid al-‘Afasi. …”
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An empirical analysis of causality between development of non-bank financial intermediaries and the economic growth in malaysia by Islam, Mohd Aminul

“…The result also shows evidence of a unique long-run causality running from nonbank financial intermediaries to per capita economic growth, but not the vice versa…”
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Modeling and characterization of all possible triple pass EDFA configurations by Akhter, Fowzia, Ibrahimy, Muhammad Ibn, Naji, Ahmed Wathik, Siddiquei, Hasin Reza

“…The main purpose of designing multi-stage erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs) is to achieve higher gain and lower noise figure for long haul optical communication. Among the multi-stage EDFAs, triple pass EDFAs were chosen in this research. …”
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Achieving security for images by LSB and MD5 by Alahmad, Mohammad, Alshaikhli, Imad Fakhri Taha, O. Alhussainan, Sondos

“…This value will be fixed as long as there has been no change to the picture. …”
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Issues and challenges facing Islamic financial institutions in Malaysia by Ishak, Mohd. Shuhaimi, Abdullah @ Chuah Hock Leng, Osman, Abdul Razak, Dzuljastri

“…The issue of riba or usury has long been a problem for Muslims. The establishment of Islamic financial institutions is a major step in addressing this predicament, as Islamic finance has been characterized as a body to remove exploitation and injustice. …”
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Factors Influencing in Selection of MBA Programs: An Empirical Investigation in Malaysian Higher Learning’s Institutions by Sarwar, Abdullah Al-Mamun, Haque, A. K. M. Ahasanul

“…On perception, a proper policy may go a long way to increase the quality of teaching with the improvement of other related facilities which will help the university in attracting new students. …”
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Foreign direct investment, exports, education, and growth in Malaysia by Yusoff, Mohammed

“…The results suggest that real GDP per capita, exports, FDI and education spending are cointegrated. The estimated long-run relationship shows that exports, FDI and education expenditure could explain the variation in real GDP per capita. …”
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Characteristics of better performing manufacturing companies in new product development success by Wan Jusoh, Wan jamaliah

“…The contribution of new products to corporate growth and survival has long been acknowledged. However, not much is known about the differences in characteristics of better performing compared to lesser performing companies in new product development. …”
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Pineapple leaf fibers and PALF-reinforced polymer composites by Salit, Mohd. Sapuan, Mohamed, Abd. Rahman, Siregar, Januar Parlaungan, Ishak, Mohd. Ridzuan

“…Pineapple leaf fibers (PALF) have long been known as textile materials in many countries. …”
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