Community perception on service quality at an international higher education institution: a case study by Ibrahim, Haslina, Abdul Rahim, Adibah, Abdul Rahman, Amilah, Abdullah, Nur Anisah

“…While this study was useful in bringing some service quality issues to light, but it was only for a particular period. …”
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Spatial decision support for urban and environmental planning : a collection of case studies

“…The chapters in this book bring together applications in very different contexts from Europe, Southeast Asia and Latin America, illustrating the power that today's decision and planning support tools are providing urban and environmental planners the world over. …”
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The status of prisoners-of-war under international law: an analysis of the Afghan scenario by Eishan Jan, Mohammad Naqib

“…The United States brands the prisoners as "unlawful combants", refuses to give them prisoners-of-war status, to grant them access to a lawyer or to bring them before a 'competent tribunal' and consequently denies them all the rights and privileges that are provided under the international humanitarian laws, and the most relevant of these laws are the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, to which almost all states, including the United States and Afghanistan are parties, and the two 1967 Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions. …”
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Creating awareness of the orthographic representations of [i] and [ɪ] by Pilus, Zahariah

“…Realizing the importance of and difficulty in attaining phonemic awareness particularly among second language learners whose exposure to the language is mainly through formal education, this session is put together to share an activity that can create ESL students’ awareness of the orthographic representations of the English vowels [i] and [ ɪ]. Bringing the regular features of English spelling to the attention of ESL students “ can make English less of an alphabet soup, and more of an organized yet flexible menu of possibilities” (Kelly, 2000). …”
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The success factors for Government Information Sharing (GIS) in natural disaster management and risk reduction by Ahmad Dahlan, Abdul Rahman, Mohd Dahan, Hayati, Mohd Saman, Md Yazid

“…Among those damages/losses, about 90 % are concentrated in the Asian region where natural disasters are one of the serious issues not only for humanitarian but also for economic and industrial point of view. These bring about the loss of lives, property, employment and damage to the physical infrastructure and the environment. …”
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The success factors for government information sharing (GIS) in natural disaster management and risk reduction by Ahmad Dahlan, Abdul Rahman, Mohd Dahan, Hayati, Mohd Saman, Md Yazid

“…Among those damages/losses, about 90 % are concentrated in the Asian region where natural disasters are one of the serious issues not only for humanitarian but also for economic and industrial point of view. These bring about the loss of lives, property, employment and damage to the physical infrastructure and the environment. …”
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Design of QFT-based self-tuning deadbeat controller by Mansor, Hasmah, Mohd Noor, Samsul Bahari

“…QFT is a technique to achieve robust control with pre-defined specifications whereas deadbeat is an algorithm that could bring the output to steady state with minimum step size. …”
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Technology transfer issue in the context of climate change: A critical exposition by Ansari, Abdul Haseeb

“…In order to successfully fight against the challenges posed by global warming, a phenomenon that is bringing menace to all, especially poor of the world, it is warranted that there should be a liberal attitude of developed countries towards transfer of technology, especially environmentally sound technology (ESTs), and transfer of financial resources from them to developing and least developed countries, and their capacity building so that developing and least developed countries could also be able to contribute to alleviate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. …”
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Religious ethics on industrialization: a Quranic perspective by Zainan Nazri, Mohd Khairul Nizam, Zainan Nazri , Nurul Jannah, Mat Ishak, Mardiana

“…Islam encourages industrialization and sets its pristine teachings as enshrined in the Qur'an and Sunnah of the Prophet PBUH as the guiding principles and values for Muslims to create a kind of industrialization that shall bring about not only economic prosperity and sustainable development to the nation, but also one that is in harmony with the environment. …”
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Hadith on predestination a critical evaluation and reinterpretation by Khan, Israr Ahmad

“…This paper represents a humble attempt to make authentic enquiry into the reliability of the main traditions on predestination, on the one hand, and reinterpret them so as to bring a harmony between the idea of examination of man on the earth and that of predestination. …”
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A conceptual framework of transformational and transactional leadership on nurse educators job satisfaction by Moey, Soo Foon

“…Organizations presently are marked by high interdependency and integration; hence the need for leadership that goes beyond that of transactional to transformational leadership styles with attributes such as inspiration, stimulation, motivation and charisma as these attributes are believed to be able to bring about cohesion, commitment, trust and performance. …”
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E-Learning in the teaching of history through architecture by Abu Bakar, Juliana Aida, Jahn Kassim, Puteri Shireen, Mahmud, Murni

“…This research and prototypical development combines multimedia, architectural and information technology specialists. It is an attempt to bring the study of virtual reality computer models within the scope of a humanities field. …”
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IMPACT OF MULTICULTURAL ENVIRONMENT OF INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA ON STUDENTS’ ACCULTURATION by Rahath House, Yousef, Abdul Razak, Mohd Abbas, Kazmi, Yedullah, Ashraf, Hiba

“…This study investigated whether or not the Internationalization process of the International Islamic University, Malaysia, with a multicultural environment, helps its students to, accept the differences that other cultures bring, be comfortable with differences and also seek diversity of contact. …”
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Impact of multicultural environment of International Islamic University Malaysia on students’ acculturation by Rahath House, Yousef, Abdul Razak, Mohd Abbas, Kazmi, Yedullah, Ashraf, Hiba

“…This study investigated whether or not the Internationalization process of the International Islamic University, Malaysia, with a multicultural environment, helps its students to, accept the differences that other cultures bring, be comfortable with differences and also seek diversity of contact. …”
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LMOs/GMOs, the environment and the people: a critical exposition by Ansari, Abdul Haseeb, Jamal, Parveen

“…On the contrary, they will become counterproductive, i.e. instead of saving lives and enriching the biodiversity of the environment they might bring miseries to the people and erode the biodiversity. …”
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Mangrove ecotourism - striking a balance between ecology and economics by Mohd. Yaman, Maheran, Ab Rahman, Nik Ismail Azlan

“…The local community too should benefit from both the resource which has been sustaining their life and the visitors who bring them new sources of income. There is, therefore, a symbiotic relationship among the three involved in ecotourism. …”
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The theoretical development of opacity entrepreneurship in Malaysia by Sim, Wan Jie

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Live Projects as Research: Tools of Practice Research in Making Architecture by Mitchell, Maurice, Tang, Bo

“…This paper addresses the role of the architect as a maker, someone who has a foot in many camps in order to bring together and realise an intention in response to a setting. …”
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Partners in national cyber security strategy? : An analysis of cyber security strategies of Ministry of Defence and police in UK by Onugha, Chikaodi Viola

“…The research also found that the Cyber Security Strategy is mainly state centric while policing is human centric in approach, this accounts for the challenges in bringing the policing cyber strategy in line with the National cyber strategy. …”
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Land remediation, event spaces and the pursuit of Olympic legacy by Gold, Margaret, Gold, John Robert

“…In particular, it considers ways in which redevelopment of the sizeable spaces prepared for staging the event take their place in broader strategies intended to bring long-term benefits to the host city and society in order to compensate for the costs and inconvenience originally incurred in hosting the Games. …”
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