Why thinking aloud matters for usability evaluation? by Abu Seman, Esmadi Abu, Hussein, Idyawati, Mahmud, Murni

“…Computer application should be enjoyable to use, do useful things and enhance the lives of people who use them. In the days of the web, issues of usability are critical to computer application such as e-commerce. …”
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The impact of secularism on religious beliefs and practices by Abdul Rahim, Adibah

“…It gives a great impact on every facet of life including individual and family lives as well as educational, political, economic and social-cultural realm. …”
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Rethinking Islamic law: conceptual premises and strategic framework by Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah

“…Historical factors conditioning the past jurists' understanding of textual.proofs and their urge to provide legal solutions to day-to-day expediencies of human lives was acknowledged by the legal dictum, yuristic views changes with the changes in time and space'. …”
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Charles Handy’s ‘The Future of Work’ Re-visited by Sheldrake, John

“…Briefly, during the post‑war period the industrialised West had been more or less free from the threat and actuality of unemployment which had blighted the lives of many working people during the inter‑war years. …”
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British and Irish Diasporas: Societies, cultures and ideologies by MacRaild, Donald

“…Yet while they gradually integrated into new lives in far-flung places, British and Irish Isle emigrants often maintained elements of their distinctive national cultures, which is an important foundation of diasporas. …”

Negotiating the self between past and present: narratives of older women moving towards self-employment by Tomlinson, Frances, Colgan, Fiona

“…Older people are encouraged into self-employment as a means to extend their working lives; however both age and gender are thought to constrain the capacity of individuals to take on an enterprising identity. …”
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The last career transition? A gendered perspective on retirement by Tomlinson, Frances

“…Specifically the impact of rapidly ageing populations in western industrialised societies has increased the pressure on people to extend their working lives beyond the traditional age of retirement. This chapter explores the surrounding debates from a gendered perspective, focusing on contrasts in the retirement experiences of men and women and the impact of retirement on gender relations. …”
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Book review : Capital and ideology by Haynes, Jeffrey

“…Piketty explores the material and ideological interactions of conflicting social groups that have given us slavery, serfdom, colonialism, communism, and hypercapitalism, shaping the lives of billions. He concludes that the great driver of human progress over the centuries has been the struggle for equality and education and not, as often argued, the assertion of property rights or the pursuit of stability. …”

Human nature: why ‘urban rewilding’ is good for us by Moxon, Sian

“…In cities, immersion in natural spaces and encounters with other species can be hard to come by, yet these experiences are especially crucial for city residents to counter their stressful lives. Increasing urban nature would benefit the quality of life of many people, given that in England 80% of us live in cities. …”
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Women and flexitime by Abdul Kadir, Adibah, Maulad Bahro, Khadijah, Mohd Rosli, Nur Amalina, Ismail, Fadillah

“…Therefore, they require more independent work arrangements to meet the needs of work and their daily lives. Traditionally working time where the time work began at nine to five job is increasingly not required (Manpower, 2010).…”
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Development of an intelligent multimodal biometric system for household appliances control by Abiodun musa, Aibinu

“…The extracted lines were characterized by discrete Fourier transform (DFT) coefficients of the detected K-endpoint distance matrix which was subsequently used for recognition. …”
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Phytochemical, in vitro and in silico analyses of hexanic alpinia galanga extract in cancer chemo-prevention study on breast cancer cells by Baba, Sayang

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Phase diagram and phase transitions of the Potts model with external magnetic field by Ganikhodjaev, Nasir, Nawi, Ashraf Mohamed, Rodzhan, Mohd Hirzie

“…The physical phenomenon of phase transition is reflected in mathematical model by non-uniqueness of the Gibbs measures and phase diagram of the model describes a morphology of phases, stability of phases, different transitions from one phase to another and corresponding transition lines. We study the phase diagram for the Potts model on a Cayley tree with nearest-neighbor interaction J in the presence of an external magnetic field h. …”
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Compression using Wavelet Transform by Khalifa, Othman Omran, Harding, Sering Habib, Hassan Abdalla Hashim, Aisha

“…Further reduction in bit rate is an attractive proposition in applications like remote broadcast lines, studio links, satellite transmission of high quality audio and voice over internet.…”
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The 13th Malaysian general election: uncertainties and expectations by Moniruzzaman, Md.

“…The electoral politics in Malaysia might become more polarised along ethnic lines which may require reshuffling of its coalition framework and design. …”
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Characterization of endothelial cells using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy by Liu, Fei, Arifuzzaman, S. M., Nordin, Anis Nurashikin, Spray, David, Voiculescu, Ioana

“…In this paper we report on the electrical impedance spectroscopy characterization of endothelial cell lines (RFPEC). For electrical cell-substrate impedance sensing (ECIS) of the endothelial cells a commercially available eight-well cell culture impedance array (ECIS-8W1E) was used. …”
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Characterization of endothelial cells using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy by Liu, Fei, Arifuzzaman, S. M., Nordin, Anis Nurashikin, Spray, David, Voiculescu, Ioana

“…In this paper we report on the electrical impedance spectroscopy characterization of endothelial cell lines (RFPEC). For electrical cell-substrate impedance sensing (ECIS) of the endothelial cells a commercially available eight-well cell culture impedance array (ECIS-8W1E) was used. …”
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Party Politics and political violence in Bangladesh: issues, manifestation and consequences by Moniruzzaman, Md.

“…Apparent immediate causes of political violence are expressions of underlying differences and rifts along the lines of ideological, political, religious and institutional dimensions. …”
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The cultural and legal perspectives on wife battering in Malaysia by Che Soh @ Yusoff, Roslina

“…Wife battering has become one of the major problems across the world. It cuts across lines of races, religion, income and classes of people. …”
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SoundJam 2018: Acoustic Design For Auditory Enrichment by French, Fiona, Kendrick, Paul, Gupfinger, Reinhard

“…The day will be organized along the lines of a traditional gamejam.…”
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