Characteristic properties of plastic wastes: possibility of reinforcing material for soil by Yuriza, Yasmin, Tuan Ismail, Tuan Noor Hasanah, Mohamed, Ismail, Mat Hassan, Nik Normunira

“…The plastic straw, plastic bag, and plastic bottle were degraded at 382°C, 456°C and 449°C, respectively. This finding indicated that all of these plastics waste were thermally stable in the tropical temperature. …”
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Benefits of spark-ignition engine fuel-saving technologies under transient part load operations by W. Salim, W.S.I., Mahdi, A.A.M., Ismail, M.I., Abas, M.A., Martinez-Botas, R.F., Rajoo, S.

“…On the other hand, the downsized turbocharged engine has caused increasing cycle fuel consumption by 7.5%. These findings are expected to be valid for typical urban driving cycles as far as they conform to the operating load residency points over the transient torque profile.…”
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Efficacy of Geo-Cellular Mat (GCM) to mitigate settlement via field performance by Tuan Ismail, Tuan Noor Hasanah, Wijeyesekera, Devapriya Chitral, Bakar, Ismail, Kasalan, As-Shar, Meng Siang, Alvin John Lim, Abdullah, Mohd Akmal

“…The settlement plate gauges were used to determine the total ground movement beneath the fill loading at the interface between fill materials and subgrade surface. The findings of this study successfully prove the efficacy of the GCM block to diminish settlements over peat ground, compared with sand fill. …”
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A pragmatic study of strategic maneuvering in Jane Austen’s Novels: Pride and Prejudice and Emma by Talib Salman, Hawraa

“…In addition, the most prominent maxim in Pride and Prejudice was the quantity maxim while Emma it was the quality maxim. Findings also revealed the scalar implicature was the most prominent implicature in both novels and as far as politeness principle is concerned, where men tend to use positive politeness more than women. …”
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Performance of asphalt mixtures containing steel slag aggregate and synthetic fibers by Hezam Alnadish, Adham Mohammed

“…The conducted performance tests were resilient modulus, dynamic creep, rutting depth, moisture susceptibility, and cracking resistance. The findings of this study showed that the free lime and free magnesia content in the treated steel slag aggregate have significantly decreased. …”
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A framework for green manufacturing practicies in small and medium enterprises in Malaysia by Zakaria, Nur Syuhada

“…Survey were evaluated by using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23, in terms of correlation, reliability, central tendency and variability testing. The finding on this study in the term of framework will help SMEs to implementing GrMP. …”
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Chemically activated carbon using peat soil for heavy metals adsorption in industrial wastewater by Md Jamien, Fahrulrazi

“…The thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and its derivative thermogravimetric (DTG) confirm the finding where at temperature ≈400°C, peat undergo complete degradation of matter. …”
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Training and development, turnover intention and job performance of academic staff in public universities of Pakistan by Hussain, Altaf

“…The results of the study reveal that training and development has a direct positive effect on organizational commitment and job performance and negative effect on turnover intention. The findings of the study also reveal that organizational commitment mediates the relationship between training and development and turnover intention and job performance. …”
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Tourist satisfaction as a mediator between service quality and re-visit intention: a study of Obudu Mountain Resort, Nigeria by Usman Saleh, Amina

“…The mediating effect of tourist satisfaction in the relationship between service quality and revisit intention had also been tested. Findings confirmed that there was a significant positive relationship between service quality and tourist satisfaction, as well as a significant relationship between tourist satisfaction and revisit intention, service quality is also found to be significantly related to revisit intention. …”
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Impact of midwives practices initiation on postpartum haemorrhage reduction in public hospitals in Gaza strip, Palestine by A. M. Abujarad, Sawsan

“…Contribution of the findings are discussed and recommendations for future research are presented.…”
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Effects of kenaf/polyester blending ratios on physical and mechanical properties of yarns produced from ring spinning system by Mohd Rusli, Najwa Wajihah

“…Following this, kenaf/polyester hybrid yarn of three different weight ratios were developed (50:50, 60:40 and 70:30). The findings showed that the physical and mechanical properties of sliver and yarn could be effectively controlled by varying kenaf composition. …”
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The relationships between organizational cynicism, high performance work system, perceived psychological contract violation, workplace incivility and organizational citizenship beh... by Baig, Javaria

“…The results from Structure Equation Modeling (SEM) revealed that organisational cynicism fully mediates the relationship between high performance work system and organisational citizenship behaviour, it partially mediates the relationship between perceived psychological contract violation and organisational citizenship behaviour and it partially mediates the relationship between workplace incivility and organizational citizenship behaviour. This study finds that teachers’ attitude and behaviour are affected by extra responsibilities with least incentives, unmet expectations, lack of involvement in decision making and mistreatment at workplace all of which reduce their organisational citizenship behaviour. …”
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Relationship of economies of scale (EOS) factors for Malaysian Industrialised building system (IBS) precast manufacturer by Tajul Ariffin, Syazwana

“…In the second phase, the questionnaire survey was conducted to collect data from the precast manufacturers. In the light of findings, 10 factors were noted significant and were further categorised into internal and external factors. …”
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The relationship of social support and personality with work-family conflict among women employees in Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia by Noor, Tahmina

“…The core self-evaluations (positive self-concept) was significantly and negatively related to both W-to-FC and F-to-WC. From study findings, the institutes of higher education would be able to incorporate social support mechanism with personality training to mitigate the conflict for working women which can retain them in the workforce to raise FLFP for Malaysia.…”
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A new approach for jpeg fragmentation point detection using sequential difference by segment (SDbS) by T Azmi, Tengku Norsuhaila

“…This technique methodology consists of three steps namely the acquisition of datasets, image segmentation and fragmentation detection. The findings from the third step are the main contributions in this research through the discovery of approaches to detect the fragmentation points using deletion quaternary search and Euclidean Distance to compare pixel values. …”
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Success factors for bumiputra contractors in Malaysia : Johor state by Rahmat, Noor Idirah

“…Based on the developed model, it was found that factors in resources group are giving the highest impact load of 0.299 to the success of Bumiputra contractors. Hopefully, the findings from this study will be a constructive guide to Bumiputra contractors to improve their potentials to be successful in the competitive construction business.…”
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Delamination in fiberglass pre-impregnated laminated composites from ultrasonic a-scan signal using artificial intelligence by Mahmod, Muhammad Faisal

“…In this study, the potential of using ultrasonic immersion testing for detecting the IID in FGLC type 7781 E-Glass fabric is studied. Several findings and development have been achieved in this study such as the relationship between delamination area and the increasing of an impact energy, where the rate is between 23 to 45 percent. …”
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Integration of critical success factors from demand and supply sides to enhance micro financing framework for micro and small enterprises (mses) in Malaysia by Muridan, Mazliana

“…Surveys were conducted to 321 respondents from MSEs while interviews were conducted to six microfinance providers and ten MSEs. The findings of this research were used to enhance the existing microfinance framework. …”
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Nuclear issues in the Iran - United States relations: from friends to foes by Rahman, Riki, Othman, Zarina, Ani, Fauziah, Abdullah, Muhaymin Hakim

“…Secondary data is collected through library resources and authoritative internet materials. The findings show that the US’s support toward Iranian nuclear before revolution was due to structure or world system, which is the bipolar system, between the US and Soviet Union. …”
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Service quality through employee Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs): a study among third party logistics in Iskandar Malaysia by Roslan, Nor Atiqah Aima

“…Lastly, there are 7 variables identified to be under knowledge factor, 12 variables for skills factor, 9 variables for abilities factor and 4 variables for other factors that are required for employees of logistics services. The findings are expected to help third party logistics service providers to enhance their service quality in order to ensure the satisfaction of their customers.…”
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