A preliminary study on the effect of pharmacist counseling on awareness of and willingness to quit smoking in Malaysian population by Babar, Zaheer-ud-din, Irfan Bukhari, Nadeem, Sarwar, Wasim, Efendie, Benny, Pereira, Rosa, Nik Mohamed, Mohamad Haniki

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Lead time management in the garment sector of Bangladesh: an avenues for survival and growth by Nuruzzaman, Md., Haque, A. K. M. Ahasanul

“…In this study attempts have been made to find out the ways to face the competitive business environment by the efficient management process towards the lead time reduction. …”
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The impact of corporate governance on the restrictiveness of covenants in private debt contract by Abu Bakar, Intan Suryani, Mather, Paul, Tanewski, George

“…Our cross-sectional analysis on a sample of new syndicated loans in the U.S private debt market indicates that both a corporate governance score and board independence are positively and significantly associated with covenant slack. Similarly, we find that independent directors’ financial expertise and covenants slack are positively related, but we find no evidence that slack is associated with ‘busy’ directors or CEO duality. …”
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Journalism cupcakes: Same cakes, different icing or vice-versa by Ismail, Awan, Aripin, Norizah, Yusof, Norhafezah, Mohamad, Noraihan, Ismail, Rizalawati

“…After three to four years of study, journalism graduates from these universities would have to share the same pie to find jobs in media or communication related organizations. …”
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The effect of material property gradient on the fracture toughness of a PMMA/PC bimaterial with a crack normal to the interface by Shah, Qasim Hussain, Homma, H., Iliyas, M. H., Ismail, Ahmad Faris

“…Finite element analysis was used to find out the stresses IC in the specimens. Subsequently the stress values were used to find out the fracture toughness of each specimen. …”
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Rural transformation and productivity in China by You, Kefei, Sarantis, Nicholas

“…This paper carries out for the first time an econometric investigation of the contribution of rural transformation to total factor productivity in China. We find that the efficiency gains resulting from rural transformation make a significant and nontrivial contribution to factor productivity in China. …”
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Virtual reality in heritage studies and historical reconstruction through animation – A case study of a 16th century university complex in the Ottoman world by Ibrahim, Mansor, Jahn Kassim, Puteri Shireen, Ali, Maisarah, Abdul Latip, Nurul Syala, Zainal Abidin, Norzalifa

“…The modelling was focused on selected portions of the Suleymaniye complex in Istanbul Turkey, while the animation and storyboard integrated findings from a research extension of the project which looked at the link between the social structure of the city with the overall hierarchical nature of the architecture and planning of the complex. …”
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IMU: A Content Replacement Policy for CCN, Based on Immature Content Selection by Rashid, Salman, Abd Razak, Shukor, Ghaleb, Fuad A.

“…The proposed policy, named Immature Used (IMU), finds the content maturity index by using the content arrival time and its frequency within a specific time frame. …”
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Mrs Dalloway and the finite transcendental: existence, time and transcendence in Woolf, Husserl and Derrida by Murray, Martin

“…This chapter explores the link between Virginia Woolf, Edmund Husserl and Jacques Derrida.…”
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Zakat distribution and growth in the federal territory of Malaysia by Yusoff, Mohammed, Densumite, Sorfina

“…Specifically, an econometric study is carried out to examine the ability of zakat expenditure to affect real economic growth in the Federal Territory Malaysia by employing various econometric procedures such as the unit root tests, the cointegration tests, the vector error-correction model (VECM), and the Granger causality tests. The findings of the study suggest that zakat expenditure has a positive relationship with real GDP in the long-run. …”
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Multiple cyclical fractional structures in financial time series by Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Gil-Alana, Luis A.

“…The three series are modelled as long-memory processes with poles in the spectrum at multiple frequencies, including the long-run or zero frequency.…”
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Enhanced stability of cluster-based location service mechanism for urban vehicular ad hoc networks by Mujahid, Muhammad Akram

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Design and characterization of a new three-stage quadruple pass EDFA by Akhter, Fowzia, Ibrahimy, Muhammad Ibn, Naji, Ahmed Wathik, Siddiquei, Hasin Reza

“…Low loss long haul Optical Fiber Communication System (OFCS) is the key challenge in today’s research. …”
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Sequelae of fetal growth restriction by Ismail, Hamizah, Yao-Lung, Chang

“…The acute neonatal consequences of IUGR are perinatal asphyxia and neonatal adaptive problems. However, the long-term outcomes of such neonates are less discussed because obstetricians usually only care for pregnant woman until delivery. …”
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Linear predictive coding of speech by Shah, Asadullah, Shaikh, Asadullah

“…To remove the redundancy from speech signal, is done in 1\vo stages, first stage is to remove short term correlations form the signal and the second is to remove long term correlations. The short term and long term redundancies are modelled by digital filters very precisely. …”
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Pattern of the news media consumption and news discussion among youth : a test of agenda setting theory by Wok, Saodah, Tamam, Ezhar, Bolong, Jusang

“…The specific objectives of the study are (1) to determine the level of perceived news media credibility, (2) to find out the level of news media consumption, (3) to find out the extent of interpersonal news discussions, (4) to analyze the relationship between perceived media credibility and news media consumption with interpersonal news discussions, and (5) to differentiate between selected demographic characteristic with news media consumption and interpersonal news discussions. …”
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Pricing efficiency of the 3-month KLIBOR futures contracts: An empirical analysis by Razak, Marina Abdul, Bacha, Obiyathulla Ismath

“…The study spans the contract's entire 10-year history, June 1996 to June 2006. In line with findings in other markets, we find a pre-ponderance of overpricing. …”
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Pattern of the news media consumption and news discussion among youth: a test of agenda setting theory by Wok, Saodah, Tamam, Ezhar, Suci , Elsa Maria

“…The specific objectives of the study are (1) to determine the level of perceived news media credibility, (2) to find out the level of news media consumption, (3) to find out the extent of interpersonal news discussions, (4) to analyze the relationship between perceived media credibility and news media consumption with interpersonal news discussions, and (5) to differentiate between selected demographic characteristic with news media consumption and interpersonal news discussions. …”
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Date seed extract as preservatives by Mirghani, Mohamed Elwathig Saeed, Mikail, Maryam Abimbola, Ahmed, I. A., Abdul Karim, Mohamed Ismail, Daoud, Jamal Ibrahim

“…The increasing demand for minimally-processed. extended shelflife foods and rcpons of ehemical preservatives as having potential toxicity demands food manufacturers to find altcrnative snurccs of anTimicrobial compounds. …”
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Combined influence of carrier mobility and dielectric constant on the performance of organic bulk heterojunction solar cells by Inche Ibrahim, Mohd Lukman, Ahmad, Zubair, Sulaiman, Khaulah, Muniandy, S. V.

“…We also find that if the dielectric constant of the active material can be increased significantly (to around 8 or higher), it is then possible that the mobility of the active material need not to be improved in order to achieve the maximum efficiency. …”
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