Sugar palm tree: a versatile plant and novel source for biofibres, biomatrices, and biocomposites by Sahari, J., Sapuan, S. M., Zainudin, E.S., Maleque, Md. Abdul

“…Among the numerous green material sources in Malaysia, the sugar palm tree is a versatile plant that can produce biofibres, biomatrices, and biocomposites for a wide range of applications. This paper focuses mainly on the significance of the unutilised part of sugar fibres, as they are highly durable and easy to process. …”
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Examining characteristics of high potential employees from employees’ perspective by Juhdi, Nurita

“…Three hundred and twenty nine employees participated in the study. HIPO was mainly described by three major characteristics – high performance, learning agility and leadership spirit. …”
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Inequality of bargaining power and the doctrine of unconscionability: Towards substantive fairness in commercial contracts by Alias, Siti Aliza, Abdul Ghadas, Zuhairah Ariff

“…References of the discussion are mainly made to the common law principles with occasional reference to the Australian law and Malaysian law. …”
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Examining characteristics of high potential employees from employees’ perspective by Juhdi, Nurita, Pa'wan, Fatimah, Hansaram, Ram Milah@Simranpreet Kaur

“…Three hundred and twenty nine employees participated in the study. HIPO was mainly described by three major characteristics – high performance, learning agility and leadership spirit. …”
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Influence of the characteristics of Machine-Tool-Fixture-Work (MTFW) system on chatter by Amin, A. K. M. Nurul

“…Frequency level and amplitude of such chatter and extent of the ranges of cutting speed, where it exists depend mainly on the rigidity of spindle-work system for low frequency chatter and on the rigidity of tool-bit holder for medium frequency chatter.…”
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Al-Shabaab's leadership hierarchy and its ideology by Shuriye, Abdi Omar

“…The methodology of this research, partly, involved collecting field data in a form of informal interviews and surveys, but it is mainly an analytical and evaluative approach. My findings indicate that al-Shabaab operate in a flexible multiple cells organizational leadership structure whose components are independent.…”
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Exploring factors influencing financial planning after retirement: structural equation modeling approach by Jalil, Md. Abdul, Abdul Razak, Dzuljastri, Azam, Ferdous

“…Furthermore, individual’s income or monthly salary is found to be the most important factor influencing financial planning, followed by attitude and culture. The results are mainly favourable to academics and practitioners in Malaysia by contributing an understanding into critical factors that influence people to make financial plan before their retirement. …”
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IT outsourcing as an innovative strategy for economic advancement: lessons from Malaysia by Arshad, Y, Ahlan, Abdul Rahman

“…The study finds that ITO benefits can be mainly categorized into strategic, economic or business and technological benefits. …”
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Medical negligence disputes in Malaysia: resolving through hazards of litigation or through community responsibilities? by Jahn Kassim, Puteri Nemie, Mohd Najid, Khadijah

“…Medical negligence disputes in Malaysia are mainly resolved through litigation by using the tort system. …”
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Rain fade characteristics analyses for V-band link in tropical region by Badron, Khairayu, Ismail, Ahmad Fadzil, Islam, Md. Rafiqul, Abdullah, Khaizuran, Din, Jafri, Abd Rahman, Tharek

“…The V-band satellite links were initially confined mainly to temperate regions. Recently however, this new service has gradually been introduced worldwide including the tropical regions. …”
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In defense of Islam: American Muslim women write back by Abdul Manaf, Nor Faridah

“…The common perception is that American Muslims are made of mainly immigrant pcpulation. This may be true of the 1960s in which the country witnessed an influx of Muslims, who were well-educated and politically astute, migrating to the United Stales. …”
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Media and politics: a study among youth in Malaysia by A.Manaf, Aini Maznina, Syed Abdullah Idid, Syed Arabi, Buyong, Mazni, Ahmad, Zeti Azreen, Mohamed, Shafizan, Ahmad, Che Mahzan, Tengku Mohd Azzman, Tengku Siti Aisha, Baharum, Amran

“…Facebook and whatsapp are among the two channels that they mainly utilised to gain information about politics.…”
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Impact of the Government Service Tax (GST) on the Malaysian takaful industry: issues and challenges by Che Mohd Salleh, Marhanum, Yussof, Sheila Ainon, Abdullah, Nurdianawati Irwani

“…An inductive analysis will be undertaken on the relevant sources that justify GST implementation in Takaful, mainly guidelines provided by Customs Department, and also arguments from scholars on the likely contravention of Shari'ah principles with the application of GST. …”
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Analytical approximate solutions of the duffing-relativistic oscillator by Chowdhury, Md. Sazzad Hossien, Motakabber, S. M. A.

“…The effect of initial conditions in the nonlinear natural frequencies is carried out and it is proved the proposed method is not only simple, but also more reliable for analysis for the Duffing-relativistic oscillator. The method is mainly illustrated in strongly nonlinear Duffing-relativistic oscillator, but it can be widely applicable in other problems arising nonlinear sciences and engineering.…”
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Mental health: a contrastive analysis between western and Islamic psychologies by Abdul Razak, Mohd Abbas, Abdul Razak, Abdul Latif, Mohamed Ali Zaroum, Abdulhamid

“…Due to these psychological problems, at times, people mainly living in the cities respond in a negative way without considering the religious and ethical principles in life. …”
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Blackboard use by faculty members in the Colleges of Applied Sciences in the Sultanate of Oman by AlNaibi, Salim Abdullah, Madarsha, Kamal Basha, Ismail, Nik Ahmad Hisham

“…Results showed that Blackboard is still underutilized by faculty; it is mainly used as a depositary tool rather than for instructional and assessment purposes. …”
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Monoclonal antibody production: media optimization for enhancement the cell viability of hybridoma cell by Mel, Maizirwan, Mat Saad, Maizura, Hashim, Yumi Zuhanis Has-Yun, Mohamed Salleh, Moharnad Ramlan

“…By using Central Composite Design of Response Surface Methodology(STATISTICA v 6.1) has shown that cell viability was mainly affected by glutamine, serum and NaC03 concentration, respectively. …”
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An invention of "build-then-sell" in Malaysia via the housing law by Sufian, Azlinor, Sapian, Abdul Razak

“…For years Malaysia has been practicing "sell-then-build" in the housing development and for years also the concept has contributed to various types of problems, mainly to house purchasers. The urge from several quarters especially the National Housebuyers Association, has be part of the cause for the government to initiate few steps in implementing the "build-then-sell" in stages. …”
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Fuzzy logic application to searchable cryptography by Kazemian, Hassan, Ma, Yang

“…Besides, some PEKS schemes are not secure mainly because they are vulnerable to Off-line Keyword Guessing Attack (OKGA). …”
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Selective and non-selective excitation/ionization processes in analytical glow discharges: excitation of the ionic spectra in argon/helium mixed plasmas by Mushtaq, Sohail, Steers, Edward B. M., Pickering, Juliet C., Putyera, Karol

“…Selective and non-selective excitation processes which are mainly dependent on the nature of the plasma gas and analyte material are observed and discussed.…”