Management accounting systems,enterprise risk management and organizational performance: the case of financial institutions in Malaysia by Abdul Rasid, Siti Zaleha, Abdul Rahman, Abdul Rahim

“…Moreover, with the implementation of enterprise risk management (ERM), where risks are to be aggregated across different types of risk and across business units to obtain enterprise-wide risk situations, financial institutions are integrating their business lines performance management with risk management. …”
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Integrity assessment of buried pipe in erosive environment by Abdul Majid, Zulkifli

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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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Ballistic impact fracture behaviour of continuous fibre reinforced al-matrix composites by Ali, Al-Hamdan, Nimir, Yassin Lutfi Mahmud, Mustafa, Ramadan J.

“…The materials response under high energy impact loads was studied using a gas gun. The projectiles were pins 1.2-1.5 mm in diameter and weighing 0.347-0.435 g. …”
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10 c’s of social networking, interconnections and the impact on social networking by Shah, Asadullah, Shaikh, Muniba

“…This paper provides an analysis of facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and MySpace, all current, interactive social networks. …”
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Analysis of SNS popularity from different perspectives among users by Shaikh, Muniba, Dar, Humaira, Shah, Asadullah

“…This paper provides an analysis of four most popular interactive SNs that are, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and MySpace according to different perspectives. …”
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Materials for bicycle frame system - a case study on the development of selection method by Maleque, Md. Abdul, Sarker, Dyuti

“…The selection of the correct materials for a design is a key step in the process because it is the crucial decision that links computer calculations and lines on an engineering drawing with a working design. …”
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New techniques for multiple wavelength fiber laser generation based on edfa and tdfa by Ahmad, Nurul ‘Atiqah

“…It is found that the optimum length of erbium doped fiber (EDF) is 10 m and the residual waves exist in the forward propagation. These findings successfully generate up to 10 Stokes lines. …”
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Tourism destination quality and the UN sustainable development goals: Tourism Agenda 2030 by Mason, Peter A., Augustyn, Marcjanna M., Seakhoa-King, Arthur

“…. • Findings: The paper reveals that most of the SDGs are largely focused on quantity, whilst relatively few are concerned primarily with quality. …”
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Transnational Family Networks and Ethnic Minority Business Development: The Case of Vietnamese Nail-shops in the UK by Bagwell, Sue

“…The analysis draws on concepts of ‘strong’ and ‘weak’ network ties (Granovetter, 1973) and ‘mixed embeddedness’ (Kloosterman et al, 1999) to explain why the Vietnamese continue to enter such a competitive sector. Findings The results highlight the importance of transnational family networks within all aspects of the business and suggest that these links can sometimes provide a fertile source of new business ideas, but can equally limit innovation. …”
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Myths and realities of digital reference services: perspectives of libraries from developing countries by Abu Bakar, Ahmad Bakeri

“…Similarly, EvalAccess is used to evaluate the accessibility problems of these web sites. Findings – It is found, in the case of public universities' web sites, that the International Islamic University Malaysia has the highest in-links while Universiti Teknologi Malaysia has the highest web traffic volume. …”
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Role models: expatriate gender diversity pipeline or pipe-dream? by Shortland, Susan

“…Originality/value: This research contributes to theory by linking the importance of role models to women’s career stages. …”
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Income convergence or divergence? Study on selected Muslim countries by Duasa, Jarita

“…The results are then linked to the degree of openness in which the countries use globalization indices. …”
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A study of touching behavior for authentication in touch screen smart devices by Alariki, Ala Abdulhakim, Abdul Manaf, Azizah, Khan, Sheroz

“…Due to increasing demand for safer access in touch screen mobile phones, old strategies like pins, tokens, or passwords have failed to stay abreast of the challenges. …”
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Women’s public office positions in Islāmic jurisprudence: the case of Malaysia by Abdul Karim, Asar, Ghalia, Bouhedda, Ab Hamid, Mohd Rashid

“…The study also will include the finding data collected from a sample of 369 Malaysian Muslims respondents who met certain criteria set by the study conducted by the researchers; results of the study show several significant findings. …”
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Micro glow plasma for localized nanostructural modification of carbon nanotube forest by Sarwar, Mirza Saquib us, Xiao, Zhiming, Saleh, Tanveer, Nojeh, Alireza, Takahata, Kenichi

“…These thinning and thickening effects in the treated nanotubes are measured to be up to �30% and �300% in their diameter, respectively, under the tested conditions. …”
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Impact of pubic access to computers and Internet on the connectedness of rural Malaysians by Alias, Nor Aziah, Mohd Noor, Marhaini, Proenza, Francisco J., Jamaludin, Haziah, Ismail, Izaham Shah, Hashim, Sulaiman

“…This chapter reports the findings of research conducted in 2010 on the connectedness of rural Malaysians who accessed computers and the Internet through the rural Internet centers (RICs) established by the Malaysian government in 2000 and 2003. …”
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How do gay men experience ruptures in the relationship with their therapist? An interpretative phenomenological study by Brooke, Philip

“…The study also found that rupture overlaps with the difficulties commonly experienced as part of the therapeutic process, making it difficult to define rupture. The researcher links the findings to minority stress theory, and suggests that an over-emphasis on the transferential relationship in therapy, and rigidity in therapeutic approach, can impede the collaborative process that is more likely to lead to reparation with this client group, especially when they are at an early stage in their gay identity development. …”
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An exploration of adult third culture kids’ experience of transitioning to the UK between the ages of 10 and 17: an interpretative phenomenological analysis by Montazer, Alla

“…Implications of the findings are discussed.…”
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Influence of Polyolefin Contamination on the Thermal Characteristics of Bottle Grade Recycled Polyethylene Terephthalate by Itim, Bachir

“…Furthermore, the crystallinity of the rPET-bg matrix showed the impact of polyolefin contamination as a result of variation of cooling rates and that cross-linking and chain branching predominated over chain scissions as a result of repetitive extrusions. …”
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