Town centre recovery report by Jamieson, Claire

“…A series of five case are then explored through interviews, exploring each local authority's approach to strategic planning, leadership and governance, funding, community engagement and delivery. The resulting findings, combined with the learnings from the literature review, have been synthesised into a series of eight recommendations, which can help local authorities to ensure better high street recovery and more resilient places.…”
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Haplotype analysis of long-tailed macaques in TNB Bukit Selambau, Peninsular Malaysia, leads to inferences of fissionfusion social structure by Mohd-Isa, Siti Nur Aliah, Abu-Hassan, Nor Amna, Osman, Nur Azimah, Mohamad Khairulmunir, Mohamad Khairulmunir, Md-Shukor, Aisah, Samsul-Bahri, Ayuni, Md-Nor, Shukor, Kayal Vizi Karuppannan, Kayal Vizi Karuppannan, Muhammad Abu Bakar Abdul-Latiff, Muhammad Abu Bakar Abdul-Latiff, Mohd-Ridwan, Abd Rahman, Md-Zain, Badrul Munir

“…Some members of the Kuil group and the Pekan group shared haplotype 1, forming a fission-fusion society. This finding can be used for TNB in mitigation plans involving human– macaque conflict.…”
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Timeliness of annual audit report: some empirical evidence from Malaysia by Shukeri, Siti Norwahida, Puat Nelson, Sherliza

“…The sample includes 300 largest companies listed in the KLSE for the year ended 2009. Findings show that audit report lag is significantly influenced by auditor type, audit opinion and firm performance. …”
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The perception of academic administrators towards the principles of educational leadership in higher education institution: a case study in kuliyyah of economics and management sci... by Salleh, Mohamad Johdi, Al-Hasani, Syed Mahbubul Alam

“…A set of questionnaire were distributed to academic administrators at the Kulliyah of Economics and Management Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). Findings of the study revealed that academic administrators corroborated that principles of educational leadership could help enrich excellence in higher education institutions. …”
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The dynamics of communication in ethnically diverse groups: the experiences of academics by A.Manaf, Aini Maznina

“…Drawing on in-depth interviews with forty academic researchers from five universities in Malaysia, it is shown that despite little interaction among members of different ethnic backgrounds on non-task activities, the groups were cohesive and their communication climate was supportive; thus emphasising the practices of collaborative decision making, co-operative problem solving and equal participation in the groups. Based on findings that vary somewhat from the literature, the study concludes that ethnic diversity brings a positive outcome to communication in groups.…”
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A Proposed Study On The Application For Environmental Education As A Tool To Promote Landscape Tourism in Brunei. A case study on Jeju Island, South Korea. by Mohd. Yaman, Maheran

“…This research uses visual analysis as a method to promote perceptions from the research findings to establish the criteria for the proposal. …”
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The temporal variation of organic carbon during the pre-monsoon and post-monsoon seasons in Pahang river estuary, Pahang, Malaysia by Yunus, Kamaruzzaman, Abdurahman, Siti Waznah, Saad, Shahbudin, Khan Chowdhury, Ahmed Jalal, Ong, Meng Chuan

“…The average concentrations of organic carbon for both premonsoon and post-monsoon seasons are 1.61% and 0.88% respectively. This finding indicates that the annual seasonal changes that occur in Pahang river- estuary might probably have the important role in regulating the concentrations of organic carbon.…”
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Quality management practices in construction projects in the context of Malaysian construction industry by Tan, Chin Keng, Abdul Rahman, Hamzah

“…It aims to identify the constructs of quality management practices and explore the practices of quality management in building construction projects in the context of Malaysian construction industry through a questionnaire survey. The research findings reveal that there are weaknesses in the practices of quality management at the aspects cost of quality, information and analysis, quality attitude and culture, customer focus, and continuous improvement and sustainability. …”
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The level of awareness towards environmental issues and concern among students in tertiary level: Case study of universities students in Kuala Lumpur and Klang Valley of Malaysia. by Ibrahim, Aishah Nadrah, Bachok, Syahriah, Mohamed Osman, Mariana

“…The students have been assessed through a series of questionnaire in order to capture the most precise and meaningful findings. Besides, the study also has identified level of exposure on environmental issues and knowledge. …”
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Investigation of the effect of “Orange Peel” surface texture on the laser sintered part by Wan Yusoff, Wan Ahmad Yusmawiza, A. Nasir, Safwa, Ahmad, Wan Mohamad Hakimi

“…Finally, it was found that parts from recycle powder has poorer surface texture and has a large portion of unsintered powder particles. Based on the findings, a better understanding on powder recycling is defined especially in the scope of surface roughness and microstructure. …”
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Application of multistage homotopy-perturbation method for the solutions of the Chen system by Chowdhury, Md. Sazzad Hossien, Hashim, Ishak

“…The HPM is treated as an algorithm in a sequence of intervals for finding accurate approximate solutions to the Chen system.We shall call this technique as the multistage HPM (for short MHPM). …”
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Genetics of severe obesity by Fairbrother, Una, Kidd, Elliot, Malagamuwa, Tanya, Walley, Andrew

“…Purpose of review: This review aims to present current information on genes underlying severe obesity, with the main emphasis on the three genes LEP, LEPR and MC4R. Recent findings: There is a substantial amount of evidence that variants in at least ten different genes are the cause of severe monogenic obesity. …”
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Negotiating the self between past and present: narratives of older women moving towards self-employment by Tomlinson, Frances, Colgan, Fiona

“…The paper briefly considers the implications of its findings for the following areas: enacting and realising provisional identities; the relationship of self-employment to enterprise; and a process-based conceptualisation of age.…”
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Error treatment in L2 writing: fostering social justice by using active self-correction with multilingual and multicultural students by Meletiadou, Eleni

“…The current study investigated the impact of lecturer e-correction (digital pen – DP) and students' active self-correction (ASC) on multilingual and multicultural undergraduate students' writing performance in a HEI in the UK. Findings indicated that self-correction improved students' writing performance. …”

Let's just see what happens: a qualitative case study of risk and uncertainty in the creative process by Ross, Wendy, Groves, Mike

“…We report four main findings: that creativity involves a form of “knowing through doing”, that creativity requires risk on different levels, that an embodied material sensitivity is required to make ideas appear in the world and that the form of the creative product is often unstable. …”
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Sexual violence as a sexual script in mainstream online pornography by Vera-Gray, Fiona, McGlynn, Clare, Kureshi, Ibad, Butterby, Kate

“…We found that one in eight titles shown to first-time users on the first page of mainstream porn sites describe sexual activity that constitutes sexual violence. Our findings raise serious questions about the extent of criminal material easily and freely available on mainstream pornography websites and the efficacy of current regulatory mechanisms.…”
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Using NHS patient data for research without consent by Brown, Ian, Brown, Lindsey, Korff, Douwe

“…In section V, we summarise our findings and assessments and set out our conclusions and recommendations.…”
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Heat-setting parameters optimisation of cotton/elastane fabric using response surface methodology by Huzaisham, Nur Athirah, Nasir, Siti Hana, Mohd Idris, Muhammad Khalis, Carolina Quintero Rodriguez, Carolina Quintero Rodriguez

“…Fabric dimension (lengthwise and widthwise), fabric areal density and fabric tension decay are taken as response variables. The findings establish that the optimum heat-setting parameters are 190℃ temperature, 75s process time and 13.5% width extension. …”
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Heat-setting parameters optimisation of cotton/elastane fabric using response surface methodology by Nur Athirah Huzaisham, Nur Athirah Huzaisham, Siti Hana Nasir, Siti Hana Nasir, Muhammad Khalis Mohd Idris, Muhammad Khalis Mohd Idris, Carolina Quintero Rodriguez, Carolina Quintero Rodriguez

“…Fabric dimension (lengthwise and widthwise), fabric areal density and fabric tension decay are taken as response variables. The findings establish that the optimum heat-setting parameters are 190℃ temperature, 75s process time and 13.5% width extension. …”
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Heat-setting parameters optimisation of cotton/elastane fabric using response surface methodology by Nur Athirah Huzaisham, Nur Athirah Huzaisham, Siti Hana Nasir, Siti Hana Nasir, Muhammad Khalis Mohd Idris, Muhammad Khalis Mohd Idris, Carolina Quintero Rodriguez, Carolina Quintero Rodriguez

“…Fabric dimension (lengthwise and widthwise), fabric areal density and fabric tension decay are taken as response variables. The findings establish that the optimum heat-setting parameters are 190℃ temperature, 75s process time and 13.5% width extension. …”
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