Special children in the custody dispute: the hidden voice by Mobarak Ali, Bashiran Begum

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Impacts of monetary policy shocks on the domestic and foreign banks in Malaysia by Kassim, Salina, Abdul Manap, Turkhan Ali

“…It adopts the impulse response functions and the variance decomposition analysis to study the responses of lending by these banks to monetary policy shocks. The study finds that foreign banks do not react negatively to monetary policy shocks and do not abandon the domestic market in times of economic distress. …”
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Acceptance and commitment therapy for depression and anxiety : an interpretative phenomenological analysis of clients’ experiences in a group context by Smith, Amy Joanna

“…Transcripts were analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Findings: Three master superordinate themes emerged; Group Dynamics; The Journey of Therapy; Usefulness of Therapy. …”
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Review of current practices of Islamic microcredit and microfinancing in selected Muslim countries by Abdul Razak, Dzuljastri, Md Saad, Norma, Abdul Rahman, Abdul Rahim

“…The methodology used in this research is mainly literature survey. This study finds that Islamic microfinance industry is not yet well developed in Muslim countries. …”
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The sources and determinants of productivity growth in the Malaysian Islamic banking sector: a non-stochastic frontier approach by Sufian, Fadzlan, Haron, Razali

“…The empirical findings suggest that profitability and bank size have positive relationships with Malaysian Islamic banks' productivity, while capitalisation and market share exhibit negative relationships with it. …”
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The relationship between social supports and psychological problems among students by Md Yasin, Md Aris Safree, Dzulkifli, Mariam Adawiah

“…The findings of the study will be useful in assisting educators, counsellors, psychologist, and researchers to develop strategies to enhance student psychological well-being.…”
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Perceptions, awareness and acceptance of library 2.0 applications among librarians at the International Islamic University Malaysia by Mansor, Yushiana, Idris, Suby Rabea Adawiyah

“…The paper also identified perceived factors and problems that could influence successful implementation of Library 2.0. The findings showed that there was high awareness among the librarians with Library 2.0 applications. …”
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Analysis of engineering and education student's experiences and expectations on powerpoint usage for instruction. by Ahmed Tajudeen, Shittu, Madarsha, Kamal Basha, Tunku Ahmad, Tunku Badariah, Liman, Mukhtar Alhaji

“…Frequency, mean, standard deviation and independent sample t-test was used for analyzing the data generated from the study. The findings of the study shows that there is no significant difference in the mean of male and female student experiences and expectations in a PowerPoint lecture class. …”
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Assessing performance of mutual funds in Indonesia by Abd. Majid, M. Shabri, Hartomi, Maulana

“…To measure their efficiencies, the output-input data consisting of a panel of 23 mutual funds are empirically examined based on the most commonly used non-parametric approach, namely, Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The study finds that, on average, the mutual funds experienced a decrease in total factor productivity (TFP) growth. …”
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MSCT of huge abdominopelvic masses in female: a pictorial illustration by Hassan, Radhiana, Abd. Aziz, Azian, Md Ralib @ Md Raghib, Ahmad Razali, Abdullah, Suhaiza

“…Case series We retrospectively reviewed MSCT performed for huge abdominopelvic masses. The CT findings were correlated with intra-operative findings and final HPE report. …”
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A study on top management commitment and ISO 9000 certification by Tan, Chin Keng

“…In addition, there is not conclusive finding indicating difference on top management commitment towards quality management implementation between ISO 9000 certified and non-ISO 9000 certified organizations.…”
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Perceptions of potential employees on teleworking in private firms in Kuala Lumpur by Kadar Hamsa, Abdul Azeez

“…Other findings favouring teleworking include: reduction in travel cost, time and stress, more time with family and increased flexibility.…”
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Exchange rate pass-through import prices: sectoral analysis by Duasa, Jarita, Ahmad, Nursilah

“…The findings reflect that exchange rate pass-through is endogenous to Malaysian inflationary environment and monetary policy credibility. …”
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Perceptions on interaction design in Malaysia by Hussein, Idayawati, Abu Seman, Esmadi Abu, Mahmud, Murni

“…This paper reports the findings of a study of interaction design and/or any HCI methodologies in practice among Malaysian companies for software design and computer-related design development. …”
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Determinants of bank profitability in a developing economy: empirical evidence from Bangladesh by Sufian, Fadzlan, Habibullah, Muzafar Shah

“…This study seeks to examine the performance of 37 Bangladeshi commercial banks between 1997 and 2004. The empirical findings of this study suggest that bank specific characteristics, in particular loans intensity, credit risk, and cost have positive and significant impacts on bank performance, while non-interest income exhibits negative relationship with bank profitability. …”
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Environmental scanning practice of enterprise 50 Small Medium Enterprise (E50 SMEs) in Malaysia by Othman, Roslina, Hamedon, Siti Rohimi

“…Implications of our findings for SMEs owner/ managers and practitioners, the study’s limitations and future research directions are subsequently addressed.…”
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The self and shame in the Malay context: a qualitative study by Aknouche, Nadjet, Noor, Noraini M.

“…The present research investigated the role of the self in steering different forms of shame, with distinct behavioural outcomes in contemporary Malay culture. The findings of this study are consistent with those of mainstream research indicating that shame is detrimental. …”
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Grammatische Komplexität und semantische Transparenz in deutschen und englischen Satzstrukturen by Fischer, Klaus

“…A small quantitative study shows that the larger number of German inflectional morphemes in text is not compensated by a larger number of English function words. Nevertheless, the findings in total suggest a smaller complexity difference between the two languages than generally assumed.…”
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Impact of oil prices on stock market performance by Alao, Dolapo Olateru

“…The findings further indicate that stock returns-generating processes in a net oil-exporting country like Canada exhibited a high degree of persistence in conditional variance, and the modelling of asymmetry was positive. …”
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Office of the Mufti in Malaysia: legal history and constitutional role by Mohd Kamal, Mohd Hisham

“…This article finds that the office of the State mufti in Malaysia has a long history before the independence of the country. …”
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