Students’ motivation to study dentistry in Malaysia: an analysis using confirmatory factor analysis by Che Musa, Muhd Firdaus, Bernabe, Eduardo, Gallagher, Jennifer E.

“…CFA supported a model with five first-order factors (professional job, healthcare and people, academic, careers advising and family and friends) which were linked to a single second-order factor representing overall students’ motivation. …”
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Contributions of mosques towards building Malay society: a case study on Masjid Wilayah Persekutuan, Kuala Lumpur by Afridi, Muhammad Adil Khan

“…At the same time, the history of Islamic civilization is closely linked to the mosque, as it is the main centre for spreading the Islamic culture and knowledge everywhere in the world. …”
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Surrogate-based modeling strategy for design optimization of passenger car suspension system by Dzakaria, Afandi

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Indoor path loss modeling for fifth generation applications by Majed, Mohammed Bahjat

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Multiple social network integration framework for recommendation across system domain by Khan, Muhammad Murad

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A novel role for peptidylarginine deiminases in microvesicle release reveals therapeutic potential of PAD inhibition in sensitizing prostate cancer cells to chemotherapy by Kholia, Sharadkumar Rajnikant, Jorfi, Samireh, Thompson, Paul R., Causey, Corey P., Nicholas, Anthony P., Inal, Jameel, Lange, Sigrun

“…INTRODUCTION: Protein deimination, defined as the post-translational conversion of protein-bound arginine to citrulline, is carried out by a family of 5 calcium-dependent enzymes, the peptidylarginine deiminases (PADs) and has been linked to various cancers. Cellular microvesicle (MV) release, which is involved in cancer progression, and deimination have not been associated before. …”
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Structural basis for the design of selective complexing agents for transition metals by Drummond, Laurel A.

“…The molecules reassemble macrocyclic systems, due to effective intramolecular hydrogen bonding linking the two ligands. To correlate chelating properties with intramolecular H-bond strengths an X-ray structural analysis was carried out on one ligand supplied by ICI, and thought to be 3,5-dimethyl-2-hydroxy acetophenone methoxyimine. …”
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Increased central adiposity may not underlie the marked elevation of IL-6 in Diabetes Mellitus patients in South-West Nigeria by Oghagbon, Efosa K., Jimoh, Kazeem A., Olaosebikan, Olabode, Harbige, Laurence S.

“…Background: Chronic inflammation is linked to disorders of obesity, insulin resistance and DM2. …”
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Semantic querying and search in distributed ontologies by Aslam, Sharjeel

“…These RDF data are usually called qualified linked data URIs and endpoints of SPARQL. Continuous development that we are experiencing in SPARQL endpoints requires accessing sets of distributed RDF data repositories is getting popularity. …”
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Real time detection of malicious webpages using machine learning techniques by Ahmed, Shafi

“…The thesis proposes to use various machine learning algorithms, both supervised and unsupervised to categorise webpages based on parsing their features such as content (which played the most important role in this thesis), URL information, URL links and screenshots of webpages. The features were then converted to a format understandable by machine learning algorithms which analysed these features to make one important decision: whether a given webpage is malicious or not, using commonly available software and hardware. …”
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A mystic quest in the sheltering country : an investigation into Paul Bowles's literary image of Morocco by Bouachrine, Assila

“…The cohesion and centrality linking Paul Bowles’s life and work reveal the Moroccan specificities as well as the cultural and spiritual ethos that retained him for a definite expatriation and contributed to the fulfilment of his mystic quest. …”
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Immobilization of blood coagulant factor VII on polycaprolactone membrane through polydopamine grafting by Rathosivan Gopal, Rathosivan Gopal, Md Shakhih, Muhammad Faiz, Mariaulpa Sahalan, Mariaulpa Sahalan, Te Chuan Lee, Te Chuan Lee, Hendra Hermawan, Hendra Hermawan, Sivakumar Sivalingam, Sivakumar Sivalingam, Kadiman, Suhaini, Saidin, Syafiqah

“…Further validation was done with XPS where the appearances of 0.45 ± 0.06% sulfur composition and C–S peak have confirmed the immobilization of FVII on the PCL membranes. The cross-linked FVIIs were viewed in spherical immobilization on the PCL membranes with a size range between 30 and 210 nm. …”
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Faulty sensor detection using data correlation of multivariant sensor reading in smart agriculture with IOT by Malik, Ahmed Dhahir

“…The data are collected and received by a microcontroller which also can be linked to the internet. According to the algorithm, which applied on the smart agriculture, in case, the system gives No FAULT when the correlation value between (temperature, moisture) and (temperature, water) are negative and positive for (Water, moisture). …”
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Frequency and types of revision made in wiki assisted writing classroom by Yusoff, Zailin Shah, Mat Daud, Nuraihan

“…The findings of the study suggest that wiki provides a platform for process writing activities without the need for face-to-face interaction. …”
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Houses of worship as restorative environments by Hasbullah, Muhammad Faris Syahmi, Ahmad, Izzat Firdaus, Sukeri, Mohd Shuib, Zulkarnain, Nurul Kamal, Mohd Mahudin, Nor Diana

“…Overall, the findings suggest that a house of worship can provide an avenue for the visitors for fulfilling their spiritual needs and rejuvenating their mood as well as restoring their directive attention.…”
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Investigating best practice and effectiveness of leadership wisdom among principals of excellent secondary school Malaysia: perceptions of senior assistants by Ahmad, Abdul Razaq, Salleh, Mohamad Johdi, Awang, Mohd Mahzan, Mohamad, Nazifah Alwani

“…The implication is that all senior assistants are appropriate for their duties in excellent schools. Also the study findings would inspire the educational leaders to enhance their practices of leadership wisdom to move forward the institution in the realization of Vision 2020 as well as Malaysia Education Plan 2013-2025. …”
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The mediating effect of teamwork toward organizational readiness for Business Intelligence (BI) implementation by Anjariny, Ahmed H., Zeki, Akram M., Abubakar, Adamu

“…This paper uses the findings of some previous research which indicates that "Teamwork" is a factor which influence organizations' readiness toward BI systems implementation. …”
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Analysing the efficiency of Portuguese pension funds : a stochastic frontier model by Barros, Carlos Pestana, Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Silvestre, António Luís

“…This paper examines technical efficiency of Portuguese pension funds management companies, using a stochastic frontier model in order to obtain estimates of economies of scale and scope. The empirical findings reveal a significant effect of efficiency measures on pension funds efficiency. …”
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The use of 'Check Pronunciation' & "Talking Tom' application in a Malaysian ESL classroom by Azmi, Mohd Zamri, M. Anthony, Elizabeth

“…It is extremely requires as a part of life obligations for any individual who intends to pursue for a basic good living such as getting the formal education and finding a stable job (Means, 2010). ..…”
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Usefulness of CT colonography after incomplete or failed colonoscopy by Che Mohamed, Siti Kamariah, Abd. Aziz, Azian, Abdul Rashid, Mohd Amran, Md Ralib @ Md Raghib, Ahmad Razali, Mat Hassan, Mohd Zailani, Md Nor, Azmi, Mohd Yusof, Mubarak, Abdul Rahman, Zainun

“…Proximal colon and undiagnosed colonic lesions on colonoscopy were assessed via CT Colonography, making it a useful tool for this group of patients. Additional findings of tumour invasion, nodal and liver metastasis were also identified in this study, apart from other extracolonic findings like ovarian tumour, cholelithiasis and inguinal hernias. …”
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