Does CEO power affect audit's report lag in the Gulf Cooperation Council economies? the curtailing role of corporate governance by Khan, Faisal, Abdul-Hamid, Mohamad Ali, Saidin, Saidatunur Fauzi

“…This study provides empirical evidence on how chief executive officer (CEO) power influences audit report lag (ARL) for non-financial firms of GCC economies from 2009 to 2018. The ordinary least squares (OLS) regression is used in our analyses to test our hypotheses. …”

Isolation and screening of an extracellular organic solvent-tolerant protease producer by Geok, Lee Poh, Nyonya, Che, Razak, Abdul, Abd Rahman, Raja Noor Zaliha

“…P. aeruginosa strain K protease tolerated up to at least 50% (v/v) of benzene, n-hexane, 1-decanol, isooctane and n-hexadecane and was also stable in the presence of 25% (v/v) n-decane and n-dodecane. …”
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Identification of major triglycerides causing the clouding of palm olein by Swe, P.Z., Che Man, Y., Ghazali, H.M., Wei, L.S.

“…The increase in POP and POS concentrations was concomitant with a decrease in the content of palmiticoleic-oleic (POO). The least amount of POO was also obtained in clouds collected between 15-18 h of storage, compared to the original oil sample. …”

Multivariate calibration of Fourier transform infrared spectra for determining thiobarbituric acid-reactive substance content in palm oil by Mirghani, M.E.S., Che Man, Y. B., Jinap, S., Baharin, B.S.

“…Fifty spectra (in duplicate) of palm oil with TBARS values between 0 and 0.25 were used to calibrate models based on partial least squares (PLS) and principal components regression (PCR) analyses with different baselines. …”
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A lead(II) ion selective electrode via a metal complex of poly(hydroxamic acid) by Anuar, K., Hamdan, S.

“…The response time was 50-120 sec over the whole concentration range and the electrode has a working life of at least 4 weeks. Iron(III) severely poisoned the electrode membrane. …”
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Knowledge sharing and innovation performance: the mediating role of open innovation by Zan, Fangfang, Leong, Yee Choy, Ismail, Noor Azlin, Chu, Mingyue, Mohammad Saif, Abu Naser, Islam, K. M. Anwarul

“…The hypotheses were tested using Partial Least Squares (PLS). Data collected from 429 SMEs were analyzed using SmartPLS 4. …”

Predictive modeling of gold prices: integrating technical indicators for enhanced accuracy by Husiani, Noor Aida, Gan, Yee Jing, Ghazali, Rozaida, Mohmad Hassim, Yana Maswin, Yap, Jie Shen, Joseph, Jerome Subash

“…By achieving a prediction accuracy rate of at least 80%, the model becomes a favorable tool for informed decision-making and provides valuable insights to investors in the gold markets.…”
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The importance of research and development of virgin coconut oil in food, pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and cosmeceutical industries by Ya’akob, Harisun, Amirmudin, Noor Afiqah, Abdul Aziz, Azila, Aman Nor, Nor Farahiyah, Mat, Siti Alyani, Hasham@Hisam, Rosnani, Al-Batul Azizuddin, Maryam

“…Virgin coconut oil (VCO) is widely known as the purest and least refined form of coconut oil. Many claims the contents in VCO are beneficial for humans’ health. …”
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A study of cultural distance, eWOM and perceived risk in shaping higher education students' destination image and future travel plan by Yang, Xia, Mohammad, Jihad, Quoquab, Farzana

“…Design/methodology/approach: An online survey was employed to collect data from 200 graduate and postgraduate students. The partial least squares was employed to analyse the hypothesised relationships. …”
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Information Sources and Investment Decision among Malaysian Investors: Clarifying the Role of Gender and Product Knowledge by Yusuff, Noraini, Mansor, Fadillah, Ahmad Musadik, Siti Hajar Salwa, Abu Bakar, Azizi, Haji Hashim, Hydzulkifli

“…The relationship between the variable was tested using Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM). …”
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Modelling Framework of Regulatory Changes to Improve Efficiency of Malaysian IPO Market (S/O 14203) by Mohd Rashid, Rasidah, Abdul Rahim, Ruzita, Hwei, Khaw Lee, Tajuddin, Ahmad Hakimi, Che Yahya, Norliza

“…The study uses cross-sectional data over 16 years from 2000 to 2016. It uses ordinary least squares for the baseline model and incorporates an interaction term, quantile regression, quadratic term, break test and logit regression model for further analysis. …”
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Analyzing the Impact of Knowledge Management on Technological Innovation: An Empirical Study of Electrical and Electronics Industry in Malaysia by Loke, Wei-Kit, Abu, Noor Hidayah

“…A technique of partial least square (PLS) properties of structural equation modeling (SEM) is used to test the obtained data. …”
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Understanding sudden larch death – from epidemiology to host resistance by Dun, H

“…Older stands with >95% mortality had occasional very healthy trees at least seven years after first reported infection. …”

Interventions for smoking cessation in hospitalised patients by Rigotti, NA, Clair, C, Munafo, MR, Stead, LF

“…<p><b>Authors' conclusions</b></p> High intensity behavioural interventions that begin during a hospital stay and include at least one month of supportive contact after discharge promote smoking cessation among hospitalised patients. …”

Green logistics practices in Malaysian food-based manufacturing industry by Hussin, Hilda

“…The three benefits are economy, environment, and social benefits perspectives. Last but not least, the relations of all the motivational (three factors) and perceived benefits (three factors) obtained were examined with the manufacturers’ green logistics practices level. …”
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Promoting strategic internal communication in governance to enhance employee creativity in organization by Nur Hidayah, Shamsul Azhar, Fadzida, Ismail, Noor Akma, Abu Bakar

“…The study analyzed 134 questionnaire data gathered from Ipoh, Perak, using the partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) approach. …”
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Winning Models for Grade Point Average, Grit, and Layoff in the Fragile Families Challenge by Rigobon, Daniel E., Jahani, Eaman, Suhara, Yoshihiko, AlGhoneim, Khaled, Alghunaim, Abdulaziz, Pentland, Alex, Almaatouq, Abdullah

“…The authors’ modular and collaborative approach parallelized prediction tasks and relied primarily on existing data science techniques, including (1) data preprocessing: elimination of low variance features, imputation of missing data, and construction of composite features; (2) feature selection through univariate mutual information and extraction of nonzero least absolute shrinkage and selection operator coefficients; (3) three machine learning models: random forest, elastic net, and gradient-boosted trees; and finally (4) prediction aggregation according to performance. …”
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Improving Attention Using Wearables via Haptic and Multimodal Rhythmic Stimuli by Whitmore, Nathan W, Chan, Samantha, Zhang, Jingru, Chwalek, Patrick, Chin, Sam, Maes, Pattie

“…We found that combined sound and light stimuli from a glasses device provided the strongest improvement to attention but were the least usable and socially acceptable. Haptic vibration stimuli from a wristband also improved attention and were the most usable and socially acceptable. …”
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Our sub-universe, the wider universe, and their properties by Ng, Yew-Kwang

“…The question ‘why is there the wider universe?’ is meaningless or at least does not have an answer. Given the first law of thermodynamics, something must have existed for ever. …”
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Reflection removal on single light field capture using focus manipulation by Ni, Yun, Chen, Jie, Chau, Lap-Pui

“…Extensive experiments have been carried out over both synthetic and real LF data, which show our method outperforms state-of-the-art ones by at least 2.9 dB in terms of background restoration PSNR, with significantly fewer visual artifacts.…”
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