Mechatronics book series system design and signal processing (V1)

“…It is hoped that the readers will find this book interesting and useful. Finally we would like to thank all the staff members and students who were able to contribute to this book. …”
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Environmental and social performance disclosure and shareholders’ wealth- a perspective from Malaysian companies by Khaveh, Amir, Nikhashemi, Seyed Rajab, Yousefi, Abdolaziz, Haque, A. K. M. Ahasanul

“…Since the main goal of each business is to maximize its shareholders’ wealth, and CSR practices would occur costs for companies, this paper amis to find any significant relationship between level of CSR disclosure and companies share price and net profit. …”
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Women participation on the boards of Malaysian companies and firm performance by Ku Ismail, Ku Nor Izah, Abdullah, Shamsul Nahar

“…Using normalized Tobin’s q as a measure of performance, we find that firms with women directors perform poorer than those without women, at a 10 percent significant level. …”
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The relationship between work design and retirement: implications for organizational policy by Griffiths, Amanda, Knight, Alec, Mohd Mahudin, Nor Diana

“…The upshot of this is that many people, largely for financial reasons, currently find themselves needing to extend their working lives, and to postpone their previously planned retirement. …”
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Service quality and consumer purchasing intention toward online ticketing: an empirical study in Iran by Nikhashemi, Seyed Rajab, Haque, A. K. M. Ahasanul, Yasmin, Farzana, Khatibi, Ali

“…This study gives a reports on e-service quality and consumer purchase intention toward online ticketing, in this research we tried to find out why some group of people have stick to traditional channel for their purchase and some other group prefer to use online channel as a tool of shopping. …”
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Financial sector consolidation and competition in Malaysia: an application of the Panzar-Rosse Method by Sufian, Fadzlan, Habibullah, Muzafar Shah

“…During the period under study, we find evidence of greater competition in the overall market segment, which is comprised of operating income from fee and commission based products compared to the traditional interest-based market. …”
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Children of Isaac or Ishmael? a critical examination of Abu Hurayrah’s narration on the conquest of Constantinople by Mohammed Salim , Al-Amari, Fauzi , Deraman, Bensaid, Benouda

“…This research discusses the doubt some Hadith commentators of Sahih Muslim find and their conclusion that the memory of some Hadith narrators skipped a word. …”
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Cocoa butter fats and possibilities of substitution in food products concerning cocoa varieties, alternative sources, extraction methods, composition, and characteristics by Akanda, Jahurul H., Sarker, Md. Zaidul Islam, Nik Abdul Rahman, Norulaini, Ferdosh, Sahena, Selamat, Jinap, Azmir, Jannatul, K.M., Sharif, Abd Kadir, Mohd Omar

“…Therefore, the food industries are keen to find the alternatives to cocoa butter fat and this issue has been contemplated among food manufacturers. …”
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Short selling and stock returns: evidence from the UK by Mohamad, Azhar, Jaafar , Aziz, Hodgkinson , Lynn, Wells, Jo

“…Using UK daily short interest data for the period September 2003 to April 2010, we find a significant negative cumulative average abnormal return of 1.48% for valuation short stocks for the first 15 days post-publication of short interest data. …”
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The analysis on correlation of urban temperatures and the urban green spaces using GIS approach by Yahya, Nurul Hidayah, Hj. Mohd. Noor, Norzailawati

“…This research presents the findings and analysis done by previous researches. …”
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CAPWAP protocol and context transfer to support seamless handover by M. Hasnan, Siti Norhaizum, Ayu, Media Anugerah, Mantoro, Teddy, Mazlan, M. Hasbullah, Abobakr, M., Balfaqih, A., Haseeb, Shariq

“…Furthermore, we conducted a survey in this paper in order to find an algorithm that can support seamless handover in centralized architecture. …”
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Optimization of precision grinding parameters of silicon for surface roughness based on taguchi method by Abdur-Rasheed, Alao, Konneh, Mohamed

“…An orthogonal array (OA), signal-to-noise (S/N) ratio and the analysis of variance (ANOVA) were employed to find the minimum surface roughness value and to analyze the effect of the grinding parameters on the surface roughness. …”
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Viability of Islamic Insurance (Takaful) in India: SWOT analysis approach by Htay, Sheila Nu Nu, Syed, Ahmed Salman

“…Questionnaire has been distributed to both Muslim and non-Muslims to find out the awareness, acceptability, prospects and challenges of Takaful products. …”
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Viability of Islamic insurance (takaful) in India: SWOT analysis approach by Htay, Sheila Nu Nu, Salman, Syed Ahmed

“…Questionnaire has been distributed to both Muslim and non-Muslims to find out the awareness, acceptability, prospects and challenges of Takaful products. …”
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A handbook on special senses (vision, hearing, smell and taste) by Aung, Nilar, Razali , Ailin, Cho, Maung Maung

“…Text books and references are plentiful; however students might find it difficult to remember the facts due to the expanding knowledge in this particular area. …”
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Effects of supply chain management practices on customer satisfaction: evidence from pharmaceutical industry of Bangladesh by Haque, Mahbubul, Islam, Rafikul

“…Practical implications: The findings of the study have a significant bearing for the managers working in pharmaceutical industry. …”
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Evaluation of university teaching hospital websites in Nigeria by Mahmud, Murni, O.Raji, Shakirat, Abubakr, Adamu

“…The accessibility and availability were also evaluated and the findings indicated each website has their own strengths and weakness that can be capitalized on for proposing guidelines for better design of Hospital Websites.…”
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Factors determinants the choice of mobile service providers: structural equation modeling approach on Bangladeshi consumers by Haque, A. K. M. Ahasanul, Rahman, Sabbir, Rahman, Mahbubur

“…The aim of this study is to find out what were the factors that may have played significant role to select the telecommunication service providers. …”
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Processing of date palm kernel(DPK)for production of Edible Jam by Mirghani, Mohamed Elwathig Saeed, Al-Mamun, Abdullah, Mustafa, Simma Mahirah

“…Finally, this report is the outcome of the research done to find the acceptability of the production of DPK jams.…”
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Determinants of economic performance of micro-credit clients and prospect of Islamic microfinance in Malaysia by Md Saad, Norma, Duasa, Jarita

“…In the first part of the study, we find that the economic performance of AIM participants is significantly determined by the amount of money borrowed from AIM. …”
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