The effect of Eurycoma Longifolia Jack extract (Tongkat Ali) on serum leptin levels in male rats by Faisal, Ghasak Ghazi, Mustafa Al-Ahmad, Basma Ezzat, Mustafa, Nazih Shaban, Najmuldeen, Ghazi Faisal, Althunibat, Osama Yousef

“…Recently it has also been shown to increase muscle mass in rats .That made us interested to find out if there is any change in the body fat content which is reflected through the serum leptin concentration. …”
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Biogranular sludge for rubber processing wastewater in a sequencing batch reactor by Rosman, Noor Hasyimah

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Characterization and performance evaluation of lignin-based bioflocculants for organic micropollutants in adsorptive coagulation-flocculation process by Md. Noor, Ahmad Mujahid

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Optimal location and sizing of photovoltaic and battery storage in distribution system considering time varying load data by Jamahori, Hanis Farhah

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Perceived Islamic work ethics and organisational commitment among Muslim engineers in Perak Tengah and Manjung district by Yushak, Mohamed Shamaun, Rajuddin, Adli Rafai Ahmad, Mohamed, Zakiah, Daud, Khairian Mohamad, Bawadi, Norfazilah, Sarif, Suhaimi Mhd

“…Thus, the findings rejected the claim that IWE is the barrier for productivity and work quality. …”
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The long-run and dynamic behaviors of wages, productivity and employment in Malaysia by Abdullah Yusof, Selamah

“…Design/methodology/approach – Time-series econometric techniques, which include stationarity and cointegration tests, vector error correction model, impulse response function and variance decomposition, are applied to analyze the relationships of real wages, employment and productivity. Findings – A long run relationship exists between real wages, employment and real productivity, with real wages being the main variable that adjusts to maintain cointegration. …”
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Corporate governance mechanisms and earnings management in Malaysian government linked companies. The impact of GLCs transformation policy by Mohamad, Muslim Har Sani, Abdul Rashid, Hafiz Majdi, Ali Mohammed Shawtari, Fekri

“…In particular, the study uses data for two periods of time (pre and post transformation), and examine whether the period of post transformation policy has experienced any improvement of board monitoring role in curbing earnings management activities. The main findings show that there is an increase of earnings management activities in post transformation period. …”
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"I don't mind people hugging me when I'm happy": autistic individuals' experience of emotions on their sensory world: an interpretative phenomenological analysis by Georgiou, Alexia

“…The findings were discussed in the context of existing literature and theories. …”
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The relationship between client work and personal and professional development in Counselling Psychology training by Gallagher, Rebecca

“…Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) was used to analyse semi-structured interviews with six final year trainee Counselling Psychologists. Two main findings were identified: firstly, participants were unable to discuss their personal and professional development in relation to client work specifically; personal and professional development were facilitated by the relevance of specific experiences to individuals’ needs and preferences rather than activities having a direct facilitative effect themselves. …”
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An Improvement in Boundary Treatment of Solid Boundary Using ISPH Approach by Idris, Nur’Ain, Mitsuteru Asai, Mitsuteru Asai, Mohd Noh, Hamidun

“…The outcome of the numerical modelling simulation was then contrasted with the findings of the theoretical and experimental studies. …”
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An Improvement in Boundary Treatment of Solid Boundary Using ISPH Approach by Idris, Nur’Ain, Mitsuteru Asai, Mitsuteru Asai, Mohd Noh, Hamidun

“…The outcome of the numerical modelling simulation was then contrasted with the findings of the theoretical and experimental studies. …”
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Understanding the factors that inhibit the success of indigenous entrepreneurs in Malaysia by Amiruddin, Mohd Hasril, Sumarwati, Sri, Madar, Ahmad Rizal, Abdullah, Nurhanim Saadah, Suib, Siti Normah

“…The results show that there are nine (9) main factors that inhibit the success of indigenous entrepreneurs in Malaysia. …”
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Meta analysis for special education leadership in Malaysia by Mosbiran, Nor Fauziyana, Mustafa, Mohamad Zaid, Abdul Razzaq, Abdul Rasid, Ahad, Rosnee, Nordin, Mohd Norazmi

“…In addition, this study also focused on the main findings of each study conducted. This study also examines the methodology of the study used. …”
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Meta analysis for special education leadership in Malaysia by Mosbiran, Nor Fauziyana, Mustafa, Mohamad Zaid, Abdul Razzaq, Abdul Rasid, Ahad, Rosnee, Nordin, Mohd Norazmi

“…In addition, this study also focused on the main findings of each study conducted. This study also examines the methodology of the study used. …”
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Social housing programme of Selangor Zakat Board of Malaysia and housing satisfaction by Mohit, Mohammad Abdul, Nazyddah, Nurul

“…This paper evaluates these programmes by adopting the housing satisfaction model which is currently used as a customer satisfaction tool for public/private housing in many local governments in the UK and USA. The main purpose of this paper is to identify the types of housing programmes adopted by SZB and examine beneficiaries’ housing satisfaction in each programme on a comparative plane. …”
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Pretreatment of seawater: Results of pilot trials in Singapore by Chua, K T, Hawlader, Mohammad Nurul Alam, Malek, A

“…According to the experimental findings, the quality of the filtrate produced by the conventional media-filtration technique was inferior and highly inconsistent. …”
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Evaluating Chris Argyris's ideas: an Islamic perspective by Fontaine, Rodrigue Ancelot Harvey, Oziev, Gapur, Hassan-Hussein, Hussein

“…Design/methodology/approach – The main approach is a literature review combined with an analysis based on Islamic principles. …”
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Liquidity, initial public offering (ipo) long-term return and government ownership: Evidence from bursa malaysia ipo stocks by Ramlee, Roslily, Ali, Ruhani

“…The disperse ownership in the corporation and more well informed investors in the developed markets support their findings. On the other hand, the nature and behaviour of emerging stock markets such as Malaysia differ from the developed markets. …”
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Assessing policies for attracting international students: case of Malaysia by Tham,, Siew Yean, Nik Mahmod, Nik Ahmad Kamal, Alavi, Rokiah

“…The objective of this paper is to compare and assess the policy initiatives at the unilateral, multilateral, regional and bilateral level and their impact on the host environment which is defined in terms of the key pull factors that have attracted international students to Malaysia. The main findings show that domestic policy initiatives have enhanced the host environment for attracting international students by providing a governance system that protects the interests of international students through its regulations. …”
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Cross country mean and volatility spillover effects of food prices: Evidence for Asia and Pacific by Alom, Fardous, Bert, Ward, Baiding, Hu

“…Mean and volatility spillover effects of food prices are examined across a full (1995-2010) sample and two subsamples (1995-2001 and 2002-2010), using daily food price indices. Main findings of the study are as follows: (1) there is no strong evidence of cross country mean spillover effects of food prices across all samples, (2) the recent subsample of sharp rise of food prices shows more evidence of mean spillover effects than the early subsample, (3) evidence of volatility spillover effects is stronger than mean spillover effects, (4) mixed evidence of volatility spillover effects is reported and (5) no exact direction of spillover effects between exporters and importers is evident; rather mixed evidence of spillover from exporter to importer, exporter to exporter, importer to exporter and geographical proximity can be documented.…”
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