Evaluation of third class survey data for national digital cadastral database population by Sarif, Abd. Sukor

“…Upgrading the Third Class survey Certified Plan to more accurate First Class survey is important for repopulation of NDCDB.…”
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Thermal functions of internal courtyards in traditional Chinese shophouses in the hot-humid climate of Malaysia by Kubota, Tetsu, Zakaria, Mohd Azuan, Abe, Seiji, Toe, Doris Hooi Chyee

“…The main purpose of this study was to identify the thermal functions of internal courtyards in traditional Chinese shophouses (CSHs) located in the hot-humid climate of Malaysia with the aim of providing useful passive cooling strategies for modern urban houses. The CSHs are deep-plan brick row houses that are located in relatively dense urban areas. …”
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Light, electron microscopy and DNA sequences of the dinoflagellate Prorocentrum concavum (syn. P. arabianum) with special emphasis on the periflagellar area by Mohammad Noor, Normawaty, Moestrup, Ojvind, Daugbjerg, Niels

“…As such a low divergence value is usually seen only at the population level, we also determined nuclear-encoded ITS 1 and ITS 2 and the cytochrome b (cob) gene residing in the mitochondrial genome in the two taxa. …”
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Offline signature verification using ordinal structure fuzzy logic and integrated features based on single signature by Abdulfattah, Ghassan Marwan

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Kimura’s disease with atypical musculoskeletal presentation by Zulkifly, Ahmad Hafiz, Aziz, Yusuf, Ismail , Rosmaliza, N., Premchandran, Ramachandran, Kalavathy

“…We would like to highlight an unusual clinical presentation of Kimura’s disease, a rare, benign, idiopathic condition, usually seen as swelling and lesions of the head and neck region and commonly affecting young men of Asian descent. …”
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Editorial: Healthcare cost and financing by Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi

“…Translating these fi gures to costs refl ects somewhat altered proportions to the service ratios that we have seen. In 2008, the total healthcare expenditures for both public and private sectors was around RM35 billion, RM18.8 billion from the public and RM 16.2 billion privately, or approximately 53.8% to 46.2% respectively, an almost parity1....…”
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Organizational noises in the modern paradigm: a carnivalesqued reading by Ahmad, Che Mahzan

“…In the ‘first world’noises are centripetalised around monologism, and it can be seen via sobornost. In the ‘second world’,where the displaced other reside, noises are centrifugalised with play as its main agent. …”
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Translation as interpretation: a hermeneutical inquiry into the semantics of the Scriptural Language by Solihu, Abdul Kabir Hussain

“…Our understanding and expression of, in particular, abstract meaning is largely seen in terms of historically and culturally shaped language, and long before we control any linguistic discourse, our undersigning is said to have been shaped by it. …”
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The decline of judicial deference to medical opinion in medical negligence litigation in Malaysia by Jahn Kassim, Puteri Nemie

“…It is undeniable that the Bolam principle has acted as a gatekeeper to the number of claims against medical practitioners. This has always been seen as necessary to protect the society from unwanted effects of defensive medicine. …”
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Early juristic approaches to the application of hiyal (legal devices) in Islamic law by Sadique, Muhammad Abdurrahman

“…The majority of juristic trends are seen to categorize hiyal into permissible and impermissible types. …”
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The objectives of Islamic banking: a maqasid approach by Mohammed, Mustafa Omar

“…It has never been discussed formally. What can be seen in many literatures are scanty and disjointed discussions about avoiding riba. …”
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Some thoughts on the relationship between law and religion in Malaysia by Ab Aziz, Shamrahayu

“…Religion, in one way or another, is seen as having a special position in Malaysia especially when the Constitution establishes a state religion. …”
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Islam and the legal system of Malaysia by Shuaib, Farid Sufian, Bari, Abdul Aziz

“…Issues pertaining to Islam and the legal system of Malaysia, including particularly that of her constitutional system, need to be seen within the right context. One also need to understand the composition as well as the nature of the legal system, including its origin and developments, ever since civilization started in the country. …”
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Sex differences as a statistical variable by Lange-Kuettner, Christiane

“…Gender differences are often seen as either biologically determined, or culturally acquired or conditioned. …”
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Competitiveness of credit associations and credit cooperatives in Japan by Matousek, Roman, Minegishi, Shinya, Stewart, Chris

“…Our estimate indicates that size of mutual financial institution has a positive impact on revenue. The same may be seen for the number of branches. In fact, it means that the growth of banks activities is reflected in higher revenues.…”
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Integrating cognitive behavioural and Islamic principles in psychology and psychotherapy: a narrative review by Cucchi, Angie

“…Standardisation of knowledge has become a by-product of globalisation, and western-based models are often seen as the ultimate answer to expertise and development. …”
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Artificial intelligence (AI) by Ismail, Fadillah, al Hosaini, Adnan Ali Hassan, Wei, Chan Shiau, Ruslan, Rumaizah, Maulad Bahrol, Khadijah

“…Since the first appearance of the words “artificial intelligence”, usually associated with John McCarthy’s 1956 Dartmouth Summer Research Project, interest in the topic and research into the development of intelligent machines has seen several ups and downs.…”
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Women and flexitime by Abdul Kadir, Adibah, Maulad Bahro, Khadijah, Mohd Rosli, Nur Amalina, Ismail, Fadillah

“…At present also, it can be seen that the individual requires more balance between work and life at the same time they have more time to take care of their families. …”
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Critical success factors of public private partnership (PPP)implementation in Malaysia by Ismail, Suhaiza, Ajija, Shochrul Rohmatul

“…PPP was officially announced in Malaysia in 2006 under the Ninth Malaysia Plan. Since then, many government projects were delivered via PPP. …”
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Recycling awareness among undergraduate student under KAED environmental education: a case study of KAED’s students recycling behaviour by Elsawahli, Hanan Mohamed Hassan, Mohit, Mohammad Abdul

“…Recommendations included intensifying the environmental educational programs to plan for more sustainable environments and increasing the number of recycling bins for better accessibility. …”
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