Mediation in international disputes: a useful tool for peace-making and preventive diplomacy by Hamid, Abdul Ghafur@Khin Maung Sein

“…It has many advantages that make it a very attractive method for dealing with intractable conflicts. When it is applied correctly it can help to manage or settle an interstate or intrastate conflict. …”
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National security in Malaysia's digital economy: redefinition, reaction and legal reform by Zulhuda, Sonny

“…The more a governance system is exposed to the Internet and ICT, the bigger the risks it would face. When the security of the system is not reliable enough to secure the system, information assets are at stake and the country’s critical information infrastructure (such as defence, communications, energy and medical systems) will become loophole that undermines national security. …”
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Experimental setup of pipe whip impact by Shah, Qasim Hussain, Abid, Hasan M., Rosli, Adib

“…The possible damages occur on the target pipe when the missile pipe hit it at certain velocity depend on the different mass of dropper and different diameter ofthe target pipe. …”
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Learning PMR history subject using multimedia. by A. Halim, Fatin Nudra Syafiqah, Zeki, Akram M.

“…They have no choice other than read the History text books to study and score in their exams. The problem arises when students are not really interested by reading text books so this will affect the performance of the students as well as schools. …”
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Properties of compression moulding starch - nanoclay biocomposites by Ahmad, Zuraida, Anuar, Hazleen

“…The nano-composites obtained by the addition of low percentages of clay to polymers exhibited and improvement in the properties such as strength, thermal and oxidative when compared with traditional composites. Clay minerals are aluminum silicates of a layered type classified as phyllosilicates [2,3]. …”
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Mercy as benchmark of social relationship : a reflection by Abdullah, Fatimah

“…Allah is All-Merciful and Oft-Forgiving. When Allah breathed into man His own Spirit, He indeed transferred into his nature essence of some of His attributes, including mercy and forgiveness. …”
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The development of a forward masking model using neural networks and its application to speech enhancement by Gunawan, Teddy Surya, Khalifa, Othman Omran, Ambikairajah, Eliathamby

“…Objective measures using PESQ demonstrates that our proposed forward masking model, provides significant improvements (5-15 %) over four existing models, when tested with speech signals corrupted by various noises at very low signal to noise ratios. …”
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Which precedes? competition or cooperation? by Shamsudin, Norazidah, Hassan, Arif

“…Initially the team worked well. However, when one member of the team was assigned some independent responsibilities from the branch manager of the bank, signs of team disintegration emerged and competition rather than cooperation dictated the relationship. …”
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The relationship between learning style and writing performance of young learners in PowerPoint assisted classes by Radzi, Radzita, Mat Daud, Nuraihan

“…This paper discusses the correlation between young learners’ writing performance and their learning styles when PowerPoint was used in teaching writing skills. …”
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Revisit western theories in the professionalization process of teaching occupation in South-Asia by Quddus, S. M. Abdul

“…Our point of departure is that such a narrow conceptualization makes the concepts problematic, especially when used in the context of developing societies in South Asia. …”
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Rich information service delivery to mobile users using smart posters by Ayu, Media Anugerah, Mantoro, Teddy, Ismail, Siti Aisyah, Zulkifli, Nurul Syafiqah

“…Since 2005, when it was introduced to the markets, Near Field Communication (NFC) technology has been used in various applications with the aim to increase convenience in people's everyday life activities. …”
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Estimating retinal vessel diameter change from the vessel cross-section by Che Azemin, Mohd Zulfaezal, Kumar, Dinesh Kant

“…This technique does not rely on the segmentation of the vessel which is prone to error when the fitted profile does not exactly represent the expected model. …”
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Existence of p-adic quasi Gibbs measure for countable state Potts model on the Cayley tree by Mukhamedov, Farrukh

“…An analogues fact is not valid when the number of spins is finite.…”
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A study on parking space utilization at the International Islamic University Malaysia by Kadar Hamsa, Abdul Azeez

“…It becomes a major urban land use problem when the demand exceeds supply. Failure to meet the supply will result in congestion and a serious setback in providing an efficient transportation system. …”
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Autonomy in language learning by Hussein, Abdul Kadir, Che Haron, Sueraya

“…In other words they have the capabilities to take charge of their own learning except in several items especially when it comes to self-productive activities such as: communication, writing and translation. …”
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Existence of phase transition for 1d-countable state P -adic Potts model by Mukhamedov, Farrukh

“…Note that it turns out that the finding condition does not depend on values of the prime p , and therefore, an analogous fact is not true when the number of spins is finite…”
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Effect of holding time on the corrosion potential of SS304 by Purwanto, Hadi, Manshor, Hanisah

“…Stainless steels suffer from classical sensitization when encounter at certain temperature which results in precipitation of chromium carbide along grain boundary with simultaneous depletion of chromium from near grain boundaries. …”
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Pendeta Za'ba : education for the upliftment of the Malays by Hashim, Rosnani

“…However, it is incorrect to see Za'ba's role to be merely just that when in fact he had also given a lot of thoughts and contributions on other matters such as education, economy, religion and politics.…”
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Performance of Photovoltaic Systems with Solar Tracking in Singapore by Amin, Zakaria Mohd., Maswood, Ali I., Hawlader, Mohammad Nurul Alam, Al-Ammar, Essam A., Orfi, Jamel, Al-Ansari, Hany A.

“…This represented a 33.6% increase in efficiency when using the single-axis tracking system over the fixed ones.…”
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Training and innovation among knowledge-based companies in Malaysia by Zulkifli, Izyani

“…A simple crosstab analysis suggests that when a training policy is in place, it not only positively influences innovation but innovation seems to be more important to the growth of the companies. …”
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