Westminister in Uk context by Haughey, Sean, Shephard, Mark, Stirbu, Diana

“…However, the constitutional context has changed dramatically since devolution. Initiated in 1998, devolution transferred certain powers to legislatures in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, enabling a degree of self-rule over domestic affairs. …”
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Development of a DC-DC buck boost converter using fuzzy logic control by Shaban Jaber, Fathi

“…In order to control the output voltage of the buck-boost converter, the controller is designed to change the duty cycle of the converter. The mathematical model of buckboost converter and fuzzy logic controller are derived to design simulation model. …”
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Impact of random dispersion fluctuations on two-pump fiber optical parametric amplifier performances by Othman, N., Tay, K. G., Pakarzadeh, H., Cholan, N. A., M. Shah, N. S., Talib, R.

“…The resulted behaviors are mainly due to the changes of phase-matching condition in optical fiber. …”
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Evaluating the success factors of Information Systems (IS) -case study of Malaysian public sector by Fuad Zamzami, Ikhlas, Phoesalaeh, Basiyah, Hayiyusoh, Nur-Adib, Ahmad Dahlan, Abdul Rahman

“…Information and communications technologies (ICTs) are playing an increasingly vital role in the daily lives of people, revolutionizing work and leisure and changing the rules of doing business. However, still there is a gap between reality and achievement the success. …”
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Antioxidant properties of raw garlic (Allium sativum) extract by Rahman, Md. Mokhlesur, Fazlic, V., Saad, N. W.

“…However, using the 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) scavenging methods to determine the antioxidant activity of raw garlic extract shows a color change from deep violet to yellow, indicating antioxidant activity. …”
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The peer tutoring programme as an effective learning enhancement strategy by Md. Noor, Nor Azian, Othman, Joharry

“…It provides information on the participants’ profiles and their progress in terms of changes in their academic achievement (CGPA) and includes some recommendations for further improvement of the programme. …”
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Fractal dimension of the retinal vasculature and risk of stroke : a nested case-control study by Kawasaki, Ryo, Che Azemin, Mohd Zulfaezal, Kumar, Dinesh Kant, Tan, Ava Grace, Liew, Gerald, Wong, Tien Yin, Mitchell, Paul, Wang, Jie Jin

“…Recent studies show associations between retinal vascular changes and small infarcts detected on brain imaging, or clinical stroke. …”
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Analysis of CNT electronics structure to design CNTFET by Farhana, Soheli, Alam, A. H. M. Zahirul, Motakabber, S. M. A., Khan, Sheroz

“…The electronics properties of graphene are subject to change with the different diameters and wrapping angles of carbon nanotubes. …”
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Origin of cooperative transition of antisite-Arsenic defects in Be-doped low-temperature-grown GaAs layers by Mohamed, Mohd Ambri, Lam, Pham Tien, Otsuka, N.

“…With the aid of first principle calculations, the origin of cooperative transitions was shown to be due to a lattice strain which results in elastic interactions among AsGa defects. A change in magnetizations is induced by large lattice distortions during transition of AsGa defects from substitutional sites to interstitial sites. …”
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Media credibility and its correlate with popular votes during elections by Syed Abdullah Idid, Syed Arabi, Wok, Saodah

“…Specifically the paper has two main objectives, namely to gauge the level of media credibility over a period of time, and to analyze the changing credibility level of the specific media to the popular votes obtained during the general elections.…”
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Advertisement effectiveness and choice of fast food restaurant: an exploratory study of Malay Muslim consumers by Haque, Ahasanul, Sayyed Ahmad, Mohd. Ismail

“…For example, managers can change their slogans based on current situations which will help them to prepare on create suitable advertising for customers.…”
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Promoting sustainability through corporate social responsibility: Malaysia environmental law initiative by Mustafa, Maizatun, Mohd Rusli, Mohd Hazmi, Mohamad, Nor Asiah, Ariffin, Mariani

“…However, due to various factors including that of climate change commitment, there is now a shift in Malaysia towards green markets which foster a more proactive stance on environmental management. …”
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Bilateral trade balance, exchange rates, and income: evidence from Malaysia by Yusoff, Mohammed

“…In the long-run, Malaysia’s bilateral trade balances are found to be responsive to the changes of bilateral exchange rate in the cases of the USA and Singapore but irresponsive for Japan. …”
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Shari'ah position on ensuring presence of capital in joint equity based financing by Sadique, Muhammad Abdurrahman

“…Due to credit supplementing real money in a substantial manner, the identity of money in the current fiscal environment appears to have undergone significant change, the nature and influence of which need to be reassessed through a separate study. …”
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Antioxidant properties of raw garlic (allium sativum) extract by Md. Mokhlesur , Rahman, Fazlic, V., Saad, N. W.

“…However, using the 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) scavenging methods to determine the antioxidant activity of raw garlic extract shows a color change from deep violet to yellow, indicating antioxidant activity. …”
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Determinants of banks’ total factor productivity: the post-Asian financial crisis experience of the Philippines by Sufian, Fadzlan

“…The present paper employs the Malmquist Productivity Index (MPI)method to examine the sources of total factor productivity change of the Philippines banking sector during the period of 1998 to 2008. …”
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Printed planar antenna designs based on metamaterial unit-cells for broadband wireless communication systems by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Naser-Moghadasi, Mohammad, Sadeghzadeh, Ramazan Ali, Virdee, Bal Singh, Limiti, Ernesto

“…In order to accommodate these and future changes, antennas with characteristics of wideband and multiband are becoming a necessity. …”
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Misplaced talent by Bartlett, Dean

“…Any practitioner faced with the immense challenge of responding to shifting workplace trends must negotiate their way through a rapidly changing backdrop to develop the dynamic capabilities upon which organisations increasingly depend. …”
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Digital age: challenges for libraries by Al-Suqri Waseem Afzal, Mohammed Nasser

“…Libraries as an important social institution have been affected by these changes. Information retrieval, information storage and information transmission are the core competencies of the libraries. …”
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Testing PPP for the South African Rand/US Dollar Real Exchange Rate at Different Data Frequencies by Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Gil-Alana, Luis A.

“…Also, there appears to be a single break in December 2001 (possibly corresponding to a change in the monetary policy framework), with the unit root null being rejected in favour of d > 1 for the periods before the break, but not afterwards. …”
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