Urban poverty: a case study of major cities in Malaysia by Pramanik, Ataul Huq, Abdullah, Moha Asri, Mat Derus, Alias, Barom, Mohd. Nizam

“…The ‘Pull’ and the ‘Push’ factors can significantly explain the prevailing dismal conditions associated with urban poverty. …”
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The development of partnership based structure in comparison to the concept of musharakah (sharikah) with special reference to Malaysia by Abd Ghadas, Zuhairah Ariff, Engku Ali, Engku Rabiah Adawiah

“…In certain sectors, particularly the professionals, for example, lawyers and accountants, the business can only be carried out in the form of sole proprietorships or partnerships. …”
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Digital watermarking : an overview by Khalifa, Othman Omran, Yusof, Yusnita

“…Research community and industry has shown extensive interests in developing and implementing possible solutions via digital watermarking. Digital watermarking can be defined as the process of embedding a certain piece of information (technically known as watermark) into multimedia content including text documents, images, audio or video streams, where the watermark can be detected or extracted later to make an assertion about the data [1]. …”
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Digital watermarking techniques and methodologies by Khalifa, Othman Omran, Yusof, Yusnita

“…Embedding the watermark in the frequency domain can provide more robustness than in the spatial domain. …”
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Effects of fiber orientation of adjacent plies on the mode I crack propagation in a carbon-epoxy laminates by Mohamed Rehan, Muhammad Saifuddin, Rousseau, Jerome, Xiao-Jing, Gong, Guillaumat, Laurent, Mohamed Ali, Jaafar Syed

“…The influence of ply orientation on the resistance to mode I delamination of multidirectional composite laminates can be assessed by Double Cantilever Beam (DCB) tests. …”
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The effectiveness of key word method in acquisition in acquisition of Arabic vocabulary: an experimental study of teaching Arabic as a second language in Malaysia by Hj. Yaakub, Muhamadul Bakir, Abd. Razak, Rafidah

“…In the case of learning Arabic, memorization can be assumed to be a difficult task to Malay learners. …”
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Gas chromatography - mass spectrometry (GC-MS) based metabolic fingerprinting of three Malaysia ginger (zingiber officinale rosc.) cultivars by Budi Muljono, Julia Retno Andayani, Ishak, Mahdi

“…However, only about 25% of these compounds can be definitely characterised by using the Wiley7n.1 and the NIST Mass spectra libraries for the best hit of the molecular ion peaks and the fragmentation patterns. …”
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iLukBa ver 1.1 : indoor user location system with speech recognition for mobile users by Mantoro, Teddy, Borovac, Amir

“…The faster a user moves, the smaller the buffer in delevering the speech.iLukBa is a proof of concept of a low cost smart environment capability , i.e. indoor user location can be determined and the environment response can be delivered using speech recognition based on indoor user location.…”
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Lightweight biodegradable cotton/albumen board (CAB) for sustainable environment by Yusof, Yusliza, Ahmad, Zuraida, Sopyan, Iis

“…The depletion of petroleum resources coupled with environmental awareness have spurred effort to produce biodegradable materials from natural resources, which is stable during storage and can be safely disposed after their intended time of use. …”
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Vibration energy harvesting using single and comb-shaped piezoelectric beam structures: modeling and simulation by Diyana, N. H., Abdul Muthalif, Asan Gani, Fakhzan , M. N., Nordin, Anis Nurashikin

“…Researchers have been venturing into methods that can generate acceptable level of voltage since decades ago. …”
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Perception of voicing in English word-final consonants: examining the perceptual assimilation model by Pilus, Zahariah

“…The pairs of sounds under study can be categorized as a Two Category contrast (/t/-/d/ and /f/-/v/) and a Category Goodness contrast (/s/-/z/). …”
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A step towards the development of VHDL model for ANN based EMG signal classifier by Ahsan, Md. Rezwanul, Ibrahimy, Muhammad Ibn, Khalifa, Othman Omran

“…ANNs are analogous to the human brain, which can perform a variety of complex tasks if configured properly through a learning process. …”
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Evaluating Chris Argyris's ideas: an Islamic perspective by Fontaine, Rodrigue Ancelot Harvey, Oziev, Gapur, Hassan-Hussein, Hussein

“…The case study also suggests that more modern techniques can be useful as well. The implications for management education are discussed. …”
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Design of a profilograph for mapping pavement in virtual environment by Khan, Md. Raisuddin, Billah, Md. Masum, Ahmed, Mohiuddin

“…Another subsystem is the software system developed using OpenGL with supported of C++ and Visual Basic. This software can be connected with the hardware system either using wire or using wireless. …”
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Language classes generated by tree controlled grammars with bounded nonterminal complexity by Turaev, Sherzod, Dassow, Juergen, Manea, Florin, Selamat, Mohd Hasan

“…Furthermore, we show that any context-free language can be generated by a tree controlled grammar (G, G′) where the number of nonterminals of G and G′ is at most four. …”
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Comparative Dispute Management in Land Disputes: Court-annexed ADR in Malaysia and Japan by Oseni, Umar Aimhanosi, Kadouf, Hunud Abia

“…The study is expected to show that a comparative study on court-annexed dispute management between the two Asian countries can help in defining new directions in law reforms for sustainable land disputes management in the two jurisdictions. …”
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Critical success factors for IS project implementation in Malaysian institutions of higher learning by Handayani, Dini, Abdullah, Rohaimi, Abdulgani, Montadzah Ambag, Ahmad Dahlan, Abdul Rahman

“…Lessons learnt from these experienced project managers provide an important framework for establishing a sense of IS project implementation success, so that others can learn and take the necessary steps. This study is far from being exhaustive, but it can contribute to project managers by identifying and establishing the CSFs for IS project implementation, as there are not many studies concerning this being carried out for Malaysian Institution of Higher Learning (IHL).…”
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Stereo vision images processing for real-time object distance and size measurements by Mohd Mustafah, Yasir, Noor, Rahizall, Hasbi, Hasbullah, Azman, Amelia Wong

“…It is much easier to calibrate and can produce a more accurate results.…”
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Implied transaction costs by Leland option pricing model: a new approach and empirical evidence by Li, Steven, Abdullah, Mimi Hafizah

“…On the basis of the actual transaction costs estimates on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) documented by previous studies and Roll’s model, the empirical results reveal that this new approach can provide a reliable transaction costs estimate on stock trading on the ASX. …”
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Investigating key success factors in adopting knowledge management system by Noordin, Mohamad Fauzan, Othman, Roslina, Zakaria, Noor Azura

“…The important of KMS could not be denied in this competitive era especially when the organization has to focus on their sustainability and to remain competitive advantage. The KMS can be considered as a pond of knowledge in the respective organization whereby the accessible of the knowledge is in the right place, right time and by the right person. …”
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