The impact of finanacial management reforms on operational effectiveness and accountability in Malaysian Central Government organisations by Karbhari, Yusuf, Mohamad, Muslim Har Sani

“…These reforms also shared characteristics of reform initiatives undertaken in developed countries including greater participation of line managers in managing public resources, output based performance contracts, and private sector accounting techniques. …”
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Fracture criterion of materials subjected to temperature gradient by Shah, Qasim Hussain, Homma, H.

“…The results showed that the fracture toughness of all three materials is influenced in a similar fashion and is dependent upon the degree of the temperature gradient along the crack line.…”
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Effect of temperature gradient on crack initiation by Homma, H., Shah, Qasim Hussain, Kawada, S.

“…Compact tension (CT) specimens of pressure vessel steel A533B have been subjected to linear distributions of temperature along the crack line. The temperature dependence of fracture toughness for the A533B steel creates a fracture toughness gradient in such a specimen. …”
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Human capital business partner information technology and network technology manpower model by A. Halim, Siti Sarah, Zeki, Akram M.

“…In view of the robust market situation whereby optimum manpower strength is very vital to meet the demand by the Line of Businesses (LOBs), Human Capital Business Partner Information Technology and Network Technology (HCBP ITNT) Manpower Model is required to have a proper tool to assist management in doing resource planning. …”
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Design of triple-band h slot patch antenna by Noori, Omar, Chebil, Jalel, Sheroz Khan, Sheroz Khan, Islam, Md. Rafiqul

“…This paper attempts to design a triple band h-slot antenna by using feed line technique. These bands cover GSM mobile phone system (0.9 and 1.8 GHz) and ISM band which is used for Bluetooth and wireless local area network bands applications. …”
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Nevertheless, she resisted: the body as a site of resistance in "The Autopsy of Jane Doe" by Beddows, Amy

“…Yet portraying misogyny and violence - especially sexual violence - on screen without replicating the messages that perpetuate these complex issues (such as that women’s bodies are objects for male pleasure, or that female sexual agency is deviant), is a tricky line for filmmakers to tread. Women’s bodies are often used as a site for horror, with bloody wounds interspersed with bare skin and sexualised scenarios and the complications of combining terror and titillation are still debated today. …”
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Bandwidth enhancement of dielectric resonator reflectarray antenna by Ahmadi, Farzaneh, Forooraghi, Keyvan, Atlasbaf, Zahra, Virdee, Bal Singh

“…These results were validated using the transmission-line method.…”
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Opinion on the compatibility of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) with the European Convention on Human Rights & the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights by Korff, Douwe, Brown, Ian

“…It follows a request to find out “if the final Version of ACTA and its foreseen legislative procedure is in line with the Treaties of the European Union and which legal possibilities there are for the European Parliament to challenge this in front of the European Court of Justice.” …”
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Book review: The urban enigma: time, autonomy and postcolonial transformation in Latin America by Simone Vegliò by Levy, Helton

“…The book discusses the projects’ ambitions in line with the vision of modernity at their time while contrasting their aims with the demands of social inclusion, justice, and the continuation of colonial ideas.…”
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A review on shoreline detection framework using remote sensing satellite image by Zulkifle, Farizuwana Akma, Hassan, Rohayanti, Kasim, Shahreen, M. Othman, Razib

“…Shoreline is usually defined as the intersection of the land with the water surface of the mean high water line with the beach profile. In relation, most research in recent years has set the focus on remote sensing which makes it possible to collect data on this shoreline areas. …”
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Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy experimentation and applications by Haider, Zuhaib, Tufail, Kashif, Roslan, Sufi, Munajat, Yusof

“…Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) is one of the highly potential techniques to compete in this competitive arena for rapid elemental analysis which can be further used for real-time composition monitoring in the production line, post-production inspection, scrap sorting and even for classification of biological samples. …”
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Fuzzy logic application to searchable cryptography by Kazemian, Hassan, Ma, Yang

“…Besides, some PEKS schemes are not secure mainly because they are vulnerable to Off-line Keyword Guessing Attack (OKGA). …”
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Higher education institutions students housing provision for off–campus living in Malaysia by Ghani, Zubairu Abubakar

“…This may not be unconnected to the perception that it has been a complete responsibility of institutions thereby has relative fewer problems in terms of financing, quality and provision of infrastructure facilities and services. …”
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The role of Sulh in cross-cultural disputes resolution and referrals to ICJ and ICA: An evaluation by Kadouf, Hunud Abia, Sambo, A.O.

“…Disputes in the course of such interactions become unavoidable. This is mainly as a result of cultural conflicts. Despites this, many nations do not put in place effective measures for resolving conflicts across cultures. …”
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Mixed capital of Islamic financial institutions, is it Islamic? by Abdul Rahman, Zaharuddin

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Takaful (Islamic insurance) benefit: ownership and distribution issues in Malaysia by Mohd Noor, Azman, Abdullah, Mohamad Asmadi

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Antecedents of banks’ productivity growth in a developing economy: efficiency change or technological progress? by Sufian, Fadzlan

“…The empirical findings suggest that the Malaysian banking sector has exhibited productivity regress during the period under study mainly due to technological regress, rather than efficiency decline. …”
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Pembangunan budaya kualiti dalam firma pembinaan by Wan Mahmood, Wan Yusoff

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Contributing cost variation factors in highway projects by Sohu, Samiullah, Abdullah, Abd Halid, Nagapan, Sasitharan, Ahmed Jhatial, Ashfaque, Tahir, Muhammed

“…Cost overrun or cost variation overrun is the main problem in the construction of highway projects in Sindh Province of Pakistan. …”
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Total quality management (TQM): decision making process model at planning phase for housing development in Malaysia by Mohd Sofberi, Nurul Atiqah, Zainal, Rozlin, Ahmad, Md Fauzi

“…The main aim of this study is to develop a process model for decision making in the planning phase of housing development in Malaysia. …”
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