Power Factor Correction – A Simulation Approach by Che Ros, Ziana, Nordin, Muhammad Faris, Anuar, Muhammad Abdullah, Abdul Razak, Muhammad Hazim

“…Industrial facilities tend to have a "lagging power factor", where the current lags the voltage (like an inductor). Some industrial sites will have large banks of capacitors strictly for the purpose of correcting the power factor back toward one to save on utility company charges. …”
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A robust digital image watermarking using repetition codes against common attacks by Hassan, Abdullahi Mohamud

“…The proposed methods have undergone several simulation attacks tests in order to check up and compare their robustness against various attacks, like salt and pepper, speckle, compress, Gaussian, image contrast, resizing and cropping attack. …”
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Tensile property of melt mixing co-polypropylene with waste polymer at different composition ratios by Sufian, N. A., M. Rus, A. Z., Syah, A. Shahrizan, M. J., Farhana Hazwanee, M., Noraini, I., S. Aida

“…It can be reused via "sink-float" technique and mixed with another binder like co-polypropylene (co-PP) to enhance the mechani-cal properties of the material. …”

Phase-mismatch dependence of the four-wave mixing effect in semiconductor optical amplifiers by Kharraz, O. M., Connelly, M. J., M. Supa’at, A. S., Abas, A. F., Alresheedi, M. T., Mahdi, M. A.

“…The results reveal a sinc-like behavior in the intensity of FWM conjugate as a function of wavelength separation between transverse electric (TE)/transverse magnetic (TM) pumps due to induced confinement factors difference. …”
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Power quality improvement using dynamic voltage restorer in electrical distribution system: an overview by Mohammed, Ali Basim, Mohd Ariff, Mohd Aifaa, Ramli, Sofia Najwa

“…The DVR is one of the economic solutions to overcome the voltage disturbances like voltage sag/swell and harmonics. It is widely used to mitigate the voltage disturbances in the power distribution system, especially in the medium and low distribution networks. …”
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Human resource development practices as determinant of HRD climate and quality orientation by Hassan, Arif, Hashim, Junaidah, Ismail, Ahmad Zaki

“…Practical implications – The findings can be used by HR practitioners and scholars in building management concerns and advocacy for better HRD systems and practices. …”
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Why do Malaysian customers patronise Islamic banks? by Abdullah, Nurdianawati Irwani, Dusuki, Asyraf Wajdi

“…Originality/value – The paper reports findings from the first nationwide study carried out in the area of Islamic banking selection criteria.…”
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Anisotropic carbon nanotube for new type of angle sensor development by Saleh, Tanveer, Abdul Muthalif, Asan Gani

“…The average sensitivity was found to be 0.155%/degree rotation. This finding opens the gateway to fabricate a new CNT-based flexible and miniaturize angle sensor.....…”
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The adoption of mobile commerce in the Klang Valley of Malaysia: an empirical study by Sadi, A.H.M. Saifullah, Noordin, Mohamad Fauzan

“…Mobile commerce has been a huge success in terms of individuals’ adoption in some markets like Korea, Hong Kong, and Japan while surprisingly, not as flourishing in others. …”
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The adoption of mobile commerce in Malaysia: an exploratory study on the extension of theory of planned behavior by Noordin, Mohamad Fauzan, Sadi, A.H.M. Saifullah

“…Mobile commerce has been a huge success in terms of individuals’ adoption in some markets like Korea, Hong Kong, and Japan while surprisingly, not as flourishing in others. …”
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The effect of social entrepreneurship characteristics and education on social entrepreneurship intention by Shahverdi, Masoumeh

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Impact of oil prices on stock market performance by Alao, Dolapo Olateru

“…The findings further indicate that stock returns-generating processes in a net oil-exporting country like Canada exhibited a high degree of persistence in conditional variance, and the modelling of asymmetry was positive. …”
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The Pedagogy of Philosophical Inquiry (PI) to develop critical thinking and self-confidence among Muslim students by Abdullah, Norillah, Hashim, Rosnani

“…Besides that, it also aimed to find out how students view the approach. This study employed a qualitative approach. …”
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Exploring critical factors for choice of mobile service providers and its effectiveness on Malaysian consumers by Haque, A. K. M. Ahasanul, Ahmed, Ismail Sayeed, Rahman, Sabbir

“…The aim of this study was to find out what were the factors that may have played significant role to select the telecommunication service providers. …”
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Screening of potential food grade pigment-producing microbes from New Zealand environment by Kamarudin, Kamarul Rahim, K., Robert, Lewis, G. D., Greenwood, David R., Villas-Bôas, Silas

“…Accordingly, this study aims to find new and cheaper sources of natural food grade pigments from New Zealand environmental-isolated microbes. …”
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Predicting the anticancer activity of seconucleoside nitrosourea analogs by Noorbatcha, Ibrahim Ali, Samsudin, Nurhusna, Hamzah, Mohd. Salleh, Idid, Syed Zahir

“…We are able to obtain a best QSAR with correlation coefficient, R2 = 0.8993. We find that that average bond order of oxygen atom and maximum columbic interaction for H-N bond play significant roles in influencing the anticancer activity of the selected compounds. …”
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The supply-side IT outsourcing competencies and relationship exchange in Malaysia by Arshad, Yusri, Ahlan, Abdul Rahman, Hussein, Ramlah

“…IT outsourcing (ITO) has experienced a considerable growth in recent years, so much so that some authors suggest we find ourselves in the outsourcing era. ITO growth seems to be guaranteed at least in the near future. …”
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Customers’ attitude towards diminishing partnership home financing in Islamic banking by Abdul Razak, Dzuljastri, Abduh, Muhamad

“…The structural equation modeling was utilized to find out factors that influence customers’ intention for diminishing partnership home financing under the framework of the theory of reasoned action. …”
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Islam in minority Muslim countries: a case study on Japan and Korea by Fathil, Fauziah, Fathil, Fathiah

“…In doing so, the impacts and outcomes of decades of da’wah in Japan and Korea can be assessed and this could also provide impetus for Muslims to find ways in promoting Islam further in these two East Asian nations.…”
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An efficient detection model of selective forwarding attacks in wireless mesh networks by Khanam, Shapla, Saleem, Habibullah Yusuf, Pathan, Al-Sakib Khan

“…Different research works have tried to solve various issues related to different wireless Ad hoc networks, many of which are yet to find standardized solutions. Among different classes of Ad hoc networks, Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs) are becoming a popular choice now-a-days, which offer flexible, fast and inexpensive connectivity for communities, homes, municipalities, and other similar premises. …”
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