Informational content of short interest (EBES 2011) by Mohamad, Azhar

“…We also find the larger the increase in short interest, the more negative is the abnormal returns. …”
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Predicting Financial Distress based on Corporate Actions by Mohamad, Azhar

“…Furthermore, we also find that Working Capital to Total Assets Ratio and Asset Turnover Ratio are reliable predictors of financial distress among the accounting ratios.…”
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Opening the Black Box on bank efficiency in China: does economic freedom matter? by Sufian, Fadzlan, Habibullah, Muzafar Shah

“…By examining different dimensions of economic freedom, we find that not all are equally regressive on bank efficiency. …”
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Granting employee stock options (ESOs), market reaction and financial performance by Bacha, Obiyathulla Ismath, Syed Mohd Zain, Sharifah Raihan, Mohd Rasid, Mohd Eskandar Shah, Mohamad, Azhar

“…Firm size has been identified in previous studies as a determinant of market reaction and post-ESO performance. Indeed we find this to be the case for Malaysian ESOs. We find a positive announcement effect for large firms but a significantly negative one for small firms. …”
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Adjustment to atopic dermatitis: a cross-sectional study investigating the role of maladaptive self-schemas in a community sample of people with atopic dermatitis by Kalaki, Elli, Mizara, Alexandra

“…All groups completed the Young Schema Questionnaire (Short Form 3) and the Adjustment to Chronic Skin Disease Questionnaire. Results: There were no significant differences in adjustment levels between the two groups. …”

Properties and performance of kenaf fiber-sawdust polymeric sandwich bio-composites by Adole, Michael Adole

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Lead time management in the garment sector of Bangladesh: an avenues for survival and growth by Nuruzzaman, Md., Haque, A. K. M. Ahasanul

“…In this study attempts have been made to find out the ways to face the competitive business environment by the efficient management process towards the lead time reduction. …”
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The impact of corporate governance on the restrictiveness of covenants in private debt contract by Abu Bakar, Intan Suryani, Mather, Paul, Tanewski, George

“…Our cross-sectional analysis on a sample of new syndicated loans in the U.S private debt market indicates that both a corporate governance score and board independence are positively and significantly associated with covenant slack. Similarly, we find that independent directors’ financial expertise and covenants slack are positively related, but we find no evidence that slack is associated with ‘busy’ directors or CEO duality. …”
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Journalism cupcakes: Same cakes, different icing or vice-versa by Ismail, Awan, Aripin, Norizah, Yusof, Norhafezah, Mohamad, Noraihan, Ismail, Rizalawati

“…After three to four years of study, journalism graduates from these universities would have to share the same pie to find jobs in media or communication related organizations. …”
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The effect of material property gradient on the fracture toughness of a PMMA/PC bimaterial with a crack normal to the interface by Shah, Qasim Hussain, Homma, H., Iliyas, M. H., Ismail, Ahmad Faris

“…Finite element analysis was used to find out the stresses IC in the specimens. Subsequently the stress values were used to find out the fracture toughness of each specimen. …”
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Rural transformation and productivity in China by You, Kefei, Sarantis, Nicholas

“…This paper carries out for the first time an econometric investigation of the contribution of rural transformation to total factor productivity in China. We find that the efficiency gains resulting from rural transformation make a significant and nontrivial contribution to factor productivity in China. …”
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Microencapsulation of Cassia Alata: fabrication and characterization by Alfatama, Mulham, Ahmad, Kausar, Mohamed, Farahidah

“…The microsphere is envisaged to release the extract in a controlled manner allowing more convenient mode of administration when treating related skin infection. Several variables had been investigated including different types of surfactants and buffer systems and different homogenization times for primary emulsion. …”
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The design of non-invasive Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) for restoration of muscle function by Azman, Amelia Wong, Naeem, Jannatul, Mohd Mustafah, Yasir

“…While there are many different types of electrodes to be used in FES system, for this early work, we only look at FES systems application using only skin surface electrodes (non-invasive).…”
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Morphological structures of rattan waste binderless particleboard: effect of acid treatment by T., Maisarah, A., Zuraida, H., Zahurin, I., Hanafi, Md. Abdul, Maleque

“…The morphology of manufactured binderless particleboard demonstrated the compressed cellular structures with some voids and occurance of rattan skin. It can be concluded that acid treatment helps in improving interlocking between fibers inside binderless particleboard. …”
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Optical thermal imaging for breast cancer diagnosis by Zubir, Nazira, Pushpanathan, K, Mat Noor, N.A

“…The fundamental principle of optical thermal imaging relies on physiology such as the distribution of temperature on the skin surface. This article highlights the potential usage of optical thermal imaging, its limitations, advantages and latest concerns pertaining the usage. …”
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Isolation of the compounds from antimicrobial active fraction from the stem barks of Entada spiralis Ridl by Mat So'ad, Siti Zaiton, Harun, Aiza, Mohd Hassan, Norazian, Che Mohd Ramli, Neni Kartini

“…The methanol extract of the stem bark possess promising antimicrobial activity against some species of skin diseases caused microbes The extract was further fractionation with different solvent gradient and repeated test on dermatophytes were done. …”
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Intra-aural tick infestation, the presentation and complications by N, Srinovianti, Raja Lope Ahmad, Raja Ahmad Al'konee

“…It grips firmly into the skin of the external auditory canal and the tympanic membrane. …”
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Pattern of the news media consumption and news discussion among youth : a test of agenda setting theory by Wok, Saodah, Tamam, Ezhar, Bolong, Jusang

“…The specific objectives of the study are (1) to determine the level of perceived news media credibility, (2) to find out the level of news media consumption, (3) to find out the extent of interpersonal news discussions, (4) to analyze the relationship between perceived media credibility and news media consumption with interpersonal news discussions, and (5) to differentiate between selected demographic characteristic with news media consumption and interpersonal news discussions. …”
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Pricing efficiency of the 3-month KLIBOR futures contracts: An empirical analysis by Razak, Marina Abdul, Bacha, Obiyathulla Ismath

“…The study spans the contract's entire 10-year history, June 1996 to June 2006. In line with findings in other markets, we find a pre-ponderance of overpricing. …”
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Pattern of the news media consumption and news discussion among youth: a test of agenda setting theory by Wok, Saodah, Tamam, Ezhar, Suci , Elsa Maria

“…The specific objectives of the study are (1) to determine the level of perceived news media credibility, (2) to find out the level of news media consumption, (3) to find out the extent of interpersonal news discussions, (4) to analyze the relationship between perceived media credibility and news media consumption with interpersonal news discussions, and (5) to differentiate between selected demographic characteristic with news media consumption and interpersonal news discussions. …”
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