The impact of the Asian financial crisis on bank efficiency: the 1997 experience of Malaysia and Thailand by Sufian, Fadzlan

“…We .nd that the Malaysian banking sector has exhibited a higher TE levels during the post crisis period under the intermediation and value added approaches, while TE seems to be lower under the operating approach. The empirical findings suggest that the Thailand banking sector has exhibited a lower TE level during the post crisis period under all approaches.…”
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Work-family facilitation, job satisfaction and psychological strain among Malaysian female employees by Hussin, Ruhaya

“…The hierarchical regression and structural equation modelling analyses were conducted to analyse the data. As expected, the findings provided evidences for (i) direct effects of work-family facilitation and job satisfaction on psychological strain and (ii) mediating effects of job satisfaction on the relationship between work-family facilitation and psychological strain. …”
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Determinants of bank efficiency during unstable macroeconomic environment: empirical evidence from Malaysia by Sufian, Fadzlan

“…The analysis further links the variation in calculated efficiencies to a set of explanatory variables, i.e. bank size, profitability, and ownership. The empirical findings clearly bring forth the high degree of inefficiency in the Malaysian banking sector, particularly a year after the East Asian crisis. …”
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Bank efficiency and share prices in China: empirical evidence from a three-stage banking model by Sufian, Fadzlan, Abdul Majid, Muhamed Zulkhibri

“…Finally, we regress the annual share price returns on the change in efficiency, while controlling for other bank specific traits. The empirical findings suggest that large Chinese banks have exhibited higher technical and pure technical efficiency levels compared to their small and medium sized bank counterparts, while the medium sized banks have exhibited higher scale efficiency. …”
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The application of rapid prototyping technology and FMEA quality tool in the development of automotive component by Wan Yusoff, Wan Ahmad Yusmawiza, Sa’edun, Mohamad, Afiq, Faidhi

“…The analysis from FMEA tool is translated to the design and product development. The research's findings however focus to only a selected part in automotive component. …”
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Comparison between Lamarckian Evolution and Baldwin Evolution of neural network by Taha, Imad, Inazy, Qabas

“…Genetic Algorithms are very efficient at exploring the entire search space; however, they are relatively poor at finding the precise local optimal solution in the region at which the algorithm converges. …”
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3D mobile navigation for dynamic users interaction by Mantoro, Teddy, Abubakar, Adamu, Ayu, Media Anugerah

“…The objective of this paper is to presents an interactive 3D mobile navigation system for an optimal solution in finding the shortest path and providing multi-user awareness, through building the system and undertaken an experiment. …”
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Pola pergerakan bekas-bekas murid sekolah menengah kebangsaan agama 1978-2004 by Zainuddin, Ahmad Marzuki, Ismail, Nik Ahmad Hisham, Nordin, Mohamad Sahari, Syed Abdullah Idid, Syed Arabi, Nik Abdul Rahman, Nik Suryani, Izhab, Zaleha

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Validating information system success in the electronic government context by Hussein, Ramlah, Abdul Karim, Nor Shahriza

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Effect of cryogenic cooling during grinding of mild steel and stainless steel by Khan, Ahsan Ali, Mridha, Shahjahan, Ali, Mohammad Yeakub

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Improvement of machinability of hard to machine materials by cryogenic cooling and job preheating by Amin, A. K. M. Nurul, Ismail, Ahmad Faris

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Wavelet improved option-implied moments: an empirical study by Harun, Hanani Farhah, Abdullah, Mimi Hafizah

“…The sample data extracted from Dow Jones Industrial Average index options data is empirically examined throughout this study. This study finds that the wavelet-denoised higher moments record smaller approximation error in most cases compared to the noisy higher moments. …”
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Self-repair as indicator for communicative competence: Observation in the speech of L2 undergraduates by Saad, Mohammad Azannee, Zubairi, Ainol Madziah

“…The recording was orthographically transcribed and incidence of self-repair was later identified and coded according to reasons that contribute to its occurrence and strategies for students to restore the disrupted speech. The findings of this research offer insights into resources for language teaching and learning as well as reasons for poor communicative competence among students.…”
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Biophilia: residents’ connection with green infrastructure in a town by Mansor, Mazlina

“…The paper draws the findings of a case study exploration on the connection between residents with green infrastructure in Taiping, a small colonial town in Peninsular Malaysia. …”
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A note on Chinese stock market efficiency: fresh evidence from non-linear unit root test by Abdul Manap, Turkhan Ali

“…The nonlinear unit root tests rejects the null hypothesis of unit root, suggesting that Shanghai stock markets is not weak form efficient, which is contrary to the findings of Qian et al (2008) . In addition, the estimated ESTAR models provide strong evidence that the Shanghai stock market is characterized by a slower speed of mean reversion process. …”
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Accessible built environment for the elderly and disabled in Malaysia: hotel as case studies by Abdul Rahim, Asiah, Abd. Samad, Nur Amirah

“…The selected hotels and resorts were constructed in the 1980s; one is located at the countryside and the other in the city centre. The findings will allow the building provider to upgrade existing facilities in order to accommodate accessible built environment for the elderly and disabled people. …”
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Beliefs of Bangsamoro Madaris learners about language learning and their relationship with academic performance by Abdullah Karim, Kurais, Abd.Samad, Arshad, Elias, Habibah

“…The aims of the study were to describe the beliefs of the respondents about language learning and to explore the relationship between beliefs and academic performance in order to provide empirical backing of the relationship, otherwise lacking in beliefs literature (Peacock, 1999). The findings of the descriptive analysis indicate several firmly held beliefs among the respondents including those that have important teaching implications. …”
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An evaluation of Arabic for Human Sciences students programme by Zubir, Badri Najib, Mohammad Lotfie, Maskanah, Mohd Ghalib, Mohd Feham

“…The students’ responses provide insightful thoughts on the issue at hand, including their support for the programme and practical ideas to improve it. The findings of this study will be valuable in important policy-making decisions that will shape the revised curriculum of the Arabic programme.…”
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Situation awareness to support decision-making among emergency care practitioners by Abd Hamid, Harris Shah

“…A subject matter expert was consulted to validate a communication map derived from the observations and interviews. Findings/Design – The results show that system’s factors could affect the creation of SA and decision-making. …”
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Corporate social responsibility index for Islamic banks in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by Ali Alamer, Abdullah Rajeh

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