Tendency of corruption and its determinants among public servants: a case study of Malaysia by Duasa, Jarita

“…Given its serious implications, the issue of corruption has now become the main agenda at international conferences, business gatherings and academic conferences. …”
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Mawlâna Jalâleddîn-I Rûmî the life, work and the Mawlawî order by Kayadibi, Saim, Safak, Yakup

“…This city was, at that time, one of the main central city of Khorasan region. His original name is Mohammed. …”
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Evaluating heuristic for EG portal design model by Mahmud, Murni, Che Hussin, Ab Razak, Othman, Noor Khairunnisa, Mohamed Dahlan, Halina

“…The effective use of an E-Government (EG) Portal depends on the ability of people to utilize electronic services. One of the main challenges in developing the EG Portal is selecting usability design guidelines that addressed the overall EG functions. …”
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Elections in Bangladesh: signs democracy or tyranny? by Ahsan, Abdullahil

“…The Election Commission has declared three ruling party Awami League (AL) supported candidates winners in the election while the main opposition party Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) at about 11 am of the Election Day declared its decision to boycott it. …”
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State of the Art Machine Learning Techniques for Time Series Forecasting: A Survey by Nyein Naing, Wai Yan, Htike@Muhammad Yusof, Zaw Zaw

“…Therefore, the purpose of my paper is continue to review the recent 10 years of different state of the machine learning techniques for time series forecasting . The main contribution of this paper is to supply researchers with a cohesive overview of state of the art machine learning techniques (during the period of 2005 to 2015) and to identify possible opportunities for future research. …”
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Issues in location based marketing: a review of literature by Jaradat, Ahmad, Mohamad Ali, Noor Azian, Asadullah, Ahmad, Ebrahim, Seyed

“…Location based marketing has clearly become a primary element in today’s business. The main objective of this paper is to analyse such a growing phenomenon of using such location services by both marketers and customers, providing some motivations and factors that drive both parties to use these services. …”
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Contemporary healthcare experience in Malaysian Hospitals by Hasliza Hassan, Hassan, Rahman, Muhammad Sabbir, Abu Bakar , Sade

“…The main dissatisfaction of patients in hospital is the long waiting time, which could lead to stress. …”
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Preservation and the restoration of mental health from the Qur'anic perspective by Abdul Razak, Abdul Latif

“…This study also will benefit from the works of early Muslim scholars in the area of counseling and psychotherapy on the assumption that their writings are inspired by their understanding of the two main sources of Islam. It is hoped that this paper will enlighten us on the importance of revelation in the preservation and the restoration of mental health.…”
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Current state and future prospects of Islamic banking in Morocco: An empirical investigation by Abd Aziz, Hassanuddeen, Abdelghani, Echchabi

“…The findings revealed that the main factors that influence the decision of the Moroccan customers to adopt Islamic banking services are relative advantage, compatibility and social influence. …”
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Implementing key performance indicators in a government agency: a typical story? by Laurence, Ferry, Murphy, Peter, Zakaria, Zamzulaila, Zakaria, Zarina

“…The main objective of this study is to provide insight into the implementation of Key Perfor- mance Indicators (KPIs) in public sector organisations. …”
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Characterization of magnetorheological elastomer (MRE) engine mounts by Ladipo, Ismail, Darsivan, Fadly Jashi, Faris, Waleed Fekry

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Economic and monetary integration in East Asia by Ahmad, Nursilah, Duasa, Jarita

“…However, the dissimilarity of the level of economic development and monetary system is commonly said to be the main obstacle to the adoption of policies to support economic and monetary integration. …”
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Rural public bus routing and bus stops detecting using GPS and GIS in Malaysia by Ponrahono, Zakiah, Bachok, Syahriah, Mohamed Osman, Mariana, Ibrahim, Mansor

“…Bus route map was presented as the main findings of the research investigation.…”
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An assessment of the local residents’ perceptions on the socioeconomic impact of Iskandar Malaysia by Rabe, Noor Suzilawati, Mohamed Osman, Mariana, Bachok, Syahriah

“…The study investigates the local people’s knowledge and perception towards Iskandar Malaysia development as one of the main economic accelerators in the southern part of Peninsular Malaysia. …”
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Implied volatility forecasting in the options market: a survey by Mohamad, Azhar

“…Volatility forecasting can be grouped into two main categories namely option-implied volatility and historical time-series models. …”
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The exercise of self defence to cause death: a legal analysis under the Malaysian Penal Code by Mohamad Yunus, Mohamad Ismail

“…Had the killing exceeded the right of self-defence? Thus, the main objective of this article is to analyse and discuss the relevant issue as to what extent does the law allow a person to exercise his right of self-defence to cause death? …”
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Thermal performance of outdoor tropical environment by Abu Bakar, Aniza, Abdul Malek, Nurhayati

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

“…We employ the output-oriented Malmquist productivity index first, proposed by Shephard (1970) to isolate efforts to catch up to the frontier (efficiency change (EFFCH)) from shifts in the frontier (technological change (TECHCH)). We also explore main sources of EFFCH: either improvements in management practices (pure technical efficiency change) or optimal size (scale efficiency change). …”
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Barriers of adopting environmental management practices in the micro and small island chalets operation by Jamaludin, Mariam, Yusof, Zeenat Begam

“…Sustainability becomes main management issues for hospitality firms. Big hospitality firms conduct countless attempts to accommodate into the sustainability agenda. …”
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Self-erecting inverted pendulum employing PSO for stabilizing and tracking controller by Solihin, Mahmud Iwan, Wahyudi, Martono, Akmeliawati, Rini

“…The main objective of this paper is to design a state feedback controller for stabilizing and tracking control of selferecting inverted pendulum employing intelligent method using particle swarm optimization (PSO). …”
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