Quality Benchmarking for Online Writing Course: A Malaysian Case Study by Mat Daud, Nuraihan, Farrah, Mohammed Hakim

“…This paper discusses an evaluation conducted on an online English for Academic Writing course offered by a public university in Malaysia and the reaction of the institution to the findings. The adapted version of the Institute of Higher Education Policy (IHEP 2000) benchmarks was used to determine if the course met the quality benchmarks for online learning. …”
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Exploring factors influencing financial planning after retirement: structural equation modeling approach by Jalil, Md. Abdul, Abdul Razak, Dzuljastri, Azam, Ferdous

“…The study provides implications of the findings in the concluding section.…”
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Problem-based learning in the English language classroom by Othman, Normala, Ahamed Shah, Mohamed Ismail

“…The syllabus, textbook, and instructor were controlled for both groups. The findings of the study showed that in terms of course content, both groups improved but in terms of language the PBL group showed more improvements. …”
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A low-cost PC-based range finder system by Motakabber, S. M. A., Ibrahimy, Muhammad Ibn

“…Sound navigation and ranging (SONAR) is a modern ultrasonic range finding technique used for collecting the information about a distant object without any physical contact. …”
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The challenges of implementing gold dinar in Kelantan: An empirical analysis by Yusuf, Muhammad-Bashir, Mat Ghani, Gairuzazmi, Meera, Ahamed Kameel Mydin

“…All our measurement items were also found to be practical. Though the findings of the study indicate the challenges are not statistically significant, they nevertheless must be addressed if gold dinar is to be adopted in the future. …”
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Incorporating Arabic words in English language teaching: teachers’ perspective by Othman, Khairiah, Abdul Hamid, Zuridah Hayati

“…Based on al-Faruqi’s framework on Islamic English for Islamic vocabulary to be retained in their Arabic form in an effort to maintain the original meanings, a set of questionnaires was distributed to teachers who were teaching English in an Islamic institution to gather their perspectives as to whether there was a need for Islamic English to be incorporated in the teaching of English to Muslim learners. The findings indicated that although half of the teachers did not know what was meant by Islamic English, they have been using Arabic words in their classes. …”
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Measuring the optimal government size that contribute to economic growth of the Muslim countries by Duasa, Jarita

“…It also attempts to identify optimal size of government (role of state) that maximise the economic growth of the countries by applying static and dynamic panel estimations on a widely used ‘growth model’ for assessing the impact of government size on economic growth. The findings indicate that small size of government contributes more on the economic growth of the countries. …”
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Developing a model for pre-action dispute resolution for strata dispute management in Malaysia by Mohamad, Nor Asiah

“…The author highlights the practice of other jurisdiction, for example, Victoria, Australia as well Hong Kong. The findings of the research show that Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) methods such as mediation or conciliation are suitable to be adopted within and outside Tribunal process.…”
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OSORS: how do students read online? by Jusoh, Zailani, Abdullah, Liza

“…As such, this paper, based on a study conducted on students in a particular university in Malaysia, was written to explore the extent of the use of strategies when reading online, in an academic setting and also to investigate whether differences in the use of the strategies between male and female students exist. Findings suggest that students are all users of strategies and gender has no bearing on the type of strategies preferred. …”
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SECI process and its predictors: behavioral Intention from socio technical perspective by Mohamed Razi, Mohamed Jalaldeen, Abdul Karim, Nor Shahriza, Mohamed , Norshidah

“…Data analysis was conducted using the partial least square technique by utilizing smart PLS version 2.0. The findings and its implications were discussed in the later part of the paper.…”
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University of the Future by Ahmad Dahlan, Abdul Rahman, Shihab Ahmed, Ahmed, Yao, Li Yao

“…As the data and information are collected in limited basis, the finding might not be comprehensive in certain extent.…”
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Assessment on the relationship between housing design and Malay culture pertaining to privacy, community intimacy, segregation and hospitality by Abdul Rahim, Zaiton

“…Survey interview was employed involving 432 respondents living in three different housing typologies in Kuala Lumpur. Findings indicate that the traditional Malay cultural aspects are still considered as important among the urban Malays but the importance is diminishing except for privacy which is given more importance. …”
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Ethics in engineering research: an Islamic perspective by Ahsan, Muhammad Suhaib, Nuruzzaman, Md., Al-Mamun, Abdullah

“…The comparative and analytical methods were used in this paper. The important findings of this research paper are that the main misconducts in research are fabrication, plagiarism. …”
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Factors influencing bank profitability in a developing economy: empirical evidence from Malaysia by Sufian, Fadzlan

“…Specifically working within the Malaysian financial sector, the analysis is confined to the universe of the domestic and foreign commercial banks operating in the Malaysian financial sector during the period 2000–04. The empirical findings suggest that Malaysian banks with a higher credit risk and a higher loan concentration exhibit lower profitability level. …”
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Productivity, technology and efficiency of De Novo Islamic banks: empirical evidence from Malaysia by Sufian, Fadzlan

“…By employing the Malmquist Productivity Index method, the article provides, for the first time, empirical evidence on the impact of foreign banks ’ entry on the efficiency and productivity of the Islamic banking sector. The empirical findings indicate that the De Novo foreign Islamic banks have been relatively more efficient and productive compared to their domestic and foreign Islamic bank counterparts. …”
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IT alignment in Malaysian public sector: E-Syariah as a case of study by Muhammad, Muhd. Rosydi

“…Using case study on the implementation of E-Syariah in Malaysia, researcher finds out that all antecedents except centralization and formalization have direct impacts towards IT alignment practice in public sector, which consequently improve the delivery of government services to the public. …”
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A constitutional perspective on the legal effect of international laws and treaties on Syariah in Malaysia by Mokhtar, Khairil Azmin

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Optimal design and modelling of complaint micro-linkage mechanism by Khan, Md. Raisuddin

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A summarization of image and video databases for emotion recognition by Ashraf, Arselan, Gunawan, Teddy Surya, Abdul Rahman, Farah Diyana, Kartiwi, Mira

“…In this way, an extensive yet minimal guide is expected to assist analysts with finding the most appropriate image/video database and comprehend what sorts of image/video databases as of now exist. …”
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Adopting an enterprise resource planning system in a privatized government unit: challenges and impacts by Zainol, Zaini, Hamdan, Hamdino

“…The study used a case study approach and an interview was held with the general manager in-charged on corporate affairs. Findings revealed that, the implementation of its ERP system named, PRONTO received mixed reactions from employees. …”
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