Separating item-related electrophysiological indices of retrieval effort and retrieval orientation by Dzulkifli, Mariam Adawiah, Sharpe, Helen L., Wilding, Edward

“…Reliable differences according to task were evident in the high relative difficulty group only. This finding is consistent with the view that, for this task pair at least, ERPs are sensitive to the processes set in train in pursuit of task relevant information (retrieval orientations) only when relative difficulty is high.…”
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The moderating effect of firm size: Internationalization of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the manufacturing sector by Chelliah, S., Pandian, S., Sulaiman, Mohamed, Munusamy, J.

“…In doing so, it draws upon the findings of survey of 300 internationalized enterprises located in northern region of Malaysia. …”
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A study on the headteachers’ perceptions of practicing transformational leadership, Malaysia by Salleh, Mohamad Johdi, Razikin, Mohyani, Saidova, Parvina

“…The study was based on the survey of one-hundred-seventy-six PKGPB students chosen randomly and conveniently from three universities namely the University of Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM), University of Malaysia Sabah (UMS), and International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). The findings are presented in frequency and percentage form. …”
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Financing coastal land use planning for sustainability by Asmawi, M. Zainora, Md. Din, Azrin, Mahamod, Lukman Hakim

“…In this regards, the framework of development and planning process is seen as one of the available tools to plan and manage coastal areas. The analysis and findings demonstrate that the practice of Lembaga Urus Air Selangor relatively plans and manages their coastal land uses as in accordance with the physical land use planning system, encompassing the components of forward planning in their long term vision for their area. …”
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National pride in news media among youth by Tamam, Ezhar, Wok, Saodah, Bolong, Jusang

“…This chapter describes the theoretical rational and reports the research design and findings of a national survey designed to examine the relationships of exposure and attention to national and public affairs news in television and newspaper among fifteen to twenty five years old Malay, Chinese and Indian youths in Malaysia.…”
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Accounting for non-accounting students: what affects their performance? by Ismail, Suhaiza, Kasim, Nurkamariah

“…This present study mainly focused on the overall performance of the students and did not investigate the effect of the factors on the performance of the various assessment components in Management Accounting course. The findings imply that the Management Accounting course should be offered to higher level non-accounting students. …”
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Defect handling mechanisms in various open source projects by Awang Abu Bakar, Normi Sham

“…The aim of this work is to investigate how the open source developers handle defects with regard to recording, tracking, and resolving these defects. The findings show that consistency of defect recording, completeness of defect records, or even the concept of defect can vary from project to project.…”
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التكنولوجيا التعليمية الحديثة ومدى الإستفادة منها في تعلم اللغة العربية وتعليمها الجامعة الإسلامية العالمية بماليزيا نموذجا = Usefulness of modern teaching technology in activati... by Man, Saupi

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Impact of teachers’ professional development on school improvement—an analysis at Bangladesh standpoint by Hoque, Kazi Enamul, Alam, Gazi Mahabubul, Abdullah, Abdul Ghani Kanesean

“…Also found that the maximum school improvement can be achieved if schools put more emphasis on teachers’ collaboration, in-service training and classroom observation and less emphasis on individual action enquiry. The findings of this study provide important information for the policy makers, educational managers and especially for the headmasters and teachers concerned with the improvement of teachers’ quality in secondary schools of Bangladesh. …”
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Preservation of health in Islamic law by Deuraseh, Nurdeng

“…This book represents as of the few attempts to introduce the role of Islamic medicine, although Chapter One provides information about a historical background of the preservation of health in Islam, but its aim is to provide a fresh and timely overview of major aspects of legal, ritual and spiritual structures of the Islamic laws, foods and drinks as well as environmental laws, for maintaining and preserving human health. Findings indicated that prevention of any diseases from Islamic medical law perspectives cannot attain any real success unless it emanates from Islamic fundamental teaching, namely: the pillars of Islam. …”
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The challenge of managing knowledge transfer among technology firms in Malaysian Technology Parks by Mhd. Sarif, Suhaimi

“…The study interviewed fifty (50) informants, who included policy makers, government officers, and senior executives of technology firms in Malaysian technology parks. The preliminary findings indicated that policy makers and government confirmed that they cannot go away from previous policy documents when formulated policies for technology incubation that based on three major elements: enhancement of national unity, intensification of foreign direct investment and expectation of sound economic growth. …”
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Grain refinement in medium chromium ferritic stainless steel welds via aluminum powder addition by Amuda, Muhammed Olawale Hakeem, Mridha, Shahjahan

“…The degree of grain refinement achieved was evaluated using a scaling index known as Grain Refinement Index (GRI). The findings showed that the GRI is influenced by the concentration of the aluminum powder introduced into the melt pool. …”
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Malaysian vehicle license plate recognition by Khalifa, Othman Omran, Khan, Sheroz, Islam, Md. Rafiqul, Suleiman, Ahmad

“…This technology can be used in various security and traffic applications, such as finding stolen cars, controlling access to car parks and gathering traffic flow statistics. …”
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Understanding the Qur'an : a reflection by Khan, Israr Ahmad

“…But today the man is in a dilemma, knowing not how to grasp the original message of the Qur'an revealed fifteen centuries ago. He finds before him multitudes of Qur'anic commentaries that are, at times mutually conflicting with one another. …”
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Investigation of antioxidant activity and phytochemical constituents of Artocarpus altilis by Kamal, Tara, Zuberdi, Ahmad Muzammil, Abdullateef, Raji Akintunde, Omar, Muhammad Nor

“…DCM extract of Artocarpus altilis has a remarkable antioxidant activity with an IC50 value of 0.015 mg/ml compared with the standard butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT). This finding supports the possibility of using this plant for medicinal treatments.…”
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Authentic leadership, trust, and employees’ work engagement: a comparative study of Islamic and conventional banks in Malaysia by Forbis, Ahamed, Hassan, Arif, Hashim, Junaidah

“…The paper reports the findings of a study conducted in two types of banks in Malaysia, that is, Islamic and conventional and intended to examine differences in employees’ perception of the authenticity in managers’ leadership style, interpersonal and institutional trust and work engagement. …”
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Sustainability of the family ownership in a family business via inheritance: An Appraisal with special reference to the Malaysian law. by Mohd Salim, Wan Noraini, Abdul Ghadas, Zuhairah Ariff

“…Furthermore, the results reveal that successors-managed firms have better firm performance than founder-managed firms. The findings provide evidence that Malaysian family firms do plan for their successions. …”
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Mediating effect of integrity on workplace spirituality and counterproductive work behaviours by Hashim, Junaidah

“…The results showed that the employees have moderate level of workplace spirituality and integrity. The findings revealed that the relationship between integrity and counterproductive work behaviour is very low and it is negative. …”
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Hybrid and multilevel segmentation technique for medical images by Aboaba, Abdulfattah A., Hameed, Shihab A., Khalifa, Othman Omran, Hassan Abdalla Hashim, Aisha

“…The complexity of medical imagery is well catered for in this technique by starting-out with multiple thresholding, applying similarity segmentation method, and resolving boundary problem with template matching technique, and then a region of interest (ROI) segmentation that involves finding the edges of the object of interest (OOI) at final stage. …”
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The role of school principals in the development of human relations in the post basic schools in the Sultanate of Oman by Salim Juma Alarimy, Aisha, Salim Juma, Mahfooda, Ibrahim, Mohd Burhan

“…The results of the study revealed that there were statistically significant differences among teachers and administrators on the principals’ role in human relation according to their qualification and experience. Based on the findings of this research it was that recommended that there was need to strengthen and promote skill development of human relationships in teachers and administrators through training them and to emphasize the importance of professional development and a culture of self-development for school administrators and teachers.…”
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