A case study of residential buildings subjected to cracking failures by Jamaluddin, Norwati, Yeoh, David, Abdul Ghani, Abdul Halim, Koh, Heng Boon, Shah Ayob, Sallehudin, Wan Ibrahim, Mohd Haziman, Mohamad, Noridah, Tuan Chik, Tuan Norhayati, Abd. Ghafar, Nor Hayati

“…The purpose of this paper is to present some preliminary findings of residential buildings which subjected to cracks. …”
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Metacognitions of Flow Experience: Towards an Understanding of the Self-Regulation of Optimal Experience by Wilson, Edith E.

“…Building upon these correlational findings, a longitudinal study was conducted in order to identify potential causal mechanisms between flow metacognitions and flow at work. …”
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Liberalization of retail sector and the economic impact of the entry of foreign hypermarkets on local retailers in Klang Valley, Malaysia by Kalliappan, S. R., Alavi, Rokiah, Abdullah, Kalthom, Zakaullah, Muhammad Arif

“…A total of 135 questionnaires were completed. The findings from the survey reveal that the entry of foreign hypermarkets in a town often affects the business environment of the local retail businesses. …”
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An empirical study of the effects of conscientiousness in pair programming using the five-factor personality model by Salleh, Norsaremah, Mendes, Emilia, Grundy, John, Burch, Giles St. J.

“…Conscientiousness was chosen because it has been shown to be the most consistent predictor of academic achievement. Our findings showed that differences in conscientiousness level did not significantly affect the academic performance of students who pair programmed, which could have been due to the short duration of the tasks used throughout the experiment. …”
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Empirical analysis of object-oriented coupling and cohesion measures in determining the quality of open source systems by Awang Abu Bakar, Normi Sham

“…This paper provides empirical evidence supporting the roles of object-oriented (OO) coupling and cohesion metrics, using a subset of Chidamber and Kemerer OO metrics suite, in predicting the post-delivery defects. The findings, based on various open source systems developed in Java, indicate that, a coupling measure, Coupling between object classes (CBO) is very highly significant in predicting defects while Lack of cohesion metric (LCOM), as a cohesion measure is not significant. …”
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Optimization of the extraction process parameter for kenaf seeds oil to obtain high oil yield by Amid, Azura, Jamal, Parveen, Mohamad, Nurul Elyani, Engku Abdullah, Engku Hasmah

“…In this study, kenaf seeds variety Khon kaen was used as a material in finding the optimum parameter in extracting seed oil that give the highest oil yield. …”
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Nasir al-Din al-Tusi's understanding of trigonometry by Isqeel , Abdullateef Ayodele, Faris, Waleed Fekry

“…Hence, it is a methodology for finding some unknown elements of triangle provided the data include a sufficient amount of linear and angular measurements to define a shape…”
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Iterative spatial sectoring algorithm: a computer based approach to determining area of irregular closed space and tumor volume by Aboaba, Abdulfattah A., Hameed, Shihab Ahmed, Khalifa, Othman Omran, Hassan Abdalla Hashim, Aisha, Harun, Rahmat H., Mohd Zain, Nurzaini Rose

“…The approximation made at the stage of finding the area would affect the determination of brain tumor volume and shape when it is eventually used in its calculation. …”
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Managing high potential employees: a case of employers in Malaysia by Juhdi, Nurita

“…They were from diverse industries such as automotive, education, plantation, banking, financial services and insurance. The findings indicated that employers put highest emphasis on employees who were customer service oriented and able to create high performing teams. …”
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Managing teaching and learning situations at the tertiary level: a qualitative case study of the challenges faced by the academic staff at one of the public universities in Malaysi... by Nik Abdul Rahman , Nik Suryani

“…They are: Management of learning (ML), Sensitivity to Students (SS), Academic Challenge (AC) and Personality Management (PM). The findings suggest that specific modules are to be drawn up in response to those challenges.…”
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Facebook and students’ attitudes toward writing by Wan Ahmad, Wan Rusli, Ahmed Mohamed, Ismaiel Hassanein, Mohd Ghalib, Mohd Feham, Mohammed Rawash, Fouad Mahmoud

“…The questionnaire subsequent to the utilisation, which was distributed two months after, however, consisted of an extra item. Findings reveal that students demonstrated visible improvement of attitude towards Arabic writing then. …”
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Public e-procurement: a research synthesis by Kassim, Erne Suzila, Hussin, Husnayati

“…Based on the articles, we classify the research into theories used, methodologies applied, and streams and scopes. From the findings, we offer suggestions on improving research in this field. …”
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Consumers’ perception in possessing trendy mobile phones by Mansor, Farida Pasha, Ali Amran, Ila Norsalida, Abu Bakar, Mohamad Azhari, Abd Hamid, Mohd Syakir, Mohd. Mahudin, Nor Diana

“…A self-administered questionnaire with Cronbach’s alpha of 0.87 was used for data collection. The findings supported the hypothesis that university’s consumers are highly interested in possessing trendy mobile phones due to self-satisfaction, social acceptance, and prestige. …”
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A judicial review of political questions under Islamic law by O. Sambo, Abdulfatai, Kadouf, Hunud Abia

“…This paper therefore analyses the power of judicial review on political questions from the perspective of Islamic jurisprudence. It finds that the power of judicial review and its main institution existed in early Islamic periods after the demise of the Prophet (SAW). …”
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Analysis of Islamic website design by Badi, Maimona J., Zeki, Akram M.

“…This article presents and analyses the findings regarding the utility of Islamic websites in terms of messages, credibility, standardisation, acceleration, printability, and distribution of terminologies. …”
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A Survey on the objective of the firm and models of producer behavior in the Islamic framework by Abdullah Yusof, Selamah, Mohd Amin, Ruzita

“…Several studies that provide mathematical models to explain the producer behavior are further examined in a separate section. Our analysis finds that, in general, the arguments provided in justifying the objective of the firm as found in the various studies have the Islamic framework in mind. …”
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An undiagnosed non functioning retroperitoneum paraganglioma, complicating a gynaecological surgery; a case report by Abd. Wahab, Noraziana, Gharib Bilal, Hakim, Zakaria, Alik Riasadesa, Awang, Mokhtar

“…Although functional tumors are easier to diagnose due to the clinical findings caused by excess secretion of catecholamines and an elevation of the urinary catecholamine levels, however the diagnosis of nonfunctioning paraganglioma of the retroperitoneum is diffi cult and only few cases have been made before exploratory laparotomy. …”
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Setting the media agenda: a study of the 2010 Sudanese presidential elections by Idid, Syed Arabi, Elawad, Saifeldin Hassan

“…Our content analysis found that the agendas of socio-political blogs were strongly correlated with those of the newspapers. The findings also presented evidence of intermedia agenda-setting between socio-political blogs and citizen journalism.…”
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Legal developments in cross-border marriages among Malay muslims in Malaysia by Md Hashim, Noraini, Abdul Hak, Nora, Md Said, Helmi

“…An analytical legal approach is used in this study to explore the legal developments in such cross-border marriages. The findings of this work are expected to fill the gap in the legal literature on marriages in Malaysia and also provide reference for designing a new improved policy and regulatory framework to deal with the problem. …”
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The problems facing the agricultural sector in Nigeria and the prospect of Muzara’ah and supply chain model by Oladokun , Nafiu Olaniyi, Larbani, Moussa, Mohamed, Mustafa Omar

“…Design/methodology/approach – In this paper, an expert survey approach was employed to validate the newly developed model. Findings – A survey result on the model reveals that majority of the respondents agreed with the Muzara’ah–supply chain model and preferred it to the existing models. …”
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