Computational knowledge discovery techniques and their application to options market databases by Healey, Jerome V.

“…The findings are also new contributions for finance. Finally, in a discussion of software implementation issues emerging technology trends are identified. …”
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Second generation West African men's experiences of seeking therapy for the first time for psychological distress: an interpretative phenomenological analysis by Adofo, Moyosore Obisanya

“…The interviews were analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). Findings: From the analysis, three superordinate themes emerged. …”
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Apparel clothing reference points for important shopping occasions and decision-making styles of Greek college students by Tarnanidis, Theodoros K.

“…As a whole the findings from this research offer new insights to marketing managers and research practitioners in analysing consumers' apparel consumption decision-making patterns. …”
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Socially constructing healthy eating: a Foucauldian discourse analysis of healthy eating information and advice by Mackenzie, Joanna

“…Most of the texts assumed people have the agency to follow the text’s advice and failed to consider the readers’ personal context. Focus group findings revealed that many participants felt that healthy eating should be based on common sense and ideally it is better to listen to your body to understand what it needs and there is no one size fits all approach such as that presented in the texts.…”
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Extreme expatriation: the effect of location factors and masculine environments on women’s international assignment participation in oil and gas exploration and production by Shortland, Susan

“…Even city-based expatriation can prove to be an isolating experience. Yet, this research finds that extreme geographical locations do not preclude women’s expatriation as this offers good career prospects, high monetary rewards and Perceived Organisational Support which can potentially outweigh the disadvantages of extreme social, location and environmental issues. …”
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The social justice agency of secondary school headteachers by Jefferys, Christine

“…Most notably, in questioning the extent to which the agency of headteachers reproduced or challenged structural inequities within education and wider society, my findings suggest that affective social justice is a pivotal discourse in refusing the dominance of market-oriented subjectification. …”
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Impasse-driven problem solving: the multidimensional nature of feeling stuck by Ross, Wendy, Arfini, Selene

“…This adds depths to current proposals of the cognitive mechanisms underlying both insight problem-solving and impasse. Our findings are robust across a range of problem types. …”
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"It was quite helpful" : an interpretative phenomenological analysis of Indian fathers' experience of family therapy by Virdee, Sukhvinder

“…Four super-ordinate themes emerged: "Indian fathers and their family", "east versus west", "the therapist" and "what is therapy?" Two findings emerged from the analysis; Indian fathers found family therapy to be a foreign notion, which proved to be a valuable experience and they found it useful to be matched to their therapist. …”
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An AMOS-SEM approach to evaluating stakeholders’ influence on construction project delivery performance by AL-Fadhali, Najib

“…The findings support the proposal that internal stakeholders’ influence contributes directly to construction PDP. …”
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Flow mechanism and suction distribution in heterogenous residual soil slope under rainfall infiltration by Abu Talib, Zaihasra

“…From the seepage analysis, the numerical model incorporating burrow holes in Grade VI residual layer coupled with the effect of two sets of relict joints in Grade V yielded significant improvement in heterogeneous residual soil slope modelling. The findings of this study were then validated with previous findings using Prediction Accuracy (PA) analysis. …”
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Rental value determination of temporary easement valuation for construction site by Goh, Ko Chian

“…Descriptive analysis including frequency analysis and mediation analysis was used to interpret the data. The findings showed that there is no mediation between location factor and rental value determination of temporary easement. …”
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Prevalence and impact of work-related musculoskeletal disorders among food delivery riders in Eastern Peninsular Malaysia by Ahmad, Elyas, Daud, Aziah, Hairon, Suhaily, Nordin, Rusli, Azmir, Nor Azali, Md Jalil, Mohd Azlis Sani

“…To lower the prevalence of WMSDs among this understudied group, additional interventional research should be built on the findings of this study.…”
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Prevalence and impact of work-related musculoskeletal disorders among food delivery riders in Eastern Peninsular Malaysia by Ahmad, Elyas, Daud, Aziah, Hairon, Suhaily, Nordin, Rusli, Azmir, Nor Azali, Md Jalil, Mohd Azlis Sani

“…To lower the prevalence of WMSDs among this understudied group, additional interventional research should be built on the findings of this study.…”
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An AMOS-SEM approach to evaluating stakeholders’ influence on construction project delivery performance by AL-Fadhali, Najib

“…The findings support the proposal that internal stakeholders’ influence contributes directly to construction PDP. …”
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Enhancing construction site performance through technology and management practices as material waste mitigation in the Malaysian construction industry by Mohammed Abdullah Abkar, Mahdi, Yunus, Riduan, Gamil, Yaser, Albaom, Mohammed Abdo

“…Furthermore, the qualitative aspect of the study, conducted among 6 solid waste organizations in Malaysia, enriches the findings by providing nuanced insights into local practices and challenges. …”
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Benefits and challenges of implementing green building development in Nigeria by Abdulsalam, Rufai Salihu, Chan, Melissa, Masrom, Md. Asrul Nasid, Nawawi, Abdul Hadi

“…Findings – Results show that “conservation of natural resources”, “reducing maintenance” and “heightened aesthetic” were rated higher as environmental, economic and social benefits, and thus were significant to green building development. …”
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Solar water heating system in libyan buildings by Ali Almukhtar, Isa

“…However, the factors that hinder of solar water heating system in Libya were lack of consultant's initiatives, lack of financial commitment, and lack of commitment design team, lack of government interest to promote solar water heating system and high tax on solar energy by government. The result of this finding implicate that the construction industry in Libya need to improve its approach in using solar water heating system by understanding its current practices and finding ways to solve of the factors that hinder.…”
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The role of problem-based learning in developing communication conflict resolving skills among selected non-government organisations in Pakistan by Deep, Sadia

“…The result shows the substantial role of PBL in developing conflict resolving skills and other essential soft skills among employees as a whole. The finding concludes that PBL plays an instrumental and effective role towards improving the various soft skills and traits including among employees of an NGO sector.…”
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Development of basic quantity surveying learning module through 21st century learning activity by Abd Hafidz, Annis Surraiyya, Mohamad, Mimi Mohaffyza

“…Through the analysis of the findings, the Basic Quantity Surveying Module Through The 21st Century Learning Activities has high content validity.…”
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A survey on the educational tour planning among the studentsof diploma in tourism management in the polytechnic by Jaafar, Norasmah

“…The findings also shows a slight different between the respondents who are using the ETP Guidebook and those who are not in the basis of their ETP results. …”
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