Foreign portfolio investment inflows and economic performance in Malaysia: a disaggregated analysis by Duasa, Jarita, Kassim, Salina

“…For further inferences, the study adopts an innovation accounting by simulating variance decompositions and impulse response functions. The study finds that there is a significant positive association between Malaysia’s GDP and the UK FPI inflow, particularly in the long run.…”
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Posterior mediastinal abscess secondary to esophageal perforation following fish bone ingestion by Raja Lope Ahmad, Raja Ahmad Al'konee, Wan Leman, Wan Ishlah, Mohamad Hashim, Shaharudin, K.S, Sathananthar, Kamarudin, Norie Azilah

“…In one of the cases the patient died because of the presentation was misdiagnosed hence leading to delay in the intervention. Radiological findings and surgical management namely esophagoscopy and neck exploration are briefly described.…”
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A Study of multicultural awareness among Language Teachers by Esa, Zaleha, Muhamad, Ainon Jariah, S.Dukuly, Varfee

“…The research methodology and some of the findings from the study will be described. …”
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The role of Bank Negara Malaysia in limiting imprudent consumption by Musa, Muhammad Adli

“…The author also argues that despite the claimed ethical superiority of Islamic finance, there is no apparent difference when it comes to providing loans (or rather financing) to consumers. The findings of this study suggest that such procedures reduced the growth of household borrowing and consumer loans/ financing. …”
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Firms' financial and corporate governance characteristics association with earnings management practices: a meta-analysis approach by Abdul Hamid, Fatima, Eddine, Chaabane Oussama, Ayedh, Abdullah Mohamed, Echchabi, Abdelghani

“…The study applies a comprehensive meta-analysis of the findings of 25 journal articles published between 2003 and 2013. …”
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Islamic and conventional behavioural finance: A critical analysis by Musse, Osman Sayid Hassan, Echchabi, Abdelghani, Abd. Aziz, Hassanuddeen

“…The study is based on a critical review of the literature of Islamic and conventional behavioral finance. The findings reveal that investors are affected by psychological and social factors toward their financial decision-making process with respect to investment and choosing a particular financial product. …”
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Life Cycle Cost (LCC) strategy and protocol on cost data input in Malaysia by Ayob, Mohd Fairullazi, Abdul Rashid, Khairuddin

“…A protocol of LCC data input requirements process was developed, evaluated, validated and tested with a group of LCC experts through FGD approach to provide robust procedures on how the cost data could be made more available, accessible, current and reliable as inputs into the process of producing reliable LCC outputs in the Malaysian construction industry. The current findings can serve as a potential benchmark which could facilitate the clients, estimators and researchers in Malaysia and or in some other countries to calculate LCC better leading to better outputs …”
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Islamic and conventional behavioral finance: A critical review of literature by Musse, Osman Sayid Hassan, Echchabi, Abdelghani, Abd. Aziz, Hassanuddeen

“…The study is based on a critical review of the literature of Islamic and conventional behavioral finance. The findings reveal that investors are affected by psychological and social factors toward their financial decision-making process with respect to investment and choosing a particular financial product. …”
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Do Indonesian firms practice target capital structure? A dynamic approach by Haron, Razali

“…This study investigates the dynamic aspects of capital structure particularly on the existence of target capital structure, the speed of adjustment and the factors influencing target capital structure of Indonesian firms. This study finds that Indonesian firms do practice target capital structure and the capital structure decision is influenced by firm specific factors like profitability, business risk, firm size, liquidity and share price performance due to time varying factors. …”
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Sources of banks’ productivity growth in a developing economy: efficiency change or technological progress? by Sufian, Fadzlan

“…We also explore main sources of EFFCH: either improvements in management practices (pure technical efficiency change) or optimal size (scale efficiency change). The findings indicate that the majority of the medium banks (MED_BNKS) and large banks have exhibited productivity growth, while the majority of the small and MED_BNKS have experienced productivity regress.…”
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Effectiveness of computerized visual screening tool used in driving schools in Malaysia by Abdul Mutalib, Haliza, Md Mustafa, Md Muziman Syah, Mohammad Fadzil, Norliza

“…Results: 250 subjects achieved less than 0.3 LogMAR with their best eye and 83 subjects failed the Ishihara Test after retested using the conventional tool. Conclusion: These finding showed the computerized visual screening test failed to filter some subjects according to the standards set.…”
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Antecedents of banks’ productivity growth in a developing economy: efficiency change or technological progress? by Sufian, Fadzlan

“…This paper attempts to empirically analyse the Malaysian banking sector’s productivity during the period 1995–2004. The empirical findings suggest that the Malaysian banking sector has exhibited productivity regress during the period under study mainly due to technological regress, rather than efficiency decline. …”
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Herd behavior in Malaysian capital market: An empirical Analysis by Duasa, Jarita, Kassim, Salina H.

“…Additionally, we adopt an innovation accounting by simulating variance decompositions (VDC) and impulse response functions (IRF) for further inferences. The findings support the belief that there is a strong herd instinct prevailing among foreign investors in the Malaysian capital market.…”
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Monitoring and feeding integration of demand feeder systems by Mohd Razman, Mohd Azraai, Abdul Majeed, Anwar P.P., Musa, Rabiu Muazu, Taha, Zahari, Susto, Gian-Antonio, Mukai, Yukinori

“…This chapter highlights the findings of the developmental monitoring systems for swimming pattern or motion analysis with regard to feeding behaviour. …”
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Cross‐cultural translation and validation of the Malay version of the Swanson, Nolan, and Pelham Parent Rating Scale of attention deficit hyperactivity disorders symptoms among Mal... by Jusoh, Masnira, Dzulkarnain, Ahmad Aidil Arafat, Rahmat, Sarah, Musa, Ramli, Che Azemin, Mohd Zulfaezal

“…For this purpose, the SNAP-IV scale was translated into the Malay language and was pilot-tested on 91 parents of children aged 8 to 11 years (ADHD [n = 36] and non-ADHD children [n = 55]). The findings depicted that the M-SNAP-IV has excellent content validity, internal consistency, and test-retest reliability. …”
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Cross-cultural translation and validation of the Malay version of the Swanson, Nolan, and Pelham Parent Rating Scale of attention deficit hyperactivity disorders symptoms among... by Jusoh, Masnira, Dzulkarnain, Ahmad Aidil Arafat, Rahmat, Sarah, Musa, Ramli, Che Azemin, Mohd Zulfaezal

“…For this purpose, the SNAP-IV scale was translated into the Malay language and was pilot-tested on 91 parents of children aged 8 to 11 years (ADHD [n = 36] and non-ADHD children [n = 55]). The findings depicted that the M-SNAP-IV has excellent content validity, internal consistency, and test-retest reliability. …”
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Vaccine strategies to induce broadly protective immunity to rhinoviruses by McLean, Gary R.

“…Recent approaches identifying conserved rhinovirus epitopes and better definitions of the immune correlates of protection have raised hope. Here, these newer findings are outlined and the prospects for such a universal rhinovirus vaccine are discussed.…”
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Regulation of labour market intermediaries and the role of social partners in preventing trafficking of labour by Paraskevopoulou, Anna, Fromm, Andrea, Clark, Nick

“…The report brings together research findings on two main areas: how labour market intermediaries are regulated by public authorities in the different Member States, and to what extent social partners’ activities contribute to preventing trafficking for the purpose of labour exploitation. …”
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Haplotype analysis of long-tailed macaques in TNB Bukit Selambau, Peninsular Malaysia, leads to inferences of fissionfusion social structure by Mohd-Isa, Siti Nur Aliah, Abu-Hassan, Nor Amna, Osman, Nur Azimah, Mohamad Khairulmunir, Mohamad Khairulmunir, Md-Shukor, Aisah, Samsul-Bahri, Ayuni, Md-Nor, Shukor, Kayal Vizi Karuppannan, Kayal Vizi Karuppannan, Muhammad Abu Bakar Abdul-Latiff, Muhammad Abu Bakar Abdul-Latiff, Mohd-Ridwan, Abd Rahman, Md-Zain, Badrul Munir

“…Some members of the Kuil group and the Pekan group shared haplotype 1, forming a fission-fusion society. This finding can be used for TNB in mitigation plans involving human– macaque conflict.…”
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Mitigation technique for rain fade using frequency diversity method by Kesavan, Ulaganathen, Abdul Rahman, Tharek, Islam, Md. Rafiqul, Abdul Malek, Norun

“…The main objective is to justify the literature findings on the effect of rain at lower and higher operating frequency in microwave link and solution to overcome it by implementing Switching Circuit as Fade Mitigation Technique (FMT). …”
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