Granting employee stock options (ESOs), market reaction and financial performance by Bacha, Obiyathulla Ismath, Syed Mohd Zain, Sharifah Raihan, Mohd Rasid, Mohd Eskandar Shah, Mohamad, Azhar

“…Malaysian companies are more likely to initiate ESOs when the market valuation of their stocks is low. …”
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Modelling of road surface pollution buildup and washoff using rainfall simulator by Mahadi, Yakubu Lawan

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An action research study of a leadership development programme in the hotel industry by Cooke, Hilary

“…These relate to creating and providing effective interventions that facilitate the required sustainable behaviour changes within the client system, recognising that the criteria for how effectiveness is defined, identified and evaluated are multi-variant and highly likely to be unique in each case. A key outcome is the development of the concept of Inspirational Leadership as a potentially relevant model for developing leader effectiveness in this setting underpinned by Fundamental Interpersonal Relationship Orientation (FIRO) Theory as the central behavioural model. …”
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A briefing for mental health professionals : why asking about abuse matters to service users (REVA project, briefing 3) by Scott, Sara, McNaughton, Nicholls C., McManus, Sally, Brown, Ashley, Harvey, Shannon, Kelly, Liz, Lovett, Jo

“…The REVA study, on which this briefing is based, has also found that people who suffer violence and abuse are much more likely to have a mental disorder, self-harm or attempt suicide than those with little or no experience of this kind (Scott et al, 2013). …”
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Strengthening the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention after COVID-19: reaching agreement on a code of conduct and biological security education at the 2021, 9th Review Conferen... by Shang, Lijun, Whitby, Simon, Dando, Malcolm

“…With that caution in mind, this chapter describes and analyses one of the most likely means by which the BTWC could be strengthened at the 9th Review Conference, namely: agreement of an international aspirational code of conduct supported by mandatory biological security education for life and associated scientists.…”
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The determinants of direct overseas investment from Singapore by Okposen, Samuel

“…The primary aims are to examine what motivates Singapore firms to venture overseas; investigate the geographical composition of Singapore's investment abroad; identify Singapore's investment strategies, strengths and weakness; and consider whether the cu"ent trend of overseas investment is likely to continue into the year 2000. Foreign investment inflow and outflow in the case of Singapore is particularly interesting because of the unusually high level of foreign firms vis-a-vis other East Asian newly industrialised economies (over 3,000 foreign subsidiaries, representing the highest concentration of foreign activities in one location). …”
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Telerehabilitation for patients who have been hospitalised with covid-19: a qualitative study by Killingback, Clare, Thompson, Mark, Nettleton, Marion, Hyde, Lucy, Marshall, Phil, Shepherdson, Joanne, Crooks, Michael G., Green, Angela, Simpson, Andrew J.

“…Several participants would have liked to have continued with the exercises beyond the six-week intervention indicating that the programme could be a way to help people sustain a physically active lifestyle. …”
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Therapy & HIV positive clients: exploring aspects that promote psychosocial adjustment using constructivist grounded theory by Snow, Sean

“…With antiretroviral medication (ART) individuals with HIV can expect to live longer yet are likely to encounter an increasing diverse array of medical, psychological, social and cultural challenges. …”
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A hybrid segmentation scheme for improved dorsal hand vein recognition by Laghari, Waheed Ali

“…Interestingly, the inclusion of augmentation does not increase the performance in the manual likely because the existing data is sufficient for the model to learn all core features. …”
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Watermark redundancy using sudoku by Ahmad Khalid, Shamsul Kamal

“…However, as other numbers will likely remain protected due to the composite schemes, these missing numbers can be regenerated back to its full Sudoku key by using a Sudoku solver. …”
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Optimization days for Black Soldier Fly (BSF) to be matured and escape from chicken dung based on environmental factors by Hamidon, Nuramidah, Ahmad Shahabuddin, Ainie Najwa, Hashim, Nor Haslina, Awang, Zarizi, Muhamad, Mimi Suliza, Mohd Sunar, Norshuhaila, Abd Hamid, Nor Hazren, Harun, Hasnida, Ali, Roslinda, Awang, Mariah, Abdul Rahman, Muhammad Ashraf

“…Accidental ingestion of black soldier fly larvae by animals or humans would be more likely a negative interaction. Black soldier fly is often associated with animals and plant, usually around decaying organic materials such as animal waste or plant material. …”
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Evaluation of blood loss during internal (limb-salvage) hemipelvectomy for pelvic tumours : what have we learned so far? by Sharifudin, Mohd Ariff, Wan Ismail, Wan Faisham Numan, Wan, Zulmi, Mat Zin, Nor Azman, Mohamed Amir, Nawaz Hussain, Mohamed Amin, Mohamed Azril, Goh, Kian Liang

“…Conclusion: Resections of pelvic tumours involving the acetabular region are likely to have a large amount of blood loss perioperatively and should be anticipated. …”
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Perceptions and practices of community pharmacists towards antimicrobial stewardship in the state of Selangor, Malaysia by Khan, Muhammad Umair, Ahmad Hassali, Mohamed Azmi, Ahmad, Akram, Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod, Razi Zaidi, Syed Tabish, Dhingra, Sameer

“…Pharmacists having postgraduate qualification were more likely to held positive perceptions of, and were engaged in, antimicrobial stewardship than their non-postgraduate counterpart (p<0.05). …”
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Implementation of wavelet analysis on thermal images for affective states recognition of children with autism spectrum disorder by Rusli, Nazreen, Sidek, Shahrul Na'im, Md Yusof, Hazlina, Ishak, Nor Izzati, Khalid, Madihah, Dzulkarnain, Ahmad Aidil Arafat

“…Though considered non-invasive, most of the current recognition methods require sensors to be patched on to the skin body to measure the signals. This would most likely cause discomfort to the children and mask their 'true' affective states. …”
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Application of reinforcement learning methods to computer game dynamics by Booth, David John

“…How action selection (AS) contributes to efficient learning is a key issue in RL since is determines the balance between exploiting and confirming the current policy or exploring an early less likely policy which may prove better in the long run. …”
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British travellers in Switzerland 1814-1860 by Heafford, Michael Richard

“…In exploring the motivations of travellers, it was considered that hypotheses were likely to be more sound if objective evidence on the travellers themselves, and on the structure of their tours, was collected first. …”
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Biofilm formation on metal surfaces by Beech, Iwona B.

“…Both types of carbohydrates are likely to be involved in early attachment of Pseudomonas to mild steel, whereas only a polymeric form of N-acetylglucosamine seems to participate in adhesion of Desulfovibrio. …”
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“Is making someone a meal when they collapse on your floor from starvation, therapy? Well, I'd say, yeah, it is”: Counselling Psychologists' experiences of adapting therapy with cl... by Veal, Donna

“…Those in poverty are more likely to experience mental health problems compared to their wealthier counterparts (Collins et al., 2011). …”
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The influence of ethnicity, socioeconomic status and obesity intervention on body composition in UK children and adolescents by Radia, Dimple

“…Thus it was concluded that in addition to greater body weight-for-age, shorter height is a second (and likely a more significant) contributor to the greater BMI, BMI z-score and overweight/obesity prevalence in lower income children. …”
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The effects of micro and nano size bauxite particles in modified asphalt binders and asphaltic mixtures by Abdulhamed Elghatas, Hamza Mohamed

“…Yearly increasing of traffic volume has caused congestion on road pavement and it’s likely to effects the pavement performance such as reduce in strength and loss structural integrity. …”
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