A qualitative exploration on the awareness and knowledge of stakeholders towards Urban Heat Island phenomenon in Greater Kuala Lumpur: Critical insights for urban policy implicatio... by Ramakreshnan, Logaraj, Aghamohammadi, Nasrin, Fong, Chng Saun, Ghaffarianhoseini, Amirhosein, Wong, Li Ping, Noor, Rafidah Md, Hanif, Noor Rosly, Wan Abd Aziz, Wan Nor Azriyati, Sulaiman, Nik Meriam Nik, Hassan, Norhaslina

“…Hence, a qualitative study using Focus Group Discussions (FGD) was designed to investigate the awareness and knowledge level of stakeholders such as policy makers and practitioners in Greater Kuala Lumpur (GKL), an expanding socio-economic hub of a developing tropical country. The findings demonstrated a variable lack of awareness and knowledge about the concept of UHI, its status in GKL as well as organizational engagement in adaptation and mitigation initiatives among the study participants. …”

Psychiatric morbidity of migrant workers in Malaysia - for iRPA study on health problems of foreign worker by Habil, Mohd Hussain

“…Pull migrants are those who migrate to obtain better economic opportunity while push migrants are those who try to run away from being prosecuted or due to fear of political and religious suppression. …”

The effect of the type of feeding on weight gain and illnesses in infants by Dugdale, A.E.

“…The effects of breast-feeding and artificial feeding have been analysed for a group of 250 infants from lower socio-economic, urban families in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 2. …”

Bending stiffness and neutral axis depth variation of high strength concrete beams in seismic hazardous areas: experimental investigation by Mohammadhassani, M., Jumaat, Mohd Zamin, Maghsoudi, A.A., Akib, S., Mohamed, J., Najmeh, R., Amin, M., Hamid, S., Esmaeil, H.R., Farhad, G.

“…Nowadays, high strength concrete (HSC) is gradually gaining popularity as a material used in the construction of structural elements for economical and technical reasons. HSC exhibits more brittle behaviour in comparison to normal strength concrete when subjected to compression. …”
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Impacts of energy efficiency standard on motor energy savings and emission reductions by Saidur, Rahman, Mahlia, T.M.I.

“…It was also found that payback period for implementing high efficient motors are in the range from 1.22 to 6.05, which is economically very viable for motor loadings of 50.…”

A review on electrical motors energy use and energy savings by Saidur, Rahman

“…Cost parameters to carry out economic analysis have been shown as well. Moreover, payback period for different energy savings strategies have been identified. …”

Biodiesel fuel production from algae as renewable energy by Hossain, A.B.M.S., Salleh, A., Boyce, A.N., Chowdhury, P., Naqiuddin, M.

“…Renewable, carbon neutral, transport fuels are necessary for environmental and economic sustainability. Algae have emerged as one of the most promising sources for biodiesel production. …”
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Relationships between compressive strength of cement-slag mortars under air and water curing regimes by Sajedi, F., Razak, Hashim Abdul, Mahmud, H.B., Shafigh, P.

“…This is a new finding having importance from economic and environmental viewpoints; meaning that for producing higher strengths it is not a necessity to use more binders. …”
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Fuel consumption and emission prediction by Iranian power plants until 2025 by Mazandarani, A., Mahlia, T.M.I., Chong, W.T., Moghavvemi, Mahmoud

“…Electricity consumption has grown eleven-times within the last 30 years in Iran, which has resulted in about 118 Mtons in CO2 emission in 2009. Economic growth in Iran depends on electricity; therefore, the trend of electricity generation should keep going in the future to guarantee this growth. …”

Wanita dalam dunia kewartawanan: profesion, prospek dan masa depan dalam konteks industri persuratkhabaran di Sabah by Lee, Kuok Tiung, Siti Suriani Othman, Liana Mat Nayan, Kalaiarasi Thevakumar

“…In terms of their job responsibilities, the news topics assigned to the female journalists covered various issues, such as society, socio-economic development, and politics affairs. Organization size was found to have an obvious influence on the tasks of female journalists compared to male. …”
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Seaweed modeling for drying and the efficiency as heavy metal removal in Kappaphycus Striatum variety Sacol using Solar Dryer by Majid Khan Majahar Ali, Sohail Rafiq, Mahyar Sakari, Jumat Sulaiman, Suhaimi Md. Yasir

“…Overall, this report indicates that Kappaphycus Striatum Variety Sacol is an effective and economical sorbent for removal of heavy metals from wastewaters.…”
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Perkaitan di antara kesulitan ekonomi, kualiti perkahwinan, tingkah laku keibubapaan ibu dengan stres remaja by Ferlis Bullare @ Hj Bahari

“…Kaedah tinjauan bersifat korelasi menggunakan instrumen Economic Strain Questionnaire (ESQ) bagi mengukur kesulitan ekonomi, Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale (KMS) dan Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS) mengukur kualiti perkahwinan, Parenfs Report (PR) mengukur tingkah laku keibubapaan ibu dan Clinical Anxiety Scale (CAS) dan Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) mengukur stres remaja digunakan. …”
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Focusing health equality, efficiency and health maximization policy review by Thant Zin, Than Myint, Shamsul Bahari Shamsudin, Wai PW, Htun HN, Osman Ali

“…With economic growth and significant technological advances in the health sector, many countries have developed aggregate outcomes in terms of both health services and individual well-being. …”
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The present value model of stock prices under rational and adaptive expectation: a bursa Malaysia case by Yeong, Nicky Chee Jong

“…Rational expectation hypothesis has been the central expectation hypothesis used by economists because of its strong theoretical base while the adaptive expectation hypothesis has been considered by many as outdated and inefficient because the expectation is unable to fully exploit all information available and required to help economic agents to forecast. The aim of this study is to determine which expectation formation hypotheses explain the behaviour of investors in Malaysia's stock market. …”
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Factors determining islamic financial literacy among Bankers in Kuala Lumpur and Labuan by Mohamad Azmi Abdullah, Ahmad Aizuddin Hamzah

“…This is to facilitate transactions, with a clear understanding and appreciation of the unique characteristics and features of Islamic Rnance and its real economic value. However, to date there is scarcity of the studies of Islamic financial literacy in Malaysia. …”
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Seasonal variation of total carotenoids content in the tissues of male and female golden noble scallops Chlamys nobilis by Karsoon Tan, Helu Liu, Hong kuan Zhang, Lim, Leong Seng, Hongyu Ma, Sheng kang Li, Huai Ping Zheng

“…The noble scallop Chlamys nobilis is an economically important edible marine bivalve that has been cultivated in the Southern Sea of China since the 1980s. …”
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Bat Ensembles Differ in Response to Use Zones in a Tropical Biosphere Reserve by Natalie Yoh, Isham Azhar, Katheryn V. Fitzgerald, Rieka Yu, Tenaja Smith-Butler, Azniza Mahyudin, Tigga Kingston

“…Biosphere reserves, designated under The United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) Man and Biosphere Programme, aim to sustainably integrate protected areas into the biological and economic landscape around them by buffering strictly protected habitats with zones of limited use. …”
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Covid-19 and movement control order: stress and coping strategies of students observing self-quarantine by Adam Andani Mohammed, Md Sayed Uddin, Abdallah Mpawenimana Saidi

“…The self-quarantine and physical distancing, economic hardship and fears of contracting the disease are likely sources of stress. …”
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Risk factors for undernutrition in children under five years of age in Tenom, Sabah, Malaysia by Eric Tan Chee How, Suzana Shahar, Fredie Robinson, Abdul Marsudi bin Manah, Mohd Yusof Ibrahim, Mohammad Saffree Jeffree, Syed Sharizman Syed Abdul Rahim, Aza Sherin binti Mohd Yusuff

“…Therefore, this study aimed to determine the prevalence of stunting, wasting, underweight based on WHO child growth standards 2006 and undernutrition based on Composite Index Anthropometric Failure (CIAF) and its association with the biological, behavioural, socio-economic and physical environment factors among children under-5 years. …”
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Survivability of micro-enterprises during the pandemic crisis by Noor Fzlinda Fabeil, Khairul Hanim Pazim, Juliana Langgat

“…Micro-enterprise is the prime contributor to economic development, thus business survival strategy during a crisis is critical for this enterprise to endure in a new normal way of doing business. …”
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