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Investigation Of Glycolipids Self-Assemblies Using Fluorescence Spectroscopy And Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering / Noor Idayu Binti Mat Zahid, Noor Idayu Mat Zahid Jan 2013

Investigation Of Glycolipids Self-Assemblies Using Fluorescence Spectroscopy And Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering / Noor Idayu Binti Mat Zahid, Noor Idayu Mat Zahid

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Glycolipids are one of the essential components of the cell membranes to carry out selected biological functions. Even though the study to resolve the ambiguity of biological membrane processes is continuously pursuit, it is now generally recognized that the lipids form lyotropic mesophases in the membranes. These phases are important biologically and technologically, thus our interest to characterize them. Herein, we investigate the microenvironment of various lipidic phases formed by mono- and dialkylated synthetic glycolipids using fluorescence technique. Both single and branched-chain synthetic glycolipids were observed to exhibit normal and inverse mesophases respectively. The polarity of different regions of the …

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The Ecology Of Stomatopods In Matang Waters With Emphasis On Miyakea Nepa And Oratosquillina Perpensa / Ng Ying Pei, Ying Pei Ng Jan 2013

The Ecology Of Stomatopods In Matang Waters With Emphasis On Miyakea Nepa And Oratosquillina Perpensa / Ng Ying Pei, Ying Pei Ng

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An ecological study of the adult and larvae of stomatopods was carried out in the estuary of the Matang Mangrove Forest Reserve (Malaysia) and its adjacent coastal waters. The study investigated the spatial and temporal distribution of the adult stomatopod population; estimated the various parameters of stomatopod population dynamics; and elucidated the reproduction biology, larval ecology and feeding habits of stomatopods. Monthly trawl surveys (from September 2004 to February 2006) of adult stomatopods revealed four stomatopod species of the family Squillidae. Miyakea nepa (Latreille, 1828) was the most abundant species (16.36±12.48 ind/ha; 65.41%) followed by Oratosquillina perpensa (Kemp. 1911) (6.63±10.74 …

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Isolation And Characterisation Of Polylactic Acid-Degrading Actinobacteria / Lim Peek Eek, Peek Eek Lim Jan 2013

Isolation And Characterisation Of Polylactic Acid-Degrading Actinobacteria / Lim Peek Eek, Peek Eek Lim

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Polylactic acid (PLA) is one of the biodegradable plastics available in the market where the monomers lactic acids are joined together by ester bonds. Actinobacteria is a bacterial group with high G+C mol% and capability to produce various kinds of useful secondary substrates due to their unique metabolic pathways. In this study, soil samples from a contaminated landfill site and a non-contaminated soil at camp site were collected and screened for actinobacteria that have the ability to degrade PLA. PLA-emulsified medium, which contains only PLA as carbon source, was used as selective isolation medium to isolate PLA degraders from soil …

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Manhaj Al-Imamayn Al-Sam`Ani Wa-Al-Baghawi Fi Al-Tafsir : Dirasah Muqaranah / Ibrahim M T Zyoud, Ibrahim M T Zyoud Jan 2013

Manhaj Al-Imamayn Al-Sam`Ani Wa-Al-Baghawi Fi Al-Tafsir : Dirasah Muqaranah / Ibrahim M T Zyoud, Ibrahim M T Zyoud

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Kajian ini bertujuan untuk menjelaskan pemahaman tentang maksud kejayaan di dalam al-Quranul Karim dan menjelaskan kedudukan dan kelebihannya. Penulis telah membahagikan kajiannya kepada pendahuluan, lima fasa, dan penutup. Penulis telah membincangkan di dalam pendahuluannya tentang kepentingan ilmu khususnya ilmu Ulum Quran dan Tafsir. Di dalam fasa pertama, penulis membincangkan maksud kejayaan dalam konteks al-Quran dan perkataan lawannya. Setelah itu, penulis mengaitkannya dengan perbuatan akhlak yang mulia. Turut disertakan bersama hadis nabawi yang berkaitan dengan kejayaan. Fasa yang kedua, penulis membincangkan perkataan-perkataan yang hampir maksud dengan kejayaan (al-falah) di dalam al-Quran.Ada tiga perkataan yang hampir maksud dengan al falah iaitu alfauz, …

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Gastroprotective And Healing Effects Of Hericium Erinaceus (Bull.: Fr.) Pers. Extracts On Ethanol-Induced Ulcers In Sprague Dawley Rats / Wong Jing Yang, Jing Yang Wong Jan 2013

Gastroprotective And Healing Effects Of Hericium Erinaceus (Bull.: Fr.) Pers. Extracts On Ethanol-Induced Ulcers In Sprague Dawley Rats / Wong Jing Yang, Jing Yang Wong

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Hericium erinaceus (Bull. Fr.) Pers. is a well-known culinary-medicinal mushroom that is used in traditional Chinese and Japanese cooking and herbal medicine to treat various human diseases. The objectives of the present investigation was to evaluate the gastroprotection and healing effects by aqueous extracts of the basidiocarps H. erinaceus against ethanol-induced gastric ulcers in rats. In acute toxicity study, all animals did not show any abnormal behavioural expressions and toxicological signs. Seven groups of rats were pre-treated orally with distilled water as the normal group; distilled water as ulcer group; 20 mg/kg of omeprazole as positive group; 50, 100, 200, …

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Emotional Intelligence In The Holy Quran: Athematic Study / Yosra Ibrahim Elrufae Abu Alhassan, Abu Alhassan Yosra Ibrahim Elrufae Jan 2013

Emotional Intelligence In The Holy Quran: Athematic Study / Yosra Ibrahim Elrufae Abu Alhassan, Abu Alhassan Yosra Ibrahim Elrufae

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Analisis Kesopanan Bahasa Masyarakat Arab Di Dalam Animasi Tanah Liat / Muhammad Faisal Bin Hashim, Muhammad Faisal Hashim Jan 2013

Analisis Kesopanan Bahasa Masyarakat Arab Di Dalam Animasi Tanah Liat / Muhammad Faisal Bin Hashim, Muhammad Faisal Hashim

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Kajian ini membincangkan mengenai kesopanan masyarakat Arab yang terdapat di dalam animasi tanah liat Arab. Hal ini kerana kesopanan merupakan aspek yang penting di dalam sesuatu komunikasi. Melalui kesopanan, ia dapat melihat kesesuaian ungkapan-ungkapan tersebut berdasarkan kepada konteks perbualan atau situasi. Ini secara tidak langsung dapat meningkatkan pemahaman terhadap budaya masyarakat Arab bertutur dan mengelak daripada berlakunya salah faham atau maklumat. Persoalan yang timbul ialah adakah ungkapan-ungkapan sopan yang terdapat di dalam animasi mematuhi Prinsip Kesopanan Leech? Oleh itu, kajian ini dijalankan adalah bertujuan untuk melihat unsur-unsur kesopanan yang terdapat di dalam animasi tanah liat Arab dan mengkaji ungkapan-ungkapan sopan …

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Idarat Al-Awqaf Fi Nayjiriya Wa-Tatawwuratiha : Mushkilat Wa-Hulul = Administration Of Awqaf In Nigeria And Their Development : Problems And Solutions / Ahmad Abubakar Umar, Ahmad Abubakar Umar Jan 2013

Idarat Al-Awqaf Fi Nayjiriya Wa-Tatawwuratiha : Mushkilat Wa-Hulul = Administration Of Awqaf In Nigeria And Their Development : Problems And Solutions / Ahmad Abubakar Umar, Ahmad Abubakar Umar

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This humble research discuss the Administration of Awqaf and their Development in Nigeria and their Problems and Solutions to those problems, all from the administrative, development and investment perspective, and legitimacy of awqaf existing in the country, the study began with the conditions of the Waqf in Nigeria before colonialism, and During its days in terms of the policy of the colonists toward endowments, and Stoic Managers of Endowments in those days, as well as after the country's independence, and the beginning of State governments intervention in the endowment activities, in regarding to the legal aspect the research provide a …

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Reproductive Biology And Embryology Of Selected Alternanthera Species In Peninsular Malaysia / Evan Chin Hui See, Evan Hui See Chin Jan 2013

Reproductive Biology And Embryology Of Selected Alternanthera Species In Peninsular Malaysia / Evan Chin Hui See, Evan Hui See Chin

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Alternanthera species are perennial herbs or shrubs. A. sessilis ‘Green’ and A. ficoidea are weeds, A. sessilis ‘Red’ is a medicinal herb while A. brasiliana and A. bettzickiana are ornamental plants. All these species are introduced from tropical America except A. sessilis, which is indigenous to Malesia. The time taken for a single flower to develop from a bud to young seedling for the red and green leaf form of A. sessilis is 19–40 and 21–50 days respectively while it is 31–99 days in A. brasiliana. The anther is bisporangiate and the wall development is of the Monocotyledonous and occasionally …

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Solutions To Mathematical Model Of Tumour Growth Via Adomian Decomposition And Homotophy Perturbation Methods / Norhasimah Binti Mahiddin, Norhasimah Mahiddin Jan 2013

Solutions To Mathematical Model Of Tumour Growth Via Adomian Decomposition And Homotophy Perturbation Methods / Norhasimah Binti Mahiddin, Norhasimah Mahiddin

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Al-Tarikh Al-Siyasi Wa-Al-Thaqafi Li-Qabilah Shahran Al-'Aridah Fi-Al-Jazirah Al-'Arabiyah Ma Bayn 560m-661m : Dirasat Tarikhiyah Naqdiyah = Political And Cultural History Of Shahran Al-Arabian Tribe In The Arabic Peninsula Between 560m-661m : A Historical Study / Ali Saad M Alshahrani, Ali Saad M Alshahrani Jan 2013

Al-Tarikh Al-Siyasi Wa-Al-Thaqafi Li-Qabilah Shahran Al-'Aridah Fi-Al-Jazirah Al-'Arabiyah Ma Bayn 560m-661m : Dirasat Tarikhiyah Naqdiyah = Political And Cultural History Of Shahran Al-Arabian Tribe In The Arabic Peninsula Between 560m-661m : A Historical Study / Ali Saad M Alshahrani, Ali Saad M Alshahrani

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This is a study on one of the most famous Arab tribes in the Arabian Peninsula, which is the tribe of Syahran al-‘Aridah during the time of Prophet Muhammad and the time of the Rightly Guided Caliphs. This topic has rarely been discussed among scholars, although there is significance anthropological and historical elements, due to the fact that is continues to be the main foundation of the Saudi Arabs, as it was once was, and in fact the tribe was considered to be the primer tribe of the Arab society. This study will answer the question of the structure and …

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Al-Mustajiddat Al-Fikriyah Fi Nizam Hukm Al-Khilafah Al-Rashidah Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq Wa-'Umar Ibn Al-Khattab Namudhajan = Intellectual Innovation In The Ruling System Of The Righty Guided Caliphate : A Case Study Of Abu Bakar Al-Siddiq And U'Mar Bin Al-Khattab / Kasem K.H.S. Alganabi, Kasem K.H.S. Alganabi Jan 2013

Al-Mustajiddat Al-Fikriyah Fi Nizam Hukm Al-Khilafah Al-Rashidah Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq Wa-'Umar Ibn Al-Khattab Namudhajan = Intellectual Innovation In The Ruling System Of The Righty Guided Caliphate : A Case Study Of Abu Bakar Al-Siddiq And U'Mar Bin Al-Khattab / Kasem K.H.S. Alganabi, Kasem K.H.S. Alganabi

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The study deals with the two intellectual innovations in the guided caliphate of the Abu Bakar al-Siddiq and U'mar in Al-Khattab which is an extension for the prophet's government (peace be upon him) and to which the prophet helalded his companions before his death. The prophet also talked about the era that will bring back the nation to the guided caliphate approach which will correct the intellectual innovations that piled up during centuries and will occur in future. As for Al-Siddiq and Al-Faroq caliphate innovations unanimitly considered as the third source after the holy Qur'an and Al-Suna. The three sources …

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Effect Of Selected Chemical Contaminants On Growth, Biochemical Composition, Dna Damage And Superoxide Dismutase Activity In Four Marine Algae / Emienour Muzalina Binti Mustafa, Emienour Muzalina Mustafa Jan 2013

Effect Of Selected Chemical Contaminants On Growth, Biochemical Composition, Dna Damage And Superoxide Dismutase Activity In Four Marine Algae / Emienour Muzalina Binti Mustafa, Emienour Muzalina Mustafa

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A Comparison Of Ethnobiological Knowledge Between The Mah Meri And Temuan Tribes In Selangor / Azliza Mad Anuar, Azliza Mad Anuar Jan 2013

A Comparison Of Ethnobiological Knowledge Between The Mah Meri And Temuan Tribes In Selangor / Azliza Mad Anuar, Azliza Mad Anuar

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Bank Capital Buffer, Leverage Ratio And Portfolio Risk-Return Decisions : Evidence From Malaysia And Indonesia / Ahmad Kemo Touray, Ahmad Kemo Touray Jan 2013

Bank Capital Buffer, Leverage Ratio And Portfolio Risk-Return Decisions : Evidence From Malaysia And Indonesia / Ahmad Kemo Touray, Ahmad Kemo Touray

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Suboptimal decisions on capital and risk return mixes at banks and corporations in pre-crisis East Asia were blamed more for the 1997/1998 banking and financial crisis. This study investigates, (after a decade of regulatory reforms), how bank managers, in post-crisis East Asia, make short term capital and portfolio risk and return decisions, and how decision on capital affects risk and return and vice-versa; after the imposition of high capital requirements in Malaysia and Indonesia. A simultaneous equation model with partial adjustment framework was applied to analyze annual financial data of sample commercial banks from Indonesia and Malaysia covering a period …

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Syntactic Avoidance In The Oral Production Of Arab Efl Learners / Tariq Monther Abed Al Hameed Al Damen, Tariq Monther Abed Al Hameed Al Damen Jan 2013

Syntactic Avoidance In The Oral Production Of Arab Efl Learners / Tariq Monther Abed Al Hameed Al Damen, Tariq Monther Abed Al Hameed Al Damen

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This study investigated syntactic avoidance employed in the oral production of Arab EFL learners, addressing two research questions: (a) how does syntactic knowledge or the lack of it affect Arab EFL learners’ choice in producing or avoiding particular syntactic structures? (b) How and why do Arab learners resort to syntactic avoidance in their oral production? Data in the form of observations, documentary material, oral interviews, and online feedback discussions were collected from 10 Arab EFL learners enrolled in the Foundation Programme at a private college in the Sultanate of Oman. The 10 participants belonged to two groups in terms of …

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The Use Of Chinese-English Code-Switching On Facebook Among Malaysians / Shao Yajing, Yajing Shao Jan 2013

The Use Of Chinese-English Code-Switching On Facebook Among Malaysians / Shao Yajing, Yajing Shao

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Code-switching is a kind of strategy bilingual or multilingual speakers use in their daily interaction where they alternate between two or more languages in a certain context or conversation. Facebook, a kind of new computer-mediated communication (CMC), is one of the favorite social networking websites with more than 900 million users all over the world (Joshi & Rutledge, 2011, p. 63). This study hopes to fill the gap on how code-switching is used on the social networking website by undergraduate students who are studying in a public university in Malaysia, especially for those who study Chinese as their program so …

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A Study Of Verb Errors In Written English By Chinese Esl Students / Kong Yuan Wen, Yuan Wen Kong Jan 2013

A Study Of Verb Errors In Written English By Chinese Esl Students / Kong Yuan Wen, Yuan Wen Kong

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The research study aims to examine verb errors committed by Chinese ESL students in their written English based on Corder‟s (1981) Taxonomy of errors. Errors are viewed as important elements which are able to represent a learner‟s stages in language learning and reflect their difficulties in the learning process. Studies of error analysis have provided useful guidelines and measurements in improving both teaching methods and materials needed in the learning process. The objectives of this study are to identify and classify verb errors, and to determine the probable causes of such errors. Analysis of the data revealed that the verb …

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Human Face Detection From Colour Images Based On Multi-Skin Models, Rule-Based Geometrical Knowledge, And Artificial Neural Network / Sinan A. Naji, Sinan A. Naji Jan 2013

Human Face Detection From Colour Images Based On Multi-Skin Models, Rule-Based Geometrical Knowledge, And Artificial Neural Network / Sinan A. Naji, Sinan A. Naji

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Automatic human face detection is becoming a critical required step in a wide range of applications such as face recognition systems, face tracking, content-based indexing retrieval systems, communications and teleconferencing, and so on. The first important step of such systems is to locate the face (or faces) within the image. This research produces an efficient state-of-the-art system for the detection of frontal faces from colored images regardless of scale, position, illumination, number of faces and complexity of background. The general architecture of the proposed system consists of three main stages: skin detection, face-center localization, and neural network-based face detector. In …

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Modeling Undesirable Factors In Efficiency Evaluation With An Application To The Malaysian Manufacturing Sector / Noor Asiah Bt Ramli, Noor Asiah Ramli Jan 2013

Modeling Undesirable Factors In Efficiency Evaluation With An Application To The Malaysian Manufacturing Sector / Noor Asiah Bt Ramli, Noor Asiah Ramli

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Efficiency measurement must reflect the realities of production activities. In the manufacturing sector, emissions from fossil fuel combustion, which are acknowledged as being undesirable outputs, should be taken into account in efficiency measurement, since they are produced jointly with desirable outputs. This type of measurement is referred to as eco-efficiency. To analyze eco-efficiency, the Directional Distance Function (DDF) has been a popular approach. However, there is a drawback to the DDF model where the direction vector to the production boundary is fixed arbitrarily, and, hence, may not provide the best efficiency measures. The main purpose of this study is twofold. …

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Toxinological Characterizations Of The Venom Of Hump-Nosed Pit Viper (Hypnale Hypnale) / Tan Choo Hock, Choo Hock Tan Jan 2013

Toxinological Characterizations Of The Venom Of Hump-Nosed Pit Viper (Hypnale Hypnale) / Tan Choo Hock, Choo Hock Tan

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Hump-nosed pit viper (Hypnale hypnale) is a medically important snake in Sri Lanka and Western Ghats of India. Envenomation by this snake still lacks effective antivenom clinically. The species is also often misidentified, resulting in inappropriate treatment. The median lethal dose (LD50) of H. hypnale venom varies from 0.9 μg/g intravenously to 13.7 μg/g intramuscularly in mice. The venom shows procoagulant, hemorrhagic, necrotic, and various enzymatic activities including those of proteases, phospholipases A2 and L-amino acid oxidases which have been partially purified. The monovalent Malayan pit viper antivenom and Hemato polyvalent antivenom (HPA) from Thailand effectively cross-neutralized the venom’s lethality …

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Investigating The Expression And Functional Activities Of The Proteins That Are Involved In Uterine Fluid Ph Regulation At Different Stages Of The Oestrous Cycle And In Steroid Replaced Ovariectomized Rats / Khadijeh Gholami, Khadijeh Gholami Jan 2013

Investigating The Expression And Functional Activities Of The Proteins That Are Involved In Uterine Fluid Ph Regulation At Different Stages Of The Oestrous Cycle And In Steroid Replaced Ovariectomized Rats / Khadijeh Gholami, Khadijeh Gholami

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Precise control of the uterine luminal fluid pH is important for a number of key reproductive events. We hypothesized that sex-steroid could participate in this control via affecting the expression of H+ and HCO3- transporters as well as the enzyme that is involved in their generation. In view of this, we investigate the expressions and functional activities of few membrane transporters including CFTR, SLC26A6, NBC and NHE as well as CA enzyme in the uterus. Adult female WKY rats were divided into two main groups; (i) ovariectomized, steroid-replaced and (ii) intact rats at different phases of the oestrous cycle. The …

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A Genre-Based Analysis Of Hotel Advertisements In Malaysia / Li Yong Qing, Yong Qing Li Jan 2013

A Genre-Based Analysis Of Hotel Advertisements In Malaysia / Li Yong Qing, Yong Qing Li

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This is a genre-based study on hotel advertisements in Malaysia. The purpose of the study is to use a genre approach to explain the use of advertising language in Malaysia hotel advertisements in attaining their objectives. The study also examines the way the advertisements were written. The Five-Move structure for hotel advertisements proposed by Gu Xiangfen (2008) has been adopted to analyze a sample of 20 Malaysia hotel advertisements. The study also looks into other aspects of the texts, such as the communicative purposes and the linguistic features. Findings from quantitative analysis indicate the following: First, Malaysia hotel advertisements serve …

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A Semantic Analysis Of Modal Verbs In Barack Obama’S 2012 Presidential Campaign Speeches / Huang Wen, Wen Huang Jan 2013

A Semantic Analysis Of Modal Verbs In Barack Obama’S 2012 Presidential Campaign Speeches / Huang Wen, Wen Huang

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The main idea of this research is to analyze the English modals in Obama’s speech semantically. Therefore, the main objectives of this research are (i) to determine the frequency count of modal auxiliaries in the selected texts (ii) to analyze selected modal auxiliaries identified in selected Obama’s campaign speeches based on Coates’ (1983) semantic clusters. A total of fifteen Obama’s campaign speeches were selected as the primary data and the modal auxiliaries selected for analysis include WILL, WOULD, CAN, COULD, SHOULD, MUST, OUGHT, SHALL, MAY and MIGHT. All the modal auxiliaries are interpreted based on the framework of Coates’ (1983) …

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The Implementation Of Frs 138 Intangible Assets And Disclosure Practices In The Annual Reports Of Malaysian Public Listed Companies / Normawati Binti Non, Normawati Non Jan 2013

The Implementation Of Frs 138 Intangible Assets And Disclosure Practices In The Annual Reports Of Malaysian Public Listed Companies / Normawati Binti Non, Normawati Non

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The main objective of this study is to investigate on the mandatory and voluntary disclosure practices of the public listed companies in relation to the Malaysian Financial Reporting Standard (FRS) 138 Intangible Assets. Intangible assets are the main growth inducer in a knowledge economy and are becoming more important than the tangible assets. Unfortunately, the criteria and requirements set by FRS 138 resulting in many intangible assets go unrecognised. Consequently, public listed companies voluntarily provide additional intangibles-related information to educate their users of accounts and assist them in making accurate decision. However, due to the unavailability of a proper framework …

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Kesan Pendekatan Kognitif Tingkah Laku Dalam Kaunseling Kelompok Terhadap Kebimbangan Sosial Dan Perhatian Fokus Kendiri Remaja / Mahzam Bt Mohd Saad, Mahzam Mohd Saad Jan 2013

Kesan Pendekatan Kognitif Tingkah Laku Dalam Kaunseling Kelompok Terhadap Kebimbangan Sosial Dan Perhatian Fokus Kendiri Remaja / Mahzam Bt Mohd Saad, Mahzam Mohd Saad

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Kajian ini bertujuan untuk melihat kesan Pendekatan Kognitif Tingkah laku dalam kaunseling kelompok (PKTKK) terhadap kebimbangan sosial dan perhatian fokus kendiri remaja. Kajian ini juga bertujuan untuk melihat kesan interaksi antara PKTKK dengan jantina terhadap kebimbangan sosial dan perhatian fokus kendiri. Selain itu, kajian ini adalah bertujuan untuk mengenalpasti situasi sosial yang menyebabkan kebimbangan sosial remaja serta simptom kebimbangan sosial. Kajian ini dijalankan secara eksperimen menggunakan reka bentuk faktorial 2x2 ujian pra dan ujian pos bagi kumpulan rawatan dan kumpulan kawalan. Sampel kajian terdiri daripada 72 orang (36 lelaki dan 36 perempuan) pelajar tingkatan enam rendah yang dipilih secara rawak …

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Privatization In Yemen : Policy And Performance / Abdullah Alameer, Abdullah Alameer Jan 2013

Privatization In Yemen : Policy And Performance / Abdullah Alameer, Abdullah Alameer

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A major component of economic reform includes the government's withdrawal from the production and service sectors of the economy, including privatization of most public sector enterprises. The main challenge that the government of Yemen faced after a conflict and unification period was to increase the economic growth at the time that government of Yemen inherited the over-centralized public sector. Therefore, an inefficient monopoly and over regulation appeared in public enterprises and restricted many private sector activities. As part of comprehensive economic reforms, the Government of Yemen initiated a privatization program in early 1995 to restructure enterprises towards more efficiency, profitability, …

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Query Proof Structure Caching For Incremental Evaluation Of Tabled Prolog Programs / Taher Muhammad Ali, Ali Taher Muhammad Jan 2013

Query Proof Structure Caching For Incremental Evaluation Of Tabled Prolog Programs / Taher Muhammad Ali, Ali Taher Muhammad

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PROLOG is the most well known, widely used programming language for logic programming. PROLOG is a programming language that uses a small set of basic mechanisms to create surprisingly powerful programs. These mechanisms are pattern-matching, treebased data structuring and backtracking. PROLOG is used for the development of scheduling systems, knowledge systems, expert systems and many other applications. However, being goal-driven (query driven) PROLOG’S query engine suffers from some well-known problems such as susceptibility to infinite looping, repeated subcomputation and unsatisfactory semantics of negation. These limitations have been addressed by the tabled extensions (TLP) to PROLOG evaluation. The main idea of …

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The Application Of Artificial Intelligent Techniques In Oral Cancer Prognosis Based On Clinicopathologic And Genomic Markers / Chang Siow Wee, Siow Wee Chang Jan 2013

The Application Of Artificial Intelligent Techniques In Oral Cancer Prognosis Based On Clinicopathologic And Genomic Markers / Chang Siow Wee, Siow Wee Chang

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Artificial intelligent (AI) techniques are becoming useful as an alternative approach to conventional medical diagnosis or prognosis. AI techniques are good for handling noisy and incomplete data, and significant results can be attained despite small sample size. Various AI techniques have been applied in medical research such as artificial neural networks, fuzzy logic, genetic algorithm and other hybrid methods. AI techniques have been proved to generate more accurate predictions than statistical methods and the predictions are based on the individual patient’s conditions as opposed to the statistical methods which made predictions based on a cohort of patients. Traditionally, clinicians make …

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Internationalization Of Malaysian Foodservice Firms / Lim Kuang Long, Kuang Long Lim Jan 2013

Internationalization Of Malaysian Foodservice Firms / Lim Kuang Long, Kuang Long Lim

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This thesis undertakes the research project from an inductive position to shape the result by adopting the qualitative research process. It challenges the existing theory of internationalization process. This study will compare and contrast the sequential and non-sequential stage in internationalization process. The research tries to explore the facilitation of internationalization process that allows the acceleration of Malaysian foodservice firms to expand globally. By using behavioral approach, this study identifies and delineates the components of strategies adopted in the internationalization process. Based on the case study of the three selected Malaysian foodservice firms, the new model was proposed. It asserted …

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