1 Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Chemical Engineering Dept., 81310, UTM Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. 2 The University of Nottingham, Malaysia Campus, Dept. of Chemical and Environmental Engineering/ Centre of Excellence for Green Technologies, Broga Road, 43500 Semenyih, Selangor, Malaysia. 3 Aalto University, School of Biotechnology and Chemical Technology, P.O. Box 16100, FIN-00076 Aalto, Fi...

M.K.M. ALI , K. IBRAHIM , OSAMA S HAMAD , M.H. EISA , M.G. FARAJ , and F. AZHARI 1 School of Physics, University Sains Malaysia, Penang 11800, Malaysia Department of Physics, College of Science, Sudan University of Science and Technology, Khartoum 11113, Sudan School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University Sains Malaysia, Penang 11800, Malaysia E-mail: [email protected], kamarul@...

This paper investigate Iranian tourism demand to Malaysia using the recently developed autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) ‘Bound test’ approach to cointegration for 2000:Q1 to 2013:Q4. The demand for tourism has been explained by macroeconomic variables, including income in Iran, tourism prices in Malaysia, tourism price substitute, travel cost and trade value between Iran and Malaysia. In a...

Firms pursue diversification for sake enhancing financial performance. Some theories state positive relationship between diversification and financial performance. However, there are some theories for negative relationship about the issue. The study has filled the gap that most studies done in developed countries and there are fewer studies in developing country like Malaysia. In this study, re...

This paper explores the legal right to retrench employees from a human resource management perspective in Malaysia. The paper is based on the analysis of the relevant statues on retrenchment such the Employment Act 1955, The Industrial Relations Act 1967, the Employment (Termination and Lay-Off Benefits) Regulations 1980 and the Code of Conduct for Industry Harmony 1975. The author has also use...

today, the internet is the significant tool of online shopping in all around the world. online transaction systems make shopper possible to make payment for services or products utilizing the internet. the current paper purpose is to focus on the elements that can affect online repurchase intentions. in the current paper we utilized survey questionnaire to gather 102 in malaysia from those that...

malaysia is affected by moderate environmental disasters but seldom affected by severe disaster. cameron highland mud floods 2013, hulu langat landslide 2011, tsunami 2004 and highland tower 1993 are some of environmental disaster in malaysia. some of these disasters carry heavy price tags as property and lives are damaged beyond full compensation and repair and health effects as well. this pap...

background: noise induced hearing loss (nihl) is the highest reported occupational disease among industrial workers but there is scarcity of data on disease burden in malaysia. this study estimated the risks and burden of nihl in manufacturing industries in malaysia. methods: this cross-sectional industrial survey was conducted by interviewing osh practitioners at 26 industries categorized as f...

background: reduced handgrip strength is an aging process that significantly influences the living activities of elderly. it is linked to premature mortality, disability and other health complications among elderly. therefore, we aim to determine the associated predictors with handgrip strength among the free living elderly in malaysia.     methods: this was a cross sectional study conducted in...