Heat stroke is hardly seen in Malaysia. However, it occurs commonly in Saudi Arabia during the Haj season. Many Malaysian pilgrims are affected every year and some die. Having faced this environmental hazard for eight years, the Malaysian Medical Mission, sent each year to look after our pilgrims, modified its treatment strategy in 1988 and successfully decreased the overall morbidity and morta...

In line with the current development worldwide, the provision of public infrastructure in Malaysia is undertaken using the public-private partnership approach (PPP). This study explores the way in which accountability is demonstrated in Malaysian tolled highway sector. The study uses the case study approach to examine the implications of PPP arrangement on accountability in the tolled highway s...

Malaysian literature in English has just attained its sixtieth anniversary since its modest inception in the late 1940s, initiated by a small group of college and university students in Singapore. Singapore was the academic hub of British Malaya and the only university of the colony was located there, therefore it was natural that a movement in English writing should have started from there. No...

This study aims to identify perceptual barriers of Internet banking adoption among Malaysian retail banking customers. The perceptual barrier factors that analyzed were difficulty to operate, hassle to use, unreliable, perceived risk and high connection fees. This study employs a quantitative approach using questionnaire survey at selected banks in Malaysia. The results indicate that there are ...

40 Abstract— This study tries to identify the most important dimension and to examine the level of service quality, expectation and perception of the external customers towards the Malaysian public services. Ten SERVQUAL instrument was distributed to each 300 public organizations throughout Malaysia. From 992 copies of usable questionnaire, the overall service quality is quite good. It is found...

This chapter discusses the relevant literature review and the framework for the research questions and research objectives which are posted in Chapter 1. To explore the past related research topic, the cross-disciplinary review of the literature is needed in order to seek accurate and adequate processes, objects, activities, and person‟s involvement (Allison, 1996). This study is an exploratory...

Knowledge Management is frequently cited as one enabler of firm innovation especially among Western corporations. There is scant reported research that supports for such empirical links especially in the Malaysian context. There is a need for local research to address the KM practices, concepts, instruments, and effects. Using data from 149 Malaysian large manufacturing firms, a KM practices su...

â â â  â â â â â  abstract â  the research on social networks and collaborative strategies has highlighted from the mid of 1980 which has contributed to the success and development of firms. the relationship and communication with trade partners in overseas help success of firms in entering to foreign markets and improve new partners and new markets abroad. doing firm internationalization in fo...

Abstract The present study was aimed at comparing the brain size of mahseer (Tor putitora) in relation to their body weight and standard length, investigate potential impact rearing environment on development fish. three its subdivisions cerebellum (CB), optic tectum (OT), telencephalon (TC) were measured for both wild hatchery-reared data analysed using multiple analysis covariance (MANCOVA), ...