ISO 13779-3:2008 specifies methods of test for the chemical analysis and assessment of crystallinity and phase composition of hydroxyapatite-based materials such as coatings and sintered products.

With the rapid escalation of the online social networking (OSN) use, there have been some high profile cases reported in the media about information leakage by employees that are detrimental to organizations. However, academic literature rarely discusses the impacts of OSN on organizations. This conceptual paper explores employees’ OSN use behavi

The explosion of online social networking (OSN) in recent years has caused damages to organisations due to leakage of information by their employees. Employees’ social networking behaviour, whether accidental or intentional, provides an opportunity for advanced persistent threats (APT) attackers to realise their social engineering techniques and

The most recent Malaysian general election held in 2007 saw an unprecedented result which denied the ruling coalition, the National Front (BN) a two-thirds majority which it had enjoyed for the last 50 years. More specifically, the election results has allowed for the first time in the history of Malaysian politics, the Opposition front comprising

The rapid changes in information technology (IT) and business environment have challenged the organizational capabilities in planning the appropriate information systems/information technology (IS/IT) strategies for organizations. With SISP consistently remains as one of the top managerial concerns, there is a need to find ways to improve SISP. Bas

The fundamentals of urban open space management suggest that a thoughtfully implemented urban development should include more than just great buildings. It should include parks and open spaces because both buildings and open spaces benefit from each other through the quality of each space. Furthermore, it provides benefits from the economical, soci

Systems integration has been given a broad array of meanings and there is no uniformly acknowledged definition for it. Thus, this book unravels the essence of systems integration describing its historic review, characteristics, challenges, and applicable tools. It also introduces an Information Systems Integration (ISI) framework to integrate exist

This paper reexamines the efficient hypothesis using monthly Kuala Lumpur stock price data for the period January 1970 to August 2009, using the nonlinear unit root test procedure recently developed by Kapetanios et al. (2003) in addition to the linear unit root test with and without structural breaks. While the linear unit root tests could not rej

Purpose: The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of poor visual acuity, colour blindness and visual field defect of new Malaysian drivers. Methods: A total of 3717 new drivers (50.2% males and 49.8% females) age 19±6 years, voluntarily participated in this study. Standard optometric apparatus such as LogMAR Charts, Ishihara pla

Housing development would normally be considered as mix-development due to the variedness of its development components such as houses, commercial buildings (business area), institutions such as schools and mosque, as well as open space for recreation. People tend to spend most of their time within this territoriality and for the people with disabi