ISO 13779-2:2008 specifies requirements for ceramic hydroxyapatite coatings applied to metallic or non-metallic surgical implants. ISO 13779-2:2008 does not cover coatings made from glasses, glass ceramics, alpha- and beta-calcium orthophosphate or other forms of calcium phosphate, nor does it cover coatings in which the hydroxyapatite is present i

This chapter examines Malaysia's livelihoods sustainability success story and the extent to which such success could be used to cement cooperation with West Asian countries. The prospects and challenges have been investigated by this chapter, and suggestions offered to enhance such development cooperation

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