Corporate governance encompasses a broad spectrum of mechanisms intended to mitigate agency risk by increasing the monitoring of managements’ actions, limiting managers’ opportunistic behaviour, and improving the quality of firms’ information flows. A torrent of literature explains that corporate governance mechanisms are able to enhance a fi

The economics of currently available broadband access technologies motivate for innovate and deploy new system designs and applications in vehicular communication. The widely available and flexible Wi-Fi technique meets the cost and suitability targets for vehicular applications. To cope with the special requirements of vehicular, amendments of 802

The invention and usage of multimedia technology via digital camera, cellular phone, PDA and so on had increased the numbers of image retrieval in the Internet. Due to that, the research on the effectiveness of image retrieval system also has been growth not only to measure precision and recall, but also the user satisfaction. With realizing the de

Propagation potentials of stem cuttings of different physiological ages and genotypes of physic nut (Jatropha curcas L.) were studied at UKM, Malaysia. Stem cuttings of the different physiological ages (hardwood, semi hardwood and soft wood) taken from five selected genotypes of Jatropha were planted in soil media (top soil). Data were collected on

Background: Thymectomy is safe and effective for the management of myasthenia gravis. VATS thymectomy has the advantage of thymectomy with less invasive and more cosmetic approach compared to the standard open approach. Purpose: To study retrospectively the outcome of VATS thymectomy for myasthenia gravis in our centre (Universiti Kebangsaan Malays

lntroduction: Ureteral stent insertion is common in urological practice. However, ureteral stent is not without complications or adverse effects. Stent migration, infection, fragementation and encrustation are among the known complicationso f ureterals tents. Objective: To share our experience in the management of stentse ncrustationi n our centre.

Masyarakat Islam negara ini kini lebih mengutamakan perjuangan politik sehingga mengabaikan kegiatan yang boleh memantapkan pemikiran dan jiwa remaja. Hala tuju perjuangan politik semakin hari kian kabur. Tokoh-tokoh agama yang terlibat dalam kegiatan politik diharapkan dapat membimbing remaja ke arah kerohanian. Pucuk pimpinan negara memilih merek

This paper presents what factors are considered as facilitating and inhibiting communication effectiveness in ethnically diverse groups of academic environments. Phenomenological approach which was used to guide the data collection and data analysis of this study is discussed. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 40 researchers who engaged in small

Background: Isolation of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) from whole blood is among the crucial steps prior to molecular diagnostic or research in human genetics. As the isolation techniques have progressively evolved, the manual techniques for DNA purifi cation have been gradually replaced by automation and purifi cation kits. Though expensive, these t

Background. Podoplanin, a mucin-type transmembrane glycoprotein, is thought to be one of the cancer stem cell markers for squamous-cell carcinoma of the vulva. The objectives of the present study were to examine the role of podoplanin in esophageal squamous-cell carcinoma (ESCC). Methods. Expression of podoplanin was examined immunohistochemically