A decision to establish foreign direct investment (FDI) involves a lot of critical thinking, especially in deciding a place to locate the investment. Evaluation and consideration comprise of costs and benefits of launching the FDI. This study focuses on time series data for the sample period of 1970 to 2009. The main objective of this study is to i

A decision to establish foreign direct investment (FDI) involves a lot of critical thinking, especially in deciding a place to locate the investment. Evaluation and consideration comprise of costs and benefits of launching the FDI. This study focuses on time series data for the sample period of 1970 to 2009. The main objective of this study is to i

A combination method using sonication and chemical treatment to decellularize tissue sample is described. The objective of the study is to determine the acoustic intensity and solution parameters modulating decellularization process. The acoustic intensity distribution of sonication system was first demonstrated by simulation and followed by experi

The purpose of the study was to explore two new macrocognitive measures that assessed complex cognitive differences in natural settings among three national groups; Malay, Indonesian and Arab students. The first, the Cognition in Context scale, measured differences in six cultural dimensions and the relationships among these dimensions. The second,

Amputation is a process of removing part of the body through surgery. Common reasons for limb amputations include diseases, poor blood circulation to the limb and severe injuries. In order to assist amputees to lead a normal life, prosthetic limb - the artificial device that replaces missing body part, needs to be designed as close as human limb. O

Web 2.0 has changed the strategy of the world. The virtual world has a large impact on the society. There is enormous data on the web but the knowledge behind the data has not been utilized even to the slightest in comparison to its size. Web 3.0 aims at knowledge extraction from the data, there is need to develop means and ways to extract the know

Decellularization is a process of tissue treatment targeting cell removal. Sonication system was developed in order to decellularize meniscus tissues. The samples were sonicated in 0.1% sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) for 10 hours and at 40 kHz ultrasound frequency. All the samples were structurally examined using van Gieson, Picrosirius red, Safrani

Green Computing has attracted concerns in the past few decades, with the sole concern for the procedures involve in the designing, manufacturing, usage and disposal of information and communication technology (ICT) basically for environmental sustainability. The importance of human factor in green computing has not received the deserved attention.

In this paper, we define Watson-Crick context-free grammars, as an extension of Watson-Crick regular grammars and Watson-Crick linear grammars with context-free grammar rules. We show the relation of Watson-Crick (regular and linear) grammars to the sticker systems, and study some of the important closure properties of the Watson- Crick grammars. W

In this chapter we examine work-life balance policies and initiatives in Malaysia. We begin by first considering the Employment Act (1955), the most important legislation that specifies the minimum working terms related to wages, working hours, leave, termination and lay-off benefits for employees in the country. Next, we discuss women’s employme