This study examines the impact of government spending efficiency on the economic growth of 115 countries with value-added tax (VAT) system. We seek to examine the moderating role of the VAT system and country governance in the relationship between public spending efficiency and the economic growth of a nation. The sample covers the period between 1

This study explores the empirical relationship and importance of perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use and intention to use online information resources for Evidencebased Medicine (EBM). Although a significant literature is available that investigates the effect of various factors on intention to use digital information sources to practice EB

Purpose. To determine the repeatability of ocular surface threshold measurements using the Cochet-Bonnet esthesiometer on the same day and 3 months apart. Methods. Two separate studies were conducted to determine the repeatability of ocular surface threshold measurements made on the same day (n = 20 subjects) and 3 months apart (n = 29 subjects). T

This article discusses issues related to custodial sentences. It addresses jurists’ arguments against these sentences on the ground of their inconsistency with the aim of criminal justice. The article is more concerned with the Muslim jurists’ position; hence, it focuses on examining the consistency of custodial sentences with maqasid al-Sharia

The process of identifying the central nodes in complex networks research has remained interesting and very important issue for network analysis. The identification of main nodes in the network can lead to many answers for the solution of security and other problems depending on the type of complex networks under analysis. Different topological met

Studies addressing the nature of relationship between psychological symptoms and quality of life among dialysis patients in Malaysia are scarce. Hence, this study is intended to investigate the association between psychological symptoms such as depression, anxiety and stress on the quality of life in dialysis patients. A cross sectional multicentre

In order to develop environmentally friendly conductive polymer composites, polylactic acid (PLA) was melt blended with natural rubber (NR), with addition of carbon black (CB) as the conductive filler. It was found that the PLA/NR blends were immiscible, and the sea-island and co-continuous morphological structures were observed at PLA/NR with rati

Objective: To explore key stakeholders views on recruitment, retention, training and team working of the dental workforce in Malaysia and drivers for change. Methods: Elite players from key dental organisations and professions in Malaysia were invited to participate in an audio-taped semi-structured interview. The one-to-one interviews were conduct

Workplace deviance among employees is one of the most prevalent issues faced by today’s organizations globally. Many scholars are keen in studying this phenomenon of workplace deviance because of its high rate of occurrence and severe negative impact on organizations. Research supports the belief that workplace spirituality programs may result in

Character rigging is a process of endowing a character with a set of custom manipulators and controls making it easy to animate by an animators. These controls consists of simple joints, handles, or even separate character selection window. This research paper presents an automated rigging system for quadruped characters with custom controls and ma