Corporate governance codes around the world promote women’s presence in corporate board. The extant literature suggests women directors contribute to improve monitoring and advisory role of the board. This study aims to examine the role of independent women directors in improving banks’ efficiency. Using 102 commercial banks from ASEAN-5 countr

Micromechanical bending (M2B) is a newly developed micro patterning technique applied for vertically aligned carbon nanotubes (VACNTs) array, commonly known as CNT forest. This process is required to realize the various use of CNT forest in Micro-Electromechanical Systems (MEMS). There are various parameters involved in M2B process that controls th

Due to the vast increase in global industrial output, rural to urban drift and the over-utilization of land and sea resources, the quality of water available to people has deteriorated greatly. Before the sensor based approach to water quality monitoring, water quality was tested by collecting the samples of water and experimentally analyzing it in

Cancers account for the major deadliest noncommunicable diseases across all segments of the population and responsible for around 13% of all deaths world-wide. Cancer prevalence rate has noticeably quickened its pace in Malaysia and the world as we know it. Conventional diagnostic imaging and invasive biopsy examinations are still the gold standard

Input Traditionally, water quality was tested by collecting the samples of water and experimentally analyzing it in the laboratories. However, in today’s world, where time is the scarcest resource available and industrialization and economy is growing rapidly, the traditional method of water quality testing is not applicable anymore. To tackle th

Aim: The present study was aimed to highlight the current prescribing pattern of oral hypoglycemia in type 2 diabetes mellitus and to evaluate the therapeutic effectiveness of these therapeutic categories in achieving target glycemic control. Methods: This is a prospective, cross-sectional, observational study of 6 months' duration conducted in

Cancers account for the major deadliest noncommunicable diseases across all segments of the population and responsible for around 13% of all deaths world-wide. Cancer prevalence rate has noticeably quickened its pace in Malaysia and the world as we know it. Conventional diagnostic imaging and invasive biopsy examinations are still the gold standard

There is serious concern on noise hazard in operating theatre especially in the orthopaedics field that requires usage of many instruments. However, data on this noise exposure particularly in Malaysia is rather limited. This study was conducted as a pilot study to investigate the noise exposure in orthopaedics theatre in a hospital in Kuantan, Pah

An asymptotic formula for the Lesbegue constant of the Riesz means of Fourier Laplace series on the sphere obtained in this paperThis content has been downloaded from IOPscience. Please scroll down to see the full text. Download details: IP Address: 210.48.222.9 This content was downloaded on 06/04/2017 at 10:13 Please note that terms and condition

This prospective, randomized, controlled study was carried out to compare the usage of balanced and non balanced hydroxyethyl starch during elective colorectal surgery in term of changes in acid-base balance and renal profile in the immediate and early postoperative period. Thirty informed, consented, adult patients with ASA I-II, undergoing open c