Wetlands are important components of the environment which equally benefit the environment and the people socially and economically depending on them. If wetlands are degraded or lost, there might be irreversible damage to the environment, and people depending on them might suffer from economic setback. The importance of wetlands received an added

Wetlands, natural and man-made, have close nexus with the phenomenon of global warming which is resulting in unusual weather conditions. The rise of average global temperature and related unusual weather condition, e.g. cyclones, tornado's and famines are adversely affecting wetlands around the world

This study focuses on students' motivation in learning how to write essays and it's relation to the use of a blog.

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to ascertain whether non-executive directors (NEDs) in Malaysian public listed companies (PLCs) may be facing certain barriers in the performance of their roles. Design/methodology/approach – A qualitative approach, consisting of a series of interviews with board members, was chosen. The sampling frame was

The aim of this study is to reexamines to what extent capital management and income smoothing through PER. The results are important in assessing financial stability along with the depositors’ confidence. Overall, we find evidence that capital management is an important determinant of PER. By using a panel of fifteen IBIs, our study indicates tha

The main objective of this study is to investigate the current management accounting practices (MAPs) in the Malaysian context. More specifically, the paper aims to identify the traditional management accounting (MA) tools that are adopted in Malaysia and further investigates whether the traditional tools evolved into contemporary ones. The paper a

Sea cucumbers are marine invertebrates of the phylum of Echinodermata that have been used in Asian traditional medicine since ancient times. This study was conducted to investigate the antioxidant and cytotoxic properties of aqueous and organic extracts from two sea cucumber species, Holothuria edulis Lesson (Holothuriidae) and Stichopus horrens Se

Nowadays, the concept of Business Intelligence (BI) is being implemented within many organizations around the globe. Organizations invest billions of US dollars aiming to improve their timeliness and quality of the input to the decision process, where BI is the targeted keyword. However, organizations are often faced with many challenges in achievi

The motive of this study is to lessen the dependence on non-degradable plastic packaging by developing alternative material; reinforced poly(lactic acid) (PLA) with kenaf fiber (KF) biocomposite using available plastic processing machineries. For that reason, this study focuses on fabrication of PLA–KF biocomposite using intermeshing co-rotating

The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), an international protocol legally binding on user countries as well as provider countries was adopted by the CBD’s 10th Conference of the Parties on 30 October 2010 and o