This study aimed at examining the association of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) disclosure with access to finance by estimating the level of financial constraints faced by listed firms of the Pakistan Stock Exchange. CSR disclosure (CSRD) is attracting the attention of researchers and stakeholders and also becoming a vital source of competit

Be it academic, industrial or administrative, a continued research process is a tool of salubrious development. The chapter sheds some light on making a good and viable research proposal.

The recent technological advances trigger the emergence of the Industry Revolution 4.0 (IR 4.0) which is very dynamic and progressive to the extent most of the major industries in the world have no option left but to transform the industry accordingly in order to adapt to the changes in the IR 4.0 era. Hence, this paper aims at exploring how the le

Imbalanced class data is a common issue faced in classification tasks. Deep Belief Networks (DBN) is a promising deep learning algorithm when learning from complex feature input. However, when handling imbalanced class data, DBN encounters low performance as other machine learning algorithms. In this paper, the genetic algorithm (GA) and bootstrap

Doppler ultrasound is used in obstetrics and gynecology fields to serve as the complement mode in the standard prenatal scan. It aids in investigating fetus blood flow in expectant mothers’ wombs, usually those who come with pregnancy complications. In the conventional ultrasound beam, the heat produced by attenuation is distributed over the area

Higher education institutions in Malaysia have been facing an overwhelming demand to provide adequate facilities and resources to assist with students’ learning. The resources mentioned include ICT facilities, offices, libraries, as well as positive learning environments. Thus, this study aimed to investigate the level of students’ satisfaction

This paper is a pilot study of the effect of external forcing and passive control on the generation of airfoil whistle noise. Interaction between instability travelling inside laminar boundary layer with the airfoil trailing edge produces discrete tonal noise. This phenomenon commonly found at low-to-moderate Reynolds numbers. The characteristics a

INTRODUCTION MASJID is a place where purity and sanctity are kept for the Muslim to perform their ibadah. Nevertheless, the role of masjid also expanded to respond to the teachings of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) that masjid also act as a centre that could provide services for the non-Muslims. In the Qur’an verse (2:143) – “And thus we have made y

Deformity correction remains a challenge to treat. However, with the advancement of corrective osteotomy and illizarov external fixation, these complex deformities are better addressed. We report a case of atrophic non- union seen in a seventeen-year-old boy who was initially treated with locking plate following an open fracture to his left distal

ABSTRACT This study investigates the level of women’s empowerment in Omani society from the point of view of female university students from three public universities with respect to educational opportunity, equality in employment and their social status in the community. The study proposes a model for how to empower women based on the perception