The objective of this paper is to examine the impact of corporate governance on the risk of banks. A sample of twelve listed bank holding companies is examined over a ten year period (1996-2005). All the sample banks are offering Islamic banking products, in addition to conventional products. Based on the panel data analysis, separate board leaders

Human posture refers to the arrangement of the body and its limbs. According to Oxford Dictionary (2009), posture is defined as the particular position of the body and the way in which a person holds his or her body. There are several agreed types of human postures such as standing, sitting. squatting, lying, kneeling and other unusual positions su

This study investigates the impact of corporate governance on social and environmental information disclosure of Malaysian listed banks by using a panel data analysis. Good corporate governance is proxied by board leadership structure, board composition, board size, director ownership, institutional ownership and block ownership. Social and environ

Corporate governance issue has attracted the researchers, including the Malaysian researchers due to the 1997-1998 economic crises. Furthermore, it is undeniable that the banking sector is the heart of the economy in any country and it cannot be separated since it is the main source in mobilizing the monetary system. Thus, this study investigates t

This paper will examine the impact of corporate governance on the profitability of banks using the agency theory. The profitability of banks is measured by return on assets (ROA) and return on equity (ROE). A total of twelve listed bank holding companies are examined over a ten-year period. Based on the panel data analysis, none of the conventional

This study evaluates the asset-liability management of both Islamic banks and Conventional banks in Malaysia, pre and post global financial crisis 2007/2008. The purpose of this study is to verify whether or not there are any significant difference between the Islamic banks in Malaysia than its conventional counterpart in terms of interest (profit)

Foreign bodies in packaged foods may pose both a safety risk and a risk of perceived degradation of quality. Foreign bodies could be small metallic or nonmetallic pieces that are accidentally dropped into the food products. In this paper, the ultrasonic method is used to detect the foreign bodies in canned foods. In order to establish a technical c

Aluminum alloy A356 is used in automotive transmission cases, water cooled cylinder blocks, pistons, connecting rods, and also other moderate strength components [1]. Pistons are made from materials having properties such as high compressive strength and high hardness in order to handle the high temperature and pressure produced in the cylinder whi

The principle disadvantage in magnetic particle inspection, as generally practiced today, is the combination of variable human judgment and interpretation, and variations in the critical components' characteristics which are: magnetic particle liquid sensitivity, ultraviolet intensity variations, and magnetic field variations at the surface of

Manufacturing new products brings new challenges to the product introduction and commissioning process. In traditional sheet metal forming, the tooling costs are a drawback especially for bespoke and small batch manufacturing. A sheet metal component is usually produced with dies and punches, manufactured in accordance with the shape and dimensions