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Francis Cooray and Khoo Salma Nasution, Redoubtable Reformer: the Life and Times of Cheah Cheang Lim. Penang: Areca Books, 2015. 225+xvii Pages. Isbn 978-967-5719-20-2
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A biography may be defined as “our non-fictional output devoted to recording and interpreting real lives” (Hamilton 1). Biographies generally range along a continuum from scholarly to popular to super-pop. Redoubtable Reformer: The Life and Times of Cheah Cheang Lim is a biography with a difference. It does not fall into any of the categories o

phenylethanolamine-N-methyltransferase Inhibition for Sustained Blood Pressure Reduction in Rats
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Introduction: Hypertension is having an increasing impact on the world population’s morbidity and mortality. The pathogenesis of hypertension is multifactorial but the ‘adrenaline hypothesis’ is being increasingly identified as a cause for hypertension in the young. Objective: The aim of this study is to assess the extent and sustainability o

Book Reviews: What? Why and How?
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In this workshop on Book Reviews, the talk explained the reasons for academics to write book review, and a step-by-step approach was discussed as to how to write a book review. The definition of a bok review was also provided.Book Reviews: What, Why and How? Associate Professor Dr Ishtiaq Hossain Department of Political Science International Islami

Sustainable Urban Regeneration: Gis and Hedonic Pricing Method in Determining the Value of Green Space in Housing Area
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This paper explores a framework that combines Geographic information System (GIS) with Hedonic pricing method in improving the analysis and determining the value of green spaces with housing prices in Subang Jaya, Malaysia. The previous study found that proposed combination between GIS and Hedonic pricing method for the same purpose has not been fu

The Slump in the Price of Crude Oil: a Call to Review Malaysian Revenue Law and Fiscal Policies
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Global oil prices have fallen sharply, leading to significant revenue shortfalls in many energy exporting nations. It should be recalled that from 2010 until mid-2014, world oil prices had been fairly stable, at around $110 a barrel. But since June last year, prices have more than halved. The questions that are being raised by some stakeholders cen

Altitudinal Zonationed Moss as Bioindicators for Pollution
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Placed as the crown of the mountain, Moist forest or tropical montane cloud forest (TMOF) are one of Earth’s most imperiled and neglected ecosystems. More than half of these forests are situated within Southeast Asia; those located in Malaysia are considered well studied in the region compared to others. Malaysia is known for its numerous mountai

Sustainable Urban Planning Mapping Using Remote Sensing and Gis in Malaysia
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This study discusses the applicability of remote sensing and GIS techniques to classify urban land uses in Malaysia based on object-oriented classification, in order to extract the three components of urban areas, namely residential, commercial and industrial. The areas of interest in this study is Kuala Lumpur. The satellite data of SPOT 5 with fi

Exploring Powder Blend Uniformity of a Binary Mixture Containing Metformin Hcl and Hpmc by Differential Scanning Calorimetry (Dsc)
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V Blender, also known as twin–shell mixer, is widely used in pharmaceutical industries for mixing powders, granules, and other solid materials1-2. Its mixing mechanism involves continuous splitting, followed by intermixing of powder materials as the shell rotates on its horizontal axis. Powder mixing is considered a critical step in process scale

China's One Belt, One Road Initiative: What is It? Why? How? and Potential Implications
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This talk discussed the main features of China's One Belt and One Road Initiative. It also analyses and reasons for China to launch such a policy. The implications of such a policy on Southeast Asia is also discussed.PROGRAMME IDFR LECTURE SERIES 3/2015: CHINA’S ONE BELT, ON E ROAD INITIATIVE : STRATEGIC IMPLICATIO NS, REGIONAL RESPONS ES Tre

The Power of Social and Political Networking for Recruitment and Promotion for Strategic Positions: a Gender Perspective on Work Relations at Workplaces
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Gender issues at the workplaces receive immense importance from the researchers all over the world. This study emphasizes on the core questions: how men and women maintain networks in the organizations and whether their networking strategies are different from each other. Most of the studies on this issue conducted so far are mainly based on the de

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