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Factors affecting E-learning effectiveness in a Higher Learning Institution in Malaysia

(Fakulti Pendidikan, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 2010)

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Chuthamas Chittithaworn

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The purpose of this research was to investigate factors that influence the effectiveness of the e-learning system in a higher learning institution. The participants were students randomly selected from diploma and degree programs. The main instrument was a questionnaire that was distributed to the students. The researchers collected 205 completed questionnaires out of a total of 300. Four factors were chosen as independent variables namely: reaction and satisfaction, learning outcome and achievement, familiarity with online learning technology, and participation and interaction. It was found that the effectiveness of the e-learning system was significantly affected by reaction and satisfaction, learning outcome and achievement, and familiarity with online learning technology. The participation and interaction factor had no apparent effect on the effectiveness of the e-learning system. Therefore, it is recommended that higher learning institutions interested in introducing e-learning should focus on students’ reaction and satisfaction towards the system. E-learning should focus on learning outcomes and achievement. It is also recommended that institutions first look into the issue of familiarity with online learning technology among students before introducing the e-learning system so as to determine whether students are comfortable with the online learning tools.

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Figurative Language in Malay to English Translation: An Analysis of the 2015 UniMAP VC's Keynote Speech

( 2016)

Sharmini Abdullah

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Muhammad Bazli Mahmood

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Khairul Hisham Jamalludin

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Ahmad Hifzurrahaman Ridzuan

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Mohamad Zaki Abdul Halim

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Siti Nurul Jannah Fital

Translating figurative language involves more than just replacing the figurative language with its equivalent in the target language. Therefore, it is not surprising for the translation of figurative language to have its own set of challenges. Problems the translator faces in translating the Malay Figurative Language into English include complexities in understanding, interpreting and recreating the Figurative language that are unique in the Source Language (SL) culture; which have to be explained and described in Target Language (TL) where such practices and customs are non - existent. Secondly, the Source Text (ST) figurative language may appear in a variety of types and have a distinct denotative and connotative meaning and reference; most often, it is difficult to find an equivalent which totally matches the original meaning or concept. This particular paper analyses the translation of figurative language extracted from UniMAP's Vice Chancellor Keynote Speech in 2015. Findings reveal that the three categories of figurative language identified were namely idioms, metaphors and similes. Translation strategies used are either not translated, paraphrased or translated with a similar meaning but in different form.

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Validating an instrument for measuring brand equity of CSR driven organizations in Malaysia

( 2017)

Karpal Singh Dara Singh

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Md. Aminul Islam

The objective of this study is to develop and propose a valid and reliable instrument to measure brand equity of CSR driven organizations in Malaysia. An instrument to measure brand equity was constructed with adaptations from two key sources, namely Yew Leh and Lee (2011) and Yoo and Donthu (2001). As such the study only focuses on the development and validation of an instrument to measure brand equity of CSR driven organizations. The usable sample population included 909 respondents from 12 states of West Malaysia which were selected using a quota sampling plan. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and reliability analysis were carried out to test and validate the proposed brand equity instrument containing four components (brand awareness, brand association, perceived quality and brand loyalty) with a total of 13 items. Results from the CFA and reliability analysis indicated that all the items representing the four components were valid and can be used to measure the brand equity of organizations that are practicing CSR. The study tried to set an empirical basis for brand equity and CSR related research which could be used by future researchers in different industries and geographical locations. The study also implies the need for organizations to assess the success of their CSR efforts through the use of the proposed instrument in order to gauge whether all their CSR efforts translate to improved brand equity.

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Assessment of functional and dysfunctional on implant stability measurement for quality of life

( 2017)

Norshahrizan Nordin

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Mohd. Mustafa Al Bakri Abdullah

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Fauziah Che Mat

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Muhammad Safizal Abdullah

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Razli Che Razak

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Abdul Hamid Adom

This study was conducted to investigate the effect of an implant wearer comprising among orthopedic patients as well as the use of implant dentistry in Northern Malaysia. A total of 100 questionnaires were distributed and 70 questionnaires can be used to record, analyze, and test hypotheses. Data for all variables were collected through a questionnaire administered alone and analyzed by using SmartPLS V3. A total of four (4) hypotheses have been formulated and the results show that the hypothesis is supported. The results show that: (1) limit the functionality and quality of life was significantly (0.904) in connection with the implant wearer, (2) physical pain was significantly (0.845) relating to the quality of life, (3) physical discomfort was significantly (0.792) in connection with quality of life, and also (4) social discomfort is significant as well (0.809). This finding suggests that there are positive effects on the implant wearer who through life routine. The results of the study may also serve as a basis for reliable decisions related to quality of life and for the implementation of awareness campaigns that increase how the need for humanity in the field of quality involvement.

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Determining the optimal mix of institutional geopolitical power and ASEAN corporate governance on the firm value of Malaysia’s Multinational Corporations (MNCs)

( 2018)

Wan Sallha Yusoff

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Handayani Wuri

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Mohd Sazli Saad

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Md. Salleh Mohd. Fairuz

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between institutional geopolitics, ASEAN corporate governance quality and the firm value of Malaysia’s multinational corporation (MNC). We used the data of MNCs in Malaysia that were active from 2009 to 2013 as an evidence of MNCs from emerging market economies. Descriptive analysis, factor analysis and panel data analysis have been utilized to test the equation model. We also propose optimization analysis by using differential evolution method to capture the optimal mix of institutional geopolitics and ASEAN_CG on the firm value of MNC. Results reveal that the geopolitics of G7(Canada, France, German, Italy, Japan, Europe, and the United States), BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa), and ASEAN (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, and Malaysia) are highly correlated with the firm value of Malaysia’s MNC. The power of institutional geopolitics, namely, military, material, and social power, influences firm value negatively and ASEAN_CG moderate the negative influence of institutional geopolitics on the firm value of MNC. Thus, it is importance for corporate management to understand the geopolitical changes of host countries’ and increase the compliance of ASEAN_CG in formulating their market value and segmentation strategies.

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Tourism Led-Inflation: a case of Malaysia

( 2018)

Mohd Shahidan Shaari

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Tunku Salha Tunku Ahmad

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Ruslan Razali

The importance of the tourism industry has prevailed among developed and even developing countries. It has been perceived to be an important contribution to economic growth. However, in the proliferation of studies on inflation, information on the extent to which tourism industry able to influence inflation, is still sparse. Therefore, this study embarks on investigating tourism as a potential factor towards inflation. Data on consumer price index and the number of tourist arrival from 1986 until 2014 are used in the analysis. This study adopts a quantitative approach employing the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) approach. Several controlled variables such as money supply, economic growth, government expenditure, and interest rate are also included. The results suggest that the tourism industry plays an important role in determining inflation in both short-and long-runs. Therefore, governments should take proactive measures in ascertaining that any expansion of the tourism industry can avert inflation.

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A study on performance characteristic: The effect of different parameter of renewable energy application

( 2018)

Nadia Tajudin

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M. H. Amlus

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Amlus Ibrahim

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Ahmad Zaidi Abdullah

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Ummi Naiemah Saraih

Malaysia government still identify the best system in giving people solution on renewable energy. This study will focus on the performance of PV module. The characteristic of PV module still can be argued especially in absorbing the direct effect of sun light energy. The previous authors were not having a specific solution on the problem of the PV module implication after received the direct effect of sun light. This study will suggesting on the innovation of the process and system of PV module and restructuring the characteristic and provides information. The tools of quality PDCA and (OEE) will be used to identify the best solution using the different type of cooling system. From this information, the stake holder can decrease the cost of using this type of technology.

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Screening drug, alcohol and substance abuse the Psychometric measures

( 2018)

Mohamad Hashim Othman

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Huzili Hussin

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Kamarudin Hussin

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Nur Salimah Alias

Urinalysis was used in previous studies among higher institution students (n=16252) in Malaysia to answer the question of whether university students are involved in drug abuse. However, the use of urinalysis had faced some problems. The problems were related to human rights issues and the cost to perform the urinalysis was expensive and quite impossible to be implemented to a large population of university students. To overcome this problem, this study was conducted to examine the effectiveness of psychometric measures in screening drug, alcohol and substance abuse. The Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory A2 (SASSI-A2) was used for this purpose. SASSI-A2 is a brief screening tool designed to identify individuals who have a high probability of having a substance use disorder, including both substance abuse and substance dependence. SASSI-A2 comprises of 72 items that are rated on a two point scale with response; true and false. SASSI-A2 was translated into Malay language and it was refined through a back-translation technique and focus group approach. Psychometric testing was undertaken on a sample of 750 university students from five public universities in Malaysia. All participants were aged between 19 and 20 years. Internal consistency coefficients were calculated for the total scale and its subscales. Chronbach's alpha obtained for SASSI-A2 was 0.72. This relatively high level of Chronbach's alpha showed relatively high level of reliability. The results demonstrated that the whole SASSI-A2 meets the fundamental measurement properties and can discriminate groups of higher institution students from high to low on the substance dependency variable. The accuracy of the test has been found to be unaffected by gender, ethnicity, age and years of education. Although more rigorous validation studies are needed, it is recommended that SASSI-A2 be considered for usage to higher institution students populations when a brief, objective, and accurate screening tool for chemical dependency is needed.

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Evaluation on innovation approaches on performance from Malaysian perspective: A study on Malaysian Building energy saving

( 2018)

M. H. Amlus

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Amlus Ibrahim

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Ahmad Zaidi Abdullah

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Nurhafiza Azizan

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Ummi Naiemah Saraih

Lately Malaysia energy consumption versus generation rapidly shows increasing due to increasing of load. This phenomenon happened following to advanced country development. Lacking on design and without energy management approach the energy consumption and monthly electrical bill will steadily increased and support the increasing of world carbon emission. Therefore the aim of this work is to approach the simplest innovation task-energy audit , which is load-apportioning strategy. This approach using matching the usage of equipment with fully utilized space and reschedules the time of usage. A one week data was collected by logged power meter at main switchboard at selected building using Fluke Power Recorder. From the data collected, current usage of every load can be determine, then load will be arrange into a group with same portion and same time of usage. The result shows clearly the energy consumption for every single day and indicates the highest and lowest peak. From this work the apportioning strategy implemented by rearrange the load following type of room application. After the arrangement, new measurement was taken and a very good result was established. This work also can be further apply for a huge load that can be save a lot of money for owner especially government by energy saving.

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Construct validity for measuring entrepreneurial readiness among Malaysian Higher Education students: A stochastic measurement model approach

( 2018)

Muhammad Shahar Jusoh

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M.S. Hj Din

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T. Hazliza

Instrument construct is one of the most important issues in conducting research. Without proper consideration in tackling the issue, it is difficult for the instrument to be considered as valid and reliable. If construct validity is accurate, then it will provide a clearer and more precise descriptive analysis on the concepts being investigated. The most important criteria that need to be considered in answering the construct validity are reliability and validity. In traditional measurement model, the understanding of reliability and validity is totally different from the one offered by Rasch model. Regardless of the difference, an internal consistency is still widely being used as the primary method to measure the item sampling. Using this model, local dependence and item fit are most considered in getting valid, reliable, and consistent, hence its significance. Finally the study applies goodness of measure purposely to answer issues related to validity and reliability tests. Principal components analysis was carried out to test the construct of questionnaires used in the study.

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Shari’ah-compliant Sukuk versus conventional bond announcements: is there a wealth effect?

(Springer, 2019)

Ghadeer Khartabiel

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Ahmad Abu-Alkheil

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Tunku Salha Tunku Ahmad

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Walayet Khan

We employ standard event study methodology to examine the stock price reaction to the issuance announcements of 237 Islamic bonds (Sukuk) versus 231 conventional bonds issued in twelve financial markets from 2005 to 2017. We further examine the effects of issuance announcement on shareholder wealth in multiple economic settings, pre-crisis, during the crisis, and post-crisis, using the recent financial crisis (2007–2009) as a benchmark. Using multiple regression model, we also attempt to identify the potential explanatory variables for the wealth effects. Our findings support existing literature: there is an insignificant market reaction for the announcements of Sukuk as well as conventional bonds in the pre-global financial crisis period of 2008. During the crisis period, market reaction is significantly negative for both groups. In the post-crisis period (which is the longest period and the largest sub-sample), the market reaction for Sukuk is positive and significant, apparently due to market participants’ new look, awareness and increased demand for Islamic financial products, whereas for conventional bonds the market reaction is insignificant. Additionally, our study finds supporting results for the signalling theory and the asymmetric information theory. Offer size has a significant positive impact on stock returns. In the pre-crisis period, large firms (with a higher asset base) generated abnormal returns. For the periods during and post crisis, large Sukuk issuers had higher abnormal returns. In addition, significant leverage is found for issuing bonds in post and during crisis periods.

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Public knowledge, attitudes and practices towards COVID-19: a cross-sectional study in Malaysia

(PLOS, 2020)

Arina Anis Azlan

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Mohammad Rezal Hamzah

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Tham Jen Sern

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Suffian Hadi Ayub

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Emma Mohamad

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Malaysian terrorist organizations and potential involvement in criminal activities

(Department of Islamic History And Civilization, 2020)

Mohd Mizan Mohammad Aslam

Homegrown terrorist organizations such as Kumpulan Militant Malaysia (KMM), Jemaah Islamiyyah (JI), Darul Islam Sabah (DIS), Al Qaeda and Islamic State (IS) or DAESH have created their own “domestic” criminal capabilities. The series of bombings and terrorist attacks which the terrorists have been known to carry out in this region cannot be done without a sturdy source of funding. Either small or big scale terror activities depends on funding, because terrorist operators and suicide bombers also need money for a living. Proactive vigilance and law enforcement activities aimed at stopping funding for terrorist organizations have halted their movements. As a result, they have lately been forming partnership with organized and underground crime groups in order to continue to survive. This study has identified the activities of at least four main terror-crime groups operating in Malaysia known as: human trafficking, piracy, kidnaping for ransom (KFR), and smuggling. Drawing on these accounts, it is discussed in this article that the level of a terrorist group’s organizational capability is the most vital factor of the crimes they were engaged in. Significant data from the series of interview and literature review were used to produce output which would be able to help the authorities in Malaysia to have a wider understanding of the crime-terror nexus in Malaysia.

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Robust estimation of student performance in Massive Open Online Course using fuzzy logic approach

(Seventh Sense Research Group, 2020)

Nashirah Abu Bakar

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Mohd Sofian Mohammad Rosbi

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Azizi Abu Bakar

The objective of this paper is to develop robust estimation of student performance in Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) using fuzzy logic approach. A massive open online course (MOOC) is an online course aimed at unlimited participation and open access via the web. This evaluation for MOOC was implemented using online assessment marks and online self-learning time. Data were collected from 30 students who were participated in online course. Data for online assessment marks was represented using trapezoidal membership function. Meanwhile, data for online self-learning time was represented using triangular membership function. Output data for this analysis using final examination marks with gaussian membership function. Fuzzy logic procedure involved in this study using three procedures namely fuzzification of all inputs, fuzzy inference process using rule base and defuzzification to get output values. Results indicated higher value online assessment marks and higher value of online self-learning time contributed to higher performance in final examination. The findings of this study will help educators to forecast student performance in final examination with considering online input variables namely online assessments marks and online self-learning time. This study also will help students to adjust their self-learning time in obtaining required expected result in final examination.

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Establishing the HLS-M-Q18 short version of the European health literacy survey questionnaire for the Malaysian context

(Springer, 2020)

Emma Mirza Wati Mohamad

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Manimaran Krishnan Kaundan

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Mohammad Rezal Hamzah

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Arina Anis Azlan

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Suffian Hadi Ayub

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Jen Sern Tham

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Abdul Latiff Ahmad

Background: The European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire (HLS-EU-Q47) is becoming a widely used tool to measure health literacy (HL), including in Malaysia. There are efforts to reduce the 47-item scale to parsimonious short item scales that still reflect the assumptions and requirements of the conceptual model. This study used confirmatory factor analysis to reduce the 47-item scale to a short scale that can offer a feasible HL screening tool with sufficient psychometric properties. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted on the Malaysian population based on ethnic distribution to ensure that the short version instrument reflects the country's varied ethnicities. The survey was administered by well-trained interviewers working for the Ministry of Health Malaysia. A total of 866 responses were obtained. Data was analysed using multi-factorial confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) with categorical variables. Results: The analysis resulted in a satisfactory 18-item model. There were high correlations among the 18 items. The internal consistency reliability was robust, with no floor/ceiling effects. These results represented equivalence and consistency among the responses to items, suggesting that these items were homogenous in measuring Malaysian health literacy. The strong convergent and discriminant validity of the model makes the proposed 18 items a suitable short version of the health literacy instrument for Malaysia. Conclusions: The researchers propose the 18-item instrument to be named HLS-M-Q18. This short version instrument may be used in measuring health literacy in Malaysia as it achieved robust reliability, structural validity and construct validity that fulfilled goodness-of-fit criteria.

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Evaluating the influence of resident agencies’ participation in flood management via social media, in Nigeria

(UPM Press, 2020)

Aluko Folasade Abimbola

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Hanif Suhairi Abu Bakar

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Mohd Zukime Mat Junoh

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Olusegun Hameed Adebambo

Disaster management is conducted in multilevel and different stages. However, these different stages are tied together by the key infrastructural components of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) such as social media which is central to the effectual management of disaster through residents’ participation. Nevertheless, there has been limited access to information technologies that enhance quick recovery services, timely response, and effective dissemination of disaster-related information. Therefore, this study examined the influence of resident agencies’ participation in disaster management via the use of social media information planning and training possibilities (SMDPT) in Nigeria. The study used a survey questionnaire and stratified random sampling technique to collect 370 primary data from flood disaster management agencies in Ibadan, Nigeria. The collected data were analyzed using Partial Least Square - Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM). The study found that social media information planning and training (SMDPT) had a positive influence on flood disaster preparedness (DPRE), disaster response (DRES), and disaster recovery (DREC). Therefore, the study concludes that social media has become an important tool for planning during an emergency situation. Hence, an important implication of this study to the environmental regulatory policymakers and emergency response agencies is to create more awareness on the usability and applicability of social media in providing credible information regarding disaster management.

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The effects of energy consumption and national output on CO₂ emissions: new evidence from OIC countries using a panel ARDL analysis

(MDPI, 2020)

Mohd Shahidan Shaari

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Zulkefly Abdul Karim

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Noorazeela Zainol Abidin

The issue of energy has been debated among policymakers and economists. Energy plays an important role in generating economic activities. On the other hand, it can have deleterious impacts on the environment as more carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions will be released. Most previous studies focused on total energy rather than types of energy such as oil and gas in investigating the effects of energy consumption on CO₂ emissions. Therefore, this study investigates the effects of oil and gas consumption rather than total energy consumption on CO₂ emissions in 20 Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) countries. The dynamic heterogeneous panel (panel autoregressive distributed lag model – panel ARDL) approach namely pooled mean group (PMG), mean group (MG), and dynamic fixed effect (DFE) were employed. The main results reveal that in the long run, overall national output contributes to higher environmental degradation. However, in the short run, overall national output does not affect CO₂ emissions. The results also suggest that the population can reduce CO₂ emissions in the short run but leaves no effect in the long run. Besides, gas consumption and oil consumption can have deleterious effects on the environment. The effect of oil consumption is greater than the effect of gas consumption on the environment. Therefore, it is important to consume more renewable energy such as solar, biodiesel, and hydro to replace non-renewable energy, particularly oil, in a bid to conserve the environment.

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Macroeconomic determinants of military expenditure in Malaysia

(Inderscience Enterprises Ltd., 2020)

Abdul Rahim Ridzuan

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Mohd Shahidan Shaari

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Nur Surayya Mohd Saudi

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Vikniswari Vija Kumaran

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Mohamad Idham Md Razak

The decreasing trend of Malaysian annual allocation towards military expenditure in the past 16 years ago has become a subject of interest for this research paper. This paper aim to investigates either the selected macroeconomic variables such as domestic investment, exchange rates, inflation, trade openness and population growth could be the factors that lead towards lower government spending in this country. The ARDL regression is introduced based on the data span range from 1970 until 2016. The long run elasticities showcased that low inflation and currency appreciation lead towards higher government spending on military expenditure while deepening in trade openness cause lower spending on military. The role of inflation again is being highlight as it is also granger cause military expenditure in Malaysia. The list of policy recommendation is being discuss and hopefully it could give a fresh insight to the policymakers with regards to this research topic.

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Determinants of social media advertising avoidance among UniMAP students

(RMP Publications, 2020)

Seow Mei Shan

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Ahmad Zulhusny Rozali

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Julinawati Suanda

Social media has become an important medium to marketers for the expansion of advertising. However, consumers are continuously increasing to avoid social media advertising. Consequently, the potential factors of social media advertising avoidance have appeared as a significant focus of research to offer insights that may come out with the effective ways to reduce social media advertising avoidance. Therefore, the aim of this research is to study about the determinants of social media advertising avoidance in the context of university students. This research analyzed the demographic information, descriptive results, strength of each independent variables towards the dependent variable. Generally, this research is a quantitative study. Pilot test is conducted for 30 respondents and all the variables obtain Cronbach’s alpha more than 0.7 which is acceptable. Simple random sampling technique is applied in this study for data collection as well. 370 sets of questionnaires are distributed to the UniMAP students to collect data. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20 is used to evaluate data of this research. Under the Multiple Linear Regression Analysis, this study finds out that the independent variables of goal impediment, privacy concern and negative experience are related to advertising avoidance positively whereas perceived personalization is related to advertising avoidance negatively. Therefore, this research suggests to the marketers to personalize the social media advertising so that the consumers will less likely to avoid the advertisement. This research suggests the future researchers to get more sample size in order to obtain a better and precise results.

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The impact of renewable energy consumption and economic growth on CO₂ emissions: new evidence using panel ardl study of selected countries

(EconJournals, 2020)

Mohd Shahidan Shaari

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Noorazeela Zainol Abidin

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Zulkefly Abdul Karim

Most countries consume more non-renewable energy to generate economic activities. Hence, economic growth plays a vital role in contributing to higher CO₂ emissions. Therefore, this type of energy has reduced and replaced by renewable energy. Renewable energy is said not to be detrimental to the environment. Consequently, it is imperative to examine the effects of renewable energy consumption and economic growth on CO₂ emissions in selected countries by per capita income. Using a sample of high-income, upper-middle-income, and lower middle-income, and low-income countries for the period of 1990-2017, and the estimation method of the panel ARDL, the main results show that in the long run, overall renewable energy consumption can reduce CO₂ emissions. However, economic growth and population growth can result in higher CO₂ emissions in the long term. In the short run, the results show that higher overall economic growth can contribute to higher CO₂ emissions. Contrarily, higher population growth, and renewable energy consumption can help reduce CO₂ emissions in the short run.

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