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Navigating Stakeholder Orientation in Family Firms: A Comprehensive Study
Full text linkFamily Firm Stakeholder Orientation: A Review and Research Agenda. Unveiling the mechanism of stakeholder orientation in family firms. Job-Seekers' Perceptions of Stakeholder Orientation in Family Firms
A study on the determinants of Malaysian banks’ profitability / Sharifah Mastura Syed Mohsin
Full text linkThe aim of this study is to determine the pattern of bank characteristic (internal) and macroeconomic (external) determinants on the profitability of Malaysian banks. Internal determinants include bank size, capital adequacy ratio, liquidity, asset quality, and expenses management; while the external determinants comprise of gross domestic product (GDP), inflation, money supply, and competition. Secondary data was collected mostly from Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) Catalogue which consists of both conventional and Islamic banks together in a single data set from year 2007 to 2013. The financial ratios technique was applied to calculate on these variables and Ordinary Least Square (OLS) method was used to run the regression model. The estimation result shows that liquidity is the only variable that is significant but negatively influences the banks’ profitability. For future studies, it is recommended that more sample size and determinant factors can be included in determining the factor on bank profitability
Preservation and conservation of historical landmarks: the impact on property development in Kuala Lumpur / Syed Idros Syed Mohsin
Full text linkOver the years, much have been written and discussed
about the need for preservation of historical buildings<,
The controversy is raised every now and then whenever a
seemingly historical building is affected one way or
another., Arguments both for and against preservation
have been raised, quite often, with some justification on
both sides.
Nevertheless, the need for preservation of genuinely
historical buildings, structures and sites are beyond
disputeo For a relatively new nation like Malaysia, the
need to preserve the physical signs of its history is a
crucial element in the attempts of nation building»
Whether these structures or sites are pre- or
post-independence, modern or ancient, should not be an
issue0 One should not adopt a jaundiced view of things,
and must be proud of one's history for what they are0
Therefore, one must able to transcend petty political
narrow-mindedness in his or hers selection..
The Commencement of Character Education: A Religious Perspective
No full textThe aim of this study, entitled “The Commencement of Character Education: A Religious Perspective” was an exploration of the Quranic and the Biblical text using document analysis. Since the aim of education is to produce virtuous citizens, this phenomenon can be achieved by making the learners’ character strong. This paper explores the elements of character, using the religious text, which are absolutely necessary to be incorporated in the curriculum to make the learners able to come out from the captivity of negativity. The study proved that character education started from the beginning of civilization. The study has overarching significance for future studies in the field of character education and religious studies. This study aims to identify the elements of character from the religious texts. Quranic, Biblical and selected Hadiths’ references were used to identify the elements of character. Several themes emerged from studying the religious texts i.e. negation of arrogant behavior, tolerance, perseverance, integrity, respect, forgiveness, responsibility, courage, kindness, compassion and so on. These identified characters are crucial to be taught to the students in character education which should be inculcated in the main curriculum. This study has implication that there should be an awareness of inculcating favorable characters written in the religious texts to achieve the real purpose of education and as one of the commandments by the Almighty. Syed Mohsin Raza Naqvi has done M.Phil TESL from Beaconhouse National University Lahore and his professional qualification includes B.Ed. His name was mentioned two times in the Dean's Honour List while doing M.Phil TESL. He has also been awarded a Certificate of Distinction for M.Phil TES
Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the breast: molecular markers, treatment, and clinical outcome.
No full textBACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to comprehensively characterize the clinical and biologic features of adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) and to assess the implications for management in a large cohort of patients. METHODS: From a database of 50,000 patients, 28 were identified with ACC for which clinical follow-up and biologic information was available. The biologic features examined included estrogen receptor and progesterone receptor status, DNA ploidy, and S-phase fraction. Median follow-up was 83 months with a range of 29 to 144 months. Overall survival and disease free survival curves were drawn using Kaplan and Meier estimates and were compared by the log-rank test. RESULTS: All but one patient were postmenopausal with a median age at diagnosis of 66 years (range, 40-96 years). One patient had macroscopic metastatic disease at diagnosis. Median tumor size was 1.9 cm (range, 0.5-7.0 cm). Axillary lymph node dissection was performed in 23 patients. Only 1 patient (4\%) had histologic positive lymph nodes (2 of 10), and no recurrence was detected for this patient. Forty-six percent were ER positive (median, 16 fmol/mg protein; range, 5-1017 fmol/mg), and 35\% were PgR positive (median, 61 fmol/mg protein; range, 6-854 fmol/mg). S-phase fraction and DNA ploidy were assessable in 24 cases. Ninety percent of tumors had low S-phase (median, 3.3\%; range, 0.1-34.2\%), and 92\% were diploid. Simple or modified radical mastectomy was performed in 22 patients, and 6 patients were treated by lumpectomy. Five of these six patients also received radiation therapy after lumpectomy. Despite the different surgical approaches, there were no local recurrences. The 5-year disease free survival rate was 100\%, and the 5-year overall survival rate was 85\% (95\% confidence interval, 71.7-98.6\%). CONCLUSIONS: Adenoid cystic carcinomas of the breast have very favorable biologic characteristics and, consistent with this, an excellent prognosis. Good local control can be achieved by lumpectomy with radiation or by simple mastectomy. Axillary lymph node dissection is not helpful in clinical management
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
ExxonMobil sumbang RM2 juta setahun
No full textMenurut Pengurus Perancang Huluan ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Malaysia Inc., Syed Helmi Syed Mohsin, ExxonMobil menyumbang sebanyak RM2 juta setahun dalam menjalankan tanggungjawab sosial korporat sebagai tanda sokongan terhadap masyarakat tempatan. Beliau berkata demikian ketika berucap pada Majlis Penyampaian Pembiayaan Penyelidikan ExxonMobil di Rumah Universiti, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT)
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
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