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Transport offers planning is based on searching for solutions bringing the biggest profit for the company. Unfortunately, it is difficult to predict whether the current planning (the next day) ensures the profitability of transport offers in the future (consecutive days). This is due to many…

In this case, the reader must decide how the governing board of a non-profit organization should grow its operations and respond to crisis. The case illustrates the unique traits that boards of directors often possesses, the inherent tension in upholding the values and integrity of…

The performance level of the construction industry in Malaysia is seen as unsatisfactory, particularly in the construction of public projects. Public projects in Malaysia are regularly reported sick, delayed, abundant and etc. The persistent recurrences of similar problems in public construction projects have raised the…

The level of quality management implementation is defined based on the enterprises’ vision for the future. Since today's electrical and electronic industries are supposed to have high-tech enterprises, it is sensible to periodically assess them in terms of level of quality management through empirical studies.…

Traditional classrooms involve the use of face-to-face interaction and a whiteboard or projector, but the inabilities to micro manage the environment between the teaching staff and the student calls for a need for a smart interactive learning environment. The aim of this work is to…

Gesture recognition technologies have recently become available to a general consumer market. The most notable of these technologies rely on camera to support gesture recognition using multiple sensors that allow for standard color pictures, infrared pictures and depth sensing. These capabilities allow for a variety…

All business organizations have vision, mission and organisational objectives, which are geared towards improved performance and survival thus forming the driving force behind the decisions made by its management team. The organizational objectives of the company, however,  is what deterimnes the type of structure the…

Although G-CSF-producing tumor is well-known, co-production of IL-8 by such tumor and IL-8-induced neutrophil chemotaxis to tumor tissue have not been recognized. A 65-year-old male was diagnosed with papillary renal cell carcinoma accompanied by marked intratumoral neutrophil infiltration after left radical nephrectomy. At presentation, laboratory…

Librarians and information professionals, because of the complex body of knowledge, standards of entry to the profession, and the need for public confidence, frequently face ethical dilemmas. Coupled with this, the Malaysian government has asserted that public servants need to have the highest integrity in…

The international accounting regulatory bodies were faced with a major challenge: that of ensuring the comparability and transparency of the financial reporting at an international level given that many local standards make financial reporting difficult. The need for financial statements comparable internationally and at the…