Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Urban and Regional Planning -- IIUM Summary: Malaysia is a maritime nation blessed with valuable coastlines. Therefore, it is important to preserve its precious coastal areas in a sustainable manner. However, coastal areas are continuously facing tremendous development pressures both from nat

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Architecture -- IIUM Summary: Malaysia has a tropical climate with warm and humid weather all year round. It is usually very hot and humid, especially in the major cities. Malaysia is the best country to study on the passive design strategies in tropical climates. Since the time of our ancest

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Kulliyyah of Education -- IIUM Summary: This is a qualitative study on the worldview of Malay Muslim youths in the virtual world of second life represented by a group called SL1Malaysia. The main objective of this research is to investigate the elements of the worldview of the Malay Muslim youths through t

Subject(s): Jawi alphabet -- Study and teaching -- Malaysia | Dissertations, Academic -- Institute of Education -- IIUM Summary: In the Malaysian educational system, Islamic Education is one of the subject components offered in the primary schools. The researcher believes that knowledge in certain teaching strategies will enhance students'

Subject(s): Guardian Weekly (Manchester, England) | USA Today (Arlington, Va.) | Islam -- Press coverage | Islamophobia | Muslim -- Public opinion | Islam -- Public opinion | Islam in mass media | Terrorism -- Press coverage | Dissertations, Academic -- Department of English Language and Literature -- IIUM Summary: Islamophobia is a term given

Subject(s): Automobiles -- Springs and suspension | Active automotive suspensions | Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Mechatronics Engineering -- IIUM Summary: In designing passive suspensions, a compromise has to b~ made between ride comfort and car handling. For an off-road vehicle that requires both good ride comfort and good handling

Subject(s): Voltage regulators -- Design and construction | Motor vehicles -- Performance Evaluation | Dissertations, Academic -- Advanced Engineering and Innovation Centre -- IIUM Summary: Heavy electrical load in vehicle will consume more energy from the battery, thus affecting vehicle performance. Voltage stabilizer is created to cater this

Subject(s): Microfinance | Microfinance -- Indonesia | Finance -- Religious aspects Islam | Poverty -- Indonesia | Income | Dissertations, Academic -- Institute of Islamic Banking and Finance -- IIUM Summary: This study assesses the impact of Islamic microfinancing on clients' income and poverty status with reference to the clients' spi

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Mechatronics Engineering -- IIUM Summary: Vibration control using piezoelectric (PZT) material has gained significant attention for its ability to behave as a sensor or actuator due to PZT direct and inverse effect. For control or excitation purposes, PZT patch actuator is embedded or attache

Subject(s): International Islamic University Malaysia -- Students | Dissertations, Academic -- Institute of Education -- IIUM Summary: The main purpose of the present study is to develop and validate the model of predictors of academic self-handicapping (POASH) on the data derived from undergraduate students in an ongoing co-curriculum compulso