Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Business Administration -- IIUM Summary: Online social networks, as a phenomenon, around the globe have formed and established a platform for interaction and communication among people. This platform, due to its online features, has created a functional way for individuals to share their know

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Mechanical Engineering -- IIUM Summary: In a conventional statistical analysis the term survival analysis or reliability analysis as it is known in engineering, has been used in a broad sense to describe collection of statistical procedures for data analysis for which the outcome variable of

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Fiqh and Usul al-Fiqh -- IIUM Summary: Marriage with the intention to divorce is a new phenomenon in Puncak Bogor, West Java – Indonesia. This kind of marriage has become a trend in this area due to cheap dowry (mahr), poverty, women's illiteracy and low cost of living. Because of these

Subject(s): Islam -- History -- India Malabar Coast | Malabar Coast (India) -- History | Dissertations, Academic -- Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences -- IIUM Summary: This research is a study on 16th century Malabar Muslims and their approaches to religion and culture in a multi-faceted society. Malabar, situated in th

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering -- IIUM Summary: Online analytical processing (OLAP) is becoming increasingly essential technique, particularly for decision support systems (DSS). OLAP is considered a suitable technology for online analysis, in comparison to its counterpart: Online transa

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of English Language and Literature -- IIUM Summary: Effective deployment of metadiscourse markers is one of the ways to improve writing quality. However, non-native writers seem to show lesser use of these markers. Therefore, this study examines the use of metadiscourse markers among 50 Malaysia

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Curriculum and Instruction -- IIUM Summary: The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of m-learning, the relationship among the variables used for measuring students' m-learning, their satisfaction and their perceived learning at the faculty of education in Dammam University. A

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Usul al-Din and Comparative Religion -- IIUM Summary: The issue of LGBT has been discussed by different experts and scholars from many perspectives and fields of study. However, these perspectives include only those which are considered scientific in nature while religion is always excluded f

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Fiqh and Usul al-Fiqh -- IIUM Summary: This study deals with the subject of the jurisprudence of coexistence between Muslims and non-Muslims in light of the objectives of Islamic Law (Maqasid Shari'ah) with special reference to the Indonesian society. In view of the complexity of the subj

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Landscape Architecture -- IIUM Summary: The oxidation of pyrite produces high concentrations of ferrous ions and sulfuric acid, which in turn attacks clay minerals and produces high concentrations of monomeric Aluminum (Al) and other acid-soluble metals. Subsequent leaching of these toxic pro