Subject(s): Polymeric composites | Nanocomposites (Materials) | Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Manufacturing and Material Engineering -- IIUM Summary: The objective of this research is to develop polymer/metal-oxides nanocomposites based on polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) and zinc oxides (ZnO). The nanocomposites with variation of 2, 4, 6

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Arabic Language and Literature -- IIUM Summary: The main purpose of this research is to understand the quality of book “Aljadid fi allughtu alarabiyah – Volume Two” prepared for Chinese students in China. The research was based on the world standards to evaluate the book in question use

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Landscape Architecture -- IIUM Summary: This research addresses the safety of kindergarten premises in Malaysia due to improper planning of the landscape area. Crimes in Malaysia that revolve around kindergarten premises have repeatedly occurred throughout the years. Hence, this study address

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Management Centre -- IIUM Summary: The cost of jet fuel is the second largest operating expenditure in the airlines sector. Even a small increase in the fuel price often leads to a significant increase of expenditure on the operating cost of the airlines. Airlines use derivatives as hedging instruments for

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of English Language and Literature -- IIUM Summary: This qualitative study attempts to discover Islamic concepts in selected poems of Edgar Allan Poe using Mohammed Sharafuddin's Realistic Orientalism framework. This is achieved by cross-examining main concepts found in Poe's poems with

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering -- IIUM Summary: A two dimensional array-based overlay network is proposed to stream the live video data. Instead of streaming in conventional tree-based or in mesh-based overlay network, the overlay network efficiently utilizes the additional upload bandwi

Subject(s): Indonesia -- Politics and government -- 1798-1942 | Dissertations, Academic -- International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization -- IIUM Summary: This study aims at exploring the merits and implications of Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje's advice to the Dutch colonial administration in the Netherlands East Indies (Indonesi

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Fiqh and Usul al-Fiqh -- IIUM Summary: This research aims to study family planning in North Sumatra, Indonesia. The study explored the concept of family planning and birth control, and the differences between these two. It also explains the importance of preservation of lineage, the objective

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Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Manufacturing and Material Engineering -- IIUM Summary: The selection of material for shoe soles is important as it determines the long-term performance of sports shoes, especially the performances of athletes' shoes with respect to comfort during walking, running, and jumping. An effecti