Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Kulliyyah of Engineering -- IIUM Summary: In micro-electro discharge machining (micro-EDM) of nonconductive ceramics, material is removed mainly by spalling due to the dominance of alternating thermal load. Most of the existing theoretical micro-EDM models established for single spark erosion considering t

Subject(s): Waqf -- Malaysia | Endowments -- Malaysia | Dissertations, Academic -- Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design -- IIUM Summary: Waqf is defined as the act of charity where the donors sustain their property from personal use and share it for the benefits of the public. In Malaysia, the administration and management of waq

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Ahmad Ibrahim of Kulliyyah Laws -- IIUM Summary: As the dissertation title implies, this study aims at an attempt to probe, analyse and explain the procedural criminal safeguards given to an accused at the investigation stage and during the trial before Omani Law through a comparison between the Omani Law

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Curriculum and Instruction -- IIUM Summary: Malaysian education today is facing the problems and shortcomings of school-based assessment (SBA). Various studies have been done by researchers in their areas of expertise to examine and analyze the effectiveness of SBA to assess students. Althoug

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Information Systems -- IIUM Summary: For a long time computers have been used for language teaching and learning. Unfortunately, little has been done in the field of computerized Arabic language teaching and learning. Furthermore, there is a lack of research into the impact of applying the kn

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of English Language and Literature -- IIUM Summary: Using Halliday and Matthiessen's (2004) taxonomy of cohesive devices for analysis, this study investigates the use of cohesive devices in 100 argumentative compositions produced by ESL university students at two different levels of proficie

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Arabic Language and Literature -- IIUM Summary: This thesis is a rhetorical study of the main expressions and sentences in the language of the Holy Qur'an. It is a new approach of rhetorical studies regarding the content. Also, its importance comes from three major elements: illustrating

Subject(s): Mass media -- Audiences | Dissertations, Academic -- Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences -- IIUM Summary: Major previous studies on global media have hitherto been concentrating attention on the investigation of the hegemonic effects of such media on the audience. Hence, the global media audience members are g

Subject(s): Attafayyish, Muhammad ibn Yusuf, 1820 or 1821-1914. Taysir al-tafsir | Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Qur'an and Sunnah Studies -- IIUM Summary: This dissertation is a descriptive and analytical study and it aims to shed some light on the benefits of extracting the interpreter's selection and choice of what other i

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences -- IIUM Summary: This dissertation examines gender-sensitive verses in the Qur'an as reinterpreted by Muslim feminists, placing particular emphasis on Amina Wadud and Asma Barlas. The aim of the dissertation is to analyse to what extent Wadud&#