International students are growing in numbers in Malaysian college and university campuses since the commercialization of education at the tertiary level introduced in the 1990s. More significantly, there is an increase in the Muslim student population as more and more young Muslims come to Malaysia from different parts of the world. For example, t

A simple mirrorless plastic optical fiber displacement sensor was used to determine the concentration of paracetamol (PCM) in an aqueous solution. Paracetamol concentrations between 5 and 45 ppm were tested by the proposed sensor. With a mirror, the substantial sensitivity observed by an output power changed against displacement of 0.0403 mW/μm fo

Nowadays, insufficient landfills problem had increased the needs to decrease the waste and recycling them. However, despite the efforts done by the government and local authorities on promoting recycling culture by introducing new laws and regulations, the awareness and willingness among the community is still low. One of the possible reasons to th

There are lots of efforts require in maintaining tourism business, including promoting and marketing tourism destinations world widely. One of the alternatives recently used by the tourism industry around the world in promoting and marketing the places is through film tourism. In Indonesia, the film of Laskar Pelangi sparked the tourism industry in

This paper proposes a conceptual solution to help underprivileged children aged from 4 to 12 years old in primary education that come from low-income families and rural areas to have access to quality education through a virtual learning platform. Virtual Learning Hub System (VLHS) is a digital platform which provides a digital platform for teacher

Background: An objective study to explore Malaysian Muslims' perceptions and beliefs towards mental health is important to understand the underlying factors that contribute to stigma and consequently reject ion towards mental health services. The Muslims' Perceptions and Attitudes towards Mental Health (M-PAMH) enables this study to be cond

A training to KOE lecturers which covers on how to self-archiving publications in IRep. The objectives are to expose nature of IRep to the new lecturers, to assist lecturers to have a proper way on self-archiving publications in IRep and to cater the problems faced by lecturers during self-archiving publications in IRep.How to self deposit in IIUM

Background: There are various animal models used in the study of pregnancy-associated hypertensive disorders. RUPP is one of the methods used to induce hypertension via surgical procedure by clipping both ovarian and uterine arteries with specified internal diameter of silver clip. In this study, we modified the method by using a surgical suture in

Purpose – This paper aims to investigate the value of information content and informativeness of the analyst report for Sharīʿah-compliant shares in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach – The authors use a sample of 657 daily published analyst reports on Sharīʿah-compliant shares from 2010 to 2015, which were downloaded from Bursa Malaysia

Background: An objective study to explore Malaysian Muslims’ perceptions and beliefs towards mental health is important to understand the underlying factors that contribute to stigma and consequently rejection towards mental health services. The Muslims’ Perceptions and Attitudes towards Mental Health scale (M-PAMH) enables this study to be con