The term "hospitality" is increasingly used as common styles of commercial service without consideration of different understandings in each culture and society. Understanding the differences in the religious or cultural notion of hospitality is important in increasing the quality of hospitality industry, however, there are only limited stu

Surface modification of duplex stainless steel is important to make this material suitable for tribological and high temperature applications. The surface modification using fine SiC (20 μm) powder preplacement by TIG torch technique has been performed on the surface of duplex stainless steel. The TIG torch was employed with varying operating weld

Active vibration control has been used to suppress and bring the structure back to its equilibrium state in shorter time than the old passive vibration mechanism. The increase in the settling time will cause the structure to face more internal forces and shear stress that will affect the life of the structure and reduce its reliability. This issue

This book examines selected works of a larger than life literary figure, Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), with a special focus on his female characters. Works selected for the study are novels Binodini (1903), Gora (1909), The Home and the World (1916) and The Broken Nest (1921), as well as several short stories. A visionary and a social reformist,

This study aims to investigate the impact of corporate governance attributes and code amendments of 2012 on the performance of 162 trading and services listed firms in Bursa Malaysia. A corporate governance index score adopted from the Taylor model and formulated based on the MCCG best practices is used to measure the corporate governance attribute

Colon cancer is the most common type of cancer and major cause of death worldwide. The detection of colon cancer is difficult in early stages. However, the secretory proteins have been used as ideal biomarker for the detection of colon cancer progress in cancer patients. Serum/tissue protein expression could help general practitioners to identify c

An early warning system (EWS) is widely used as surveillance mechanism for preserving financial system stability. This paper addresses the issue of namely which macroeconomic indicators that are capable of signaling adverse shocks towards the resilience of Islamic banking in Indonesia. This research uses an extraction signal approach as EWS mechani

This paper demonstrates a novel method that combines X-ray computed tomography (CT) and image processing for investigating two materials with significantly different densities. CT is increasingly used in industrial applications of inspecting materials and defects. The limitations of the system and data reconstruction are continuously researched so

miR-1 and miR-133 are clustered on the same chromosomal loci and are transcribed together as a single transcript that is positively regulated by ecotropic virus integration site-1 (EVI1). Previously, we described how miR-133 has anti-tumorigenic potential through repression of EVI1 expression. It has also been reported that miR-1 is oncogenic in th

In recent days, bacterial diseases are very common among all the aquatic organisms. Particularly in grow out ponds they cause heavy loss in aquaculture. To overcome this problem, the use of antibiotics become a common practice, thus leads to the development of antibiotic resistant strains. In this regard, a new attempt has been made to study the im