Subscriber satisfaction of a broadband service is determined by several factors such as contents delivery strategy, service infrastructure and channel packaging delivered. Currently the single-operator, single-infrastructure broadband model in Malaysia delivered by service providers such as TM UniFi cannot address the relevant and personalized cont

It is known that temperature variations inside a battery may greatly affect its performance, life, and reliability. In an effort to gain a better understanding of the heat generation in Lithium ion batteries, a simple heat generation models were constructed in order to predict the thermal behaviour of a battery pack. The Lithium ion battery present

Studies on the ideas of previous muslim scholars can give some insight for the contemporary educational practices. Ibn Sahnun was among the pioneer in the field of Islamic Education. This study aims to analyse and interpret the ideas of Ibn Sahnun in relation to education, and the relevance of his ideas to the current educational system. Also, to d

This chapter describes the development of private sector involvement in undertaking public sector projects in Malaysia. The initiative for involvement of private sector started with the privatization policy introduced in 1983 under the mid-term review of the Fourth Malaysian Plan (1981-1985). Due to the success of the privatization policy and the a

Malaysia started routine Hepatitis B immunization for infants in 1989 using the three-dose regime with the first dose given shortly after birth, thereafter at 1 month and then at 5 months old to coincide with the third dose of DTP/OPV. Anti-HBs immunoglobulin is also given together with the first dose of hepatitis B vaccine (active-passive immuniza

This work aims at providing an outline of engineering applications for electroosmosis, especially for sludge dewatering. A review of the theoretical analysis of electroosmotic dewatering is presented. The equations representing electroosmotic flow through porous media are initially discussed. Consolidation theory, which describes the progress of de

Background: Pharmaceutical representatives provide medicines information on their promoted products to doctors. However, studies have shown that the quality of this information is often low. No study has assessed the medicines information provided by pharmaceutical representatives to doctors in Malaysia and no recent evidence in Australia is presen

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the extent of voluntary disclosure (EVD)(i.e. overall, conventional, and Islamic disclosure) in the annual reports of Shariah Approved Companies (ShAC) listed on Bursa Malaysia.Voluntary disclosure by Shariah approved companies: an exploratory study A.A. Ousama Ibb University, Ibb, Yemen, and A.H. Fatima

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the provision of medicines information in medical journal advertising in Australia,Malaysia and the United States. Methods: A consecutive sample of 85 unique advertisements from each country was selected from the advertisements published between January 2004 to December 2006 in three widely circulated

The aim of the research is to study the potential of aquatic spesies to be used as indicator for unhealthy environment such as polluted freshwater bodies. Aquatic plants growing in or near water are emergent, submerge, or floating. Aquatic plants are beneficial to lakes because they provide shelter for fish and substrate for aquatic invertebrates.