T his chapter generally discusses an equitable remedy, i.e., rectification of instruments, available under the Specific Relief Act 1950. As it is an equitable remedy, wherein, in a proper case, the court may exercise its discretion to amend the language of a contract or instrument to make it in accordance with the true intention of the parties.1 In

This book is a compilation of the papers presented at the International Conference on the Renewal and Reform of Islamic Thought and Civilisation, held ISTAC-IIUM from the 23-24 April 2024. The views expressed in these proceedings are those of the individual authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher or the conference organise

Stylistics, a sub-discipline of applied linguistics, examines the aesthetic aspects of language style within texts, particularly literary ones. While it is often used to explore the linguistic beauty of the Quran, it is less frequently applied to Prophetic Hadith texts. This study aims to analyse Hadiths that contain conversations between the Proph

This paper evaluates the potential of machine learning techniques, namely, Gaussian Process Regression (GPR) and Support Vector Machine (SVM), for the prediction of unconfined compressive strength (UCS) of expansive clay soil treated with hydrated-lime-activated rice husk ash. A laboratory dataset containing 121 records has been used with input par

The current study aimed to investigate the link between women representation as board members and Bursa Malaysia-listed companies’ financial performance. The data collection utilised the Bursa Malaysia website to obtain the 100 leading public listed companies (PLCs). This research covered a period between 2016 and 2018. The association between th

Penterjemahan metafora sering dikira sebagai salah satu masalah ketidakbolehan menterjemah. Hal ini kerana metafora umumnya terkait dengan sesuatu secara tidak langsung. Oleh yang demikian ia rumit dan sukar diterjemah. Metafora juga dipengaruhi oleh budaya. Maka, penterjemah harus teliti dalam penterjemahan metafora. Justeru, kajian ini menfokuska

تطرّقت هذه الدراسة إلى قضايا المرأة في رواية “Melawan Arus”(ضد التيار) لخديجة هاشم الماليزية، من منظور الأدب الإسلاميّ. وتهدف الدراسة إلى الكشف عن قضايا المرأة في الرواية ومن ثمّ بيان موقف الأدب ال

Under international law, “treaties” and “contracts” are not treated the same – despite the fact that both are “agreements” in nature – as differences between these two are significant and consequential.1 Since the preceding chapter discusses the legal position of treaties under international law, this chapter mainly focuses on the l

PURPOSE: The research examines the effectiveness of combining multiple heuristic methods, specifically local search operators, with this incorporated load factor. While a single local search operator can improve solution quality, we hypothesize that using multiple operators in a search strategy leads to further optimization. METHODS: We analyze the

Background: The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) related to evidence-based practice (EBP) among nurses at Sultan Ahmad Shah Medical Centre @IIUM (SASMEC @IIUM) and to examine the relationship between these factors and socio-demographic characteristics. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted from