Medicinal plants are commonly used in complementary and alternative medicine to treat several chronic diseases. Gynura procumbens, Hibiscus sabdariffa and Clinacanthus nutans are believed to contain high level of antioxidants including phenolic acids that may contribute to antioxidant activities. Thus, the objectives of this study were to determine

Dorsal fin is used in swimming animals like shark for the generation of thrust as well as to meet the requirement of the lateral stability. In the case of aircraft, rudders are normally used for the said requirement. In the present work, this nature inspired idea is explored for its application to neutralize the unavoidable asymmetric thrust produc

Flood has been one of the most recurring disasters in Malaysia since the early 1920’s. Previously it was limited to the city centre with flash floods occurring at various intervals. With the major development and expansion of the country as a whole, various states especially those located in the eastern coastal regions have been badly affected ov

Financial crisis that hit the economic standing in 2008 has put the blame on the mismanagement of the working capital of firms. Empirical evidences highlight the importance of efficient and sound working capital management thus managers should therefore be alert and sensitive on the factors affecting working capital management to improve firm’s p

The Ministry of Housing and Local Government’s regards abandoned housing projects as a highly serious problem. As of June 2015, Malaysia records 10,403 house buyers being affected from 15,206 abandoned housing units on 53 housing projects. This study, therefore looks into this matter through a survey analysis on 328 house buyers covering 11 state

The surface roughness factor (Ra) of a milled kenaf reinforced plastic are depending on the milling parameters (spindle speed, feed rate and depth of cut). Therefore, a study was carried out to investigate the relationship between the milling parameters and their effects on a kenaf reinforced plastic. The composite panels were fabricated using vacu

The primary objective of this paper is to explore the potential of Islamic Real Estate Investment Trusts (I-REITs) as an effective instrument for financing waqf development activities. This study employs legal research methodology, (the data used were largely library-based and documentary in nature), in which opinions of jurists, classical and cont

South Asian writers both in diaspora and in the homeland are “currently experiencing an explosion of popular Anglophone forms” and are “being recognised by mainstream commercial publishers, and finding readers outside the traditional literary fiction market” (Chambers). In terms of the volume of writing being produced, and its critical rece

The 2007 Nobel literature laureate Doris Lessing (1919-2013) is one of the twentieth century’s most prolific and versatile British writers. Her literary career is marked by the robustness and diversity of her ideas. The plurality of voices in her work makes room for discovering a very different Lessing from how she is usually construed and for di

Among the humanities and social sciences disciplines, English literature is perhaps the most contentious subject as it carries subtle ideological and cultural impacts and significance. Right from the beginning of its introduction in British India and elsewhere, the most prominent consideration was its inherent worth as a carrier of values and norms