This is the tenth issue and the second thematic issue of Asiatic. After publishing a special issue on Southeast Asian literature in December 2011, we thought we should devote our next issue to South Asian literature. Accordingly, I invited Professor Fakrul Alam to help me in the process. It was not difficult to ascertain Professor Alam as the poten

The dynamic of sandy coastal profile of Pahang during post-monsoon season was studied in order to describe its morphological evolution. A series of surveys together with samples collection were carried out for determining the modification evolved and sediment constituent of the study area. Several location were selected comprising 12 different stat

The increasing transnational migration of people and availability of homeland newspapers on the web have stimulated interest in the understanding of the use and effects of homeland media on nations’ foreign residents. This study explored the relationship between agenda of issues covered in Nigerian online newspapers and the agenda of issues perce

The paper aims to investigate and evaluate the impacts of the voids combination as a passive design feature on wind-driven ventilation performance in high-rise residential building units. It proposes a series of building models and thereon indoor ventilation performance and outlining why and how these building models designed with architectural des

This study presented what Nigerian newspapers on the Web beamed to Nigerian foreign resident citizens during the 2011 Nigerian presidential election. Premised on the importance of diasporas to homeland political development and the centrality of the web media to the migrants in today’s globalized world, the paper explored how homeland online news

A translated essay from Bengali to English. The essay was originally published in 1905 by the acclaimed Bengali writer Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain.Rokeya Sak hawat Hossain. ‘ Home’ , translated and introduced by Mohammad A. Quayum. Transnational Literature Vol. 5 no. 1, November 201 2. http://fhrc.flinders.edu.au/transnational/home.html Home (‘Gr

Abstract Synthesis of carbon-based working fluid involves toxic acids that are hazardous to the human and surrounding environment. In the current experimental investigation, thermal analysis of liquid flat plate solar collector was carried out using distilled water and environmentally friendly, covalent functionalized graphene nanoplatelets. Gallic

Stainless steels suffer from classical sensitization when encounter at certain temperature which results in precipitation of chromium carbide along grain boundary with simultaneous depletion of chromium from near grain boundaries. This study focused on corrosion potential test at different sensitization condition. The degree of chromium carbide pre

The goal of this study was to investigate two research hypotheses.; H1: The English subject teachers at selected national secondary schools in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, used coercive (COE) and coaching (COA) leadership approaches to lead their students, and H2: In selected national secondary schools in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, there is a significant r

This project aims at the design of an Arabic grammar exercise book for non-native speakers in Malaysia using Malay language as a medium. The mixed-method approach was implemented which employed techniques such as quantitative survey, interviews, content analysis, field notes and observations. This project will contribute theoretically in the form o