This study aims to identify the opportunity cost of holding gold, in relation to the stock market for case of Turkey. The focus is to detect if gold acts as a safe haven or a hedge asset in times of distress. The Threshold GARCH (TARCH) model was utilized. The analysis used daily data for the period 2005-2014. The data for selling prices of gold wa

Contamination of drinking water by hazardous agents is becoming a serious global threat, so it is necessary to develop more efficient sensing technologies for applications in liquid media. The limited working lifetime of electrochemical biosensors, especially when measurements are made continuously in liquid media, remains an unsolved challenge. We

Insight into Research and Publications is a newly introduced programme of the Research Committee of KIRKHS, aimed at promoting research and publications by the university’s academic community and students. The programme is intended to inspire the audience to conduct research and publications and to learn from others. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Solehah is t

GOMBAK, 8 November 2017 – The critical discussion on ancient language evolution might be considered as a tool to expand the concept of language thinking ability, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Solehah Yaacob of the Department of Arabic Language and Literature, told listeners of IIUM.fm recently. She said that it is safe to claim that it has become an independe

يتناول هذا البحث بالدراسة موضوع: "جهود المملكة العربية السعودية في التأسيس لثقافة السلام والحوار العالمي والدور الحيوي لمركز الملك سلمان للسلام العالمي" في ذلك. وقد أطلق هذا المركز حديثا �

This paper examines the dynamics of tension and accommodation at the interface between religion and politics in Malaysia. Malaysia is a constitutional monarchy and carries elements of both Islamic as well as liberal democratic governance. By focusing on the processes of Islamisation, institutionalisation and political communication, the analysis se

Purpose – This paper aims to develop a robust controller to control vibration of a thin plate attached with two piezoelectric patches in the presence of uncertainties in the mass of the plate. The main goal of this study is to tackle dynamic perturbation that could lead to modelling error in flexible structures. The controller is designed to sup

IbnSahl, a Muslim scholar during the Golden Age in the history of Islam, had contributed in developing of the Snell’s law. He explained the law in his book entitled On the Burning Instrument (Kitab al-Parraqat) which was written in 984 CE. Similarly, the first ever camera was developed by Ibn Al-Haytham, a Muslim scholar. Camera obscura which was

Cancer becomes a serious issue on society with increasing of their growth and proliferation, either in well economic developed countries or not. Recent years, oral cancer is one of the most threatening diseases impairing the quality of life of the patient. Scientists have emphasised on application of gene therapy for oral cancer by using nanopartic

Muslim scholars during the Golden Age of Islamic history are known to have a great interest and respect in all kinds of knowledge especially knowledge related to applied science and technology; which can be useful in satisfying the needs of mankind. The developments of science and technology especially in engineering and medicine were actually avai