This paper presents the findings of a perception experiment that was conducted to examine the relative difficulty encountered by Malay speakers of English in contrasting voicing in word-final obstruents. The pairs of obstruents examined in the paper were /t/- /d/, /s/-/z/ and /f/-/v/. Results from the experiment are discussed in relation to the Per

Malaysia has enjoyed one of the least polluted urban environments in Asia. The goal of achieving industrial country status by the year 2020, and the associated rapid economic growth has started to impose costs in terms of industrial pollution and degradation of urban environment. This research employed contingent valuation method (CVM) to estimate

Ibn Khaldūn found a “causal determinative analytical tool” to explain development, progression and disintegration of ‘umrān (lit. culture). He argued that ‘umrān comes into existence as a result of five types of causes: (1) the “ultimate or first cause,” (2) final cause, (3) efficient cause, (4) formal cause, and (5) material cause.

This paper re-investigates the exports and economic growth nexus for Pakistan. The paper employs cointegration and multivariate Granger Causality Test [Toda and Yamamoto (1995)] to study the long-run and short-run dynamics among exports, imports, and real output growth over the 1960–2003 period. Results strongly support a long-run relationship am

Interconnection networks play a crucial role in the performance of massively parallel computers. Hierarchical interconnection networks provide high performance at low cost by exploring the locality that exists in the communication patterns of massively parallel computers. A Hierarchical Torus Network (HTN) is a 2D-torus network of multiple basic mo

We have developed a blood flow velocimeter to measure maximum blood flow velocity (MBFV) in carotid, brachial and femoral arteries simultaneously by using a Doppler ultrasound technique. This measurement system is based on a continuous wave Doppler ultrasound method with two semicircular piezoelectric (PZT) transducers, one continuously transmittin

This paper arises out of concern over the growing threat of fresh water shortages in Malaysia due to environmental pollution, and the pressing needs of ensuring that public rights to clean water are safeguarded and remedies be made available and accessible to them. Legal instrument has been known to be an important tool in providing the public a pl

The significance of water resources in Malaysia is immense especially in providing water supply for domestic, agricultural and industrial consumption. However, over the years, the problem of water pollution in Malaysia is getting more serious and widespread. This situation becomes a great concern as when water is polluted; its quality deteriorates,

The Muslim philosophers in spite of the variety of place in which they lived or wrote their works have a undeniable similiarity in the themes of their writings and in the questiuon which they raised and attempted to answer. Anawati points out three factors that unite the themes of the muslim philosophers : 1) they had the same starting point viz. t

Nurkhairulnisa Abu Ishak1, Nur Azurah Abdul Ghani2, Anizah Ali2, Ani Amelia Zainuddin2 1Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Kulliyyah of Medicine, International Islamic University of Malaysia, 2Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre ABSTRACT Introduction/Objectives: Early diagnosis of girls wit