Disaster can be understood as the probability or threat of quantifiable damage, injury, liability, loss, or any other negative occurrence that is caused by external or internal vulnerabilities that required an immediate action. Therefore, this study intends to understand respondents’ preferences of location when disaster strikes their settlements

This issue of Asiatic(Vol. 13, No. 2) is dedicated tothe life and works of Dennis Haskell (1948-),a long-standing friend of the Journal, who has been on itsAdvisory Board since the Journal’s inception.He is also an ardent champion of Asian literaturewhohas been at the forefront of literary representations of Australian-Asian interactions and has

In this paper, the surface roughness characteristic of D-shaped optical fibre sensors with its effects on the sensitivity has been studied. The ULTRAPOL end and edge polishing system was used with some modifications to fabricate the D-shaped sensors with planar sensing zone from the single-mode optical fibres. The mean surface roughness of 343, 96,

A ‘profession’ largely refers to an occupation with secured tenure and that carries substantial honour with a scope for fulfilling social roles and obligation, with rewards and higher social prestige attached to it in addition to access to authority and power (Kocka, 1985; Burrage et al 1990). However, the practice of a ‘profession’ like me

لا شكّ أن النبي صلى اللله عليه وسلم قد قام ببيان ما وجب بيانه مما غمُض من معاني القرآن لصحابته الكرام رضي الله عنهم أجمعين، ولكنه لم يُفسّر جميع القرآن من أول سورة إلى آخرها، إذْ لم يُكلَّف بذلك

Purpose – This paper aims to examine the relationship between surface acting (SA), deep acting (DA) and organizational commitment (OC). Design/methodology/approach – Guided by affective events theory, the study adapted emotional labour scale and three components model to profile 373 teachers from 30 schools around Peninsular Malaysia. A list-ba

The Islamic Social Finance (ISF) of Zakat, Sodaqah and Waqaf are as old as the system of Islam and represent formidable social economic structures that redistribute wealth to reducing poverty in the society. These Islamic social finance institutions have for a long time been treated independently, which has thus limited their strengths to widen the

يُعدّ الإمام مجد الدين ابن الأثير إماما من أئمّة التفسير والحديث والفقه والأصول واللغة وغيرها من العلوم. وكتابه النهاية في غريب الحديث والأثر من أهم وأشمل المؤلفات في الغريب، وأهمية هذا الكتا

Game Theory acts as a suitable tool offering promising solutions to security-related concerns in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (i.e., MANETs). In MANETs, security forms a prominent concern as it includes nodes which are usually portable and require significant coordination between them. Further, the absence of physical organisation makes such networks sus

Objectives: Self-efficacy is an important factor in determining the ability of students to execute tasks or skills needed in the implementation of interprofessional learning (IPL). This study aimed to identify levels of self-efficacy with regards to IPL skills among undergraduate healthcare students and to investigate differences according to gende