Micromachining techniques are being used regularly in various engineering and production sectors such as Micro Electromechanical Systems, Aerospace, Automotive, Electronics and Biomedical industries. For Laser Beam Micromachining, highly energized laser beam is focused on a small region of the workpiece surface. As a result, it is heated up rapidly

Purpose – There is much debate in the literature about how the performance of Islamic banks (IBs) should be measured. Basically, IBs’ business models are different from that of conventional banks; thus, the performance of IBs should be measured by using a Sharīʿah-based approach. This paper considers zakat (Islamic tax) as an alternative indi

In the present work, hybrid polymer electrolyte based on carboxymethyl cellulose-polyvinyl alcohol-ammonium nitrate-ethylene carbonate (CMC–PVA–NH4NO3–C3H4O3) become the promising materials that has demonstrated outstanding physical properties as an electrolytes system in solar cell. In the frame of solar cell progress, the electrical conduct

Introduction: Germinating parts of plants are the beginning of the growth of a plant that can be seed, spore, or bud and it is usually used in the Malay community as a spice and traditional medicine. Correspondingly, this study reviews the utilisation of germinating parts of three materia medica locally known as ‘mata kunyit’ (Curcuma longa –

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, several preventive measures have been put in place including movement restriction and closure of non-essential services in Malaysia including educational premises and shifting towards online learning. Physical inactivity may impact medical students’ quality of life, particularly their physical and mental health, as b

This study aimed to reveal the reality of using smart-board technology in the Islamic institutes in the Sultanate of Oman. The study’s population consists of 80 teachers, all of them work at the Islamic Institutes in the Sultanate of Oman . The research was applied to the teachers in the institutes (67 teachers) selected in accordance with the in

The physical flexibility has a significant impact on microstrip antenna design for wireless body area network (WBAN) application and designing such an antenna on a flexible substrate has many challenges. This paper presents an inset-fed microstrip patch antenna designed on a rubber substrate with defected ground structure (DGS). DGS is used to furt

This study explored the experience of preservice teachers in a coursework that was instructed using the Narrative Approach in University Putra Malaysia. In doing so, the study intended to examine the perceptions of the preservice teachers about learning in a Narrative Approach classroom. This study is a case study of six preservice teachers in thei

Sustainable tourism (ST) in Islam depends on Khalifah (vicegerent) reacting and practicing Islamic law. Much of the focus on tourism has targeted branding and investing in Islamic tourism. Few systematic reviews on the position practices among Khalifah have been conducted. The present article analyses the existing literature on the roles of tourism

Vocabulary is acknowledged to be central to language learning. Vocabulary learning is important in acquiring a language learning. This study aims at investigating the vocabulary learning strategies used by Arabic and non-Arabic majors at a Public University in Malaysia. A sample of 282 students from both groups answered the Vocabulary Learning Ques