This book is intended as an intermediate text for students in experimental design. The following can benefit from it if they have attended an introductory course in experimental design: •Undergraduate majors and postgraduate students in engineering, biotechnology, psychology, education and agriculture •Medical students •Graduate students who

This paper investigates the performance of the Malaysian Islamic banking sector during the period 2001–2005. In the first stage, the productivity estimates of individual banks are evaluated using the nonparametric Malmquist Productivity Index (MPI). A multivariate analysis is employed in the second stage to determine factors that influence the pr

The embezzlement of funds from religious organizations, particularly in western church institutions, is becoming more common. Such scandals have raised concerns about their internal control systems. Despite the lack of any reported financial scandals in mosques, there is a growing concern as to whether they experience the same deficiencies as other

The housing industry in Malaysia is regarded as one of the major industries contributing to the economic and social development of the country, The industry is regulated by several sets of rules and the imposition of regulations, guidelines and standards is to ensure that all categories of houses, inclusive of houses for the lower income group will

This a report of an institute on library leadership (based at the Hong Kong University) with a format of eight lectures, each followed by 20 to 30-minute break-out sessions, and a case study that formed a crucial part of the program; each team was assigned a case study topic. Within the presentations, topics and themes covered include: Strategic pl

Meaning of Privacy has been changed since the massive invasion of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) into our private life advances technology have greatly expanded our ability to acquire private and confidential information. Increasingly, technology is being developed to expand our capacities to monitor ongoing actions. Making credit c

Improving navigation performance of autonomous wheeled mobile robot (WMR) in a dynamic unstructured environment requires improved maneuverability. In such cases, the dynamics of wheel slip may violate the ideal no-slip kinematic constraints generally used to model nonholonomic WMR. In this paper, a new method is proposed to tackle the modeling inad

In this paper the effect of hardener on mechanical properties of carbon reinforced phenolic resin composites is investigated. Carbon fibre is one of the most useful reinforcement materials in composites, its major use being the manufacture of components in the aerospace, automotive, and leisure industries. In this study, carbon fibres are hot press

If we were to examine the subject of funerary architecture in Islamic civilization, we would come face-to-face with some crucial and extremely difficult questions yet to be comprehensively answered in light of the Islamic worldview, as well as in light of an unprejudiced investigation of the cultures and civilization of the Muslim peoples. Some of

The paper examines the legal and institutional framework of powers relating to pollution prevention in rivers. Federalism in Malaysia has resulted in powers over pollution control in rivers being held by several agencies and authorities. The Drainage and Irrigation Department ('DID') have a privotal role by virtue of the Ministerial Functio