Notes for IIUM Graduants 2007

Purpose – Organizations create mission statements and emphasize core values. Inculcating those values depends on the way employees are treated and nurtured. Therefore, there seems to be a strong relationship between human resource development (HRD) practices and organizational values. The paper aims to empirically examine this relationship. Desig

Studies in human, animal and cellular systems suggest that phenols from virgin olive oil are capable of inhibiting several stages in carcinogenesis, including metastasis. The invasion cascade comprises cell attachment to extracellular matrix components or basement membrane, degradation of basement membrane by proteolytic enzymes and migration of ce

Fetal heart rate monitoring is a technique for obtaining important information about the condition of a fetus during pregnancy and labor, by detecting the FECG signal generated by the heart of the fetus. The ultimate reason for the interest in FECG signal analysis is in clinical diagnosis and biomedical applications. The extraction and detection of

In spite of previous widely held belief of the incompatibility of public key cryptography (PKC) schemes for wireless sensor networks (WSNs), some recent works have shown that, PKC based schemes could be implemented for such networks in some ways. The major challenge of employing a PKC scheme in wireless sensor network is posed by the limitations of

The study examined role of organizational justice in promoting extra role behavior (ERB) in Malaysia. ERB is defined as discretionary behavior that goes beyond existing role expectations that benefit the organization. Literature on the subject indicated that social and cultural values moderate the relationship between organizational justice and org

The book provides a reasonably comprehensive introduction to public international law based on the modern practice of States, the practice of international organizations, and the decisions of international and national courts. It is a complete textbooks for students of public international law and also a must-read for students......PUBLIC 2ndeditio

This article discusses the impact globalization, in particular the liberal economy, on education. It elaborates how the liberalized economy requires a new kind of worker who needs a different set of skills, especially knowledge of the information and communication technologies (ICT). Due to this, there is a greater demand for higher education which

This book was written with the specific objective of addressing the information deficiency on sea cucumbers and gamat found in Malaysian coastal waters. Most of the data presented here are based on the results of scientific studies and publications by the author together with other researchers and students under his supervision either directly or i

Bangladeshi students generally think about embarking upon a structured, academic research project after completing their first degrees, honours and masters. Students with laudable academic credentials wish to do so in a foreign country, preferably in the West. However, when a Bangladeshi postgraduate research student goes to a western university to