This study aims to highlight the issues surrounding the mismatch between demand and supply of affordable housing and explore the potentials of Sustainable and Responsible Investment (SRI) sukuk as a financing mechanism for affordable housing in Malaysia. “Sukuk” is an Islamic bond which complies with Islamic religious laws. Under Malaysia’s s

Antimicrobial susceptibility testing is an essential task for selecting appropriate antimicrobial agents to treat infectious diseases. Constant evolution has been observed in methods used in the diagnostic microbiology laboratories. Disc diffusion or broth microdilution are classical and conventional phenotypic methods with long turnaround time and

Antibiotics are among the most important discoveries of the 20th century, having saved millions of lives from infectious diseases. Microbes have developed acquired antimicrobial resistance (AMR) to many drugs due to high selection pressure from increasing use and misuse of antibiotics over the years. The transmission and acquisition of AMR occur pr

Existing studies on performance aspects of waqf institutions have mainly focused on quantitative aspects, including financial ratios, with no inclusion of other alternative analysis tools such as qualitative measurement. To the best of our knowledge, research effort in this area has been lacking. Moreover, there is a literature gap in the adoption

The purpose of this research was to find out the problems faced by repeaters in learning writing in English in a pre-sessional course at an international university. The case study involved two students who had repeated the same writing course in three consecutive semesters. The research had two main objectives. One was to explore the challenges th

Introduction and objective: Aided pure-tone audiometry is often performed on cochlear implant (CI) users to evaluate speech sound accessibility. This study examines the relationship of speech recognition thresholds (SRT) of CI users using 1) Bisyllabic Malay Speech Audiometry (BMSA) and 2) Malay Matrix Sentence Test (MMST) with pure-tone audiometry

Ultra-High Performance Concrete (UHPC) is considered to be quite a new technology in Malaysia and it is still in the early stage of implementation as far as bridge design and construction in this country is concerned. Bridge Design Division, Public Works Department (PWD) has taken the initiative to study and to begin utilising UHPC in designing a 3

Due to the overgrowth of the information over the internet, concept of information needs and seeking behaviors of various group of people has been raised and highlighted to be studied. Understanding user needs and behaviors can wipe half of the solving time in providing information-services. Information seeking behavior becomes the major issue high

KEBELAKANGAN ini semakin kuat kedengaran dan kerap saranan supaya tidak terlalu taasub dengan sistem ranking yang menentukan kedudukan sesebuah universiti. Terkini pada 19 Oktober lalu, dalam Majlis Sambutan Ulang Tahun Ke-40, Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM), peringatan yang disampaikan oleh Menteri Pendidikan Tinggi, Datuk Seri Mohamed K

Introduction: The health status of Orang Asli (OA) in Malaysia often lag behind other races with under-nutrition and communicable diseases remain significant. While there is an upward trend of non-communicable diseases (NCD) in this country due to modernisation of lifestyle, how this change affecting OA is a public health interest. Materials and me