The challenges faced by Small medium enterprises (SMEs) are growing rapidly and pushing the firms to improve their competitiveness to enhance the levels of productivity and the existence in international markets. Global challenges, open market competition and information technology develop-ment are the barriers and opportunities they may take advan

Malaysia had its 14th General Election on 9th May 2018 that resulted in a change of government from the Barisan Nasional (BN) who ruled since 1957’s independence to the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. Acknowledging the power that social media had in influencing voters, The Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 (CMA) was mobilised to hunt dissent

The study reports on the valorization of municipal grass waste (MGW) for the extraction of cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs), as an eco-friendly and sustainable low-cost precursor for cellulose nanomaterial production. The raw MGW was subjected to boiling in water pretreatment, and alkali and bleaching treatments for the extraction of cellulose fibers,

The COVID-19 pandemic crisis is projected to plunge over half a billion people (580 million) around the world into extreme poverty. This exploratory paper aims to propose an innovative Social Synergy sukuk (Double-S sukuk) as a solution for alleviating the alarming upsurge in extreme poverty triggered by the pandemic crisis in the face of limited r

Objectives: Urinary tract infections due to multi drug resistant bacteria have been on the rise globally with serious implications for public health. The objective of this study was to explore the prevalence of multi drug resistant uropathogens and to correlate the urinary tract infections with some demographic and clinical characteristics of patie

Drilling through Carbon Fibre Reinforced Plastic (CFRP) and Titanium alloy (Ti6Al4V) in a stack is crucial for mechanical assembly of aircraft and automotive parts. This paper presents an investigation of drilled CFRP/Ti stacks hole quality in comparison to when the materials were drilled separately and individually (CFRP-only and Ti-only). The dri

Drilling through Carbon Fibre Reinforced Plastic (CFRP) and Titanium alloy (Ti6Al4V) in a stack is crucial for mechanical assembly of aircraft and automotive parts. This paper presents an investigation of drilled CFRP/Ti stacks hole quality in comparison to when the materials were drilled separately and individually (CFRP-only and Ti-only). The dri

This study attempts to integrate students’ perceptions in mathematics knowledge in answering and explaining problems of mathematics learning that is presence in the classroom. The survey instrument used in this study called “Students’ Perception on Mathematics Survey“(SPMS). All the marks and data gathered were tabulated, summarized, and an

Students’ perceptions towards mathematics seem to be shaped by how they define mathematics and the role of mathematics in their life. Most students in Malaysia lack experience in dealing with mathematics, thus their achievement in mathematics are not as good as non-Malaysian students (Liew & Pong, 2004). Therefore, the purpose of this study i

This study reports on the electrochemical exfoliation of graphene nanoflakes and graphene quantum dots (GQDs) suspension using electrochemical exfoliation under the influence of anionic surfactant, sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate (SDBS). A simple electrochemical set up was employed using pristine and heated graphite electrodes. The prepared graphen