Teachers have been regarded as the “sage” on the stage in the past. They seem to hold the repertoire of knowledge, values and skills to be handed down to the younger generation. In a sense they are like little repositories of knowledge for the civilization. Today with the invention of the computer and information and communication technologies,

The antiarthritic effect of water extraction of C. asiatica leaves in the adjuvant-induced arthritis in rats was investigated. Prior to this, the chemical constituents in C. asiatica leaves were determined through phytochemical analysis and were found to contain alkaloids, terpenoid, flavonoid and tannin. Leaves of C. asiatica were subjected to wat

The science of hadith authentication and classification (ulum al-hadith) has been developed by Muslim scholars mostly based on critical analysis of the texts and chains of the reports (ahadith) that are attributed to Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.). Though this science is basically designed to identify the authentic reports which are truly the words, act

The International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) aims to become a leading international centre of educational excellence which seeks to restore the dynamic and progressive role of the Muslim Ummah in all branches of knowledge and intellectual discourse.Its mission has been crystallized during the period of Professor Mohd Kamal Hassan, its third

School-based Assessment (SBA) system or better known by its Malay acronym as PBS (Pentaksiran Berasaskan Sekolah), being part of the Malaysia educational reform, was officially introduced by the Ministry of Education in 2011 with the aim to improve the effectiveness of the system in evaluating students’ academic progress and personal development.

Recent growth in Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) usage has generated considerable interest in the establishment of the IEEE 802.11 WLAN standards. WLAN has been developed with the capability to handle tremendous growth of data traffic and therefore have been proliferating worldwide. The influencing factors and the parameters involved prior choos

The evolution of communication device demands for faster connection and higher data rates. This results in proliferation of new broadband technologies that are being introduced into the market for each interval of every 2 to 3 years. However, these technologies are still facing the challenge of unsatisfied users who request not only faster connecti

Femtocell is a small sized indoor basestation to increase the coverage and capacity. Femtocell is connected through broadband backhual to the IEEE1588 to synchronize and manage the network. Due to limited/poor connectivity femtocell suffers by frequency misallignment and clock differencs. To overcome this problem MS-Assisted Receiver-Receiver Time

Two proposed cognitive selection mechanisms were applied in user terminal to observe the performance of the mechanisms when executed within wireless environment. In this study, three different wireless broadband connections were used. They are high speed packet access (HSPA), wireless fidelity (WiFi), and wireless interoperability for microwave acc

The rapid economic growth has necessitated the need for pupils to have an insight in basic daily economics knowledge that are sufficient for practical application. This work is undertaken to ascertain the level of economics literacy among university students. The study firstly measures the levels of awareness of economics literacy and secondly comp