In this work, biodegradable polymer was prepared from thermoplastic sago starch (TPSS) plasticized with glycerol. In order to improve the properties of the TPSS, Montmorillonite (MMT), a kind of reinforced additive was used in the preparation of montmorillonite-reinforced thermoplastic sago starch (MTRSS) composites via hot pressing method. The fab

This study measures and ranks the relative efficiency of the domestic Islamic subsidiaries and commercial banks in Malaysia from the year 2008 to 2010. Nine domestic commercial banks and nine Islamic subsidiaries are selected. The study uses the Data Envelopment Analysis as the method to measure the relative efficiency of the selected banks in inte

This study is about Conference Management Online System which provides an easier way of managing events when conducting a conference. The system will be specifically built for the convenience of Event Manager in managing online submission of papers and procedures with relation to the Event Manager himself, Reviewers and Authors. Besides that, this

Banking industry in its attempt to attract more customers, hence capital offer various forms of benefits. These benefits basically take two form; direct and indirect. The first type of benefits are represented by provision of dividend to depositors whereas, the second type of benefits are represented by offering of insurance, sale on discount rate

Growing awareness of environmental concerns has encouraged the uses of natural fiber in a product. Natural fibers are extensively used in composite structure replacing synthetic fibers because they are abundantly available, low density, non-toxic and harmlessness, biodegradable, reliable in processing and low cost. Among the various natural fibers,

Managing risks are crucial in all fields. Information technology risks pose more threats to organisations in three categories: 1) technical and operational risk; 2) data and information security risk; and 3) organisation, project and human risk. Therefore, modern organisations have to face the challenging new and increasing threats from IT risks in

The complexities of IT outsourcing (ITO) projects require an emphasis on proper and effective project risk management strategies adopted by both service receivers and providers. Literature indicates that an alarming number of mega-deal ITO deals failed due to many reasons. For instance, ill-planned and poorly-managed projects, large and multifacete

A Q-switched erbium-doped fiber laser (EDFL) incorporating a graphene-oxidebased saturable absorber (SA) is proposed and demonstrated. The SA is fabricated by first dissolving graphene oxide nanopowder in water and subsequently using the thermophoresis effect to deposit it onto the fiber ferrule. The SA is integrated into a ring cavity EDFL, which

In this paper, a high-resolution fiber temperature sensor is proposed and demonstrated using the frequency beating technique. The sensor uses a constant wavelength (CW) at 1539.96 nm as the reference signal for the frequency beating technique. The sensor signal is provided by a fiber Bragg grating (FBG) tuned single-longitudinal mode (SLM) fiber la

A wide-band supercontinuum source generated by mode-locked pulses injected into a Highly Non-Linear Fiber (HNLF) is proposed and demonstrated. A 49 cm long Bismuth–Erbium Doped Fiber (Bi–EDF) pumped by two 1480 nm laser diodes acts as the active gain medium for a ring fiber laser, from which mode-locked pulses are obtained using the Non-Polariz