The ongoing advancement of technology in universities is promoting the use of E-learning management system during learning process. E-Learning management system has been introduced and used at International Islamic University Malaysia IIUM for more than five years. Trainings on E-learning has been conducted to both students and lecturers and suppor

In order to reduce the level of atmospheric pollution caused by vehicle engine emissions, application of a novel technique based on fuel magnetization has been tested in this study aiming at improving fuel efficiency and reducing the rate of gas emissions into the environment. Two experiments were conducted, each using a different type of magnetic

Because of the nature of the diesel engine combustion process, such engines produce more toxic emissions, more visible smoke and odour than gasoline engines. This has led to an increasing concern about the possible effects of diesel emissions on the environment and human health. This study examines emissions form two experimental diesel powered veh

This study aims to build a vehicle replacement model for air quality improvement by reducing the emission of greenhouse gases. The model based on linear programming with the objective to reduce the total cost considering different depreciation methods. The decision variables are; the mileage of the vehicles, age of the vehicles, the annual operatin

In-depth interviews were conducted among 42 purposively selected participants to have an insight into the different issues pertaining to essential drugs such as access, availability, price fixation and update of the Essential Drugs List of Bangladesh. Their opinions seem to be divided as to the availability, production, relationships between price

A quasi-intervention study was conducted to identify the patterns of antimicrobial use and to assess the effectiveness of an interactive training programme on antimicrobial prescribing for physicians in medical wards of a tertiary care hospital in Pahang, Malaysia. The period of data collection was four months in each of the pre-intervention and th

Abstract: To ascertain the pattern of antimicrobial use and to analyze the selected core drug use indicators – prescribing indicators – a prospective study was conducted in 2008 in medical wards of a tertiary care hospital in Malaysia. Every patient in the medical wards of the selected hospital who was being treated with antimicrobial(s) during

Machining of hard materials at high cutting speeds produces high temperatures in the cutting zone, which affects the surface quality. Thus, developing a model for estimating the cutting parameters and optimizing this model to minimize the cutting temperatures and surface roughness becomes utmost important to avoid any damage to the quality surface.

The present research investigated the role of the self in steering different forms of shame, with distinct behavioural outcomes in contemporary Malay culture. The findings of this study are consistent with those of mainstream research indicating that shame is detrimental. However, the findings departed sharply from previous research in distinguishi

The prosperous of rural tourism development is rely not only on the local community participation but, it is depending on the effectives of leader to navigate the group and the followers to achieve certain objectives. However, there is a little empirical study has been done on this area by the scholars. Thus, this conceptual research undertaking on