Debates on the continuous and upward increase in the selling price of houses continue unabated. However, very little has been said about construction costs of houses, such as, is the trend in construction costs of houses moving in similar patterns too? One way to understand it is through comparing and contrasting the construction costs index agains

Haddul kifayah refers to the income of an individual or household, used by zakat authorities, in determining whether an individual or household are eligible to be categorized as asnaf faqr or asnaf miskin. Consequently, if they fit into any one of the said asnaf, they would be eligible to be given financial assistance via the zakat fund. This paper

Zakat and waqaf are the two key instruments that focus on providing assistance to the needy. While they share similar aim but their approaches are different. Zakat has a specific approach as prescribed in Al-Quran and Al-Hadiths whereas waqaf in general, has no direct Quranic injunction except the various verses and hadiths that promote the practic

The Qur’an is the comprehensive guidance, not only for Muslims, but also for the whole mankind. It is revealed for the benefits of the people in every corner and aspect of their lives. One of the aspects is in the preservation and restoration of mental health. This paper aims at analyzing the significance of the Qur’an and Sunnah, i.e. their te

Literacy studies on children with hearing loss suggest possible benefits of systematic phonics instruction focusing on automatic recall of visual patterns and auditory-visual memory of sounds /letters. Few studies have looked at the impact of phonics in developing various speech-language skills among children with hearing loss who use spoken langua

The objective of this paper is to oversee the application of Universal Design and accessibility for people with disabilities (PwDs) in several major cities of ASEAN countries that are Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore. Previous studies show that the ageing and disabled population in this region increasing rapidly. In addition the aged population abo

Emergency preparedness is important, as it will reduce the impact after the disaster. Since Malaysia received less disaster, familiarity had become a gap as unfamiliar with disaster will cause incompetency in management, skills, knowledge and many more. Objective: To identify emergency healthcare personnel of four hospitals of northern region on th

This paper presents a comparison between the Proportional-Derivative (PD)-Fuzzy and Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) for balancing control of an extendable doublelink of two-wheeled mobile robot (TWMR). The two controllers were implemented to the first link of the TWMR for performance comparison between the intelligent and conventional contro

Literacy studies on children with hearing loss suggest possible benefits of systematic phonics instruction focusing on automatic recall of visual patterns and auditory-visual memory of sounds /letters. Few studies have looked at the impact of phonics in developing various speech-language skills among children with hearing loss who use spoken langua

The aim of this research is to identify the user recognition towards the car style in the market line up. To study the car style line up, a certain duration of the period that can show the car style changes need to be observed. It is due to a car style changes happen at least within a year or more. This research will support the designer in their q