The purpose of this paper is to explore relation between wellbeing and sustainability in an attempt to establish theoretical concept for sustainable wellbeing. Over the years, growing number of researches seek to understand and reason with factors that influence and constitute wellbeing and its potential synergy with sustainability. Recent studies

In recent years, Vertical Take-off and Landing vehicles (VTOL) have gained popularity among researchers due to their capabilities of vertical stationary flight and maneuverability. As the consequences, many beneficial and unique applications of this type of vehicle can be found for both military and civilian purposes. Despite heightened interest in

The subject of tumor has generated lots of interest from the medical point of view and recently from engineering/research perspective owing to advancement in medical equipment and increased computerization in many areas including medical field. This paper discusses a post segmentation tumor volume determination technique that employs mainly pixel f

The aim of this paper is to explore the consumers’ awareness and practices towards ‘exclusion clause. The underlying philosophy is that consumers are free to enter into contracts and therefore must take care of their own interests. The results of this study show that only 41.8% from 400 respondents in Klang Valley aware of the existence of such

This chapter attempts to discuss on one of the natural elements of the environment, which is vegetation by focusing on its physical aesthetical values and functional aspect that benefits the environment as a whole. Islamic perspective is also being emphasised as to briefly relate to the hard-sciences and the revealed knowledge. This is seen as an i

Ariid catfishes, belongs to family Ariidae is considered as one of the taxonomically problematic group and still under review by fish taxonomist globally. A vigilant and detail observation is important during the species level identification of ariids. Therefore, this study was carried out to determine the morphological variations of one of the ari

Vertical greenery (VG) is plants that can be grown on, up, or against internal or external walls of buildings or as freestanding structures. An urban area is in need of more greenery in its surroundings and one method is by increasing the implementation of VG in urban areas. This is due to various benefits gained by implementing VG in terms of the

Most of the developing countries lay close to the equatorial line of tropical climates with their cities experiencing rapid urbanizations, population growths and physical changes. These accelerates the changes in their urban landscape, which results among others the urban heat island phenomenon (UHI). The global temperature increment also increases

This study examines the financial investment decision-making and risk behaviors of Malaysian men and women. It uses data obtained from a survey of employed Malaysians to test two opposing models of household decision making, the income pooling hypothesis and the bargaining model. Ordinal probit regressions are estimated to determine if earning shar

Household financial decision-making process is an important issue as it has shown to have implications on key development outcomes such as child health and education,nutrition, expenditure, and allocation of labor. Women’s ability to have control over household finances and decisions also reflects, to some extent, their level of empowerment. This