This paper aims to elaborate on how the educational trip can enhance the teaching and learning in the enterprise of bamboo craft as reflected in the studio project approach of Applied Arts and Design Studio. The rationale is that an educational trip to related places for inputs and exposure to the students before their involvement in the design pro

This study aims to investigate the physical and visual properties of the traditional Malay wood carving as cultural heritage component, which has been inherited from the old generation of carvers since 16th century. The objectives of this study are: 1) to identify the tangible and intangible attributes of the wood carving components that denote its

Customers' mood information is acquired to facilitate marketers' understanding in order to tailor the marketing strategies for positive outcomes optimization. Mood can be reasonably hypothesized as one of the factor that influences customers' decision in buying the products or services offered. There have been many researchers reporting

Dragon fruit is one of the tropical fruits that are believed rich in antioxidant. Nevertheless, to date little is known regarding their antioxidant potential. In accordance with the natural colours of dragon fruits, the fruits may be rich in phytonutrients that play main roles in antioxidant activity. Two species of dragon fruits, Hylocereus undatu

Decreasing partnership as proposed by contemporary scholars could be effectively employed in financing MMEs, for procurement of assets as well as financing complete ventures. Its significance in financing MMEs could be enhanced through giving further prominence to the basis of equity participation, allowing the ancillary contracts of ijarah and sal

A precise demarcation separating hiyal from normal application of law has remained challenging. The majority of juristic trends are seen to categorize hiyal into permissible and impermissible types. Out of four categories of hiyal, juristic difference is found only with regard to one, where a permissible avenue is employed for attaining an unlawful

Background In developing countries such as Malaysia, the primary mode for revascularization is via thrombolytic therapy. This is only effective when instituted within a small time window and pre-hospital delay is a major concern. In a region where the mean house-to-door times can be as long as 8.5 hours, there is an urgent need to reduce the door-t

Background In developing countries such as Malaysia, the primary mode for revascularization is via thrombolytic therapy. In 2001, the 1st Edition of the Malaysian Clinical Practice Guideline advised the door-to-needle time of 60 minutes. This has been revised in the 2nd Edition (2007) to 30 minutes. This study aims to evaluate the mean door-to-need

The rapid growth in the information technology in many sectors and innovation in the supporting electronic component and data center equipment, has led the increasing demand of the data center providing and performance. The conditions directly implicate to the increasing of power consumption and heat load density. The cooling system takes critical

Mobile commerce is an emerging discipline that involves mobile device, wireless networks and Internet technologies. The Sultanate of Oman is one of the fastest growing telecoms nations in Asia and especially among the Arab Countries. The aims of this paper is to investigate the level of adoption of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in