Microfiber-based devices have a great potential in many applications due to their extraordinary optical and mechanical properties. An adiabatic silica-based taper is required for most of the applications and thus, adiabaticity criterion has to be estimated and satisfied to avoid high optical loss emerging when taper’s profile is not controlled pr

Direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA) of medicinal products is characterized by any statement or pictorial design targeted to general public that is meant to promote the use or supply of medical products or services ("A.MA Position Statement ", 2007). Generally, various forms of marketing techniques are used in DTCA including advertising in

Settlement out of court in criminal cases in Malaysia is allowed through the process of plea bargaining which is accepted officially after the amendment of the Criminal Procedure Code 2012 (Act 539) by the Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Act 2012. In the process of plea bargaining, the prosecution and the accused negotiate on the reduction of c

Hospitality services are closely related to the Maqasid al-Sharia, especially on the improvement side where significantly reflected in hospitality services provided by some States and institutions in favor of people, due to laws, Islamic values and Maqasid al�shari`ah became almost rarely applied in transactions between individuals, thus the need

In electric vehicle technology, battery energy conservation is paramount due to the dependency of all system operations on the available battery. The proportional, integral and derivative (PID) controller parameters in the electric power assisted steering system for electric vehicle needs to be tuned with the optimal performance setting so that les

Schizophrenia (Sz) affect about 21 million people worldwide. This disorder alters perception, thoughts, affect and behaviour. Serotonin (5-Hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) is a monoamine neurotransmitter which has been hypothesized to be abnormal in schizophrenia. The solute carrier family 6 member 4 (SLC6A4) gene and serotonin receptor 2A (HTR2A) gene are

Media might play an important role in public’s voting decision. Even so, it is unknown whether the media agenda counterpart public agenda with regard to the level of importance of the issues covered in the media. This study examined the issues of concern by the Malaysian mainstream newspapers, as well as the issues of concern by the public during

IIUMToday is the official campus newspaper for the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), operated by students under the jurisdiction of the Department of Communication, established on 1 May 2014. To test the level of satisfaction in reading it, the objectives of the study are: (1) to determine the levels for reasons of visiting the IIUM

This paper presents recent mechatronics technology that can help to implement predictive maintenance by combining intelligent and predictive maintenance instrument. Vibration Fault Simulation System (VFSS) is an example of mechatronics system. The focus of this study is the prediction on the use of critical machines to detect vibration. Vibration m

The study of political communication has expanded in recent decades, concurrent with the emphasis on examining the state of the field, but neglecting the examination on the research methodology employed in the field. While previous work in this area has mainly utilised a particular single methodology of either a quantitative or a qualitative approa