Pozzolanic reactive material is considered as one of the most essential characteristic of cementing additive material in concrete technology application. Normally, the reactive material contains abundant silica that enhances concrete strength activity. Undeniably, it is proven that rice husk ash (RHA) possesses large quantity of silica that induces

Loneliness and cognitive impairment are common among older people. However, the study on the association between cognitive impairment and loneliness among older people in long-term care in Malaysia is limited. This study aimed to explore the association between socio-demographic, cognitive impairment and loneliness among older people in long-term c

The field of speech synthesis or Text-To-Speech has rapidly expanded during last few years due to the wide range of applications that require human-machine interaction. Arabic language, the fourth most spoken language on the globe, has received the attention of the researchers in development of an intelligible and close to natural Text-To-Speech sy

Seen through the lens of the education sector social media grew a ital source of academic learning. The learning through social media occurs mainly through the collaborative approach to information sharing, where the web-based social networking sites provide the optimal platform for knowledge enhancing among colleagues, co-workers, and others. Deve

Despite numerous breakthroughs in personalized medicine, cancer still remains as a major leading cause of death globally. Cancer occurrence rate is increasing at an alarming rate in the world and it accounts for around 13% of all deaths worldwide. Having anaplastic, dysplastic, and metastatic properties in normal cells, are the initiative signs of

Cancer is a major deadliest disease globally that involve uncontrolled cell growth and invasion-metastasis events. It accounts for around 13% of all deaths worldwide. Statistical reports have pointed out that the cancer occurrence rate is increasing at an alarming rate in the world. Furthermore, cancer relapse rate is also rising mostly due to late

As one of the leading halal industry players, many efforts are in place for Malaysia to be the global halal hub by 2020. Apart from maintaining the high standard of halal food production, the marketing aspect of halal food products are also crucial to keep up with their existing popularity worldwide. Hence, this study highlights the use of rhetoric

Halal industry is dominating the global scene with endless potential and this has driven Malaysia even more to be the world’s best halal hub. There are many studies done on consumers purchasing behaviour in relation to halal awareness, however little attention is given to the medium of discourse bridging the consumers and the halal food industry,

Automatic speaker recognition is the use of a machine (i.e. software or hardware) to recognize a person from a spoken phrase. This is done by identifying characteristic acoustic features of their voice which is unique. This makes it possible to use the speaker's voice to verify their identity and can be used to control access to services such a

Human identification has always been an imerest continuously explored by human. 1lIe need for identification comes from the need to detect and to recognize people for security. verification, validation and recognition and many other reasons. One method of identification that attracts among the greatest interest is biometric identification. Biometri