With increasing development speculation involving farmland, total area devoted to food cultivation continues to fall, or is expected to be sold at a higher price per hectare than before. This paper compares price of land cultivated with paddy relative to other crops and proceeds to examine some unique market and institutional features of the paddy

Human Motion Detection is one of the most challenging problems in computer vision due to the huge quantity of possible cases. The number of postures depends on the degree of freedom of the human body (i.e. the articulations such as shoulders or knees). Moreover, the morphology of the person (height, corpulence, etc) influences the perception of the

لقد شد النمو االقتصادي المضطرد في بعض دول شرق وجنوب شرق آسيا أنظار العالم عموما، وأثار اهتمام عدد من الباحثين على وجه الخصوص. ففي دراسات معمقة حاول كثير منهم االقتراب من التجربة األسيو ية من أج

Rakyat Malaysia terdiri daripada pelbagai kaum dan agama. Antaranya ialah kaum Cina. Mereka terdiri daripada pelbagai etnik yang memeluk variasi agama dan mengamalkan kepercayaan masing-masing, dengan bebas dan aman. Umumnya masyarakat Melayu Muslim lebih mengenali mereka dari jendela politik, dominasi perniagaan, kewujudan bersama, hubungan kepart

Cysteine proteases in pineapple (Ananas comosus) plants are phytotherapeutical agents that demonstrate anti-edematous, anti-inflammatory, anti-thrombotic and fibrinolytic activities. Bromelain has been identified as an active component and as a major protease of A. comosus. Bromelain has gained wide acceptance and compliance as a phytotherapeutical

The numerical modelling of the interactions between water waves and floating structures is significant for different areas of the marine sector, especially seakeeping and prediction of wave-induced loads. Seakeeping analysis involving severe flow fluctuations is still quite challenging even for the conventional RANS method. Particle method has been

In the recent decades, the level of satisfaction with amplification among hearing aid users has been one of the major interesting research subjects. This preliminary study was aimed to evaluate the level of satisfaction with amplification among hearing aid users particularly among the Malay speakers. In order to achieve the aim, the SADL questionna

This paper addresses the use of songs by Malaysian Islamic Education teachers in their classrooms in order to help their students understand the Islamic education topics in a more effective and enjoyable manner. Furthermore, this paper provides an insight about the role of teachers in implementing innovative approaches via songs, which brings to th

Mathematics education of yesterday, where the emphasis of procedural rote learning took centre stage, is no longer viable. Today, students must understand the Mathematics that they are learning; that is, Mathematics involves various components or strands that are interdependent and interwoven. The purpose of this study was to assess three of the st

Mathematics education of yesterday, where the emphasis of procedural rote learning took centre stage, is no longer viable. Today, students must understand the Mathematics that they are learning; that is, Mathematics involves various components or strands that are interdependent and interwoven. The purpose of this study was to assess three of the st