In Malaysian villages, traditional Malay houses are the most common type of housing. One of the main features of these traditional houses, which are located in hot and humid areas of Malaysia, is an open ground floor created by using pilotis, which raises the first floor of the house, leaving the ground floor open (Fig. 1). Thus, a shaded free spac

The Program on Ecosystem Change and Society (PECS), a new initiative within the ICSU global change programs, aims to integrate research on the stewardship of social–ecological systems, the services they generate, and the relationships among natural capital, human wellbeing, livelihoods, inequality and poverty. The vision of PECS is a world where

This research is mostly motivated by the UNESCO's declaration of the Decade for Education for Sustainable Development. Since the concept of sustainable development plays a vital role in the educational process of many countries around the world, it seems important for Malaysia as one of the main actors of the Association of the South-East Asian

This study is investigating the concept of Irony when applied on analyzing Arabic text, and categorizing its elements. The terminology will explain the deep structure which understood through surface structure. The study will study the concept of irony through the element of Rhetorical Enforcement, deep structure, expectation, Sarcasm. The study ma

ملخص البحث: يسلط البحث الضوء على صورة البطولة الموجودة في أشعار الغزوات النبوية عند الصحابي الجليل أبو بشير، كعب بن مالك الأنصاري السلمي، وهو أحد شعراء الرسول بالإضافة إلى حسان بن ثابت، وعبد ا

In recent years, with the increasing demands of security in our networked society, biometric systems for user verification are becoming more popular. Iris recognition system is a new technology for user verification. In this paper, the CASIA iris database is used for individual user’s verification by using support vector machines (SVMs) which bas

Budgeting – Planning and Control in Public Sector Organizations Development of Budgeting Techniques in Public Sector The Modified Budgeting System (MBS) Budgetary ControlsBUDGETING IN PUBLIC SECTOR: Accounting Perspective Muslim Har Sani Mohamad Department of Accounting, IIUMTopics 3 SESSIONS BY: • Dr Muslim Har Sani Mohamad1. Overview of Budge

Nowadays, the importance attached to healthcare Service provision has had many organizations utilize collaborative information systems to share health related information. It is a common trend to find information systems which store and share health related information of patients, their diagnosis and general other health information. In this paper

بات النظر إلى النص الديني في وقتنا الحاضر عملية استكشافية لعالمه الذي اختلف المعاصرون في تحديد عناصره وماهيته، ونظرة القدامى العرب إليه كانت نظرة محدودة تتناول الجملة وعناصرها. وفي تناولنا ل�

يهدف هذا البحث إلى شرح التّطوّرات الحديثة في اللّغة العربيّة في بناء مصطلحات رياضة كرة القدم العربيّة المعاصرة، حيث أصاب ألفاظ اللّغة العربيّة تغييرات في الدّلالة، فتغيّرت معانيها اللّغويّة