Purpose – This paper introduces the concept of manihah and develops a conceptual framework to address Malaysia’s abandoned lands and food security issues. Design/methodology/approach – This is a conceptual paper based on insights from the existing literature and secondary data on food security, abandoned lands and manihah. Based on the prevai

Edu-tourism and education encompass globalization involving the same history over the years. It has been identified that Malaysia has become a prominent destination among international students for affordable living costs and quality education. The purpose of this study was to investigate the potential of Edu-tourism sector in Malaysia and students

Understanding the reproductive biology particularly sexual maturity, reproductive cycle and fecundity of fish is useful for fisheries management. Unfortunately, there is no information about reproductive biology of Nemipterus furcosus. This study addresses this deficit for N. furcosus. We conducted a 12-month study to understand the reproductive bi

In this work, assessment of 2D shell theories and a new 13 term higher order shear deformation theory (HSDT13) is presented for simply supported anisotropic cylindrical shells under mechanical and thermal load. Equilibrium equations are derived through principle of virtual displacement and Navier type analytical solution are obtained for both angle

Objective: This study is a preliminary work to develop a Malay version questionnaire named ‘Inventori Persepsi bagi Muslim yang Memiliki Masalah Pendengaran (IPM3P)’ to assess the perception on Islamic understanding and practice among Muslim adults with hearing impairment. Methods: The scale development involved three phases: i) generation of d

The influences of technical factors on the catching efficiencies of gillnets are well understood, but less is known about the importance of environmental factors and how these might concurrently affect target-species condition. Here we address this deficit for two economically important southeast Asian cyprinids (Labiobarbus festivus and Osteochilu

Foreign remittances have contributed significantly to Bangladesh’s overall economic development through the years. More than half a million Bangladeshi citizens work abroad, which lessens the country’s labour market burden. As a result, Bangladesh is deemed a big beneficiary of remittances, earning USD 21.8 billion in 2020. It is inseparably li

Megalaspis cordyla, commonly known as torpedo scad, is a commercially important fish in many countries including Malaysia. It was widely consumed due to easy avaiability and reasonable price. Regardless of its commercial importance, no proper guidelines available for it’s sustainable production. Information about biological aspects particularly g

Today, the 1st of March, is the World Self-injury Awareness Day (SIAD). This is the day we sit down and contemplate how difficult life can be to some people that the only way to cope is to hurt themselves. There have been misconceptions about self-harm or self-injury(SI) that has left quite a stigma in our society. Very often, life challenges, stre

Stylistic architectural changes that occurred during the Colonial era in South East Asian nations such as Malaysia and Indonesia, particularly in the 1800s, had always been simplistically ‘lumped’ together as the Colonial style. Using case studies of the Malay world, this paper argues for the contrasting streams of public architecture, the mode