The fast growth in communication systems has resulted congestion in lower frequency bands and microwave link designers are forced to explore higher and higher frequencies. Rain is a dominant source of attenuation at higher frequencies and consequently degrades the system performance in tropical and subtropical regions. The knowledge of rain fade an

Istihalah is an Arabic term that literally means transformation. Technically, it is when a substance is changed or transform from its original nature to another attribute. The concept of istihalah is a fiqh Ourisprudence) principle. 'Ruling upon an object is upon what it is named (what it is), if the name (what it is) changes then so does the r

The idea of creating Muslimfriendly hotels or Shariah compliant hospitality is nothing new. The concept of Islamic Hotel Brand or Muslim-Friendly Hotelier to accommodate Muslims need is not any different then the current western hotels' hospitality. A room having a Qiblah pointing signage stuck on the ceiling, a prayer rug or sajadah, a bidet o

Conferences and seminars are organized to bring together scholars and professionals who have the ability to perceive problems in a given field with the aim of searching possible solutions. With this aim the Asia Pacific conference on the Contemporary Trends in Mediation and Arbitration in the Asia Pacific was organized. Sixteen papers have been sel

This article explores the paradoxes relating to the intricate relationships of women, work and home in Malaysia. In general, employment activity enhances women;s economic independence and influences their negotiations about the divisions of labour in the home. But in Malaysia, the situation concerns the issue over conflicts of priorities, which see

Objective: To evaluate the maternal and fetal outcome of laparoscopic ovarian cystectomy in pregnancy Method: A cross sectional study with descriptive analysis of the retrospective data collected from the electronic medical records, of 249 women with ovarian cystectomy from January 2000 until June 2007. We then focused on 37 out of 41 pregnant case

Introduction: When the term religion is mentioned, the classical and universal connotation often crosses the mind that is the correlated triplicity: The Holy, Believing in the Holy and the Application of those beliefs in a form of Rituals. However......

In this work, design a hybrid control wheeled robot which is capable of detecting buried landmines and marking their localization in uneasy accessible areas, while enabling the operator to control the robot wirelessly from a distance. As a universal solution to the landmine problem is unlikely to be achieved in the short time, according to what man

A Zero Skew clock routing methodology has been developed to help design team speed up their clock tree generation process. The methodology works by breaking up the clock net into smaller partitions, then inserting clock buffers to drive each portion and lastly, routing the connection from original clock source to each newly inserted clock buffers w

This is an important book which presents the latest trends in mediation and arbitration in the Asia Pacific region. As settlement of civil and commercial disputes through litigation has become very costly and tedious, the modern world is heavily leaning towards mediation and arbitration because of their comparative cost efficiency and simplicity. T