The earnest development of administration of Islamic law in Malaysia could be viewed as stemming from the desire to pick up the pieces left by the British and other colonial powers after their intervention in the Malay Archipelago. Intense Islamization in the Malay Sultanates was interrupted by the colonial intervention. After gaining her independe

Multi-ethnic and multi-religious make up of Malaysian society requires a deft hand in managing ethnic relation. Malaysia has histories of flares of ethnic relations such as the May 13 incident in 1969. One of the causes attributed to the incident is unruly speeches that incite inter ethnic hatred. Apart from social and economic policies and action-

In order to bridge the gap between a student understanding and an instructor's perception of subject mastery, it is important to assess upper year capstone engineering project in a way which targets the important aspects within each stage in the design process while providing feedback that is instructive and helpful. Using the engineering devel

Multi-ethnic and multi-religious make up of Malaysian society requires a deft hand in managing ethnic relation. Malaysia has a history of ethnic relations flare-ups such as the May 13 incident in 1969. One of the causes attributed to the incident was unruly speeches that incited inter-ethnic hatred. Apart from social and economic policies and actio

Many businesses have applied best practice for improving performance, but with mixed success. In addition, the results of past studies on the relationship between best business practices and performance are inconclusive. The aim of this study was to examine the extent to which ceramics industry has adopted the best business practices and whether th

A simple, precise and reproducible liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry method has been developed and validated according to the Food and Drug Administration guidelines for the simultaneous quantitation of antidiabetic drugs metformin, glimiperide and pioglitazone in human plasma using glipizide as an internal standard. Quantitation was

This study reports the results of research on business strategies of Thai ceramics manufacturing firms in an attempt to answer two questions. First, what overall competitive business strategies are being employed by Thai ceramics firms? Second, do these strategies contribute to performance? Porter’s concept of generic strategies is used as busine

IEEE 802.16e standard for mobile Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX), defines the implementation of hard handover. The standard covers the physical and MAC layer. To apply the layer 3 (L3) handover protocol over the existing IEEE 802.16e layer 2 (L2) handover scheme, the fast mobile IPv6 was used by many researches, but long lat

Terengganu water experienced the semi annual reversal in the wind system and the reversal in the current flow, in the upper layer of the ocean. Due to this reason, a north east monsoon season and a south east monsoon season, can be clearly distinguished in the South China Sea. Their coastal near shore areas are active sites where huge amount of org

Presently, the tort system is used to regulate medical negligence litigation in Malaysia. Generally, this system provides for compensation only when a doctor or any other medical personnel assisting in the treatment of a patient is negligent. Previously, in determining whether a doctor was negligent in diagnosis, treatment and advice, the court had