Towns in Malaysia are rich in built heritage from colonial days and the symbiotic existence of Chinese and Malays, which dominated urban areas. The nostalgic combination of old and new quaintly describes our towns. On the other hand, pressure for redevelopment is increasing in the face of fast-changing, ominously globalizing world today to create a

مُلخّص الكراهية الدينية المتوارثة التي تثيرها وسائل الإعلام ضِدّ الإسلام والمسلمين تؤدي إلى إحياء العداوة الدينية بين المسلمين والمسيحيين، كما تؤدي إلى تدمير علاقتهم المبنية على روح الصداق�

Islamization as an idea is not a mere process of engagement rather a dynamic and ongoing school of thought; hence, Islamized engineering is a value-laden enterprise and a process reconceptualization. Islamized engineering sciences will generate diverse insights different, to certain a extent, from western conception of engineering. It will connect

The objectives of this paper are first to introduce various concepts of accessibility that describe independence and easy mobility as derived from international theories. Secondly, to investigate the types of barriers which incur difficulties to people with disabilities such as the physically challenged children with diverse disabilities, including

Nonholonomic mobile robots are characterized by no-slip constraints. However, in many practical situations, slips are inevitable. In this work, we develop a theoretical and systematic framework to include slip dynamics into the overall dynamics of the wheeled mobile robot (WMR). Such a dynamic model is useful to understand the slip characteristics

Hydroxyapatite powder has been prepared via sol-gel procedure using calcium nitrate tetrahydrate and diammonium hydrogen phosphate as the precursors for calcium and phosphorus, respectively. XRD measurement shows that the powder contains hydroxyapatite crystals with ß-TCP and calcium oxide as secondary phases. Hydroxyapatite powder of higher purit

This book discusses the phenomenon of the courtyard in Islamic domestic architecture, focusing on the issues of its origins and diverse functions. The book treats the phenomenon of Islamic domestic courtyards as a cultural, environmental, structural and, above all, religious one, because it is the message of Islam that presided, by and large, over

Trade Law and Environmental Law have always been hot issues at both local and international conferences. This is because they not only deal with hard economic but also man as a human being. Because human issues are involved, policies on environment and trade need to be scrutinised in order to avoid depletion of natural resources and the destruction

In Malaysia, top of the chart on consumer complaints has long been hold by the ‘contractors’ particularly the house developers. Nearly every day, viewers of the Prime News are exposed to grievances of house buyers, be it late delivery or non delivery of vacant possession, safety of the building, defective building, incomplete/abandoned work, no

This article revisits the status of international law in the Malaysian municipal legal system and considers whether monism is the doctrine or the preferred doctrine in relation to the proper place of international law in Malaysia. This revisit is necessary because of the tendency in some legal writings and legal opinions to take a cavalier approach