Fish are popularly recognized as an excellent source of lipids that are composed of a wide range of important fatty acids. Fish also contain good quality protein and are an adequate source of many vitamins (e.g. fat soluble A, D, E and the water soluble B-complex), in addition to important minerals such as calcium and phosphorous. We recently inves

Constant rate microfiltration experiments are conducted in purification of sewage secondary effluent pretreated with polyaluminum chloride (PAC). Monolithic ceramic membrane having a nominal pore size of 1.0 micro meter with 19 tubular channels is used as a filter medium. The system is capable of selecting the required mode of membrane cleaning, i.

Psychophysical studies are elemental ways to describe sound perception which includes the identification of perceptual differences in children, young and older adults. This study summarizes various psychophysical abilities with aims to provide better understanding in the perceptual development of normal hearing subjects. This study investigated fre

A linear logistic model is proposed for estimating the probability of survival to a specified stage using a step-stress model. Parameter estimates may be obtained numerically for the general case of the k-step model, and explicit solutions are given in the case of the two-step stress model. Of special interest to us is the application of this model

Perkahwinan adalah merupakan satu ikatan yang suci yang dituntut oleh agama. Oleh itu, untuk memasuki perkahwinan, terdapat rukun-rukan dan syarat yang perlu dipatuhi. Salah satunya ialah persetujuan daripada wali pihak perempuan. Sekiranya persetujuan wali tidak diperolehi atau tiada wali, perempuan tersebut boleh memohon untuk melangsungkan perka

Following modernization paradigm and some local dynamics conducive to development, some Asian countries emerged as economic tigers in the world. Conversely, other Asian countries including Bangladesh failed to taste economic development despite having monetary and technological aids from some developed nations. Drawing on some social and historical

The meaning of Privacy has been changed since the massive invasion of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) into our private life.The advances in technology have greatly expanded our ability to acquire private and confidential information. Increasingly, technology is being developed to expand our capacities to monitor ongoing actions. Maki

The necessity for exploring unconventional, non-agricultural means of food production, especially of proteins, has created a demand for the formulation of innovative and alternative protein rich food sources having a high nutritional value which are non competitive with food for human consumption, economically feasible and locally available. Thus,

Malaysia has a rich diversity of medicinal plants and some of them are believed to have the property to inhibit xanthine oxidase activity, which can be introduced as a new natural source of gout medication and a substitute for synthetic xanthine oxidase inhibitors (XOI). In this study, forty two samples from seventeen plant species were examined fo

What should the objectives of Islamic Banking (IB) be? Unfortunately, no serious effect has been made to address this question. It has never been discussed formally. What can be seen in many literatures are scanty and disjointed discussions about avoiding riba. The absence of a careful study on the objectives of IB has resulted in misinformation an