The pricing benchmark is usually used as a guide to calculate the rate of return of the financing. In the case of Malaysia, it is not known whether residential property values have significant relationship with the general performance of the economy. We propose that the house price index to be a viable benchmark of the real values of property to de

Currently, major interest rates, such as the Base Lending Rate (BLR) and Kuala Lumpur Interbank Offered Rate (KLIBOR) are widely used as reference rates by the Islamic financial institutions to benchmark a broad range of financial products and contracts. This study aims to compare the viability of several alternative pricing mechanisms for the Isla

Home is an important dwelling and basic necessities to everybody. However, there are a number of the home buyers are not afford to own the house due to a lower income level to meet the risen house price in the market. Thus, this study addresses the problem of the gap in affordable housing in Malaysia and the efforts being made to address the gap. T

Single longitudinal mode (SLM) erbium-doped fiber (EDF) laser operation using a commercialized ultranarrow bandwidth optical filter has been demonstrated. A 2-m long EDF with an absorption coefficient of 24 dB m−1 at the pump wavelength is used as gain medium. The ultra-narrow tunable filter is used for selection of a single longitudinal mode fro

Visually impaired has limited movement using the classic white cane. Currently, there are many designs for devices that can assist the blind moves better in unfamiliar environment. Then, controllers were applied in the devices’ system so that it can improve the system’s efficiency and accuracy in dealing with real-time situations. That’s when

We examine the effect of gender diversity and board monitoring (board size and independence) on bank efficiency. Using a broad panel of ASEAN-5 listed commercial banks over the period 1999-2012, we observe that gender diversity in bank board decreases cost and profit efficiency. This finding confirms our concern that the appointment of female direc

Proof is an important element in a judicial process, thus deep understanding in the principles of evidence is crucial. Some of these principles are quite rigid and other are very flexible. The flexibility of the principles could easily accommodate current and complex issues. Furtunetely, most of these principles are already embodied in the Act or E

The magnetorheological (MR) damper is one of the utmost progressive applications of asemi-active damper. Uninterrupted controllability in both on and off state is an important factor of its plenitude application. Current research is attempting to make the damper more effective and efficient by minimizing the existing limitations such as MR fluid’

The Muslim Friendly Hospitality Services (MFHS) standard is Malaysia’s first standard dedicated for the Islamic tourism sector. Initiated and led by NRGS130010001 Research Team of the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM),the original submission to develop the standard was made in December 2012 to the Department of Standards Malaysia (

Study on scleractinian coral recruitment is important in understanding the mechanisms that regulate their population and the resilience of coral reef communities to disturbance. This study aims to investigate temporal recruitment density of scleractinian coral at selected remote area in Balok, Pahang. Two types of settlement plates, which are terra