Disability studies has created much interest from the various academic field to explore including medicine, and in most social sciences specialisation. These areas have become major threshold in understanding the needs of this minority groups where there is debated between two models; medical and social which best-represented disability. With the e

This paper describes the results of a study on students' perceptions towards an English for Academic Purposes (EAP) course at tertiary level as part of a needs analysis prior to the course evaluation. Specifically, the study aimed to explore the students' attitude towards the various aspects of the EAP curriculum in order to improve the syl

Religious obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is relatively underreported among adolescent and carries poorer outcome. We report a 20-year-old Muslim man who was diagnosed with religious OCD when he was 14 years old. He had recurrent blasphemous intrusive thoughts upon performing religious rituals which had hindered him from practising his religion

Introduction: Kinetic estimate of GFR (keGFR) is a more accurate estimate of GFR in the acute settings with rapidly changing kidney functions. It takes into account the changes of creatinine over time, creatinine production rate, and the volume of distribution, however needs serial measurement of creatinine. We evaluated which methods of the conven

Thailand’s diplomacy was considerably more active during Thaksin’s premiership than the governments after him. Thailand’s intellectual and entrepreneurial leadership in the Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) is characterised as a catalyst, facilitator and manager state as described in the behavioural middle power approach. Utilising the behaviou

Marriage is a sacred bond, a tie between a man and a woman. Such relationship is blessed by Allah as it is mentioned in the Quran and the tradition (Sunnah) of the Prophet (pbuh). The laws created by man are meant to streamline the conduct of marriage, apart from the already provided hukm laid down in Islam. However, there are people who tend to vi

Attachment to indoor activities has implications for young people in a city, such as sedentary behaviour. It may be the cause of the rise of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Nature in a city, i.e. Urban Green Infrastructure (UGI) is vital to overcome these issues. It acts as a reinforcement to promote healthy lifestyles. The study explores young p

The particulate composite protective coating has been developed in thick surface layer on a low alloy steels by preplacing titanium carbide (TiC)different ceramic carbide particles into a shallow melt pool produced on a moving sample using traditional conventional tungsten inert gas (TIG) torch melting approach. Protective layers coating ranging in

Source code plagiarism is a widespread concern in academia as a consequence of students do commit this malpractice in programming assignments for an academic credit. Programming instructors carry out human inspection to expose plagiarized source codes. However, such manual inspection embodies laborious duty to accomplish adequate assessment to pres

This study deals with the idea of taá¹£awwuf in the thought of Shaykh Yusuf al-Makassari (1626-1699), a celebrated Muslim scholar in the Malay Indonesian Archipelago in the Seventeenth century. Shaykh Yusuf al-Makassari had been accepted by people in the corners of the Archipelago and people across the world for his tolerance towards differences. T