Additional of fibre in concrete creates fibre reinforced concrete (FRC) with an improvement of the mechanical properties of the concrete. However, additional of fibres in FRC has limited to 2% to allow normal mixing procedure. To address this issue, high performance fibre reinforced concrete (HPFRC) which is relatively new in construction industry

Plagiarism through the use of technology in education. To investigate attitude towards plagiarism among postgraduate students of selected universities in Malaysia.

Purpose –This study develops a hierarchical model based on Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (MBNQA) that enables ranking of a number of quality dimensions for achieving business excellence in the hotel industry of Bangladesh. Design/methodology/approach – The study adopted a sequential mix method approach wherein semi-structured intervie

Purpose This paper aims to examine the concepts of scarcity and abundance from an interdisciplinary perspective. It argues that the idea of economics, as the study of human behavior with regard to scarce resources and unlimited wants, leads to competition, confrontation and conflict, whereas the nature of humans is that of kindness, cooperation and

There is a close relationship between the Islamic conceptualization of curriculum and the nature of the Islamic faith. An Islamic curriculum can be defined as an integrated system of constant divine facts, criteria and values, as well as changing human experiences and items of learning and skills which an Islamic academic offers to learners therein

This study aims to provide empirical evidence on the Maqasid al-Shari’ah performance of Islamic banks in Indonesia for the period from 2012 to 2016. The Simple Additive Weighting (TSAW) is employed to obtain the performance of IBs according to the Maqasid al-Shari’ah. This study found that the Maqasid Index for Indonesia IBs within the range be

The paper aims to analyse the validity of practicing umra and ruqba concepts in disbursement of family takaful benefit from the shariah perspective. In the current practice of takaful, the disbursement of family takaful benefit is subject to the demise of takaful certificate holder. Upon maturity of the certificate, if the certificate holder is ali

Herb leaves are not fully exploited for their benefits due to the problem arise from difficulties in identifying the type of plants. Visual-based pattern recognition via microscopic imaging provides high precision and accuracy for identification that easily outperforms the limitations of human perception. A three-class dataset of 255 leaf vein imag

The rise of equity-based crowdfunding is expected to offer a new gateway for Muslim entrepreneurs given its similarity with risk-sharing concept as per the Shariah principles. Malaysia is the first country in Southeast Asia to legislate and award equity-based crowdfunding licences in June 2015. Accordingly, this study aims to propose a Shariah-comp

Abandon bauxite mining sites can cause serious environmental problems, such as poor soil quality, air pollution, erosion and flood. Jatropha curcas could possibly be used to remediate barren bauxite mining sites. The objective of this study was to study the growth performance of J. curcas on top soil (control) and bauxite mined soil. Observation of