Although Islamic banks are allowed to invest in businesses directly based on equity participation in addition to financing third party enterprises, in actual fact, direct investment by Islamic banks is not seen to have flourished due to a variety of factors, not the least among them being the identity inherited from the conventional industry as mer

The primary purpose of this research is to understand how the dark tourism business related to disasters can be sustained by providing evidence from the visiting experiences. Specifically, the objective is to answer two-fold research questions. Opinions of 182 visitors who had experienced visiting the disaster were obtained through a survey questio

The ongoing evolution of high-quality university academics prompts an exploration of the factors defining teaching excellence. This study delves into the impact of consciousness and transcendence, spiritual intelligence (SI) elements, on lecturers' emotional intelligence (EI) and its influence on teaching quality. A structural model was develop

The Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan (EPRP) represent an important framework for effectively managing a variety of emergencies, particularly on higher education institution (HEI) campuses. This paper explores the importance of an EPRP in managing emergencies in higher education institutions (HEIs) effectively through the five-phase cycle of

Literature highlights kitchen safety issues related to deficiencies in safety training, and a lack of in-depth knowledge of hazard identification and worker safety, time constraints in educating commercial kitchens employees on safety. The fast-paced nature of the industry often overlooks safety measures. To address this, leveraging virtual reality

Recently, there has been a significant increase in the use of deep learning and low-computing edge devices for analysis of video-based systems, particularly in the field of intelligent transportation systems (ITS). One promising application of computer vision techniques in ITS is in the development of low- computing and accurate vehicle counting sy

The importance of herbs and medicinal plants in traditional healthcare practices among the indigenous Malay, and the clues that ethnobotanical information may provide to future areas of research in biodiversity utilization is well recognized in Malaysia. Keeping this in view the present study was initiated. The study aimed to look into the diversit

The process of urban growth gives impacts to the form and structure of an urbanised area and the temperature is increasing due to continuous human activities and development within the area. This paper attempts to study an integrated approach of using remote sensing and GIS techniques in determining the Urban Heat Island (UHI) for Bukit Bintang Kua

This paper describes a work in constructing two models of knowledge representation (KR) in aiming to do evaluation of their achievement in contributing to increase performance of retrieving information on English Quran domain. Due to many approaches available to construct a KR in providing data for information retrieval process, there is a need to

In this chapter we examine work, family and women’s well-being in Malaysia. We begin by briefly positioning education as a prerequisite to women’s labor force participation and highlighting this development over the last few decades. We then discuss studies in the work-family literature from two fronts: one focusing on work and family life in r