This study investigates the effects of neutron radiation on reverse bias characteristics of commercial silicon and gallium arsenide diodes. Reverse bias current-voltage and capacitance-voltage characteristics of the diodes were measured at room temperature before and after irradiation. The diodes were irradiated using Pneumatic Transfer System faci

In this study, a wide-band erbium-doped fibre amplifier (EDFA) operating in both C- and L-band wavelength regions is demonstrated based on two-stage and double-pass approaches. The amplifier employs two pieces of 21 and 46 cm long bismuth-based EDFs (Bi-EDFs) optimised for C- and L-band operations, respectively, which are pumped by 1480 nm laser di

The aim of this research is to investigate the effects of neutron irradiation using Cf-252 neutron source on different types of commercially available Si and GaAs diodes. Pre and post irradiation effects are compared by analyzing their respective forward bias (FB) and reverse bias (RB) current-voltage (I-V) characteristics. It was discovered that,

The term ‘relationship marketing’ has grown to become a popular subject in the marketing literature since the last three decades. The literature indicates the significance of maintaining long-term relationship with customers, especially in current days. The questions then arise are: what are the antecedents that significantly contribute in buil

The term ‘relationship marketing’ has grown to become a popular subject in the marketing literature over the last three decades. The literature indicates the significance of maintaining long-term relationship with customers, especially these days. The questions that then arise are: what are the antecedents that significantly contribute to build

Learning L2/FL in the outside world or in societies where the language is in actual use can be more meaningful, as compared to learning it inside the classroom. Most of the time learners are not able to develop much functional ability, as a result of limited opportunity to use the L2/FL in the classrooms. However, research shows that one of the thi

This paper describes a study to investigate strategies to enhance Arabic speaking skills using media conducted on good and poor Malay speakers of Arabic. It highlights the similarities and the differences in terms of the types of media used by both groups of speakers, the activities commonly performed while using the media and the frequency of usin

To compare the surgical outcomes of laparoscopic hysterectomy (LH) versus abdominal hysterectomy (AH) in patients with severe pelvic endometriosis. Methods: A retrospective review of patients undergoing hysterectomy for endometriosis was conducted between January 2002 and December 2007. A total of 503 patients had severe pelvic endometriosis; of th

A current marketing practice of the Takaful industry requires agents to market and distribute the Takaful products to the public. Consequently, Takaful agents play an important role on behalf of the Takaful operator, to represent the Takaful operators and their products. More importantly, the agents would present the image of the Takaful as an Isla

In this study, a capacitance-voltage fitting algorithm was developed using four region approximations and fitted against three GaAs mesa diodes. Doping and electric field profile measured and fitted are presented using MATLAB based programming. Results of 4-regions approach gave a better fitting in all the diodes compared to 3-regions approximation