Most of the developing countries lay close to the equatorial line of tropical climates with their cities experiencing rapid urbanizations, population growths and physical changes. These accelerates the changes in their urban landscape, which results among others the urban heat island phenomenon (UHI). The global temperature increment also increases

This study examines the financial investment decision-making and risk behaviors of Malaysian men and women. It uses data obtained from a survey of employed Malaysians to test two opposing models of household decision making, the income pooling hypothesis and the bargaining model. Ordinal probit regressions are estimated to determine if earning shar

Household financial decision-making process is an important issue as it has shown to have implications on key development outcomes such as child health and education,nutrition, expenditure, and allocation of labor. Women’s ability to have control over household finances and decisions also reflects, to some extent, their level of empowerment. This

Landscape settings shape the microclimate or thermal performance of the outdoor environment with vegetation and ground surface materials as among the affecting variables. This paper presents the microclimatic impact of landscape settings of two sites with different landscape environment during the wet and dry monsoon seasons of the tropical environ

Ageing is now not only a problem in developed countries but also in developing countries. Malaysia is no exception to this. The main objective of this paper is to identify the physical and mental and phychiatry problems of aged people in Malaysia and the demographic factors associated with those living in Ampang, an urban area near Kuala Lumpur, Ma

Riba is haram in Islam. In the past, conventional banks use riba as a mechanism to charge borrowers. This is a great problem for Muslims throughout the world. However, in Malaysia, the Pilgrimage Management and Fund Board was established in 1962to collect money from Muslims to finance their trip to Makkah to perform al-haj. In 1983, in addition to

Design of rectangular microstrip patch antenna (RMPA) using stepped cut at four corners for broadband/multiband application is presented in this paper. Stepped cut at four corner technique is used in order to increase the bandwidth and gain of the antenna. Design and simulation of Modified rectangular microstrip patch antenna are done by CST Microw

Rawatan ortodontik kini semakin popular. Gigi yang teratur dan senyuman yang manis dilihat sebagai salah satu daripada kunci ke arah mencapai kualiti hidup yang lebih baik. Kami mendapati pesakit-pesakit umumnya tidak begitu memahami proses rawatan ortodontik. Pesakit lazimnya hanya mempunyai gambaran hasil akhir rawatan, tetapi tidak menyedari aka

Buku “Tajwid Teori Mudah” ini adalah buku pertama penulis yang memfokuskan kepada ilmu pembacaan al-Quran merujuk kepada kefahaman teori. Buku ini disandarkan dengan perkataan “Mudah” merujuk kepada dua perkara, iaitu pertamanya, susunan bab berdasarkan pembahagian yang penulis pilih lebih memudahkan para pembaca untuk memahami ruang lingku

الحذف نوع من الأساليب اللغوية، وهو ظاهرة لغوية يتميز به القرآن الكريم واللغة العربية، حيث نجده كثيرا في النص القرآني وغيره لأغراض معينة. ويعد الحذف عنصرا من عناصر الاتساق، في لسانيات النص، حي�