“Livability” is a broad term with no precise or universally agreed-upon definition. The concept embraces the “character” and states of place arrangement considering broad human needs and wellbeing material and non-material. Out of these broad human needs and wellbeing, the paper focuses on shelter, known as housing or residential in a plann

Free Space Optical communications (FSO) have attracted a lot of attention for a variety of applications in telecommunications field. The unlicensed, higher speed, broader and unlimited bandwidth, low cost solutions, and shortest deployment period are some of the drives to deploy FSO. However, weather attenuation has a big impact on the transmission

In this study, the profile and antimicrobial activity of the secretions of Duttaphrynus melanostictus were studied. The protein profiles were investigated through SDS-PAGE and the proteins itself has been successfully separated. The antimicrobial activity of the secretions was performed by disk diffusion method and was tested against Bacillus cereu

The Hydrogels are three dimensional, water swollen structure composed of mainly hydrophilic homopolymers or copolymers like polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), Poly ethylene glycol (PEG) etc., utilized as a part of various biomedical fields, and are as yet producing for new encouraging applications. Physically cross-linked synthetic polymers, PVA and PEG, hyd

The potential to improve the quality, efficiency, outcomes, patient safety and reduce cost of healthcare by Health Information Technology (HIT) has been established by researchers. But unfortunately HIT systems are not properly utilized or are not widely available. This problem is even more glaring in developing countries. This article presents a r

This paper examines the interface between competition law and affirmative action in Malaysia. It analyses the different goals of competition law and explains how the law may accommodate affirmative action whose policies have been implemented in Malaysia in various forms including the National Economic Policy (NEP). This paper finds that the Malaysi

This paper examines the concept of governmental authority, which serves as one of the grounds for excluding the application of the Malaysian Competition Act 2010. This concept is not defined in the 2010 Act. Thus, this paper explores the methods that help determine that an activity is governmental; hence, that it is subject to the Malaysian competi

Information security awareness (ISA) is referred to as a state of consciousness where user ideally committed to the rules, recognize the potentiality, understand the importance of responsibilities and act accordingly. Despite the number of case occurred in information security breaches, especially at knowledge-based institution result from the relu

Oleaginous microorganisms have potential to be used to produce oils as alternative feedstock for biodiesel production. Microalgae (Chlorella protothecoides and Chlorella zofingiensis), yeasts (Cryptococcus albidus and Rhodotorula mucilaginosa), and fungi (Aspergillus oryzae and Mucor plumbeus) were investigated for their ability to produce oil from

This paper examines the interface between competition law and affirmative action in Malaysia. It analyses the different goals of competition law and explains how that may accommodate Malaysia’s race-based affirmative action programme (or also known as the pro-Bumiputera policies) introduced via the New Economic Policy (NEP) post 1969 racial riot