Introduction: Testing speech perception is a crucial part of tracking performances of cochlear implant (CI) users however it is not routinely performed in Malaysia because of limited access to speech tests. This study examines the speech recognition thresholds (SRT) of CI users using one in-quiet and two in-noise speech tests: 1) Bisyllabic Malay S

With the advances in technology and food distribution, today, more and more Muslims are exposed to various manufactured foods imported from non-Muslim countries. Similar exposure also experienced by a Muslim when traveling to a country where Muslims community is a minority. The common challenge in such situation is to identify the food that is hala

This book aims to unearth issues related to teachers’ beliefs about teaching and learning in the English as A Second Language (ESL) classroom. It aims to provide the most fundamental impact of ESL teaching and to provide input to enhance the quality of teaching besides identifying the strengths and weaknesses of the teachers, the students and the

It is known that nonlinear operators can explain a wide range of systems. A quadratic stochastic operator is a system that is related to population genetics. In the nonlinear operator theory, the study of quadratic stochastic operators still has an open problem. Examples of the finite case can be found in many papers. However, there are only severa

Dysphoria is a state faced when one experienced disappointment. If it is not handled properly, dysphoria may trigger acute stress, anxiety and depression. Typically, the individual who experienced dysphoria are in-denial because dysphoria is always being associated with negative connotations such as incompetency to handle pressure, weak personality

Flood is the most common type of disaster in Peninsular Malaysia. In December 2014, a major flood event occurred in Pahang River that recorded the worst flood ever hit Pahang River Basin and Malaysia generally. Twelve sampling station has been chosen which covered of upstream, middle stream and downstream parts of Pahang River. This study focuses o

Academicsof higher learning institution in Malaysia have their performance measured by Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). At International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), KPIs for academicscomprises six key areas namely teaching, research, publication, supervision, consultancy and services to public. These areas are measured from various operat

Pornography is a portrayal of sexual subject contents for the exclusive purpose of sexual arousal that can lead to addiction. The Internet accessibility has created unprecedented opportunities for sexual education, learning, and growth. Hence, the risk of porn addiction developed by teenagers has also increased due to highly prevalent porn consumpt

Requirements elicitation is an important task before any development of system repository can be conducted. Typically, traditional methods such as interview, questionnaire and observation are made to gauge the users‟ needs. However, the users may not be able to spell out specifically of their need especially if there is no available system to com

Tocotrienols and tocopherols are part of the vitamin E family and have shown to produce lots of benefits especially in health supplement product. Both tocotrienols and tocopherols exist in an edible oil but varies in their ratio. It is also observed that percentage of tocopherols is higher than tocotrienols in most of our diet. Recent researches ha