This study tries to assess wastewater quality in textile industry, one of the critical issues to be well thought-out is the exposure to chemicals substances, as it might represent a health concern in textile industry and is subject to different health occupational limits. This paper attempts to describe the factors which might have an impact in the

Highlights: This is a collaborative teaching project by two instructional technologists in delivering four different courses of different levels at the Kulliyyah of Education, IIUM. Students of the four different courses collaborated to develop a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on the OpenLearning platform as part of the course completion require

Vinegar is very popular as traditional ingredient for cooking, pickling, and preservation. It is made from sugar or starch by an alcoholic and acetous fermentation and produces ethanol as a by-product. Alcohol is prohibited to be consumed for Muslim or used as ingredient if it is exceeding the allowable limit as stated by Islamic Council in Malaysi

Sustainability becomes main management issues for hospitality firms. Big hospitality firms conduct countless attempts to accommodate into the sustainability agenda. However, the small hospitality firms are left behind. The reason is some challenges that are dragging them. Challenges studies regarding big hospitality companies are plenteous. However

Solid state bioconversion (SSB) of Ulva seaweed for protein enrichment was conducted over 7-days using Phanerochaete chrysosporium (P. chrysosporium). One-factor-at-a-time (OFAT) optimization of process parameters revealed 70% for moisture content, 9% for inoculum size and 7% for minerals. Optimum substrate depth in 1 kg reactor was 12 mm and the p

Among the widely spread and controversial philosophies that are receiving global attention today are the philosophy of liberalism and religious pluralism. Having its origin in the Western bedrock, both philosophies are products of modernity in the series of struggle against religion and tradition. Malaysia, without exception has long been exposed t

The optimization of recombinant protein production by Escherichia coli (E. coli) is an important first step to ensure economic feasibility and realization towards a sustainable future commercialization prospects. Bromelain, a protease native to pineapple plant species, is one of the commercially important therapeutic enzymes. In the field of bromel

Fractal Analysis (FA) application in medical field has been used to measure the occurrence of changes in the brain complexity for some diseased and normal aging brain. Within FA, there is Fractal Dimension (FD) which is an index of structural complexity. FD methods were classified into three major categories which are box-counting method, variance

Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) is a major health problem due to its high prevalence, the steady increase in this occurrences and very high morbidity and mortality rates around the world. Furthermore, it is the most common leading causes of death in the world and the most common treatment for that is Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) surgery. Pa

Optimal nutritional requirements and nutrient intake composition for ICU survivors remain a partially unresolved issue. The clinical outcome of critically ill patients is improves by targeting nutritional support to the actual protein and energy needs. ICU survivors might be facing the risk for underfeeding and overfeeding which may be increased by