To compete with the best in the world, and hence be recognised as world class, universities must establish a strong academic reputation. University leaders must therefore ensure that t heir institutions uphold the academic tradition to “publish or perish” and pursue excellence in teaching, learning and research10 o compete with the bes t in the

In 2006 Malaysia embarked on using Private Finance Initiative or (FPI) as one of the methods to procure public building and infrastructure development projects. Procurement under PFI is significantly different from the conventional approach and there is a growing body of literature on the subject of PFI. In the context of Malaysia, most of the lite

The Western influence on the Muslim world was so complex covering all facets of man’s life. From the political, military, and economic domination, the West impinged further on religious and intellectual life by producing various modern scientific and philosophical theories. Therefore, the Muslim world had been confronted by the assault of an alie

يعد علم الحديث من العلوم التي تعرضت للنقد - إيجابا كان أو سلباً- بشكل واسع بناءَ على مرتكزات متعددة أبرزها دوره في مصدرية الشريعة الإسلامية، ومن ثم تناول البحث الجانب التطبيقي في المجال العملي

This paper discusses the bilateral relations between two nations namely China and Malaysia particularly in the areas of politics, economics and culture. By and large, their relationship kicks-off from more than thirty years ago, following a historic visit by the late second Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Abdul Razak to the People's Republic of

Identifying the sources of macroeconomic fluctuations is critical to formulating macroeconomic policies. This paper investigates the sources of macroeconomic fluctuations in Malaysia based on the traditional Keynesian framework, using both the standard VAR and structural VAR methods. The joint behavior of the key macroeconomic variables in Malaysia

Advancements in biometrics-based authentication have led to its increasing prominence and are being incorporated into everyday tasks. Existing vehicle security systems rely currently on electronic alarm or smart card systems. A biometric driver recognition system utilizing driving behavior signals can be incorporated into existing vehicle security

We investigate the amplitude flatness of Rayleigh-assisted Brillouin-Raman comb laser in a linear cavity in which feedbacks are formed by high-reflectivity mirror. The optimization of Brillouin pump power and wavelength is very crucial in order to obtain a uniform power level between Stokes lines. The Brillouin pump must have a relatively large pow

Performance statistics of WLANs in published literatures are limited only to homogeneous traffic. However, mixed traffic scenario is prevailing in WLANs. This paper is an effort to characterize WLANs behaviour in transmitting mixed traffic. OPNET was used to simulate a typical WLANs scenario. It was found that tuning the CFP and superframe size dyn

—Optical networks are high capacity networks that meet the rapidly growing demand for bandwidth in the terrestrial telecommunications industry. This paper studies and evaluates single- mode and multimode fiber transmission by varying the distance. It focuses on their performance in LAN environment. This is achieved by observing the pulse spreadin