Concerns about climate change and global warming have led many countries to initiate energy rating systems in the planning and development of the built environment. Although useful and novel, this paper contends that these ratings are only remedying and alleviating whatever negative impacts that development creates. Energy ratings are seemingly lac

The invention of the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) has introduced many advantages in the product tagging, object tracking and supply chain management comparing with the barcode system. Allocation of the UWB frequency range has given the RFID researchers another edge to include more bits for the inscription due to the wideness of the band an

This chapter is a brief description of the foundation of Islamic Knowledge Management (IKM), its functional characteristic and dimensional practices. The philosophy of knowledge is an established discipline in human civilization, especially in Islam. It is understandable that knowledge is a source of intellectual prosperity and development. Natural

This paper is part of ongoing research to explore the unique intangible cultural heritage (ICH) and practices of the Cocos Malays in Tawau, Sabah. As an emigrated community that came from Cocos (Keeling) Island to settle down in North Borneo (Sabah), Cocos Malays originated from various ethnicities, mostly of Malay origin with Islamic practices. In

Telecommuting has been recognized and promoted as a strategy for alleviating traffic congestion in urban areas, especially reducing rush-hour traffic. Substantial evidence in the literature suggests that Telecommuting is more suited to women who when compared to men, experience more work/non-work role conflict and more career interruptions. This re

Context: A number of systematic literature reviews and mapping studies (SLRs) covering numerous pri- mary research studies on various aspects of agile software development (ASD) exist. Objective: The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the SLRs on ASD research topics for software engineering researchers and practitioners. Method: We foll

This chapter reviews human security in a globalized world by highlighting the case of Gaza

In this article, a narrow band, open circuited planar microstrip band pass filter has been proposed. Existing RFID reader circuits has to generate a constant chirp signal to read the conventional microstrip resonator type tag. Use of the VCO is well established for this application. However, in case of large bandwidth (>4GHz) chirp generation i

Data are limited on the extent and characteristics of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) use among smokers and ex-smokers. The objectives of the study were to determine the prevalence of e-cigarette use, socio-demographic and smoking characteristics associated with current e-cigarette use among smokers and ex-smokers population in Malaysia. METHO

In this paper, an analytical approximation technique has been presented of obtaining higher-order approximate solutions for highly nonlinear Duffing oscillator based on the energy balance method (EBM). Higher-order approximate natural frequencies have been obtained in a novel analytical way. The accuracy of the solution method is evaluated within a