This paper presents experimental results carried out to evaluate brake thermal efficiency and fuel consumption by gasoline and compressed natural gas (CNG). In this experiment, a 4-cylinders gasoline engine has been modified to bi-fuel engine, then the engine is operated for the condition of fixed load condition to obtain same brake power output fr

Objectives: Purpose of this study was to investigate racliographically the premature loss of primary first molars and thus consequence with the premature eruption of first permanent premolars among the paediatric patients. Materials and Method: A retrospective study on total 178 Orthopanthomograrns (OpGs) of 6-9 years old paediatric patients who at

The article contained guidelines for standard writing convention on expresssing the filial indicator "bin and binti" and short description on recording the Malay names.“bin / binti” or “Bin / Binti”? Many of us may be so accustomed to see “bin / binti” in the citation of Malay names but of late the typo graphical style of “Bin

Islam allows loan as a form of social service among the rich to help the poor and those who are in need of financial assistance. Loan in Islam may be obtained in two ways: (i) Loan with condition of repayment, and (ii) gratuitous loan without any compensation or gift. However, Islam does not recognize any loan with interest for the benefit of the d

Alternate estimation of beam buckling load is presented in this Chapter. The standard procedure using a variational principle approach is usually utilized a cubic polynomial approach for the beam displacement shape such that the geometric stiffness matrix is a function of the geometric length of the element only. In the present work, the geometric

This chapter describes the procedure to develop the axial stiffness matrix of beam element having arbitrary variation of axial stiffness distribution along its span. To obtain analytical formulation, the stiffness matrix is constructed from the flexibility matrix. A Bernoulli-Euler differential equation that relates the load and deformation angle d

The paper provides, for the first time, empirical evidence on the impact of economic freedom on bank efficiency in a developing economy. We employ the Data Envelopment Analysis method to compute the efficiency of the Chinese banking sector during 2000-2008. The empirical findings indicate that the inefficiency of the Chinese banking sector stems la

By employing data on 337 bank-year observations, the paper examines the impact of consolidation on efficiency and competition in the Malaysian banking sector during 1996–2008. We employ the Panzar-Rosse (P-R) H-statistic method to evaluate the degree of competition, while Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is employed to compute the efficiency of in

The paper provides for the first time empirical evidence on the impact of economic globalization on bank efficiency in a developing economy. Using the data envelopment analysis method, we compute the efficiency of the Chinese banking sector during 2000– 2007. The empirical findings suggest that the inefficiency of the Chinese banking sector stems

From its establishment in 1983, the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) has been committed to the integration of Islamic values with the modern fields of knowledge. This constitutes the core of IIUM’s vision and mission. The purpose of this study was to analyze the experience of Islamization of knowledge at IIUM. It involved intervie