Global oil prices have fallen sharply, leading to significant revenue shortfalls in many energy exporting nations. It should be recalled that from 2010 until mid-2014, world oil prices had been fairly stable, at around $110 a barrel. But since June last year, prices have more than halved. The questions that are being raised by some stakeholders cen

Placed as the crown of the mountain, Moist forest or tropical montane cloud forest (TMOF) are one of Earth’s most imperiled and neglected ecosystems. More than half of these forests are situated within Southeast Asia; those located in Malaysia are considered well studied in the region compared to others. Malaysia is known for its numerous mountai

This study discusses the applicability of remote sensing and GIS techniques to classify urban land uses in Malaysia based on object-oriented classification, in order to extract the three components of urban areas, namely residential, commercial and industrial. The areas of interest in this study is Kuala Lumpur. The satellite data of SPOT 5 with fi

V Blender, also known as twin–shell mixer, is widely used in pharmaceutical industries for mixing powders, granules, and other solid materials1-2. Its mixing mechanism involves continuous splitting, followed by intermixing of powder materials as the shell rotates on its horizontal axis. Powder mixing is considered a critical step in process scale

This talk discussed the main features of China's One Belt and One Road Initiative. It also analyses and reasons for China to launch such a policy. The implications of such a policy on Southeast Asia is also discussed.PROGRAMME IDFR LECTURE SERIES 3/2015: CHINA’S ONE BELT, ON E ROAD INITIATIVE : STRATEGIC IMPLICATIO NS, REGIONAL RESPONS ES Tre

Gender issues at the workplaces receive immense importance from the researchers all over the world. This study emphasizes on the core questions: how men and women maintain networks in the organizations and whether their networking strategies are different from each other. Most of the studies on this issue conducted so far are mainly based on the de

Disepanjang sejarah kemanusian, ilmu-pengetahuan sentiasa dianalisa daripada pelbagai pespektif dan bidang kehidupan manusia. Kajian ini merupakan satu percubaan untuk memaparkan satu bentuk pertautan yang irat antara “Pengurusan Ilmu-pengetahuan yang Islamik” (PII) dangan usaha yang realistik lagi amali dalam menjayakan program “Pembangunan

Although the incidence of Quistclose trusts in case law is not a common occurrence, the interest it has spawned among judges and commentators in common law jurisdictions is legion and has been claimed ‘to represent the single most single most important application of equitable principles in commercial life.’79 The nature of the Quistclose trust

The taxation of income from illegal activities is well established in several common law jurisdictions. In the broader sense income or profits from a trade, profession or vocation irrespective of the issue of legality will be taxable. The courts have drawn a distinction between cases where normal income producing activities become illegal due to no

Urban expanse problem causes degradation of biodiversity, while forest contemporaneous is experiencing defaunation alteration for the need of more living spaces. Consequently, the world has just been alerted with the inclination of the urban biodiversity. Human tendency to ignore healthy ecology causes the research on urban wildlife to be bawl in t