Research from Islamic perspective should begin from the truth of the Quran and Sunnah (Acikgenj, 1996), the main source of Islamic knowledge. From the analysis of the main source of Islamic knowledge, theories are formulated and tested. We embark on this research to formulate techniques used by Prophet Muhammad to motivate students to perform bette

Customer satisfaction is one of the factors influencing customers loyalty to certain organization (Ranjbarian, Dabestani, Khajed & Noktehden, 2001). Therefore a study on the assessment and feedback from customers to ascertain that the products and services offered by the organization are well received needs to be carried out. This is important

This paper presents the two strategies of jointlyoptimized uncoordinated beamforming algorithms for cognitive radio networks. Here, we evaluate the performance of signal-tointerference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) and achievable sum rate of the system when both primary and secondary users transmit concurrently over the same spectrum. We present the opti

This article analyses the development of the administration of Syariah Courts in Malaysia from the pre-colonial to the post-independence periods. The status of Islam as the official religion during the Malacca Sultanate and the application of Islamic law throughout the administration during that period are agreed upon by most historians. The struct

We compared a newer serum specific IgE (SSIgE) test with skin prick testing (SPT) in the diagnosis of allergy in Malaysia. Ninety newly diagnosed allergic patients were enrolled for both tests. Using SPT as a clinical gold standard,the sensitivity, specificity, positive, and negative predictive values (PPV, NPV) were calculated for SSIgE for each o

Objective:To study the prevalence and patterns of contrecoup injury in traumatic temporal bone fracture cases.Method:A prospective, cohort study was undertaken of all patients with traumatic head injury admitted to a tertiary referral hospital in Malaysia within an 18-month period. High resolution computed tomography scans of the brain and skull ba

Objective: Serum total prostate specific antigen (PSA), free fraction of total prostate specific antigen percent (fPSA %) and prostate specific antigen density (PSAD) have all been considered as valuable non-invasive tumor markers for prostate cancer. This study was carried out to evaluate and compare the performances of serum total PSA, fPSA% and

The study aims at examining students' attitude towards Arabic Writing, prior and subsequent to the utilisation of Facebook, a social website, as a medium of writing activities and instructions. 21 students of Advanced Arabic Writing Skills at IIUM were selected as the subjects of the study. A 14-item questionnaire was distributed to the subject

This study was conducted to produce green composite from kenaf with better thermal properties. Kenaf fibre was successfully prepared by chemi-mechanical method. Kenaf fibre was firstly treated with sodium hydroxide (NaOH) at 6% w/w followed by acidic treatment with different concentrations (0.5M, 1.0M and 1.5M). The PLA/kenaf nanofibre composites w

Background: Excessive sugar intake has been identified as one of the contributors to the increased prevalence of metabolic syndromes. Thus, the awareness to control sugar intake must be emphasized. Objectives: This research aimed to measure the relationship between Body Mass Index (BMI) and fat percentage with sweetness perception among adults; and