Subject(s): Investments -- Mathematical models | Portfolio management -- Mathematical models | Financial risk management -- Mathematical models | Stock options -- Prices -- Mathematical models | Dissertations, Academic -- Kulliyyah of Science -- IIUM Summary: Estimation of parameters such as mean and volatility from historical prices are used a

Subject(s): Traffic accidents -- Malaysia | Roads -- Safety measures -- Malaysia | Bus accidents -- Malaysia | Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Biomedical Sciences -- IIUM Summary: Road traffic accidents are increasingly recognised as a serious public health concern. Each year road traffic accidents cause 1.2 million deaths worldwide an

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Surgery -- IIUM Summary: Transrectal Ultrasound (TRUS) Guided Prostate biopsy is the most common day procedure in men in urology setup. As it involved multiple puncture using thick needle to gain the prostate tissue, it brings discomfort and pain to the involved patient. Thus periprostatic ne

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Biotechnology -- IIUM Summary: Orange-spotted groupers (Epinephelus coioides) are marine fish which can be found in Malaysia and are economically important. For such a significant commercial fish, surprisingly little is known about the biology of the orange-spotted grouper, and there is a lac

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Biomedical Science -- IIUM Summary: Rare earth elements (REEs) are a series of chemical elements found in the earth's crust that are vital to many modern technologies, including consumer electronics, computers, communications and clean energy technologies. However, during the production o

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Biotechnology -- IIUM Summary: Rapid expanding of industrialization and urbanization along the Pahang River requires continuous monitoring in order to know the current status and to protect this ecosystem. This study aimed to determine spatial and temporal distribution of bacterial community,

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Biotechnology -- IIUM Summary: The present day diet is astoundingly cariogenic, owing to the fact that high food intake with plenty of fermentable carbohydrates present in them, thus causing a widespread of caries disease. Either separately or together, Streptococcus mutans and Lactobacilli a

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Biotechnology -- IIUM Summary: Remineralization is an oral natural repair process, reversing the demineralization effect that causes loss of minerals from the tooth enamel. Previous studies have proven that fluoride, xylitol, and CPP-ACP are efficient against caries and effective remineraliza

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Kulliyyah of Pharmacy -- IIUM Summary: The demand for small particle engineering together with biocompatible or biodegradable carrier material to produce micro and nanoparticles is widely employed in the pharmaceutical, cosmetic and food industries. In this study, supercritical fluid precipitation and part

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Orthopaedics,Traumatology & Rehabilitation -- IIUM Summary: For the past twenty to thirty years, biodegradable devices have widely been utilized and tested in many fields of orthopaedics, including fracture fixation, cartilage and meniscus repair, drug delivery and ligaments anchorage. Ho