This introduction introduces briefly the chapters/topics of the book to the readersINTRODUCTION Anis Malik Thoha Interest in the study of religion other than one‟s own has shown a remarkable increase. Among the world religions, Islam and Muslims have especially been the subject of a huge body of works by non - Muslim scholars in the world. Euro -

The government of Malaysia strongly encourages the Malaysian contractors to obtain ISO 9001 certification. The certification is to produce contractors that practice standards that are recognized not only in Malaysia but also abroad. However, the number of ISO 9001 certified contractors in Malaysia is very low if compared with the total number of co

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This study was designed to validate the model of science teachers’ support of psychologicalbasic needs on student engagement. In the model, we also examined the relationships of each support namely autonomy, competence and relatedness based on the framework of Basic Psychological needs theory by Deci and Ryan (1985) and Skinner and Belmont (1993)

In this paper we propose a scheme that provides physical layer security by combining two techniques known as encryption and channel pre-compensation. Encryption transforms the original signal constellation into a higher order constellation based on the key sequence generated by AES in counter-mode. Channel pre-compensation is performed based on the

The research aims to determine the level of top management commitment towards quality management and whether there is significant difference on top management commitment towards quality management implementation between construction organizations with and without ISO 9000 certification. The research methodology of questionnaire survey is applied in

In this paper we consider the problem of secure communication between two nodes, over a fading wireless medium, in the presence of a passive eavesdropper. We propose a scheme that provides security based on transforming the basic signal constellation to a higher order signal constellation with the help of conventional encryption method and then usi

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