There were many lessons unfolded by the flood disaster which hits the peninsular of Malaysia at year end of 2014. Of particular interest is the success story of good flood management which emerged in Kemaman Terengganu. This chapter sheds some light on the characteristics that has contributed to the success. To enable appreciation of the success, a

Many advocate that a mastery of idioms is a reflection of native speakers’ proficiency. While understanding idioms is an important part of language acquisition, a language reflects its culture. The interconnectedness between English idioms and western culture may create uneasiness on some non-native learners as the usage of some idioms may not be

In Malaysia, there has been frequent large-scale flooding in the recent years that resulted in damage in property and giving impact on the livelihood of the people, particularly in the east-coast regions of the country. The objective of this study is twofold. First, it aims to investigate the impact of the flood on the socio-economic livelihoods of

This paper presents a single supply differential capacitive sensing technique suitable to be used with a hybrid energy harvester in providing power to the circuit. The proposed differential capacitive circuit is designed based on the available off-the-shelf components. Theoretical and experimental study has been carried out to observe the performan

Climate change has intensified the risk of natural disasters all over the world. In Malaysia, there has been frequent large scale flooding in the recent years that resulted in damage in property and giving impact on the livelihood of the people, particularly in the east-coast regions of the country. In the absence of adequate social safety-nets, th

Since the introduction of Shariah status company in Bursa Malaysia in 1997, the demand for Shariah compliant investment has been increased. However, the limitations in Shariah compliant investment create worries and doubtfulness among the investors whether the Shariah compliant stocks performance can outperform the Non Shariah compliant stocks and

Sustainable construction has led to changes in the complex environment of the construction industry. Globalisation has created to a new paradigm of sustainable practice resulting in growing demand for green construction and sustainable development. Nevertheless, since the understanding of sustainable construction in Malaysia is still in its infancy

Differential capacitive sensing technique has gained popularity in capacitance measuring system due to its high symmetrical implementation, easy to be implemented using discrete components and has a characteristic of high linearity in its system. However, very few work has reported on the differential CVC system that is able to operate at a high fr

The pollen morphology of eight species in subfamily Ruellioideae (Acanthaceae) from Peninsular Malaysia were investigated using light and scanning electron microscopes. Species studied are Hemigraphis alternata (Burm. f) T. Anderson, Hemigraphis reptans (G. Forst.) T. Anderson ex Hemsl., Hygrophila pusilla Blume ex Steud., Ruellia repens L., Ruelli

In the current investigation, the experiments were carried out to evaluate the effectiveness of microjets in controlling the base pressure from a convergentdivergent nozzle at low supersonic Mach at different expansion level. Tests were carried out for low supersonic Mach numbers 1.25, 1.3, 1.48, and 1.6 while nozzle pressure ratio ranges from 3 to