The provision of halal certified food is important for both Muslims consumers as well as halal food manufacturers in Malaysia. Nevertheless, there are still lots of consumers’ complaints resulted from the partial implementation of Malaysia halal standard (MS1500:2009) by these food manufacturers. Hence, critical factors affecting the implementati

This article examines the challenges and opportunities of subjecting Malaysian State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) to its main competition legislation that is the Competition Act 2010. This article first highlights the nature of economic activities which is a crucial element in determining that an SOE actually participates in the market. Despite the con

Background: The prevalence of Japanese encephalitis (JE) in Assam was exceptional in a global context in the year 2014. Darrang district is amongst the most affected districts that is hit by deadly JE virus in Assam. Therefore, we conducted this study to evaluate the knowledge and attitudes of the residents regarding JE at Darrang. Methods: A descr

In Malaysia, the climate is changing. So, the associated risks are expected to have serious impacts on agriculture and national food sufficiency level which in turn will affect the rural farmers for whom agriculture is the main source of income. The level of impacts will mainly depend on the awareness and the level of adaptation in response to the

Disasters affect human lives severely. Due to these disasters, hundreds and thousands of human beings lost their lives and gracious properties. Government agencies, nongovernment organization and individual volunteers act to rescue the affected people and to mitigate the disaster effects. These teams require real time information about the nature,

The present experimental investigation is mainly focused on thermal analysis of different geometry of minichannel heat sink subjected to flow of water as a fluid under steady state forced convection flow condition. The objective is to determine the effect of flow rate on heat transfer and fluid flow characteristics of rectangular, circular, trapezo

يعد التنظيم الذاتي معززًا قويًا في رفع دوافع الطلبة نحو التعلم، وذلك لأنه يشير إلى الأفكار المولدة ذاتيًا، والمشاعر، والسلوكيات التي تتجه إلى تحقيق الأهداف؛ ومنه يصبح الطلبة معتمدين على أنفس

This article reviews the role of educational institutions in the development of printing press industry in Malaya from the mid of the nineteenth to the early twentieth centuries. The main focus of the paper is to investigate the effects of educational institutions on the emergence of printing press companies. The paper suggests that, although the p

Life Cycle Cost (LCC) is an economic assessment technique that produces outputs, which can be used to provide cost information to the LCC estimators, clients and researchers in facilitating them to compare the most cost-effective of mutually exclusive alternative road pavement types. LCC estimates total ownership costs of the road pavement which co

Generation of municipal solid waste as well as electrical and electronic waste (e‑waste) is rapidly increasing in the developing countries, especially in the electronic manufacturing industries which have seen some technological growth within a short timeframe in Malaysia. The purpose of this study is to find out the factors that contribute to th