The influences of technical factors on the catching efficiencies of gillnets are well understood, but less is known about the importance of environmental factors and how these might concurrently affect target-species condition. Here we address this deficit for two economically important southeast Asian cyprinids (Labiobarbus festivus and Osteochilu

Foreign remittances have contributed significantly to Bangladesh’s overall economic development through the years. More than half a million Bangladeshi citizens work abroad, which lessens the country’s labour market burden. As a result, Bangladesh is deemed a big beneficiary of remittances, earning USD 21.8 billion in 2020. It is inseparably li

Megalaspis cordyla, commonly known as torpedo scad, is a commercially important fish in many countries including Malaysia. It was widely consumed due to easy avaiability and reasonable price. Regardless of its commercial importance, no proper guidelines available for it’s sustainable production. Information about biological aspects particularly g

Today, the 1st of March, is the World Self-injury Awareness Day (SIAD). This is the day we sit down and contemplate how difficult life can be to some people that the only way to cope is to hurt themselves. There have been misconceptions about self-harm or self-injury(SI) that has left quite a stigma in our society. Very often, life challenges, stre

Stylistic architectural changes that occurred during the Colonial era in South East Asian nations such as Malaysia and Indonesia, particularly in the 1800s, had always been simplistically ‘lumped’ together as the Colonial style. Using case studies of the Malay world, this paper argues for the contrasting streams of public architecture, the mode

Going through this pandemic, the Department of Audiology & Speech Language Pathology (DASLP), IIUM has adapted and devised several methods to help with the students’ clinical training, which includes Tele- Audiology services, virtual external clinical placement, simulated online clinic, online clinical observation and virtual clinical examina

ABSTRACT This research discusses an important contemporary issue that is the marriage of a Muslim man to a woman from the People of the Book (kitābiyyah) in light of contemporary sociological exegesis. Many Muslims, for various reasons, migrated to the West and had to adapt and assimilate themselves. As such, some of them also desire to marry loc

Purpose This paper aims to examine whether the US influences the ASEAN + 3 financial market integration. Design/methodology/approach A two-stage cointegration test is used in the estimation by using equity indices from selected member economies and the USA. Findings The finding of this study shows that the equity markets of ASEAN + 3 are integrated

This conceptual paper proposes re-focusing education towards morality and universal values, which have always been the traditional aim of education. It is designed using a qualitative research method and applies content analysis to textual and video materials from historical and contemporary perspectives. The paper demonstrates the morality problem

Green transportation concentrates around resource efficiency and effectiveness, resulting in a lower carbon and healthier environment for the nation through lowering greenhouse gas emissions. Promising novel technologies may be the ultimate solution, but innovation will only happen if society plays a key role in the development of electric vehicles