Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Kulliyyah of Engineering -- IIUM Summary: Stir casting (SC) process is a promising technique for aluminium silicon carbide particulate (Al-SiCp) composite. However, the processing of Al-SiCp composite with this technique has limited its commercial application on the industrial scale due to inconsistent dis

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Mechatronics Engineering -- IIUM Summary: In advanced countries, aging of the society with low birth rate is a serious challenge. It is of paramount importance to assist the daily living of the aging persons in order to make them live independently. Osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the common di

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Kulliyyah of Engineering -- IIUM Summary: Recently, Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple-Access (OFDMA) based Heterogeneous Network (HetNet) achieves the desired capacity and coverage for indoors through the deployment of femtocells (HeNB). These HeNBs are plug-and-play Customer Premises Equipment's

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Kulliyyah of Economics and Management Sciences -- IIUM Summary: Bank managers play critical roles in dealing with rapid changes and developments experienced in today's global business environment. Both spiritual intelligence and emotional intelligence play significant roles in helping the managers to d

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Accounting -- IIUM Summary: The emergence of Public Private Partnerships (PPP) in the United Kingdom in the last two decades as a means of procurement of infrastructure has led to its adoption across the globe including Malaysia. The present study is conducted to determine the extent of discl

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of History and Civilization -- IIUM Summary: This research has made a comparative study of the art of making beads of different faiths with particular reference to Buddhism, Christianity and Islam. They have been considered within the elements of their history, origins and evolution, the variati

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Information systems -- IIUM Summary: Schema matching is considered as one of the essential phases of database integration. The aim of the schema matching process is to identify the correlation between Schemas which help later in the data integration process. The main issue concern during sche

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Lanscape Architecture -- IIUM Summary: Back lane is part of cities that is often associated with unutilized issues, leading to several environmental issues, safety problems and the low level of environmental awareness and concerns on its care. Some cities have undertaken revitalization projec

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences -- IIUM Summary: This dissertation traces the early Malay figures understanding of causality. This is qualitative research with using descriptive, historical and hermeneutic methods. Philosophical mysticism approach is using for the content analysi

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Biotechnology Engineering -- IIUM Summary: Lycopene is one of the most widely used carotenoid is an efficient antioxidant and is bequeathed with multiple bio-protective roles. Primarily attributed to its unique molecular structure, which can protect the human body against oxidative stress, re