Subject(s): Biodegradable plastics | Lactic acid | Polymers | Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Manufactiring and Materials Engineering -- IIUM Summary: The biocomposites based on polylactic acid (PLA), short kenaf fiber and nanoclay hybrid is prepared through different processing method. The processes used are single and double compound

Subject(s): Qur'an -- Language, style Arabic | Oaths -- Qur'anic teaching | Oaths (Islamic law) | Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Qur'an and Sunnah Studies -- IIUM Summary: This study deals with several forms of al-qasam (the oath) in the Qur'an. The aim of this study is to give a clear explanation of the oath particula

Subject(s): Islamic law -- Interpretation and construction | Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Fiqh and Usul al-Fiqh -- IIUM | Fatwas Summary: This research aims at defining the concept of anomaly in Fatwa and indentifying the cases where Fatwa becomes anomalous. The researcher uses the inductive research approach to examine the topic. U

Subject(s): Crime prevention | Police-community relations | Police -- Malaysia | Police administration -- Malaysia | Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Political Science -- IIUM Summary: The primary aim of this study is to analyze the feedback of Kuala Lumpur citizens on the Police Omnipresence Programme, one of the programmes that attemp

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Institute of Islamic Banking and Finance -- IIUM Summary: Recent economic crises have shown the impact not only to the well-developed banking sector but also to the developing banking sector in the emerging economies. This study seeks to investigate a comparative analysis of evolution of technical efficien

Subject(s): Reliability (Engineering) | Computer software -- Reliability | Reliability (Engineering) -- Mathematical models | Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering -- IIUM Summary: Miniaturization of Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (MOSFET) beyond 0.1 μm has caused problems like short c

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Institute of Education -- IIUM Summary: This study examined pre-service teachers' self-efficacy towards teaching thinking skills and their critical thinking disposition. This is a quantitative study conducted in Maldivian National University involving seventy four pre-service teachers. The respondent c

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of ECE -- IIUM Summary: Modern consumers require wireless and mobile telecommunication device to be small, portable, high performance and have multitasking capabilities. Miniaturization of the widely popular surface acoustic wave (SAW) resonator on a silicon chip would be highly beneficial for i

Subject(s): Miri City Council -- Case studies | Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Accounting -- IIUM Summary: Sustainability development is an important aspect in present globalization era. There are three elements relating to sustainability development; which are economic, social, and environment. Local Agenda 21 (LA21) is a framework w

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Information Systems -- IIUM Summary: The amount of data available after the inception of Web 2.0 is enormous and is increasing at a tremendous pace. Yet the knowledge associated with this data still remains unveiled. As Web 3.0 is on its way and aims at knowledge extraction from the data, the