Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Biotechnology Engineering -- IIUM Summary: Lower molecular mass (< 1 kDa) insect antimicrobial compounds play a major role as the defensive armament against deadly microbial invasions. Their potent inhibitory effects display high potentials in many therapeutic applications and development

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Architecture -- IIUM Summary: The rising energy costs, an aftermath of the energy crises of the 1970s, resulted in stringent measures in buildings' design, construction, operation and maintenance. Amongst the several factors of achieving building energy efficiency, airtightness reduces ai

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Mechatronics Engineering -- IIUM Summary: In recent years, utilizing kinetic energy in mechanical vibrations has become an interesting area of research. This is due to ubiquitous sources of vibration energy, coupled with the ever increasing demands to power wireless sensing electronics and Mi

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Urban and Regional planning -- IIUM Summary: The expansion of a city, created by a dispersal of activities; driven by scarcity of land in central areas, this has necessitated the movement of urban dwellers. Some of these activities have required movements to be made as far as nearby cities ov

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Fiqh and Usul al-Fiqh -- IIUM Summary: This research revolves on the study of the vote buying in general elections in some democracies, with special focus on Indonesia. Likewise, the researcher set out to analyze the causes of this phenomenon and to uncover its relationship with bribery, perj

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Mechanical Engineering -- IIUM Summary: The heat generation in the electronic chips and microprossors needs a special and effective cooling system. Microchannel heat sink (MCHS), that offers a high heat transfer coefficient, is used to remove this heat where high thermal-conductive fluids suc

Subject(s): International Islamic University Malaysia -- Students | Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Communication -- IIUM Summary: Motivation-Hygiene theory or popularly known as Herzberg's Motivation-Hygiene theory was introduced by Herzberg, Mausner, & Synderman in 1959. Originally, it explains the motivation and hygiene fact

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of English Language and Literature -- IIUM Summary: Discourse Linkers (DLs) are included into academic texts to ensure smooth information flow. Academic writing, unlike other genres, is complex and requires substantial amount of DLs to be used as sign posting devices. Writers must have a good un

Subject(s): Ibn Khaldun, 1332-1406 | AK Parti (Turkey) | Dissertations, Academic -- International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization -- IIUM Summary: This research analyses the writing of Ibn Khaldun in regards to the 'role of hope', and suggest its relevance to Turkish AKP government's reign from 2002 to 2012. It examine

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Mechatronics Engineering -- IIUM Summary: The importance of robotic devices for upper-limb rehabilitation therapy has been underscored by clinical evaluation of some existing robotic platforms. The devices have been used largely with the aid of expert human therapists who are required to spec