Increased attentiveness on the environmental and effects of aging, deterioration and extreme events on civil infrastructure has created the need for more advanced damage detection tools and structural health monitoring (SHM). Today, these tasks are performed by signal processing, visual inspection techniques along with traditional well known impeda

The present study investigates top management commitment, workforce management and quality performance in Malaysian hospitals based on demographical information of the respondents. Aim of this study is to identify the difference or conformance on top management commitment, workforce management and quality performance of Malaysian hospitals with dem

Purpose – This study aims to investigate applications of Six Sigma methodology in Malaysian private hospitals. It measures Six Sigma initiatives of the private hospitals based on demographics such as gender, position and working experience. Design/methodology/approach – The present study measures Six Sigma initiatives of private hospitals and u

Named Data Networking is a novel concept mainly for the future Internet infrastructure that is centered on routable named data. The NDN infrastructure comprises of a new constituent known as the strategy layer. The layer give access for automatic selection of network routes by considering network pre-conditions such as delay in Interest messages fo

rehabilitation of patients suffering from post-stroke injuries via robots in now adapted world widely. The aim of this therapy is to restore and improve the dysfunction and the performance of the affected limbs doing repetitive tasks with the help of rehabilitation robots, as robots are best way to perform repetitive task without and monotony failu

Micro-gap evaporators are prospective candidates for cooling of micro-electronic devices. Heat transfer with phase change in a micro-gap heat sink is efficient for high heat flux applications. Micro-fins induce turbulence escalating two-phase heat transfer rate in the micro-gap evaporator. However, no correlation has been developed so far for fin-i

This paper aims to determine the optimal contract for the principal and the agent in imperfect markets, when murabahah and ijarah are used. The financial contracting enforceability approach is employed to determine the contract that maximizes the value of the firm subject to agents’ constraints when the shock is low and high, and regarding market

The Internet of Things (IoT) can be defined as extending the connectivityof devices or things to the internet. This is becoming feasible due to easy access to the internet. IoT has potential applications in many areas, including agriculture, medical & healthcare, consumer products, industries and smart cities. Soon, we will see IoT integration

Land use is a physical property of the land which gives information regarding the function of the land resources. Furthermore, a land use map functions by relaying the information of land use within the area visually. Langkawi Island being one of the main attractions in Malaysia has undergone rapid development due to tourism industry. Therefore, th

For many people, food conveys notions and memories of home, community and identity. In a transnational world, these relations have become more pronounced as food is one the cultural goods that travel in the global networks of human migration and mobility. In diasporic and/or transnational writing, the preparation and consumption of food often appea