Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) management is one of the most challenging issues faced by most developing countries. Knowledge of solid waste generation and composition is necessary for accurate decision-making in terms of engineering design, planning and forecasting for the management strategy of urban waste. The objective of this study was to determi

Sukuk structures rely on the performance of an underlying asset or on a contractual arrangement pertaining to that specific asset. This makes sukuk an important facility in Islamic finance since it can be used to provide regular payments throughout the life of the financing plan. This study highlights some important sukuk structures, such as ijarah

Syntactic (Naḥw) errors are the subjects of linguists’ debate that has long lasted without a fairly winning solution. However, that solution should be still attempted particularly pertaining to linguistic, logical and syntactic corrections. It is this issue that the present study will deal with mainly in connection with some syntactic errors to

Introduction: Grit, an individual’s perseverance and passion for long-term goals, is a mouldable construct with contributions to success in many life domains. Grit’s cultivation in Malaysia can begin with a suitable instrument apt to measure it. The study aims to adapt and validate the Short Grit Scale (Grit-S), the Western-derived instrument t

Hijab wearing among Muslim women is currently seen as a common phenomenon in Malay-sia. Is the religious awareness among them on the rise? Or is it just fashion or a trend? Many studies (Williams and Vashi, 2007; Furseth, 2011) have been conducted to understand factors that influence hijab wearing among Muslim women. Nonetheless, little information

The present study examined the factors influencing job satisfaction in the context of factory workers in Malaysia. The major purpose of the study was to identify the main problems faced by those factory workers. The study also aimed to examine the influence of demographic variables on job satisfaction and the relationships of family income, individ

Cloud computing is a ubiquitous platform that offers a wide range of online services to clients including but not limited to information and software over the Internet. It is an essential role of cloud computing to enable sharing of resources on-demand over the network including servers, applications, storage, services, and database to the end-user

The commodification of human body for the life survival matter has been evident among some refugees who, out of desperate and dire situations, engaged in selling body organs to have better life for themselves and for others. The research examines the discussion on human dignity and the dignity of body to respond to human body commodification. In th

Machining significantly influences surface integrity, metallurgical structure, grain size and thereby the mechanical, chemical and physical properties of the component. The presented investigation concentrates on grain refinement in turning of AISI 4340 alloy steel in dry and cryogenic turning. With cutting temperatures below 950 ◦C, the resulted

The aim of this paper is to proposed a method to analyze and improve a technique to find out the ideal amount of reactive power as a compensation in order to reduce the power loss in electrical system and as well to develop voltage magnitude profiles. The first step is to calculate the required amount of reactive power and then it is injected to ea