The current study aimed to investigate the link between women representation as board members and Bursa Malaysia-listed companies’ financial performance. The data collection utilised the Bursa Malaysia website to obtain the 100 leading public listed companies (PLCs). This research covered a period between 2016 and 2018. The association between th

This paper evaluates the potential of machine learning techniques, namely, Gaussian Process Regression (GPR) and Support Vector Machine (SVM), for the prediction of unconfined compressive strength (UCS) of expansive clay soil treated with hydrated-lime-activated rice husk ash. A laboratory dataset containing 121 records has been used with input par

Stylistics, a sub-discipline of applied linguistics, examines the aesthetic aspects of language style within texts, particularly literary ones. While it is often used to explore the linguistic beauty of the Quran, it is less frequently applied to Prophetic Hadith texts. This study aims to analyse Hadiths that contain conversations between the Proph

This book is a compilation of the papers presented at the International Conference on the Renewal and Reform of Islamic Thought and Civilisation, held ISTAC-IIUM from the 23-24 April 2024. The views expressed in these proceedings are those of the individual authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher or the conference organise

Penterjemahan metafora sering dikira sebagai salah satu masalah ketidakbolehan menterjemah. Hal ini kerana metafora umumnya terkait dengan sesuatu secara tidak langsung. Oleh yang demikian ia rumit dan sukar diterjemah. Metafora juga dipengaruhi oleh budaya. Maka, penterjemah harus teliti dalam penterjemahan metafora. Justeru, kajian ini menfokuska

This chapter mainly discusses the application of “private international law” – also referred to as the “conflict of laws”1 – in contractual disputes. This subject, in essence, is related to three major factors in deciding a civil case which involves foreign elements, such as, which forum has the jurisdiction to try the case; the law of

Gamification is an informal umbrella term for the use of video game elements in non-gaming systems. Gamification is a method of motivating and changing behaviors. It has been successfully applied in multiple sectors, including health, tourism, hospitality, banking, manufacturing, and education, for multiple purposes. It is widely used for customer-

The digital age has increased access to large and comprehensive sources of data from public and private administrative databases, and new sources of information from online transactions, social-media interactions, and internet searches. The availability of these massive datasets offers up a world of possibilities for studying human behaviour and so

Patients according to their acuity. However, there are limited studies discussing patients’ knowledge and understanding of the triage system. This review aimed to identify prior studies that discussed the patients’ knowledge and understanding of the triage system and to discover patients’ expectations of priority when they came to the ED and

In searching for new biomarkers, high throughput technique has been widely used by researchers, including for gene expression study. However, the reliability and accuracy of results from high throughput study critically depends on appropriate data management, including normalization methods. Data driven normalization has been introduced as a normal