Agarwood or gaharu is the fragrant, resinous heartwood that results when some trees, such as Aquilaria malaccensis, are attacked by fungi. Aside from its value as perfume oil, many medicinal claims have been associated with the agarwood itself. This highly-prized heartwood contains a wide array of chemical compounds that fall under various classes

Digital audio enables the records, storage and processing of sound (Dongge et al., 2001). IT allows for flexible handling of stored information, by encoding the information in a signal. This is done by passing sound through an analog-to-digital form and allows for reproduction of uncompressed or compressed sound (Adam et al., 2000). Digital audio o

Light reflection from an object passes via a video camera lens that is converted into an electronic signal by a special sensor referred to as a charge-coupled device (CCD) (Vaughan, 2010). Top-quality transmitted cameras and even camcorders could have up to three CCDs (each just one for red, green and azure colour) to boost the resolution with the

يتناول هذه البحث مشكلات تعليم اللغة العربيّة في ضوء تحديات العولمة، حيث يتناول مفهوم العولمة ومراحلها، ونشأتها، وأهدافها، ومطامعها، وكيف الخروج من هذا المأزق. كما يبرز بعض العقبات المهمة في �

تعتبر نظرية النظم للإمام عبد القاهر الجرجاني- إمام البلاغة العربيّة ورائدها- من أهم النظريات التي أثّرت في مجال الدراسات التفسيرية واللغوية الحديثة. كما نلحظ آثارها بوضوح في الدراسات البلاغي�

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to seek ways to improve energy efficiency in the residential building sector of Nigeria. This is necessary so as to promote a wider scope of energy efficiency practice in order to reduce energy demand on the central power supply of the nation and as well-attain reasonable level of energy security. Design/method

The establishment of Shariah Advisory Council under the aegis of Bank Negara Malaysia in 1997 was the best solution taken by the Government to harmonize the issue of divergence of Shariah opinions among the Shariah committees established by the Islamic banks and takaful operators. Since then, the Shariah Advisory Council has been regulated by sever

Akta Perkhidmatan Kewangan Islam 2013 (Akta 759) adalah merupakan Akta terkini yang diluluskan oleh Parlimen Malaysia untuk mengawalselia sektor perniagaan kewangan Islam di Malaysia. Akta ini mula berkuatkuasa pada 30 Jun 2013 dan telah memansuhkan Akta Bank Islam 1983 (Akta 276) dan Akta Takaful 1984 (Akta 312). Akta ini mengandungi peruntukan-pe

Akta Perkhidmatan Kewangan Islam 2013 (Akta 759) adalah merupakan Akta terkini yang diluluskan oleh Parlimen Malaysia untuk mengawalselia sektor perniagaan kewangan Islam di Malaysia. Akta ini mula berkuatkuasa pada 30 Jun 2013 dan telah memansuhkan Akta Bank Islam 1983 (Akta 276) dan Akta Takaful 1984 (Akta 312). Akta ini mengandungi peruntukan-pe

Impedance-based structural health monitoring techniques have been developed as a promising tool for real-time structural damage assessment and are considered as a new non-destructive evaluation method. Active elements of the technique are Piezoelectric Wafer Active Sensor (PWAS) bonded on the structure. Modelling and simulation of PWAS and host str