School-based assessment (SBA) approach was officially introduced by the Ministry of Education as a part of the Malaysia educational reform in 2011 with the aim to improve the fairness of the education system when it is applied as a form of measurement of students’ academic progress. Under the system, students’ learning outcomes will be evaluate

—This study examined the role of administrators in facilitating instructors and students of distance education programme (DEP) to the use of effective communication tools of the present digitized environment. Administrators/coordinators of DEP were purposively selected from three different universities in Malaysia. Their responses from interviews

Chronic pulsatile levodopa therapy for Parkinson's disease (PD) leads to the development of motor fluctuations and dyskinesia. We studied the prevalence and predictors of levodopa-induced dyskinesia among multiethnic Malaysian patients with PD. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study involving 95 patients with PD on uninterrupted levodopa ther

The intellectual turmoil and knowledge vacuum facing mankind specifically the Muslim Ummah (Community) has come with a multitude of problems which requires new solutions. However, the angle of vision wherein these predicaments presented themselves before the Muslims is far different from anything they are accustomed to. Muslims of this present gene

The intellectual turmoil and knowledge vacuum facing mankind specifically the Muslim Ummah (Community) has come with a multitude of problems which requires new solutions. However, the angle of vision wherein these predicaments presented themselves before the Muslims is far different from anything they are accustomed to. Muslims of this present gene

In the post-9/11 and 7/7 era of xenophobia, vulnerability and vicissitudes, the Muslim diaspora in the West is at the center of contestations about identities and racked with somewhat unacknowledged exilic anxieties. However, as they experience “double colonization” by patriarchy and imperialism in their country of origin, diasporic Muslim wome

There is a tendency to associate English studies with western value systems, secularism and anti-Islamic practices, and even with western Christendom. In response to this, scholars of postcolonial studies employ the twin strategy of ‘abrogation’ and ‘appropriation’ to dismantle the original intent of introducing English studies and, simulta

International humanitarian law (IHL) is the branch of public international law responsible for the regulation of conduct of belligerents and it seeks to protect individuals who are not taking an active part in hostilities from the effects of armed conflict. This segment of the law has been facing serious challenges in contemporary armed conflicts d

Social sustainability can be attributed to various physical factors in the city. Among the important factors that are often associated with social sustainability is the availability of public spaces. However the success of this public space is still disputable. This study is about the urban plaza and its role in the formation of a sustainable and v

This study was performed to evaluate the antifungal activities of the methanolic fractions from the stem bark of Entada spiralis Ridl. against human dermatophytes and yeast-like fungus in in vitro. Three types of human dermatophytes and one yeast-like fungus namely Trichophyton mentagrophytes ATCC 9533, Microsporum gypseum ATCC 24102, Trichophyton