Human activities such as deforestation, urbanisation and industrialisation have contributed to the increasing amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) deposited in the atmosphere which has become a major issue in this century. CO2 gives a huge impact on greenhouse gasses that lead to climate change, global warming and other environmental disaster. These impa

Since the introduction of the Agile Manifesto over a decade ago, software industries around the world have started to change their software development process from traditional to Agile methods. A number of research studies conducted in Asia Pacific countries such as Malaysia, India, and New Zealand have provided valuable insight into Agile adoptio

The study aims to examine the teachers’ perceptions and the underlying dimensions of their responses towards the concept of teamwork. The study involved 202 teachers of primary and secondary schools in the district of Kuantan, Malaysia. They were different age, gender, level of education, level of teaching, numbers of teaching years and marital s

The purpose of the study is to investigate the best practice of Ethical Leadership among the academic administrators in Islamic Tertiary Education Institution as perceived by academic staff. This study is using a validated questionnaire that was developed by Kalshoven, Den Hartog & De Hoogh known as “Ethical Leadership at Work Questionnaireâ€

In recent years, mobile communications technologies have evolved rapidly. A lot of countries including Malaysia have adopted these technologies once they are available. This increases the number of subscribers and services in cellular network. It forces new installation of cellular base stations (BS) in order to improve coverage. This however incre

Very recently, a new takaful legislation, i.e. IFSA 2013, has been enforced to repeal the old Takaful Act 1984 (TA). Generally, the 2013 Act strengthens the requirements made under the 1984 Act as well as provides additional requirements including licensing of takaful operator, limiting to one class of takaful business per takaful operator and esta

Control points are geometric primitives that play an important role in designing the geometry curve and surface. When these control points are blended with some basis functions, there are several geometric models such as Bezier, B-spline and NURBS(Non-Uniform Rational B-Spline) will be produced. If the control points are defined by the theory of fu

The recycled polypropylene (rPP)usually exhibits low mechanical property compared to virgin polypropylene. Microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) fiber may improve the mechanical property of rPP. The mechanical and water uptake properties of rPP composites filled with MCC was studied. Different composition of rPP composites (2,5,10,20 and 40wt%) and a co

Preservation and conservation of heritage sites is an essential effort to achieve sustainable development in Malaysia. However, due to rapid development, many heritage sites and buildings are at risk around the world including Malaysia. With or without realizing it, many development that is going on around the country which encroaches into heritage

While there have been substantial improvements in the performance of Government-linked Companies (GLCs) in Malaysia in the recent past, their tax planning activities remain a mystery. With government supports, GLCs seem to benefit more from tax avoidance practices. Given this, and in line with the call on investigating the role of government owners