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Designer’s Office in Malaysia: Comparative Analysis on Space Planning and Design Issues
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A person's work environment is very important. We spend nearly as much time at work as we do at home and even for some office workers, they spend more at their office than home. Improper office environments can cause major stress for workers. Understanding office design and environment issues can help give insight on improving the atmosphere at

Low Value Capacitance Measurement System for the Application of Monitoring Human Body
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The core focus of this work is to design and develop a reliable capacitance sensing system for measuring very small capacitive changes at low frequencies. The sensing system is applicable in monitoring and characterizing human body movement. The interface circuit measures very small capacitive variation. Some capacitive values have been fixed and t

Thoracic Wall Metastases from Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma in a Teenage Boy: a Case Report
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We report an extremely rare case of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in a 14-year old boy presenting with neck and chest wall metastasis. Radiological and histological examinations established the diagnosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma with non-keratinizing undifferentiated, WHO Type III form. He received 3 courses of chemotherapy followed by 35 cycles of r

Investigation on Reliability and Validity of Life Cycle Cost (Lcc) Data Inputs of Building
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In this paper, our aim is to propose a research design and methodology to investigate the current state and practice of LCC in the Malaysian construction industry, with specific reference to data inputs. The focus of the research is to assess the availability, accessibility, updated and reliability of the data as inputs into the process of estimati

Spatial Analysis of Environmentally Sensitive Areas in Kuala Selangor District, Malaysia
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This paper addresses the issue of conserving the important areas known as environmentally sensitive areas in Kuala Selangor District, Malaysia. Presently, the existence of these natural elements which are also considered as environmental goods to the community faces a prolong development pressure, regardless its role in enhancing the quality of lif

Current Status of Life Cycle Cost Practice in Malaysian Construction Industry
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In this paper, our aim is to report the state and practice of LCC in the Malaysian construction industry. In preparing this paper, a comprehensive review of literature on the practice of LCC related to Malaysian construction industry were conducted. The outcomes of the review will be reported as an introduction of the research. The LCC assessment c

فهم النصوص الشرعية واستنباط الأحكام بين مقاصد الشريعة والتأويلية الحديثة: دراسة تحليلية نقدية = the Understanding of Scriptural Texts and Derivation of Legal Injunctions Between Maqasid al-Shari'ah and Modern Hermeneutics: a Critical Analytical Study
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مستخلص البحثفهم النصوص الشرعية وتأويلها من أهم القضايا في عملية استنباط الأحكام، بل تعدّ طرائق الاستنباط ربع مباحث علم الأصول. ولذلك خصها الأصوليون بجهود كبيرة من التأصيل والتفصيل والتقعيد ا

Revisiting the Malaise of the Ummah: a Way Forward
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This paper attempts to discuss the malaise of the Muslim ummah by presenting the essential factors that impede its development in the contemporary world according to the framework propounded by Faruqi (1989) which are the decline of intellect and methodology. It brings forth and discusses the ideas propounded by renowned Muslim scholars such as Abd

An Activity Monitoring System for Senior Citizens Living Independently Using Capacitive Sensing Technique
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With the continual increase of senior citizens more resources are required for providing care centers services. The quality of such services can be enhanced by remotely monitoring senior citizens living independently in their homes. The monitoring can be performed using various types of sensors, but the solution presented in this paper is simple, c

Health and Wellness Monitoring of Elderly People Using Intelligent Sensing Technique
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The work aims in creating a monitoring system for the elderly population intended to be used in the bedroom. The sensors selected can measure the sleep pattern and selected vital signals. This particular sensor was preferred as a result of its simplicity in integration, cost-effectiveness, and reliability. The suggested work is shown to be in the f

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