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Spatial Variation and Community Composition of Phytoplankton Along the Pahang Estuary, Malaysia
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

The aim of this study was to examine the phytoplankton patchiness, as expressed by community composition and their diversity during the monsoon and Non-monsoon seasons along the Pahang estuary, Malaysia during 2008. Three zones in the estuary were sampled on both the seasons covering both upstream and downstream of the estuary. Among the identified

Acceptance of Gold as an Alternative Currency: an Empirical Validation of Adoption of Innovation Theory
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

This study aims to examine the determinants of gold dinar adoption in Kelantan, Malaysia by using an extended adoption model which consists of seven factors: relative advantage, triability, result visibility, result demonstrability, anxiety, facilitating conditions, and trust. Survey data collected from gold dinar adopters in Kelantan were used to

An Analytical Framework to Examine Shari’ah-Compliant Mortgage Financing by Financial Cooperatives in Malaysia
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

This paper utilises an analytical framework to explore and critically examine issues and challenges of offering Shari’ah-compliant mortgage financing by financial cooperatives in Malaysia. Concepts from five distinct theories (Theory of Credit Cooperative, Transaction Costs Theory, Agency Theory, Stakeholder Theory, and Theory of Credit Rationing

Challenges, Alternatives, and Paths to Sustainability: Better Public Health Promotion Using Social Networking Pages as Key Tools
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

This paper discusses the possibility of promoting public health and implementing educational health services using Facebook. We discuss the challenges and strengths of using such a platform as a tool for public health care systems from two different perspectives, namely, the view of IT developers and that of physicians. We present a new way of eval

Tax Expenditure Reporting: Towards a More Transparent Government Budget
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

Tax expenditures are a substitute to government direct spending. Therefore, they should be reported and analysed on the spending side of the budget. Failure to understand the concept of tax expenditures would lead to tax expenditures being mistakenly analysed as the revenue function and escaped the detailed scrutiny that should have been placed on

Place Attachment in Relation to Urban Street Vitality
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

Preliminary studies have highlighted on the importance of the street as public space that provide setting for activities and amenities allowing people to do their activities. However, roles of urban street as public space have weakened due to rapid growth development. It is more focused on the transportation compared to the people, which make peopl

Mobile Robot Path Optimization Algorithm Using Vector Calculus and Mapping of 2 Dimensional Space
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

This research explores path integration in mobile robot navigation and path optimization technique using vector calculus. A simulated robot in a simulated environment is used to test the algorithm that is to be developed. The simulated robot is equipped with a sonar sensor and several infrared sensors on its chassis. Mobile robot navigation in an u

An Unsupevised Package for multi-Spectral Image Processing for Remote Data
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

The ability to match digital images and technique combination in the computer world had revolutionalised the trend. This paper researched on the unsupervised classification of the Multi-Spectral Image. All the two classes under the unsupervised classification were presented and explained. That is the K-Means (KM) and Kohonen Neural Network (KNN). A

well-Being of Malaysia's disaster-Affected Coastal Communities
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

The 26th December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami unleashed devastation in many countries causing fatalities and massive destruction of properties including a number of coastal communities along the west-coast of Peninsular Malaysia. The objective of this study is to explore the impact of the tsunami to the well-being of the affected coastal communities

The Effects of listening-Reading Programme on the Pronunciation of English Words by Form One Students from a Secondary School in Pahang
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

Listening –Reading (LR) activity is an alternative approach to the teaching and learning of reading and pronunciation in the ESL classroom. The activity involves simultaneous listening and reading of story books whereby readers not only read but also listen to the pronunciation of the same words contained in the texts being read by native speaker

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