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The Role of Parents in Providing Sexuality Education to their Children
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Background: Parents have an important role in delivering sexuality education to their children. However, Asian parents are reluctant to discuss sexual matters with their children owing to the sensitivity of the topic and their lack of sexual health knowledge. This study aimed to examine Malaysian parents’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices in pr

Risk Factors Towards public-Private Partnerships (Ppp) Projects Implementing Building Information Modelling (Bim) in the United Kingdom (Uk): a Lesson Learnt for Malaysia
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects involve stakeholders engaged in various contract structures in a lengthy contract duration. Such situations expose the projects to risks related to collaborative working and information integration. Building Information Modelling (BIM) is seen as a mechanism to improve the collaboration and integration in t

Faculty Acceptance of e-Resources at Applied Sciences Colleges in Oman: Application of the Technology Acceptance Model (Tam)
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

This study investigated factors that influence faculty members attitudes toward accept e-resources at the Applied Sciences colleges in Sultanate of Oman, this is due to the unexpected decrease after the first year of use by the faculty. To achieve this, a set of behavioral factors has been relied upon, such as the behavioral intention (BI) and the

Exploring Factors Influencing Acceptance Use of Oman Virtual Science Library (Masader) in Sultanate of Oman
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

This study investigated factors that influence faculty members attitudes toward accepting Masader e-resources at the higher education in Sultanate of Oman, this is due to the unexpected decrease after the first year of use by the academics. To achieve this, a set of behavioral factors has been relied upon, such as the behavioral intention (BI) and

Exploring Cognitive Approach in the Teaching of Literature for Secondary Schools in Malaysia
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

This paper discusses cognitive approach and how it could play an important role in the teaching of literature in secondary schools in Malaysia. Cognitive approach brings about cognitive poetics, a theory which studies literary works by using psychology. The rationale for this study is to find out whether secondary school teachers could incorporate

Halal Industry in Asean: Issues and Challenges
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

Amongst three Muslim majority countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei) of ASEAN, Malaysia leads the halal industry globally and considered to be the global halal hub. Simultaneously, the market is growing tremendously in other member countries as well. It has been realized that a number of driving forces are responsible for boosting the expansio

The Role of option-Implied Information in Improving a Portfolio Selection
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

Estimation of parameters such as mean and volatility from historical prices are used as inputs to a portfolio model. Researchers found that estimation parameters based on option prices have made a significant improvement in the performance of a portfolio. To date, the usefulness of an option-implied distribution in a portfolio selection model is st

Association Between social-Cognitive Factors and Intention Towards Sexual Activity Among Schoolgoing Late Adolescents in Kuantan, Malaysia
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

This was a cross-sectional study to identify the association between sociocognitive factors (permissive attitude, social-norms, and self-efficacy) and intention towards sexual activity among 466 Malaysian school-going late adolescents (aged 18–19 years) in Kuantan, Malaysia. Majority were females (64.4%), Malays (67.4%) and Muslims (68.2%). Simpl

option-Implied Adjusted Volatility Using Modified Generalised Leland Models: an Empirical Study on Dow Jones Industrial Average Index Options
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

This study investigates the relative option pricing performance of Modified Generalised Leland models. We employ non-parametric mechanism within the conventional option-pricing framework based on the Leland models to assure realistic pricing of options. This study extends the models by developing Modified Generalised Leland models based on the impl

Predicting Sexual Intention to Engage in Premarital Sex Among Late Adolescent in Kuantan Government Secondary Schools: an Application of Theory of Planned Behaviour
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

Introduction: Based on the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB), sexual intention is determined by three main socio-cognitive factors which are permissive attitudes, social-norms and self-efficacy in performing premarital sexual activity. Premarital sex associated with increased risk of sexually transmitted diseases and detrimental social implications

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