London Irish fictions: narrative, diaspora and identity by Murray, Tony

“…By examining over 30 novels, short stories and autobiographies set in London since the Second World War, London Irish Fictions investigates the complex psychological landscapes of belonging and cultural allegiance found in these unique and intensely personal perspectives on the Irish experience of migration. As well as bringing new research to bear on the work of established Irish writers such as Edna O’Brien, John McGahern, Emma Donoghue and Joseph O’Connor, this study reveals a fascinating and hitherto unexplored literature, diverse in form and content. …”
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Learning from the past and looking to the future after review conference: integrating NGO work on codes of conduct and an international biological security education network into t... by Lijun, Shang

“…This small sized half day hybrid workshop will bring together experts from civil society and international organisations to have an informal brainstorm after the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) 9th Review Conference of December 2022 and the start of new venture for the BTWC and civil society. …”
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Finding common ground on the threshold: an experiment in critical urban learning by Cognetti, Francesca, De Carli, Beatrice

“…Practices of Urban Inclusion is thus seen as a threshold space that attempted to bring different subjectivities and forms of knowledge into connection by foregrounding experiential knowledge, fostering collaborative learning, and connecting temporalities. …”
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Everyday streets: inclusive approaches to understanding and designing streets by Clossick, Jane, Hausleitner, Birgit, Martire, Agustina

“…They are places of social aggregation, bringing together those belonging to different classes, genders, ages, ethnicities and nationalities. …”
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'She loved this place': memorial benches as death writing, life writing and life siting by Karpf, Anne

“…So this paper also reflects on the benches as a celebration of seemingly undistinguished lives, as a mode of bringing the private into the public and for its performative aspects. …”
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Usage of BIM for improvement on design coordination in construction industry by Tan, Yee Ling, Mohamed, Sulzakimin, Adaji, Adejoh Ahmodu

“…In addition, adoption and integration and collaboration and communication have brought the strategy of communication. These bring benefit and strategy of BIM by providing construction industry to improve design coordination…”
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Automatic whiteboard eraser by Samion, Norhafiza, Syukri, Nur Nisha Camelia, Hasramani, Nur Uzma Afrina, Tamin, Nik Nur Faiqah

“…For example, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia itself faced a lot of problems regarding this matter such as the erasers or duster are always went missing because it was put recklessly and worn out easily so this this requires the lecturers or students to bring their own dusters or use other alternatives such as using a cloth or tissues. …”
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Religious ethics on industrialization: a discourse from Islamic perspective by Zainan Nazri, Mohd Khairul Nizam, Ahmad, Mahmud, Zainan Nazri, Nurul Jannah, Mat Ishak, Mardiana, Sidik, Mohd Akmal, Mohd Hambali, Khadijah

“…Islam encourages industrialization and sets its pristine teachings as enshrined in the Quran and Sunnah of the Prophet PBUH as the guiding principles and values for Muslims to create a kind of industrialization that shall bring about not only economic prosperity and sustainable development to the nation, but also one that is in harmony with the environment. …”
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The masjid as a restorative environment: a case study of Masjid Sultan Ahmad Shah, IIUM by Nor Rahim, Mohd Norhafifi, Mohamad Ramsi, Alya Qaryna, Mohd Nor, Aliaa Nabila, Mohd Tamsir, Nur Nasyitah Syahrain, Mohd Mahudin, Nor Diana

“…The study aims to answer four research questions namely, gender differences in the motivation of Masjid goers, areas of the Masjid that bring the most restorative effects, the restorative effects of the Masjid on mood outcome, and the relationship between motivation, activities, and mood of Masjid visitors. …”
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Comparative analysis on the financial performance of Islamic and conventional banks in Malaysia by Ahmed Sulub, Yasin, Che Mohd Salleh, Marhanum

“…Islamic banks (IBs) are characterized by their uniqueness of complying with Shariah where the aim is to bring benefits to all parties. For that reason, previous research argued that these banks were stable in the aftermath of the recent global financial crisis unlike Conventional banks (CBs). …”
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Understanding Arabic-speaking skill learning strategies among selected Malay learners:a case study at the International Islamic University Malaysia(IIUM) by Ahmed Mohamed, Ismaiel Hassanein

“…This assumption is based on several theories in language learning strategies which postulate that learners’ success in language learning or lack of it is attributable to the various strategies which different learners bring to tasks and not solely relying on environment per say. …”
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Community perception on service quality at an international higher education institution: a case study by Ibrahim, Haslina, Abdul Rahim, Adibah, Abdul Rahman, Amilah, Abdullah, Nur Anisah

“…While this study was useful in bringing some service quality issues to light, but it was only for a particular period. …”
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Spatial decision support for urban and environmental planning : a collection of case studies

“…The chapters in this book bring together applications in very different contexts from Europe, Southeast Asia and Latin America, illustrating the power that today's decision and planning support tools are providing urban and environmental planners the world over. …”
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The status of prisoners-of-war under international law: an analysis of the Afghan scenario by Eishan Jan, Mohammad Naqib

“…The United States brands the prisoners as "unlawful combants", refuses to give them prisoners-of-war status, to grant them access to a lawyer or to bring them before a 'competent tribunal' and consequently denies them all the rights and privileges that are provided under the international humanitarian laws, and the most relevant of these laws are the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, to which almost all states, including the United States and Afghanistan are parties, and the two 1967 Protocols Additional to the Geneva Conventions. …”
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Creating awareness of the orthographic representations of [i] and [ɪ] by Pilus, Zahariah

“…Realizing the importance of and difficulty in attaining phonemic awareness particularly among second language learners whose exposure to the language is mainly through formal education, this session is put together to share an activity that can create ESL students’ awareness of the orthographic representations of the English vowels [i] and [ ɪ]. Bringing the regular features of English spelling to the attention of ESL students “ can make English less of an alphabet soup, and more of an organized yet flexible menu of possibilities” (Kelly, 2000). …”
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The success factors for Government Information Sharing (GIS) in natural disaster management and risk reduction by Ahmad Dahlan, Abdul Rahman, Mohd Dahan, Hayati, Mohd Saman, Md Yazid

“…Among those damages/losses, about 90 % are concentrated in the Asian region where natural disasters are one of the serious issues not only for humanitarian but also for economic and industrial point of view. These bring about the loss of lives, property, employment and damage to the physical infrastructure and the environment. …”
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The success factors for government information sharing (GIS) in natural disaster management and risk reduction by Ahmad Dahlan, Abdul Rahman, Mohd Dahan, Hayati, Mohd Saman, Md Yazid

“…Among those damages/losses, about 90 % are concentrated in the Asian region where natural disasters are one of the serious issues not only for humanitarian but also for economic and industrial point of view. These bring about the loss of lives, property, employment and damage to the physical infrastructure and the environment. …”
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Design of QFT-based self-tuning deadbeat controller by Mansor, Hasmah, Mohd Noor, Samsul Bahari

“…QFT is a technique to achieve robust control with pre-defined specifications whereas deadbeat is an algorithm that could bring the output to steady state with minimum step size. …”
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Technology transfer issue in the context of climate change: A critical exposition by Ansari, Abdul Haseeb

“…In order to successfully fight against the challenges posed by global warming, a phenomenon that is bringing menace to all, especially poor of the world, it is warranted that there should be a liberal attitude of developed countries towards transfer of technology, especially environmentally sound technology (ESTs), and transfer of financial resources from them to developing and least developed countries, and their capacity building so that developing and least developed countries could also be able to contribute to alleviate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. …”
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Religious ethics on industrialization: a Quranic perspective by Zainan Nazri, Mohd Khairul Nizam, Zainan Nazri , Nurul Jannah, Mat Ishak, Mardiana

“…Islam encourages industrialization and sets its pristine teachings as enshrined in the Qur'an and Sunnah of the Prophet PBUH as the guiding principles and values for Muslims to create a kind of industrialization that shall bring about not only economic prosperity and sustainable development to the nation, but also one that is in harmony with the environment. …”
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