Native English: ESL learners’ perceptions of female speakers’ accents by Pilus, Zahariah, Zakaria, Nur Shahida, Zakaria, Muhamad Khairul

“…The students were asked to rate the speakers for a number of items including the ease of understanding, sounding comfortable to the ears, being an ideal English teacher and being a speaker they would want to sound like. The learners were also asked to state the nationalities of the speakers. …”
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Robust PID anti-swing control of automatic gantry crane based on Kharitonov's stability by Solihin, Mahmud Iwan, Martono, Wahyudi, Legowo, Ari, Akmeliawati, Rini

“…In addition, its design procedure is not straightforward for the system which is nonSISO (Singe Input Single Output) system like a gantry crane. In this paper, a stable robust PID controller for anti-swing control of automatic gantry crane is proposed. …”
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Online authentication using smart card technology in mobile phone infrastructure by Mantoro, Teddy, Milisic, Admir, Ayu, Media Anugerah

“…It becomes secure entity compulsory for getting access to privacy sensitive Internet applications, like those involving money transfers. Utilizing the NFC interface passes the personal user keys only when needed, giving additional strength to the traditional public key cryptography approach in terms of security and portability.…”
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Fabrication of ceramic membrane chromatography for biologics purification by Mel, Maizirwan, Abdeen, Fouad, Sopyan, Iis

“…In this study, a coin-like, 13 mm diameter and 3 mm thick, ceramic membrane was fabricated to be used as a chromatographic medium. …”
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Smartening the environment using wireless sensor networks in a developing country by Pathan, Al-Sakib Khan, Hong, Choong Seon, Lee , Hyung-Woo

“…In this paper we explore the prospects of wireless sensor networks and propose a design level framework for developing a smart environment using WSNs, which could be beneficial for a developing country like Bangladesh. In connection to this, we also discuss the major aspects of wireless sensor networks.…”
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The scholarship of inter-faith engagement with others in the writings of contemporary muslim scholars by Shehu, Fatmir Mehdi

“…Such engagement can take place in different aspects of peoples’ daily activities, like religious, civilizational, political, sociological, cultural, economic, and so on. …”
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The use of prepositions among adult ESL learners in Malaysia by Sudhakaran, Beena

“…One predicament facing an educationist is whether grammar should be taught formally, or allowed to be naturally acquired, especially where there has generally been a deterioration of students’ grammar skills among English as second language (ESL) learners in Malaysia, particularly in the use of a syntactical category like prepositions. In order to get to the depth of the issue, a case study research design was carried out. …”
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A case study: establishing redundant access networks in the telecommunication sector of a developing country by Rahman, Mohammad Ziaur, Pathan, Al-Sakib Khan

“…This work may also be useful for working on similar cases in other developing countries like Bangladesh.…”
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UI sketching reskill for UX researchers by Hussein, Idyawati, Mahmud, Murni, Hj. Ibrahim, Huda, Ghazali, Masitah, Ahmad, Azizah

“…In this paper, we highlighted the importance of User Experience (UX) sketching as one of the skillsets required for UX researchers in project development especially in low participatory design awareness countries like Malaysia. This is due to the results from UX research activities that are not perceived to be impactful by developers, designers and other stakeholders in digital transformation projects especially by the government that has been suffering from vendor-centric Request for Proposal (RFP) tender for the past 60 years. …”
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Stable multiwavelength semiconductor optical amplifier-based fiber laser using a 2-mode interferometer by Ahmad, Harith, Azmy, Nur Fatini, Aidit, Siti Nabila, Zulkifli, Mohd Zamani

“…The TMI generates in a comb-like spectrum with a 1-nm wavelength spacing and extinction ratio of 5.7 dB. …”
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Qur’anic values and engineering studies: approaches and methods in the process of Islamizing engineering curriculum by Shuriye, Abdi Omar, Ismail, Ahmad Faris

“…In process we have select some courses taught in the faculty of engineering IIUM and suggested basic approaches of Islamizing it and in that we exhibited some techniques for Islamization. We would like to acknowledge the precious assistance and wholehearted cooperation bestowed to us by the Research Management Centre, International Islamic University Malaysia, during the course of this research. …”
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Comparative study of different steganographic techniques by Zeki, Akram M., Ibrahim, Adamu A., A. Manaf, Azizah, Abdullah, Shahidan M.

“…Finally comparison was done using benchmarking tool for identifying different performance aspects of the Steganographic techniques and Steganographic software like visual quality, performance indices, memory requirement and the evaluation of the maximum capacity for each software under this study. …”
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Preliminary analysis on the effect of rain attenuation on Free Space Optics (FSO) propagation measured in tropical weather condition by Ahmad Zabidi, Suriza, Al-Khateeb, Wajdi Fawzi Mohammed, Islam, Md. Rafiqul, Naji, Ahmed Wathik

“…Non-selective scattering is wavelength independent and exists due to rainfall. In country like Malaysia rain season with heavy rain can reduce the received power of FSO link to below the threshold. …”
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The use of zakat revenue in Islamic financing: jurisprudential debate and practical feasibility by Mahmud , Mek Wok, Shah Haneef, Sayed Sikandar

“…In practice, however, it seems that the arguments by the proponents is favored as some counties like Kuwait and Malaysia, aside from providing handouts, also finance health care and education for the poor and needy. …”
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A Comparative Study of the English Language Performance of Islamic Studies and Education Students in KIRKHS and INSTED by Abdul Rashid, Adnan

“…And finally, the respondents indicated that they would like to improve their English language competence. …”
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Bibliography of waqf literature produced in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia and Indonesia during the period from (1977-2007) by Rashid, Syed Khalid

“…Not much attention appears to be paid to contemporary issue like development and management. There is no literature dealing with Shia waqf, a large number which are there in India and Pakistan. …”
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Efeminasi sebagai pendahuluan kepada pembentukan seorang mak nyah (Effeminacy as a Prelude to being a transsexual) by Md. Noon, Hazizan

“…An effeminate is a male behaving like a woman. The paper discusses the main factors of effeminacy as perceived by the non-transsexuals from among the normal male population as well as the effeminates’ friends. …”
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Response surface optimization of the process conditions for anti-diabetic compounds from Cucumis Sativus by Jamal, Parveen, Ahmad Barkat, Anumsima, Amid, Azura

“…Therefore an investigation is required in a bionetwork rich and industrially-developed country like Malaysia to use alternative approaches to treat diabetics, such as plant based medicine. …”
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Optimization of Extraction Process for Antidiabetic Compounds from Cucumis sativus by Ahmad Barkat, Anumsima, Jamal, Parveen, Amid, Azura

“…Therefore an investigation is required in a bionetwork rich and industrially-developed country like Malaysia to use alternative approaches to treat diabetics, such as plant based medicine. …”
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Square patch feature: faster weak-classifier for robust object detection by Mohd Mustafah, Yasir, Bigdeli, Abbas, Azman, Amelia Wong, Dadgostar, Farhad, Lovell, Brian

“…The computation requires fewer arithmetic operations and fewer accesses to the main memory in comparison to the well known Viola-Jones Haar-like classifier. In addition to the faster computation, the weak classifier can be extended for in-plane rotation, where each square patch can be rotated to detect in-plane rotated objects. …”
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