Teaching religion and international relations: disciplinary, pedagogical, and personal reflections by Bettiza, Gregorio, Abdelkader, Deina, Buckley, David T., Cesari, Jocelyne, Haynes, Jeffrey, Sandal, Nukhet, Shani, Giorgio

“…This forum seeks to remedy this general silence. It brings together a diverse range of scholars from a multiplicity of national, religious, methodological, and theoretical backgrounds who teach across a variety of different geographical settings including North America, Europe, and East Asia. …”

Like the sea: living communityship as a form of participatory leadership within the creativity for learning in HE (#creativeHE) community by Nerantzi, Chrissi, Gillaspy, Emma, Sinfield, Sandra, Karatsiori, Marianthi, Burns, Tom, Hunter, Anna, Seat, Hannah, Tasler, Nathalie

“…Insights gained through this inquiry seem to suggest that the leadership within this community is characterised by and experienced as communityship, a highly participatory and democratic way of leading that brings harmony, offers refuge and stretches the leadership team. …”
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Social networks and migration: relocations, relationships and resources by Ryan, Louise

“…Empirically innovative, this book brings together, for the first time, data generated over twenty years across my varied studies with migrants from diverse backgrounds. …”

Tribological behavior of dual and triple particle size SiC reinforced Al0MMCs: a comparative study by Maleque, Md. Abdul, Karim, Md Rezaul

“…The wear test was carried out using a pin-on-disc type tribo-test machine under dry sliding condition. …”
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Reverse engineering of automotive piston by Arifutzzaman, A., Maleque, Md. Abdul

“…The wear test was performed using pin-on-disk (POD) machine. The tensile test results showed that the ultimate tensile strength and modulus of elasticity of the piston were 215 MPa and 73 GPa respectively, whereas the Vickers hardness number of this material was found to be 155 HV0.5kgf. …”
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Electronically reconfigurable and conformal triband antenna for wireless communications systems and portable devices by Hussain, Musa, Ali, Esraa Mousa, Awan, Wahaj Abbas, Hussain, Niamat, Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, Falcone, Francisco

“…This is achieved by connecting two open-ended stubs to a modified triangular patch radiator using PIN diodes. The antenna’s performance was optimized using a 3D electromagnetic solver and its performance was verified through measurements. …”
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Mas Cotek (Ficus deltoidea): a possible supplement for Type II Diabetes: (a pilot study) by Draman, Samsul, Md Aris, Mohd Aznan, Mohd Rus, Razman, Akter, Seikh Farid Uddin, Halim, Noor Azlina, A. Rahman, Nor Azlina, Khattak, Muhammad Muzaffar Ali Khan, Hazali, Norazlanshah, Mohd Hassan, Norazian

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Non-invasive measurement method of skin conditions by using Dermalab® combo by Ab. Hadi, Hazrina, Awadh, Ammar Ihsan JawaD, Mohd Hanif, Nadzira, Md Sidik, Nur Fatin Akmal, Mohd Rani, Mohd Rajaei Nuruddin, Mohd Suhaimi, Muhamad Syafiq

“…The readings were taken on volar forearm of the volunteers were taken using TEWL probe and hydration pin probe. A set of questionnaire was also distributed to obtain the information about the skin care regime and their daily habits. …”
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Providing feedback for students' drafts in academic writing: can developmental Rubric do the trick? by Md. Zamin, Ainul Azmin

“…Teachers were able to specifically pin-point the areas where students needed to improve their academic writing. …”
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Formation of Fe-C-Si ternary composite coating on CP-titanium and its tribological interaction with Jatropha oil by Maleque, Md. Abdul, ., W. Saffin, Ahmed, A. S

“…The wear behavior of coated CP-titanium was performed using pin-on-disk machine at room temperature under Jatropha-biodiesel lubricated condition. …”
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A Novel MIMO antenna integrated with a solar panel and employing AI-equalization for 5G wireless communication networks by Hussein, Humam, Elmunim, Nouf Abd, Atasoy, Ferhat, Virdee, Bal Singh, Elwi, Taha A., Rashid, Nasr, Jayanthi, Renu Karthick Rajaguru, Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Limiti, Ernesto

“…We demonstrate that the directivity of this antenna array can be precisely electronically reconfigured using PIN diode switches. Additionally, we show the feasibility of integrating solar panels with the proposed MIMO antenna array. …”
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Design of microstrip ultra wide band antenna with two notch filters for wireless communication by Abdulhasan, Raed Abdulkareem

“…In order to add reconfigurable characteristics to the patch antenna, two copper strips are putted on the slots to represent the ON and OFF switching status of an ideal Pin diode. By using this simple switching technique, the current distribution of the patch changes and enables the antenna to have four modes of operation. …”
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Theoretical analysis of photoparametric amplifier by Mohammed Elbireki, Majdi Farag

“…The second method is to use Optiwave software in implement is the photo parametric amplifier circuit. Photo diode PIN type has been used to detect any coming signal at the receiver circuit. …”
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Computational intelligence: application in digital watermarking by Olanweraju, Rashidah Funke, Khalifa, Othman Omran

“…CI has been applied in digital watermarking to improve performance in order to curb piracy. This paper brings to view computational intelligence techniques specifically the Artificial Neural Network (ANN); generalizations of mathematical models based on biological nervous systems and its applications in digital watermarking. …”
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The impact of landscape setting towards the surrounding microclimate: a case study of IIUM courtyards by Mohed, Abdul Hadi, Zakaria, Mohamad Faruq, Abu Bakar, Aniza

“…While the changes is important, it is also brings negative impacts. Following the urbanization, more natural surfaces are transformed into man-made structures. …”
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Transfer and heating mechanisms of a curry puff vending machine by Mohd Ali, Muhamad Khalid, Zainul Azlan, Norsinnira, Ali, Muhammad Aminuddin Anwar

“…The transfer mechanism transfers the containers containing frozen curry puffs into the microwave by using a slider and brings it out after being heated. In the heating mechanism, the microwave’s door is opened and closed by a servo motor through a four bar linkage mechanism and the timer knob is automatically adjusted by a servo motor. …”
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Critical pedagogy in sport management education : rationale, issues and implications for practice by Baines, Stephen

“…The drive for greater globalisation, the revolution in social media, the increasing ease in accessing knowledge, the growing consumerism, a disaffected sector of unemployed youth, and an increase in such social problems as injustices, inequalities, and anti-social behaviours brings into focus the need for education programmes throughout the world to seriously address such issues (Culpan & Wigmore). …”
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Manifesto for Belmonte Calabro, a hill-top village in Southern Italy by Denicke-Polcher, Sandra, McAllister, Jane

“…The book brings together the pedagogy and projects of architecture students within Studio 3 and Unit 6 at The Cass, London Metropolitan University, working in the hill-top village Belmonte Calabro, in South Italy. …”
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Return migration and embedding: through the lens of Brexit as an unsettling event by Grabowska, Izabela, Ryan, Louise

“…This introductory paper, reflecting the Thematic Cluster of four papers, brings together two themes that are important for migration studies: return migration and embedding. …”
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Application of clean agents in fire suppression systems: an overview by Jum’azulhisham, Abdul Shukor, Muhammad Al-Hapis, Abdul Razak, Azmi, Hassan, Jamian, Rahim

“…The study of fluorinated gaseous (F-gaseous) in this paper brings to the needs of a new study of new gaseous focused to counter global warming. …”
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