This biannual conference in Pahang, Malaysia, is a clearing house for many of the latest research findings in a highly multidisciplinary field. The contributions span a host of academic disciplines which are themselves rapidly evolving, making this collection of 90 selected papers an invaluable snapshot of an arena of pure and applied science that produces many versatile innovations. The book covers a multitude of topics ranging from the sciences (pure and applied) to technology (computing and engineering), and on to social science disciplines such as business, education, and linguistics.
The papers have been carefully chosen to represent the leading edge of the current research effort, and come from individuals and teams working right around the globe. They are a trusted point of reference for academicians and students intending to pursue higher-order research projects in relevant fields, and form a major contribution to the international exchange of ideas and strategies in the various technological and social science disciplines. It is the sheer scope of this volume that ensures its relevance in a scientific climate with a marked trend towards disciplinary synthesis.
Part 1: Social Sciences.
Chapter 1: Using Readers Theatre to Promote
Reading the Judicial Decisions (Court Case) Among Foundation Law Students.-
Chapter 2: The Use of Ar-Rahnu by Islamic Bank Customers in Malaysia.-
Chapter 3: Retailers Perspective on Electronic Reservation Services in
Malaysia.
Chapter 4: Parenting Behavior of Mothers and School Adjustments of
Adolescents in Malaysia.
Chapter 5: Numerical Visualization of Rudder Inflow
as Effect of Increasing Angle of Attack.
Chapter 6: Narcissism as Predictor
of Facebook Usage among Students in a Malaysian Public University.
Chapter
7: Managing Event: Environmental Friendly Perspective.
Chapter 8: Malaysias
New Economic Model and Innovative Capability Development: A Focus on
Knowledge Workers in MSC Malaysia.
Chapter 9: Integration of Visual Cues in
an Augmented Reality Application for Enhancing the Learning of Engineering
Concepts.
Chapter 10: Innovation on Product Life Cycle Through Environmental
Management Systems Standards Towards Malaysia Polypropylene Firms'
Eco-Efficiency.
Chapter 11: Initiative of Developing E-Counseling System:
Importance and Application in UNITEN.
Chapter 12: Ecological
Conceptualization of Halal-Haram Divide.
Chapter 13: Dynamic Geometries in
Traditional Malay-Muslim Art and Architecture: Evidence of Advanced Building
Sciences in Malay Building Tradition.
Chapter 14: Customer Satisfaction in
Event Management Organized by District Islamic Religious Office (PAID) in
Pahang.
Chapter 15: Clients Business Risk Assessment and Auditors Test.-
Chapter 16: Childcare Service Quality: Measuring Expectations of Working
Parents using SERVPERF Dimensions.
Chapter 17: Certified Halal Logo: The
Importance towards Muslim Customers in Bandar Pusat Jengka Pahang.
Chapter
18: Awareness on Legal Rights and Data Protection in SNS: The case of
Facebook in Countryside Campus.
Chapter 19: Change of Age Specific Fertility
Curves in Peninsular Malaysia: An Approach ofFunctional Data Analysis.-
Chapter 20: Intention to Whistle Blow among Future Accountants in Malaysia.-
Chapter 21: Family Controlled Companies and the Issuance of Going Concern
Opinion in Malaysia.
Chapter 22: Counselling Students' Perceptions toward
Integrating Spirituality into Counseling Among Children.
Chapter 23:
Assessment Literacy: A Catalyst to the Success of School-Based Assessment in
Malaysian Schools.
Chapter 24: Discriminant Analysis: A Study on Corporate
Distress.
Chapter 25: Waterfront Development in Malaysia: Best Practices in
Future.
Chapter 26: Human Resource Management from Islamic Perspectives:
Experiences of GLCS.
Chapter 27: The Application of Consistent Minimum
Vector Variance (MVV) Estimators on Hotelling T2 Control Chart.
Chapter 28:
Ethical Sensitivity and Ethics Education: Case of Accounting
Students.-Chapter 29: Visualisation Skills of Geometric Figures: Its Effect
in Visualisation-Based Teaching.
Chapter 30: Measuring Customer Needs and
Wants: Exploring Servqual Dimensions in Cooperatives.
Chapter 31: Model of
Self-Esteem, Job-Search Intensity and Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy
for Undergraduates Students.
Chapter 32: An Empirical Analysis of Consumers
Behavioral Intention towards Perceived Usefulness and Service Quality A
Malaysian Perspective.
Chapter 33: The Effect of zikr on Physiological
Coherence: A Case Study on Selected University Students.
Chapter 34: Supply
Chain Integration Implementation and Operational Capability in SMEs: A
Literature Review and a Research Agenda.
Chapter 35: Solar Cooking Activity
for Preschoolers in Developing Inquiry Skills.
Chapter 36: Anxiety in
Learning English among Low Achievers: The Questions of Gender, Language
Preference and Academic Performance.
Chapter 37: Electronic Reservation
Services in Malaysia from Customers Perspective.
Chapter 38: Teenagers
Interaction in Photo Story Teenagers: A Discourse Analysis.
Chapter 39:
Exploration on Innovation Culture inBatek Tribe.
Chapter 40: Analysing the
use of Superiority Claims in the Local Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Print Advertisements in Malaysia.
Chapter 41: Investigating the Satisfaction
and Intention to Use Blog: The Application of Extended Tam.
Chapter 42: A
Preliminary Exploration to Chinese Popular Adjectives in Chinese Website.-
Chapter 43: Effects of Students Workload and Academic Procrastination on
Attitude to Plagiarize: A Partial Least Squares Application.
Chapter 44: A
Study on Relationship between Awareness and Knowledge of Muslims Sellers
toward Halal Cosmetic Products.
Chapter 45: Islamic Jurisprudence on
Reproductive Technology: A Methodological Appraisal.- Part 2: Sciences and
Technology.
Chapter 46: Predictions of Relative Risks for Dengue Disease
Mapping in Malaysia Based on Stochastic Sir-Si Vector-Borne Infectious
Disease Transmission Model.
Chapter 47: The Effects of Caffeine on Archery
Performance: A Randomised, Double-Blind, Placebo Controlled Study.
Chapter
48: Characteristics of Rdf Produce from Paper and Plastic Wastes and
Potential of Rice Straw as a Binder.
Chapter 49: Artificial Pollination on
Pepper (Piper Nigrum L.): Procedures to Prevent Self-Pollination and
Guidelines to Ensure Reliability of Methods Used in Prevention of
Self-Pollination.
Chapter 50: Day-Lighting Tropical Building Interiors from
Skylight: The Case for Separating Heat from Useful Visible Light.
Chapter
51: Kinetic Modelling for Hydrogen Reduction of Ferric Oxide using Matlab.-
Chapter 52: Factors Influencing Starch Digestibility.
Chapter 53: Removal of
Reactive Dye by Flat Sheet Supported Liquid Membrane using Tridodecylamine as
a Carrier.
Chapter 54: Extraction of Ionized Nano silver by Emulsion Liquid
Membrane using Cyanex 302 as a Mobile Carrier.
Chapter 55: Gasification of
Triple Fuel Blends using Pilot Scale Fluidized Bed Gasification Plant.-
Chapter 56: Properties of Kelempayan Particleboard in Relation to Particle
Size and Type ofResin.
Chapter 57: Effects of Different Resin Content and
Densities on some Properties of Hybrid Wood Sawdust-Acacia mangium
Composites.
Chapter 58: Performance Evaluation of CRP Algorithm for Dense
Wireless Sensor Networks.
Chapter 59: Online Malaysian Bumiputera & Aslian
Language Researchers Database (OMBALRD): Solution for Bumiputera & Aslian
Languages Preservation.
Chapter 60: Framework Design of Computational Method
Using Singular Value Decomposition for Gender Classification in Words Usage.-
Chapter 61: Flood Frequency Analysis at Un gauged Sites in the Peninsular
Malaysia Using Multiple Linear Regressions.
Chapter 62: TL-Moments:
Application to the Generalized Logistic Distribution.
Chapter 63: On the
Performance of Several Approaches to Obtain Standardized Logistic Regression
Coefficients.
Chapter 64: Comparison of Anthropometric Characteristics, Body
Composition, Speed and Agility Performance of Universiti Teknologi Mara
(UiTM) Football Players.
Chapter 65: Fuzzy Multi-Criteria Decision Making
for Evaluation of IT Supplier.
Chapter 66: Factors Affecting Early
Adaptation of Post Intracerebral Haemorrhage Patients with Stroke Related
Disability During Acute Inpatient Recovery Phase.
Chapter 67: Extended
Non-Controllable Variable Input-Output Oriented Model in DEA Analysis.-
Chapter 68: The Existence of Golden Section in the Traditional Malay
Architecture.
Chapter 69: Cartesian Representation for Location
Determination in Parts of Islamic Architecture.
Chapter 70: The Potential of
Pseudomonas Sp. in Ammonia Removal of Landfill Leachate.
Chapter 71:
Phytochemical Investigation of the Leaves of Tetracera Scandens Linn. And
Antidiabetic Activity of Hypoletin in Vitro.
Chapter 72: Bioactive
Terpenoids from the Stem Bark of Entada Spiralis Ridl. (Sintok).
Chapter 73:
Effect of Hydrogen Peroxide Treatment of Rubber Leaf Powder in Removing
Pb(Li) Ions.
Chapter 74: DNA Fingerprinting of Parent Stocks and the
Progenies Produced UnderDifferent Salinity Acclimation of Chlorella Sp.-
Chapter 75: Genetic Polymorphisms of Unicellular Green Algae Strains using
Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA.
Chapter 76: Ionic Polymer Metal Composite
(IPMC): Potential Material for Micro technology Devices.
Chapter 77: Effects
of Post-Deposition Annealing Time in Nitrogen Ambient on Y2O3 Films Deposited
on Silicon.
Chapter 78: Road Users Perception towards Landslide Warning
Signage.
Chapter 79: Fabrication and Characterization of Porous and
Non-Porous Y2CaBa4Cu7 Superconductor.
Chapter 80: Study on the Floristic
Composition and Forest Structure of Heath Forest at Dungun Area in
Terengganu.
Chapter 81: Effect of Salinity on Growth and Cytotoxicity of
Extracts from a Marine-Derived Penicillium Sp. (LY1L5).
Chapter 82: Physical
and Optical Properties of PBT: Nd3+ Glass System.
Chapter 83: On the Ochiai
Index with Hurwicz Criterion in Ranking Fuzzy Numbers.
Chapter 84:
Suitability of Sewing Thread on Different Types of Sheer Fabrics.
Chapter
85: Simulating the Effect of Feed-in Tariff on Renewable Energy Penetration:
A System Dynamics Approach.
Chapter 86: Problems on Commercialization of
Genetically Modified Crops in Malaysia.
Chapter 87: Potential Identification
of Compacted Soil as Alternative Material in Cold-Formed Steel Column.-
Chapter 88: Persona Design Analysis of Digital Storybook for Remedial
Students.
Chapter 89: Impact of applying radiant barrier fitted beneath the
roof in hot and humid climates.
Chapter 90: Study the Effects and
Interaction of Operational Parameters on the Fabrication of Silver
nanoparticles (AgNPs)-loaded Chitosan-Polylactic Acid Based Films Using Full
Factorial Design.
Dr Azman Kasim obtained his Ph.D in amorphous lasing materials from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Johor in 2010. In 2000, he obtained his M.Sc in Physics Ultrasonic and in 1995 he completed his degree in physics from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). Currently, he is a senior lecturer at Universiti Teknologi MARA, Pahang, Malaysia. He has worked at UiTM since 2000 and has been appointed the Academic Publications Coordinator (JAPENA). His appointment as the Physics Association advisor has ensured active involvement with undergraduate students affairs and development projects. He has supervised M.Sc and Ph.D students to carry out research activities. In research and publications, Dr Azman has collectively published research papers related to his field of studies in refereed journals both locally and internationally. He has also been awarded grants by the Malaysia government (Ministry of Education) to carry out research works related to his field of studies in collaboration with other Malaysian higher educational institutions. Dr Azman has been enrolled as a life member of the Malaysia Association of Solid State (MASS), Malaysia, as well as the member of Glass Society, UK, since 2008.
Wan Siti Atikah has been working at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Pahang, as a biology lecturer since 2006. She obtained her first and second degrees from Universiti Putra Malaysia. She was granted BSc. in Bioindustry (Majoring in Microbes and Bioprocess Technology) and MSc. in Fermentation Technology in 2003 and 2009, respectively. She has a few years in teaching pre-university, diploma, and first degree levels. She is also involved in curriculum design for a few programs offered in UiTM. She has supervised undergraduate projects and MSc students in her field. She has also been awarded grants from Ministry of Education, Malaysia, as funds for her research activities. Her works have been published in local and international proceedings. She is also alife member of Malaysian Society for Microbiology (MSM) since 2012.
Nor Hidayatun Abdul Razak obtained her Masters in Electronic Marketing and Information Management from the University of Western Australia (UWA), Australia in 2004. In 1996, she completed her degree in Marketing and Management (BBA) from the Northwood University (NU - Michigan), USA. She worked for Sibexlink Sdn Bhd in 1997 as Product Executive and was promoted to Senior Executive in year 2000. She was then involved with United Multimedia Sdn Bhd as Instructional Designer (2001 to 2003), Content Solution Sdn Bhd as a Senior Instructional Designer (2004 to 2005) and Malaysian Institute of Management (MIN) as a manager (2006 to 2007). She joined Universiti Teknologi MARA Pahang (UiTM) in 2007 where she spent 7 years as a lecturer and produced several articles on orang asli agropreneurship and halal issues. She is now pursuing her PhD in Halal Marketing at University of Canterbury, New Zealand.
Nor Lailatul Wahidah Musa obtained her Masters in Conservation Biology from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Selangor in 2007. In 2005, she graduated with Bsc. (Hons) in Biology from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). She joined Universiti Teknologi MARA Pahang (UiTM) in July 2008 and is currently is pursuing her PhD in Plant Biochemical and Ecology at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). During her 5 years working at UiTM Pahang she has produced several research papers related to the field of studies both locally and internationally.
Roslilee Ab.Halim has been working in Universiti Teknologi MARA (Pahang), Malaysia since 2005. Currently, she is a senior lecturer at the university and has held the position of Economics Coordinator since 2011. She obtained her Master of Economics from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Selangor in 2005 and completed her first degree in Economics from the same university in 2000. She is actively involved in writing articles for national and international proceedings, refereed journals, and other publications. Her research interests include Islamic economics, International Economics, Halal market, Consumer behavior, e-commerce, Childcare and Female labor supply issues. She has also been awarded grants by the Malaysia government (Ministry of Education) and Pahang state government to carry out research works related to her field of studies.
Siti Rosiah Mohamed obtained her M.Sc in Management Mathematics from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), in 2008. In 2006, she completed her first degree in Computational Mathematics from University College of Science and Technology Malaysia (KUSTEM). Currently, she is a lecturer at Universiti Teknologi MARA, Pahang, Malaysia. She has worked at UiTM since 2008 and has been appointed as the Type Setting Editor (JAPENA). She has published research papers related to her field of studies both locally and internationally.
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