Kajian ini membincangkan tajuk tumbuh-tumbuhan dalam Al-Qur'an Al-Karim dari sudut leksikografi dan analisis wacana Arab. Tumbuh-tumbuhan dalam Al-Qur'an Al-Karim merangkumi perkataan tumbuh-tumbuhan, perkataan pokok dan nama tumbuhan-tumbuhan. Korpus kajian ialah semua ayat tumbuh-tumbuhan dalam Al-Qur'an Al-Karim, Fokus kajian pula adalah dalam bidang leksikografi dan analisis wacana Arab serta dilengkapkan dengan disiplin ilmu yang lain iaitu bidang tafsir, hadith, balaghah, philologi Arab, pertanian, perubatan dan geografi. Perbincangan dari aspek leksikografi bertujuan untuk mendapatkan maksud sebenar perkataan dan nama tumbuh-tumbuhan dalam Al-Qur'an Al-Karim, Terdapat beberapa nama tumbuh-tumbuhan dalam Al-Qur'an Al-Karim yang diterjemahkan kepada pelbagai maksud yang berbeza. Situasi ini berlaku disebabkan oleh faktor perkembangan agama Islam dan bahasa Arab ke seluruh dunia. Kajian dalam bidang analisis wac ana Arab pula menggunakan teori sastera formalis balaghah bagi tujuan .....

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This thesis examines four questions in the field of executive stock option plans: the legal framework governing their use in Malaysia, their effects on firm performance, managerial turnover and the tax effects. The research presented in this thesis extends the literature on stock options in these directions. Owing to the dearth of studies that have examined the issue of stock option plans, as well as the uniqueness of the Malaysian corporate environment which is dominated by family controlled firms. Using standard event study methodology, in the short-term, the results indicate a negative share price before announcement and a slight positive effect following the announcement. The announcement, however, does not carry any surprise to the market and this seemingly confirms that early information releases before official announcement could be ruled out. Over the long-term, the results indicate that stock option plans have no significant effect on the performance of Malaysian firms, sugges.....

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Kajian ini membincangkan tanggungjawab manusia antara Ibnu Taymiyyah yang mewakili dunia Islam dan Immanuel Kant yang mewakili dunia Barat. Tanggungjawab dalam pemikiran Ibnu Taymiyyah adalah hasil daripada pandangan kritis terhadap pemikiran aliran-aliran sebelumnya iaitu al-Jabariyyah, Muktazilah dan al-Asha'irah. Manakala, tanggungjawab dalam pemikiran Immanuel Kant adalah melestarikan pandangan kritis terhadap pemikiran sebelumnya iaitu determinism incompatabilism (pemikiran fatalisme) dan indeterminism (menolak pemikiran fatalisme). Objektif pertama kajian ini adalah menjustiftkasi tanggungjawab manusia yang melibatkan kudrat, pengetahuan, kehendak dan perbuatan manusia. Objektif kedua adalah menjelaskan konsep dan elemen tanggungjawab dalam pemikiran Ibnu Taymiyyah dan Immanuel Kant. Objektif ketiga adalah membuat penilaian konsep dan elemen tangggungjawab dalam pemikiran kedua-duanya. Bagi mencapai objektif ini, metode kajian yang digunakan adalah analisis dokumen iaitu mengumpu.....

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Biomedical grade of titanium alloys are prone to undergo degradation in body fluid environment. Surface coating such as Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) can serve as one of the alternatives to minimize this issue. Past reports highlighted that coated PVD.layer consists of pores, pin holes and columnar growth which act as channels for the aggressive medium to attack the substrate. Duplex and multilayer coatings seem able to address this issue at certain extent but at the expense of manufacturing time and cost. In the present work, the effect of ultrasonic vibration parameters on PVD-Titanium Nitride (TiN) coated Ti-13Zr-13Nb biomedical alloy was studied. Disk type samples were prepared and coated with TiN at various conditions: bias voltage (-125V), substrate temperature (100 to 300°C) and nitrogen gas flow rate (100 to 300 seem). Ultrasonic vibration was then subsequently applied on extreme high and low conditions of TiN coated samples at two different frequencies (8 kHz, 16 kHz) and t.....

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The implementation of the school-based assessment (SBA) system is an effort in improving human capital development in a holistic manner and also to lessen the negative influences of exam-oriented education systems on students. The need to evaluate the new system is of critical importance as the SBA system is still in a relatively early stage of development. The research is conducted to evaluate the implementation of the SBA system in Malaysian schools by using Stufflebeam's CIPP (context-input-process-product) ModeL According to Stufflebeam, any programme could be evaluated from four dimensions of context, input, process and product. Applying the CIPP Model and supported by relevant learning theories - behaviourism, Piaget's learning theory, constructivism, multiple intelligence and brain research and the assessment models - formative model, the logic model and the SCAP (Social Constructivist Assessment Process) Model, this research examines the evaluation instrument in order to choose.....

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This study examined the historical thinking skills and pedagogical reasoning of pre service teachers in a social studies methods course. The purpose of this study is to describe and compare the historical thinking skills and pedagogical content knowledge of the participants. Differences in the level of historical thinking abilities and pedagogical reasoning illustrated the differences between the participants. This study adds to current research about the teaching and learning of history by focusing on the relationship between historical thinking abilities and the ability to plan effective history lessons. Along with interviews and lesson plans, through this study I identified that participants with very strong and robust historical thinking skills possessed not only excellent historical knowledge but also excellent general knowledge that includes political, economic and geographical knowledge. In possessing a varied repertoire of knowledge enable their mind to flexibly make in depth a.....

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Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenal pasti faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi amalan berwakaf dalam kalangan masyarakat Islam. Kaedah kuantitatif digunakan dengan melibatkan 365 orang responden di daerah Kota Bharu Kelantan. Model regresi logistik diaplikasikan bagi tujuan mengetahui hubungan antara faktor dalaman iaitu faktor kepercayaan kepada agama, kerohanian dan kepuasan kebajikan, dan faktor luaran iaitu tingkat pendapatan, tahap pendidikan, status pekerjaan dan bilangan tanggungan dengan amalan berwakaf. Hasil analisis kajian menunjukkan bahawa kesemua pemboleh ubah tersebut mempunyai hubungan yang signifikan dengan amalan berwakaf. Faktor pendapatan pula dilihat sebagai penyumbang utama kepada amalan berwakaf. Implikasi kajian ini ialah pihak Majlis Agama Islam Kelantan (MAIK) dapat mengetahui faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi masyarakat berwakaf, seterusnya boleh merancang strategi bagi menarik minat masyarakat untuk mendalamiilmu wakaf serta menjadikan wakaf sebagai satu amalan dal.....

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Construction projects are often given serious attention at early stage, but less emphasize on the Defect Liability Period (DLP). Most parties consider the defect liability period are things that are not important and does not affect the overall performance of the project. Defect liability period (DLP) that has been provided in the contract completely and clearly enough how it is governed. The weakness in the governing DLP will give negative impact on the users of the building and would be detrimental to t..

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The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between the thinking style preferences and academic performance of students at International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) and its relationship to gender, Kulliyyah/faculty, nationalities and place of origin. The study used a quantitative approach to investigate the thinking style preferences of 360 (137 male, 223 female) IIUM students selected via a stratified random sampling from a total population of 4620 students from three different Kulliyyah/faculty in IIUM. Data were collected using the Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument (HBDI) developed by Herrmann (2000). Descriptive analysis (mean, percentage and standard deviation), independent sample t-test, and one-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) were utilized in analysing the data. The general findings of this study revealed that there are no significant differences between the level of academic performance, gender, nationalities and place of origin with regard to the thinkin.....

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Kajian ini adalah aplikasi pendekatan kalut ke atas pemodelan siri masa bahan pencemar udara ozon (03), zarah terampai (PMIO) dan jerebu yang dicerap mengikut jam di stesen-stesen asas dan metropolitan di Malaysia. Pemodelan kalut melibatkan dua peringkat iaitu (i) analisa dinamik siri masa dan (ii) pembinaan model peramalan. Peringkat (i) melalui kaedah Cao, kaedah m-songsang dan plot ruang fasa menunjukkan kehadiran dinamik kalut dalam setiap siri masa. Peringkat (ii) melibatkan dua langkah iaitu (a) pembinaan semula ruang fasa dan (b) proses peramalan. Untuk (a), dua parameter diperlukan iaitu masa tunda t dan matra pembenaman m . Parameter t: ditentukan melalui penetapan t = 1, kaedah purata maklumat bersama dan kaedah baharu t: - songsang. Parameter m dikira melalui kaedah Cao dan kaedah m-songsang. Langkah (b) dijalankan melalui kaedah penghampiran purata setempat (kpps), kaedah penghampiran linear setempat (kpls) dan kaedah penambahbaikan penghampiran linear setempat (kppls). Pe.....

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