Proceedings of the International Conference on Science, Technology and Social Sciences (ICSTSS) 2012

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kasim, Azman (Editor), Wan Omar, Wan Siti Atikah (Editor), Abdul Razak, Nor Hidayatun (Editor), Wahidah Musa, Nor Lailatul (Editor), Ab. Halim, Roslilee (Editor), Mohamed, Siti Rosiah (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Renewable energy resources.; Finance.; Public health.; Medical research.; Computer organization.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Linguistic anthropology.; Quality of life.; Social Sciences.; Quality of Life Research.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Public Health.; Finance, general.; Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks.; Linguistic Anthropology.

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 snap...

Table of Contents:

• Part 1: Social Sciences
• Chapter 1: Using Reader’s 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: Malaysia’s 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: Client’s Business Risk Assessment and Auditor’s 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 of Functional 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 in Batek 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 Student’s 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 of Resin
• 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 Under Different 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 User’s 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.