32 articles in this issue
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Mariam Felani Shaari,Sabarinah Sh. Ahmad,Izaham Shah Ismail
Environmental stewardship starts with education. This paper aims to discuss how preschools can be used to nurture environmental stewards among Malaysian children. In summary, elements of preschool physical environments can be manipulated to enhance enviro... see more
Smily Jesupriya Victor Paulraj,Siti Nur Azalia Mohamad Salleh,Jayachandran Vetrayan
This study aimed to examine the parental occupation in pre and post-natal among Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and to identify the desired factors to work. The 124 samples ages between 26 to 52 years old including 59 males and 65 females from 5 difference... see more
Jayachandran Vetrayan,Sharif Umar Haiyuddin Mohamed Nazir,Smily Jesu Priya Victor Paulraj
Pretend play emerged at the age of 18 months in children. The imagination of children creates new play ideas it has incorporated into their play. But Autism children find difficulty in play. Hence, this study aimed to find the different types of pretend a... see more
Rugayah Hashim,Nurul Dalina Mohamad Ristak,Normarliana Laili
With global warming and climate change, the demands for food and water have challenged governments and civil societies. In environmental democracy, governments’ transparent processes will see positive citizen-centric developments. Through quantitative res... see more
Mohd Zulhaimi Izwan Md Radzi,Zarina Isnin,Zaharah Yahya
This paper proposed a theoretical design principle to enlivening waterfront space planning for crime prevention. Waterfront is usually the focal point of urban or port activity and became the symbiosis between water-related and urban-based functions. Incr... see more
Masato Soda
The establishment of Lo-sheng sanatorium reflected force isolation policy of Hansen's disease (leprosy) in the colonial period. Although segregation policy substantively ended after 1970's, the residents faced difficulties in being reintegrated into socie... see more
Saberi Othman,Mohd Mohni Iskandar,Nur Ikhwan Mohamed
This paper examines the well-being of eight domains of youth in the marginalized urban community. Study area was at Low Cost Housing Project of Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur. Four hundred of youth age between 15 – 25 years old has been selected by str... see more
Shamsida Saidan Khaderi,Ani Saifuza Abd Shukor
Private Finance Initiative (PFI) has been successfully implemented across the globe, however regarding the implementation process; the PFI arrangements are not similar from country to country. Based on the circumstances, this paper investigates the key is... see more
Ani Saifuza Abd Shukor,Muhammad Fadhil Muhammad,Shamsida Saidan Khaderi,Faridah Muhammad Halil
The shift to an integrated IBS construction approach requires enhanced supply chain integration to improve the productivity as well as the poor quality of human behavioual aspect in IBS project. This paper is to identify the challenges at each tier betwee... see more
Norshidah Nordin,Nurhazwani Abd Halim,Melissa Malik
Readiness for self-directed learning (SDRLS) is a necessary skill for 21st-century learners. Learners are expected to be responsible for their own learning. However, to what extend Malaysian students are ready to facilitate their own learning or are they ... see more
Farahnaz Ahmad Anwar Bashah,Mohd Zulhilmi Mohd Nordin
A positive attitude is an essential element towards delivering a high-quality patient care for older people. A consequence of aging population in Malaysia is that Medical imaging students are increasingly exposed to older people during their clinical atta... see more
Rugayah Hashim,Hashim Ahmad
Kinship, family composition and household dynamics among siblings are developed positively or negatively in early life right through adulthood. Hence, the purpose of this paper is highlight the importance of family environment in influencing sibling relat... see more
Siripuk Ritnamkam,Yada Chavalkul
This study investigated what consumers’ feelings were evoked when they touched different textured surfaces of 20 compact powder cases. Without seeing them, fifty respondents with and without an art-and-design-based background were asked to describe their ... see more
Meng Ruoxi,Xu Leiqing
More and more Chinese experts focus on the research field of the restorative environment and public health. We reorganized the theories of restorative environment and proposed a theory framework which consists of Attention Restorative Theory(ART) and psyc... see more
Husna Ahmad Ainuddin,Siti Norehan Ab Ghani,Akehsan Dahlan,Mohd Suleiman Murad
Caring for a patient at the end of their life can be highly demanding and becomes a challenge for caregivers. The participants were recruited using a convenience sampling of ten caregivers who provided the most care to an adult with a terminal illness. Al... see more
Mohammad Halim Jeinie,Mohd Shazali Md. Sharif,Mazni Saad,Norazmir Md Nor
This study examines the effectiveness of food safety and hygiene practice (FSHP) among restaurants in a selected Malaysian hotel and impact of FSHP toward culinary intern. It is essential to examine effectiveness FSHP among the hotel restaurants and its i... see more
Mohd Bakri Jali,Maaruf Abdul Ghani,Norazmir Md Nor
Food manufacturing operations need to fulfil regulatory requirements related to hygiene and Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) to successfully market their products as safe and high quality products. GMP is a component of the food safety system to ensure t... see more
Tzuhui Angie Tseng1,Ching-Cheng Shen
Previous studies seldom explore the health benefits of different levels of nature exposure on children. 241 valid samples from five primary schools in Hsinchu, Taiwan were investigated. Results showed that comparing to being on school campuses, children w... see more
Nur Huzeima Mohd Hussain,Khalilah Hassan,Norizan Mt Akhir
Beliefs and interpretations from the Islamic concept have influenced the emergence and extensions of many landscape designs including the Malay landscape. This paper reviews the significant relation between the Malay landscape and Islamic garden con... see more
Sharifah Khalizah Syed Othman Thani,Noorjannah Abdul Rahim,Nik Hanita Nik Mohamad,Nor Hanisah Mohd Hashim
Attempt to rehabilitate the degraded land has been made, and has evidenced many successful redevelopments atop of the land. This paper attempts to look into the specific role of landscape architects in remedying the former dump site. The conceptual design... see more
Che Bon Ahmad,Rabiatul Adawiyah Nasir,Annur Soleha Ahmad,Jamalunlaili Abdullah
Putrajaya Wetland (PW) is representing the dream of urban living, within its harmonies and refreshing environment; a place for urban people to unwind. However, starting in 2014, the number of visitors started decreasing. Thus, this research is to find out... see more
Siriwan Silapacharanan
There are very few Catholic churches in Thailand that conserve wooden structures.Take St.Paul in Muang District, Chachoengsao Province located on the east of Bangkok as an example, it was built by Bishop Pallegoix Jean-Baptise the Vicar Apostolic of Siam ... see more
Mohd. Shazali Md. Sharif,Norazmir Md. Nor,Ahmad Esa Abdul Rahman,Khairunnisa Mohamad Abdullah
This paper attempts to provide and insight into the modernization of Malay food ingredients within Malay communities. Its approach is sociological, using qualitative method of interview and observation, inquiring into the usage of modern food ingredients ... see more
Kundoldibya Panitchpakdi
Traditional Thai house architecture is a significant part the Thai culture and heritage. One unique attribute of traditional Thai house construction is the modular, pre-fabricated wood components, with non-permanent connections. This allows th... see more
Shenglin Elijah Chang,Ze-jyun Yang,Ming-yang Duo,Ting-hsiun Hsiao
This paper examines the most effective ways of engaging urban citizens to appreciate rural villages and agriculture traditions. Pondering on experiences of rural revitalization experiments in Asian societies, this paper proposes the concept of “participat... see more
Noorriati Din,Lennora Putit,Muhammad Naqib Mohd Noor
Having an attractive and innovative web design could serve as a basis for both offline and online retailers to provide detailed information towards satisfying potential buying intention amongst online shoppers, and subsequently contribute traffic flow to ... see more
Mazni Saad,Mohamad Faiz Foong Abdullah,Mohammad Halim Jeinie,Rosita Husain
Good leadership may implicate and reflect positive actions and effective hygiene practices. This study aims to encourage and disseminate the importance of the use of technological tools in detecting risks in Food-hygiene Practices in six government-contro... see more
Nor Azlina Mohd Isa,Norlida Abdul Hamid,Tan Peck Leong
Managing an airport terminal project is complex, due to a large number of stakeholders involved. Airport stakeholders include many organisations and individuals, making it a collaborative service environment. Stakeholder theory denotes that organisation s... see more
Wan Hashimah Wan Ismail,Low Hui Ching
The back lane is often associated with annoying, disgusting, narrow and dark. This paper concerns the use of the back lanes of the old shop houses in China Town, Kuala Lumpur. The instruments used in collecting data include observation, unstructured... see more
Chih-Hung Chen,Ting-Ju Lin,Chih-Yu Chen
Based on the assumption that human behaviours are mainly affected by physical and animate environments, this empirical research takes the changeful and complex historical district in Tainan to observe wayfinding behaviours. An a priori analysis of the iso... see more
Dasimah Omar,Kamarul Ariff Omar,Saberi Othman,Zaharah Mohd Yusoff
The walkability approach is essential to ensure the connectivity among space in the urban area. The design should be appropriate, safety, maximize and capable of reaching every inch of the spaces, just by walking. Good connectivity must allow people to wa... see more