Monitoring The Provision Of Transnational Higher Education (TNHE) Services: The Potentials For Multi-Sectoral Cooperation.

Transnational higher education (TNHE) is not a new phenomenon, though its nature and the pace of its growth are unprecedented, challenging the national systems of higher education in this region. Whilst it brings about identifiable benefits, it also raises concerns amongst nations, particularly for the importing countries that are less prepared to meet these challenges

Inter-digital sensor for non-invasive blood glucose monitoring

This paper is to describe a contemporary approach of microwave spectroscopy by adapting the interdigital capacitor sensor in estimating the glucose levels in blood through the electromagnetic properties change. Interdigital capacitor configuration has been implemented in various field of applications nowadays such surface acoustic wave (SAW) equipment, microwave devices, chemical and biological sensors. Such a wide area of applications has proven it to be a reliable device, which can be applied in non-invasive blood glucose monitoring system. Focus of this ongoing work is to study the analytical expression for calculating the capacitance and electric field changes of the suggested inter-digital capacitor structure. This also involves the study of parameters, which affect the frequency response changes in the proposed configuration and to present a model of biological tissue. Moreover, the dependency of the capacitance on the geometrical properties of interdigital capacitor structure, electrical properties of the structure as well as those of the human biological tissue are being examined in this project. Production of a sensor based on capacitive sensing, which can be used for the non-invasive approach of blood glucose monitoring is the main target of this paper. The results include reporting changes in parameters such as relative permittivity because of blood suga

Optimized RC timing technique for accurate measurement of minute capacitance changes

This paper presents a technique for accurate measurement of small capacitive changes. This is based on selecting the most linear part of the curve obtained by charging the capacitor undergoing changes through a known resistor value. This measurement is part of the design of a system for measuring blood glucose content non-invasively. The technique is based on measuring ultra-low low glucose levels in the blood as capacitive changes converted into RC timing constant optimized using a circuit set to trigger at an appropriate time activating a counter. The measured data is captured instant later, selecting the most linear part of the charging curve. The results so obtained are compared with the ones obtained through RC-timing standard procedure. The technique reported is with a remarkable low error of about 2.25% as against 11.78% by the standard RC-timing technique

Basic Atomic Physics

Contains reports on five research projects.National Science Foundation Grant PHY 89-19381U.S. Navy - Office of Naval Research Contract N00014-90-J-1322Joint Services Electronics Program Contract DAAL03-89-C-0001Joint Services Electronics Program Contract DAAL03-92-C-0001U.S. Army Research Office Contract DAAL03-89-K-0082U.S. Navy - Office of Naval Research Grant N00014-89-J-1207U.S. Navy - Office of Naval Research Grant N00014-90-J-1642National Science Foundation Grant PHY 86-05893National Science Foundation Grant PHY 89-2176

Basic Atomic Physics

Contains reports on five research projects.National Science Foundation Grant PHY 89-19381National Science Foundation Grant PHY 92-21489U.S. Navy - Office of Naval Research Grant N00014-90-J-1322Joint Services Electronics Program Contract DAAL03-92-C-0001National Science Foundation Grant PHY 89-21769U.S. Army - Office of Scientific Research Grant DAAL03-92-G-0229U.S. Navy - Office of Naval Research Grant N00014-89-J-1207U.S. Navy - Office of Naval Research Grant N00014-90-J-164

Basic Atomic Physics

Contains reports on five research projects.Joint Services Electronics Program Contract DAAL03-92-C-0001Joint Services Electronics Program Grant DAAH04-95-1-0038National Science Foundation Grant PHY 92-21489U.S. Navy - Office of Naval Research Grant N00014-90-J-1322National Science Foundation Grant PHY 92-22768U.S. Army - Office of Scientific Research Grant DAAL03-92-G-0229U.S. Army - Office of Scientific Research Grant DAAL01-92-6-0197U.S. Navy - Office of Naval Research Grant N00014-89-J-1207Alfred P. Sloan FoundationU.S. Navy - Office of Naval Research Grant N00014-90-J-1642U.S. Navy - Office of Naval Research Grant N00014-94-1-080

Internationalisation of the Malaysian Higher Education System Through the Prism of South-South Cooperation

Many of the internationalisation efforts in Malaysia have focused on enhancing collaboration with developed economies and Western systems. This article seeks to fll a gap in the literature by examining six initiatives to internationalise higher education within the Malaysian higher education system through the prism of South-South cooperation. It showcases the ways in which Malaysia participated in such initiatives and illustrates four levels of engagement ranging from government-to-government, institution-to-institution, international organisation-to-government using universities as intermediaries, and regional networks with Malaysian universities playing a signifcant role. Un grand nombre d’efforts d’internationalisation de l’enseignement supérieur en Malaisie s’est concentré sur le développement de collaborations avec les économies développées et les systèmes occidentaux. Cet article cherche à combler une lacune de la littérature en examinant six initiatives visant à internationaliser l’enseignement supérieur au sein du système malaisien grâce à des coopérations sud-sud. Il expose l’engagement de la Malaisie dans de telles initiatives et illustre quatre niveaux d’engagement : intergouvernemental, interinstitutionnel, entre une organisation gouvernementale et un gouvernement en utilisant des universités comme intermédiaires et au sein des réseaux régionaux en donnant un rôle essentiel aux universités malaisiennes

The Idea of a University: Rethinking the Malaysian Context

This article explores the idea of a university with a specific focus in the Malaysian context. We begin the article guided by these questions—“What is a university?” and “What are universities for?”—in examining the historical and conceptual development of universities. This is followed by asking a more specific question—“What are Malaysian universities for?”—in which we discussed the overarching roles of public and private universities in this developing country. Having examined the roles of public and private universities, and taken into context the complexity and challenges surrounding these important societal institutions, we discuss two “experimental” initiatives in Malaysia: the APEX University (Accelerated Program for Excellence) focusing on sustainability and the “humanversity”. On the one hand, these initiatives are intended to prepare and transform Malaysian universities to address not only the needs of society today, but critically, of tomorrow. On the other hand, they have implications and contributions to frame our thinking about the future ideas of a university not only in Malaysia, but regionally and globally

Auditing prestasi pemimpin/wakil rakyat Barisan Nasional: Kajian kes kawasan parlimen Barisan Nasional-UMNO Sabah

Sebagaimana yang telah tersedia maklum, malahan tidak keterlaluan untuk dinyatakan disini bahawa, dalam konteks pembangunan politik Malaysia, Barisan Nasional adalah parti pemerintah yang begitu hegemoni kedudukannya. Ini amat jelas malah turut di persetujui oleh para sarjana politik, samada dari dalam atau luar negeri yang mengkaji perkembangan politik Malaysia1• Justeru, persoalan hegemoni politik Barisan Nasional adalah suatu aspek yang amat menarik untuk diteliti, khususnya dalam konteks persaingan pilihamaya antara Barisan Nasional Sabah-UMNO dengan parti-parti pembangkang seperti Democratic Action Party (DAP), Parti Islam seMalaysia (PAS), dan juga KeAdilan. Oleh kerana Barisan Nasional adalah satu-satunya parti politik yang memerintah Malaysia semenjak dari tahun 1964 hinggalah kini [2006], sebarang persaingan politik yang boleh menggugat hegemoni Barisan Nasional bakal dilihat oleh para pemerhati dan pengamat sebagai suatu perkembangan yang menarik perhatian ramai samada dari kalangan kelompok masyarakat awam atau komuniti akademik