The Islamic banking sector has become a crucial part of the global banking industry. Despite the Islamic banking industry’s encouraging growth in the Southeast Asia (SEA) region, prior studies mostly focused on Islamic banks’ efficiency in the individual country. To fill the literature gap, this study aims to measure the efficiency and producti

Urban heat island (UHI) is a phenomenon where an urban area is significantly warmer than its surrounding rural area (VoogtandOke, 2003). During night time, more heat is being released causing a greater temperature difference between the city and countryside. The increment of the air temperature is from the modification of land surface due to urban

This research contributes to a perspective on the knowledge of promotion of goodness (al amr bil ma’ruf) and prevention of evil (wa nahyu ‘anil munkar) into corporate governance of public companies. In the modern managerial paradigm, managers are expected to get things done in organizations through their fellow colleagues efficiently and effect

This paper examines knowledge strategy to sustain competitive advantage for technology-based enterprises. From resource-based view, knowledge strategy enables firms to create and sustain competencies and capacity to outcompete rivals. Personal interview with 10 strategists from technology-based enterprises revealed that customized knowledge strateg

Rehabilitation of severely worn dentition represents a significant clinical challenge, especially when the restorative space is not sufficient. Creating restorations that fulfill the aesthetic, occlusal and functional parameters are essential to long-term success. This case report describes a 48-year-old male, who had severely worn dentition, which

The paper discusses the development of the facial-muscle controlled robotic systems. The main work in the research is to capture the facial muscle signal activities and leverage the information to control a small mobile robot movement. The characteristic of the facial muscle activities is discussed thoroughly in this paper. The EMG measurement syst

تتمحور هذه الدراسة حول موضوعين مهمين في مجال العلاقات الدولية بشكل عام، وفي مجال المفاوضات الدولية بشكل خاص، ألا وهما: مفهوم الوساطة، ومفهوم التحكيم، حيث سيتناولهما الباحث بالدراسة والتحليل

Ethnopharmacological relevance: Medicinal plants have been used by indigenous people across the world for centuries to help individuals preserve their wellbeing and cure diseases. Annona muricata L. (Graviola) which is belonging to the Annonaceae family has been traditionally used due to its medicinal abilities including antimicrobial, anti-inflamm

The objective of this research is to propose a new bespoke risk-based supervisory framework (RBSF) for Islamic banks in Nigeria, that accommodates their specificities in terms of the “unique inherent risks” and “unique risk management control functions” of the Islamic banking business model. Current conventional banking-based RBSFs fail to

This paper postulates Ulū al-Albāb approach in managing organizational knowledge assets to achieve organizational sustainable innovation and competitive advantage. The knowledge-based view offers an integrative framework to achieve sustainable knowledge management and organizational learning that are driven by knowledge-based view of firm innovat