The 2007/2008 global financial crisis has given a significant impact on the performance of banking industry worldwide. The objective of this study is to see the impact of global financial crisis towards the financial performance 0f Islamic banking industry in Bahrain. Moreover, it also utilizes bank specific factors as predictors for Islamic bank p

Traditional medicines (TM) of herbal origin have been increasingly getting popular in the last few decades. In Malaysia, a significant number of people consume locally available traditional medicine for their health care needs. Due to the wide use of herbal medicines, regulatory authorities express concern about the safety of using these products.

Introduction; Students who drive and using mobile phones become a common sight these days. Futile to coordinate shall contribute to road traffic accidents. Objective; This study aims to describe the mobile phone usage behaviour while driving among educated young adults. Methods; A cross sectional study was conducted among student in Klang Valley an

A new portable solar generator has been developed to generate electricity. It has the potential to replace petrol generator, widely used by peddlers at night markets (pasar malam). Conventional generators are heavy, oily, have high maintenance and use fossil fuel to generate electricity. The solar generator can generate 20 Watts of electricity. Thi

Cimetidine and ranitidine are classified as the H2-receptor antagonists (H2 antagonist). These classes of drugs used to block the action of histamine on parietal cells in the stomach, decreasing the production of acid by these cells. H2 antagonists are widely used in the treatment of gastro oesophageal reflux, gastric and duodenal ulceration. Malay

The mood changes during pregnancy and postpartum period was recorded in 104 women belonging to various ethnic groups. The study was conducted in a hospital after institutional approval for the consented females. The information were recorded by interview of the study subject using a validated questionnaire. The analysis of questionnaire showed that

CEREAL GRAINY has long been a major part of our daily lives and we now consume rice on average three or two times a day. Other popular cereal grains-defined as as sourced from any plant within the grass family that yields an edible grain or seed - are wheat, barley, corn and oats. Because cereal grains are inexpensive, are a readily available sourc

Hajj is a very great Islamic ritual. It is an ideal demonstration of faith in which diverse groups of every race, class, and nationality join together at a given time and in a specific place. They repeatedly recite a single call, and proclaim the same slogan. They gather for one purpose. During Hajj, Muslims witness the most excellent example of eq

This study aims to identify the barriers to creativity as experienced by undergraduate students. In addition, it also assesses the severity of these barriers to male and female groups. The findings revealed that barriers related to task achievement are the most critical barriers to creativity and there is a significant difference between male and f

Acidic crude palm oil (ACPO) produced from palm oil mills with an acid value of 18 mg g−1 was considered to be a possible feedstock for biodiesel production. Due to its high acidity, conventional transesterification cannot be applied directly for biodiesel production. Methane sulphonic acid (MSA, CH3SO3H) is used to reduce the acidity prior to th