The research assesses media freedom or media sustainability and politics in 37 Muslim majority countries. Media sustainability is measured using the International Researches and Exchange Board (IREX) score whereas political regime is measured using the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Index of Democracy. The analysis indicates that three countries f

Purpose This study aims to document the influence of information content and the informativeness of analyst reports towards cumulative abnormal return (CAR) in the Malaysian market. Design/methodology/approach Samples of analyst reports for the period 2010, January 4th until 2015, December 24th were collected from the Bursa Malaysia’s repository

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are the pillars of the Malaysian economy. They contribute to the economy in many ways such as creating job opportunities, alleviating poverty, providing decent goods and services, serving complimentary inputs to large firms, diversifying products/inputs, training entrepreneurs and workers, and helping a supply ch

Machine learning has opened up the opportunity for understanding how the brain works. In this paper, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data are analyzed with reduced dimension.We have carried out a performance comparison of random projection (RP) and principal component analysis (PCA) with different number of components of fMRI data. In

The present study aims to examine the reliability, validity, and factor structure of the Malay version of Eating Disorder ExaminationQuestionnaire 6.0 (EDE-Q 6.0). It is essential to have a locally developed instrument that can screen eating disorders for early detection. With proper screening, the individual with eating disorders will be able to r

Muslims are concerned with the Halal status of food products sold in the supermarkets. Many products that are imported from overseas are not certified by JAKIM. In this paper, we proposed a conceptual model for benchmarking food products against certified Halal products. Our motivation is to provide similarity measurement between certified and non-

Introduction: Cochlear dead region (CDR) is a region where there is a complete loss of inner hair cells. Diagnosis of cochlear dead region in hearing loss patient is important as it will affect the amplification strategies provided to the patient. The aim of this study is to conduct a scoping review to explore different type of tests that are curre

Seed production of marine finfish in Malaysia is still facing problem particularly live feed for starter diet. Currently, aqua culturists use S or SS type rotifers, which have sizes from 100 to 200μm. Early stage larvae of some marine finfish species select feeds less than 100 μm. Protozoa is a collective term of aquatic microorganism that has be

Seed production of marine finfish in Malaysia is still facing problem particularly live feed for starter diet. Currently, aqua culturists use S or SS type rotifers, which have sizes from 100 to 200μm. Early stage larvae of some marine finfish species select feeds less than 100 μm. Protozoa is a collective term of aquatic microorganism that has be

Islamic banks are posited to have a strong position in the global financial market and have developed remarkably across various countries. However, the growth of Islamic banks worldwide is slowing down due to the volatility of the global financial market. To overcome such a problem, experts have suggested that Islamic banks become involved in corpo