This study explores the effects of strategic ta'awun on sustainable, entrepreneurial and urbanised smart society in Muslim world. Ta'awun is a Divine commandment to humanity for mutual cooperation in optimising benefits of human civilisation. It is a default for communities of practice with unified objectives in making the world a better pl

In competitive market, having sustainable competitive advantage is necessary to remain competitive and survive. The process of creating and sustaining competitive advantage is integrative, interactive and comprehensive among stakeholders. Ta’awun or Tawhidic driven spiritual strategic cooperation from Islamic perspectives enables the process to p

Sustaining ethical consumer decision making is essential to assure ethical business environment. Collective efforts enable everyone contributes to ethical business environment. Besides rational-approach of ethical decision making, religious approach through Islamic spirituality provides inner strength for decision makers to be firm in decision maki

Qualitative research has been widely accepted in all disciplines for academic as well as non-academic reasons. Realism, constructionism and pragmatism paradigms have been applied widely. However, Tawhidic paradigm has not been encouraging. This study obtained feedback through personal interview from qualitative social researchers pertaining to the

This paper postulates the Ulū al-Albāb approach in creating, nurturing, and building conducive environment for philanthropy spirit among knowledge workers in Malaysia. The Ulū al-Albāb approach is spiritual-based knowledge management that offers an integrative framework to achieve sustainable knowledge management and organizational learning. Th

Research and development sectors have made great efforts for finding cleaner and greener supplements for fossil fuels. The uses of POME (Palm oil Mill Effluent) as feedstock of biogas production has attracted many industries to produce energy because this source (waste) is abundance and not fully utilised. Methane from biogas production has shown t

The viability of MCM-41 membrane as a separator material in secondary alkaline cell is investigated. The inorganic membrane was employed in an alkaline nickel-zinc system. MCM-41 mesoporous material consists of arrays of hexagonal nano-pore channels. The membrane was synthesized using sol-gel route from parent solution comprising of quarternary amm

A secondary Ni/Zn microbattery (200 µm thick) has been developed in a coplanar electrode configuration. The cell is essentially of a circular shape (30 mm in diameter) consisting of a fine circular ring (cathode) and a circle (anode) split apart (~800 µm). Unlike the stacking cell architecture, coplanar configuration offers simple design, e

This presentation argues that business excellence initiatives have contributed to increased productivity that leads to an organization's excellence. The workshop is designed to internalize business excellence framework through strategic intent of organizations.DEVELOPMENT OF VISION, MISSIONS AND OBJECTIVES AS FOUNDATION FOR BUSINESS EXCELLENCE

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic disease that can affect metabolism of glucose and other metabolites. In this study, the normal- and obese-diabetic rats were compared to understand the diabetes disorders of type 1 and 2 diabetes mellitus. This was done by evaluating their urine metabolites using proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1H NMR)-based m