In view of the increasing interests on the Islamic stock markets as a potential avenue for portfolio diversification, this study is indeed timely to assess the degree of integration among five major Islamic stock markets, namely Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, the UK and the US. It also attempts to empirically explore the nature of the long-run equilib

DNA sequence similarity search is an important task in computational biology applications. Similarity search procedure is executed by an alignment process between query and targeted sequences. An optimal alignment process based on the dynamic programming algorithms has shown to have O(n m) time and space complexity. Heuristics algorithms can proces

Softswitch is a solution to many modern day Internet telephone networks and switching for routing problems. Softswitch can handle many types of calls, such as PC-to-PC, PC-to-phone, SMS, MMS and many others. Besides, it can deploy different types of applications and services for each call connection. The types of calls supported depend on the desig

Typically, a construction contract is administered by a contract administrator otherwise referred to as the Superintending Officer (S.O). Under the contract the S.O is empowered to undertake the day to day administration of the contract: to act as an agent of the Employer, to issue instructions to the contractor. to act as a certifire, etc and that

Comprehensive workforce development is imperative in a country like Malaysia, which is currently emphasising the need for a holistically competent workforce. Workforce in the country is expected to live as a united confident Malaysian society, infused with strong moral and ethical values. They are expected to be democratic, liberal, tolerant, carin

This paper reports on two preliminary examinations, namely on; (i) the size and contribution of the construction sectors of the countries of the Muslim world to their respective economies; and (ii) state of their construction education and training. Key results of the preliminary examinations include: (i) majority of the construction sectors of the

Buku Murabahah: Teori, Aplikasi & Isu Dalam Perbankan Islam Semasa dihasilkan bagi memenuhi kekurangan informasi berkenaan konsep perbankan Islam tersebut sekaligus memperjelaskan kekeliruan dan ketidakfahaman berkenaan konsep Murabahah yang diamalkan di dalam bank-bank lain. Ia merupakan satu usaha untuk memperkenalkan dengan lebih terperinci

Artificial ventilation is an important treatment for the patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). An important step in building an efficient decision support system for intelligent ventilation is to develop a patient model. The patient model gives an idea of how the patient will behave under different ventilator settings. The feasibility of using

Advancements in biometrics-based authentication have led to its increasing prominence and are being incorporated into everyday tasks. Existing vehicle security systems rely only on alarms or smart card as forms of protection. A biometric driver recognition system utilizing driving behaviors is a highly novel and personalized approach and could be i

Numerous attempts have been undertaken to apply the spectral subtraction method to cancel noise perturbations but these efforts have yet to produce an algorithm that is able to adapt well to the environmental changes in the perturbations. In addition, the variants of the spectral subtraction method so far proposed in the literature would require a