Introduction: Down syndrome is a predominant genetic disease with an incident rate of one in every 750 live births. This abnormality can be identified through non-invasive and invasive procedures. Currently, the use of cell-free fetal DNA (cfDNA) from maternal plasma is widely implemented as one of the alternatives for non-invasive prenatal screeni

Introduction: Smartphones has now become a common and almost essential tool in our daily living activities. Students are among those who uses smartphones regularly which could lead to addiction if overused. This study aims to measure the prevalence of smartphone addiction and its relationship with psychological health among clinical year medical st

The low percentage of in-ward patients that performing solah during their stay in hospital indicatess a worrying trend attributed to the minimal knowledge of rukhsah for solah during certain illness. Among the illness which could affect the ability of a Muslim to perform their act of worship is a memory disorder known as amnesia. There are several

The phenomenon of violence in the Kingdom of Bahrain in the year 2004 was recorded on the number of (620) subjected to women of Bahrain and (178) wives were subjected to violence by their husbands and this is a large percentage that we cannot be ignored, due to the following reasons: weak legal culture, lack of awareness of Islamic teachings, misun

The demand of network infrastructure and services is ever increasing. The network architecture and related technology must be flexible enough to accommodate the ever-growing number of users. Software-Defined Networking (SDN) is an approach of networking architecture that improvise conventional network in terms of scalability, security, and availabi

Drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are becoming increasingly popular for commercial and noncommercial uses – especially in fields of environment, surveillance, aerial photography, digital communications, search and rescue operations and military. Drones are in fact low cost aerial robots, that require little preparation and infrastructure

Muroja’ah is reciting Quran verse (ayat) in order to recall the verses that have been memorized. This activity is necessary for people who memorizes Quran (in whole or in part). Muroja'ah is better performed in front of a teacher or companion in order to obtain feedbacks and evaluations, but some people might not be able to find one due to so

An infestation of a snout weevil Alcidodes sp. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) on Mangifera indica L. (Anacardiaceae) was scientifically reported for the first time in Malaysia. This snout weevil causes severe damage on young stems and flower panicles. Even though the tree survived from a few infestations, but severe cases could pose a serious economic

The social background of Malaysia as a multicultural and multi ethnic country. The interaction and integration is somewhat dependent upon the knowledge and understanding of the various cultures, languages and religions. Every single issue involving different racial and religious groups is sensitive and should be handled diligently. Malaysia should

IIUM is repositioning itself in this initial duration of 2019 - 2020 and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nation (UN) will serve as a guide to all activities undertaken by the Kulliyyahs. Aligning with this new direction, AIKOL has taken initiative to introduce these strategic efforts through Kulliyyah’s programmes and ac