Kertas kerja ini membincangkan mengenai isu penggunaan tulang haiwan dalam produk penapis air dan pandangan syarak mengenainya. Umumnya, tulang haiwan adalah antara bahan penting yang digunakan sebagai karbon aktif bagi menapis kotoran air, dan dijadikan bio seramik bagi membekalkan kalsium pada air. Kebanyakan tulang dalam industri diperolehi dari

After 327 days since Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappearance, Malaysian government on 28 January 2015 has officially declared the loss of MH370 during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing as an accident and all of its 239 passengers and crew were ‘presumed dead’. The declaration is made in accordance with the Standards of Annexes 12 and 13

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common diagnosis among critically ill patients. Although the etiology of AKI will determine the appropriate initial management, the definitive management of established AKI is still debatable. This is a retrospective, observational, single-center analysis of a cohort of patients referred to the nephrology unit for AKI

E-consumers nowadays are increasingly being involved in online transactions of sale of goods where the purchaser and the vendor are located in different jurisdictions or countries. The communication through web page may or may not carry information as well as details about the supplier and his place of business. The reality is, once the e-consumer

Apart from genetic mutation, DNA methylation, an epigenetic event, has emerged as an important genomic disorder which silences the gene through addition of methyl group to the cytosines especially in CpG islands located in promoter region. p16, a tumor suppressor gene that inhibits cyclin-dependent kinase, inactivates the Rb protein and blocks G1 p

In this presentation, full potential of optical waveguide such as Bragg grating polymer as a biosensor will be discussed. Visible wavelength region at 650 nm is used as centre wavelength because it is commonly used in biological and chemical sensing for both label or label-free sensing. Updates upon progress and future work in IIUM Kuantan also pre

Background: Current evidence indicates mixed findings with regard to the effects of low and high maternal dietary salt intake during pregnancy on the maternal blood pressure. Objective: This study investigates the effects of low and high maternal dietary salt intake on the systolic blood pressure (SBP) at third week of gestation as compared to pre-

Buildings are basic shelters. However with time, need and demand buildings had evolved into much sophistication beyond comprehension. Universally, buildings are designed and build physically and environmentally for people to feel safe and secure as end-users or inhabitants. Professionally, professionals are trained with safety in mind in design. La

Modern man and women have lived in the medicalised world from birth till death with the advent of modern sciences brought about into the healthcare environment. Culture as a way of life of an ordinary man suddenly stops as one enters the alien world of modern healthcare where certain expected behavioural standards are required. Many research were m

In this paper we aim to examine the effectiveness of Al-Rahnu (Islamic pawn broking) services in fulfilling and enhancing socio-economic needs of its users as an alternative source of managing short term cash flow problem. To achieve our objectives we conducted a survey in two cities of Malaysia: Kuantan and Kuala Terengganu in the states of Pahang