This paper aims to identify the effectiveness of al-Rahn, an Islamic pawn broking scheme, on socio-economic needs. The primary research fieldwork was conducted in Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu and Kuantan, Pahang. Semi-structured questionnaires were used to collect data and were analyzed via the cross tabulation using excel spreadsheet. The findings

Background: Risk taking behaviour refers to the tendency to engage in behaviours that have the potential to be harmful or dangerous, which has become a major concern and is rated as one of the public health issues that need special attention. The objective of the study was to compare the prevalence of risk taking behaviour and its associated factor

Updated report of the events and activities in Malaysia with regard to aspects of social responsibility that architects can contribute. For Malaysia, the update govern the government initiatives, PAM initiative as an organisation, the school of architecture in respective universities, as well as an individual architect initiative.For 2014/2015 the

Endocannabinoid system plays an important role in the regulation of energy balance and metabolism. This study aimed to determine the molecular pharmacological properties of the cannabinoid receptor type-1 (CB1) in term of agonism and antagonism upon gene expression in rat primary skeletal muscle myotube. The myotube were treated for 24 hours with 1

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

Government authorities in Malaysia are heavily investing on rail-based and road-based public transport system in and around Klang Valley (KV) including Kuala Lumpur. The heavy investment on rail transit is made with the expectation that it will increase the number of public transport patronage and thus decrease the use of private transport. Evidenc

Purpose: Ageing is a truly important global phenomenon that is proceeding at very fast paced in many parts of the developing world. Consequently, this trend will demand larger proportion of financial resources to be allocated for healthcare services in the future. Therefore, this study will be conducted to investigate the determinants of utilisatio

Presently, business blogging is gaining increasing on-line popularity. Some bloggers or business owners engage in this form of business for limited periods to test the marketability of their products, while others rely on it as the primary medium for marketing their products and services. Given that commerce is being conducted via blogs, some explo

In this paper, we define Watson-Crick context-free grammars, as an extension of Watson-Crick regular grammars and Watson-Crick linear grammars with context-free grammar rules. We show the relation of Watson-Crick (regular and linear) grammars to the sticker systems, and study some of the important closure properties of the Watson-Crick grammars. We

Endofit yang bersimbiosis dengan tumbuhan merupakan mikroorganisma yang terdapat dalam satu sistem jaringan tumbuhan seperti pada akar, daun, batang atau ranting. Ianya dapat menghasilkan metabolit sekunder yang berpotensi untuk digunakan dalam bidang kesihatan sebagai sumber penghasilan antibiotik. Kajian ini bertujuan memencilkan endofit Streptom