After half a century of development, Islamic finance has grown into an industry that is very different from the ideals envisioned by its pioneers. There have been widespread calls for reform, but the direction of this reform has been a subject of great debate. This paper looks at the current state of the Islamic finance, defining where the main iss

One of the determining factors for a successful research output is the design of the research itself. Thus, a researcher, a methodologist or an epidemiologist and a biostatistician may each have his/her own perspective of how to optimize the design of research, by playing an active role in both planning and conducting the research. Therefore, this

High-resolution is generally required and preferred for producing more detailed information inside the digital images; therefore, this leads to improve the pictorial information for human analysis and interpretation and to enhance the automatic machine perception. However, the real imaging systems may introduce some degradation or artifacts in the

The 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing technique is a key aspect of studies of microbial communities but does not provide direct evidence of a community’s functional capabilities. This work aimed to assess the structure of the uncultured bacterial communities from two locations in Lake Tuz in Turkey to provide information on their roles in the lake eco

Increasing traffic requires durable and low-noise road surfaces. Urban residents complain about excessive traffic noise that leads to an unhealthy environment. Understanding techniques to produce durable, low-noise pavement has led to the development of rubberized concrete block pavement (RCBP) and rubberized asphalt concrete pavement (RACP). The c

Payments for women who breastfeed a child has been widely discussed in the literature. Questions whether they should be paid with some amount of money arises in the community for such women who are in marital relationship or have been divorced. Nevertheless, wages for a woman who breastfeed a non-biological child and the consequence of such practic

This study aimed to evaluate attitudes and barriers towards scientific research among undergraduate pharmacy students. This preliminary descriptive study took place between August and December 2018 and included 200 students of year 3 and year 4 from Kuliyyah of Pharmacy in IIUM, Kuantan. A validated questionnaire survey with 15 close-ended question

يهدف هذا البحث إلى بيان الأصول التي اتبعها أهل الحديث وأصحاب الاتجاه العقلي في التعامل مع مشكل الحديث. وتكمن إشكالية البحث في صيرورة مشكل الحديث بابًا يلج منه أصحاب الاتجاه العقلي للطعن على ال

The fact that a woman is biologically different from a man should not differentiate her in respects of her legal rights, including the right to inherit property. However, some claim that women are discriminated against as far as inheritance is concerned and women in Malaysia are not excluded from this discrimination. The preference of men over wome

Globalisation and knowledge based economy has encouraged Malaysia’s move towards internationalisation of education, reflecting its aspiration to become the centre of educational excellence in the world. The economic and political stability in Malaysia are also factors that have encouraged international students to choose Malaysia as their preferr