This paper examines the efforts to create enduring national unity in Malaysia by enhancing the citizens’ happiness from the welfare economics perspectives, particularly through the hedonic and eudaimonic approaches. While hedonic approach emphasizes on the tangible aspects of a person’s happiness, eudaimonic approach focuses on the realization

It is a great challenge for the Muslims in particular to relate the inherent universality of Tawhid to the multi-racial, multi-religion context. This paper aims to relate proposed components of a Tawhidic paradigm to hypothetical, and yet feasible macro management of the 1-Malaysia policy. It defines the paradigm and explains its key components. Ne

Islamic spirituality is under the Tawhidic paradigm (Unity of God), which links worldly deed with the consequences in the Hereafter (al Akhirah) (the Hereafter). In the training of cooperatives’ managers, one must possess knowledge (al ‘ilm) and understanding (al fahm) of the Tawhidic paradigm, and related values and principles before applying

This paper investigates Islamic economics themes in strategic planning for mergers and acquisitions in the Malaysian construction industry. It provides dedicated focus, direction and commitment to organizations to achieve their goals effectively and efficiently. In a competitive market, every firm tries to minimize cost by being efficient so that i

The paper explores the need for a contemporary theory of social entrepreneurship for the contemporary knowledge/ innovation-based economy. Classical theories such as Cantillon's Theory of Entrepreneurship, Jean Baptise Say (1767-1832)'s theory of entrepreneurship, Frank Knight's Risk Bearing Theory of Entrepreneurship (1885-1972), Alfre

The literature on employable graduates indicates that there is a considerable concern regarding the widening gap between the communication skills in English of job applicants and the English language competency required for employment.This paper presents the findings of a study to investigate the industry's perceptions of the importance of grad

There are plenty text books on the subject of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, but unfortunately we do not have a single book where the drugs are classified in each topic/chapter of Pharmacology. It can be appreciated how difficult it is to remember and memorize the names of drugs especially when the subject of Pharmacology has expended enormously.

Hati siapa yang tidak sedih bila anak yang dikandung meninggal dunia sebelum sempat dilahirkan ke dunia. Mengapa masalah ini berlaku? Hasnita Sawal mendapatkan butiran lebih lanjut berkenaan hal tersebut daripada doktor pakar.

Aging related reduction in cerebral blood flow (CBF) has been linked with neurodegenerative disorders including Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. Experimentally, a condition of chronic cerebral hypoperfusion due to reduced CBF can be induced by permanent bilateral occlusion of common carotid arteries (2-vessel occlusion, 2VO) in rats. Oxidative s

Approximate attenuation correction techniques are used to handle the effects of absorption of gamma photons in the patient’s body on image quality and quantification of radioactivity uptake. In this study, our aim is to evaluate the effects of Chang’s attenuation correction technique on cold and hot region images with various sizes and location