P2X4 is a ligand-gated cation channel activated by extracellular ATP involved in neuropathic pain, inflammation and arterial tone. Natural products were screened against human or mouse P2X4 activity using fura-2 loaded 1321N1 cells for measurement of intracellular Ca2+ responses. Whole-cell currents were measured by patch clamp. Human primary macro

Man has experienced a tremendous advancement in his way of communication due to the technological breakthrough which reached the apex in recent years. Specifically, the importance of social media has become significant as it spans several spectrums of human life. Thus, cybersecurity is becoming an issue of paramount importance since the amount of i

Islam is a way of life that guides the Muslims from all perspectives, and as portion of Islam, it also promotes peace and conciliation in resolving disputes. The Al-Quran provides guidelines in dispute resolution through a third party called Sulh. Sulh refers to the process of mediation, arbitration and reconciliation that takes place when the part

Islamic banking, takaful and Islamic Capital Market are the main component of Islamic financial system in Malaysia. Shari’ah compliance is one of the attributes to distinguish Islamic Financial Institutions (IFIs) from its counterpart. Adherence to Shari’ah principles is fundamental to the operations of IFIs and such adherence is a continuing p

This study intends to explore the role played by J-QAF and Islam Education teachers in achieving the objective of complete recitation of the Quran (Khatam al-Quran) by primary school pupils. The study is focussed on teachers involved in the teaching of J-QAF first level pupils in 2005, now in their fourth year of primary school. The teachers involv

The aim of this study is to identify the various types of tajweed errors made by students during Quran recitation. This study was carried out on 20 students who took the Tilawah Al-Quran (Quran Recitation) level 2 course as part of their first degree programme at the IIUM. Analysis of the errors was carried out on recordings of the espondents'

In Malaysia, Celcom, Maxis and DiGi are the most familiar mobile network operator subscribed by Malaysian. These three operators promote a variety of packages to attract mobile users. In this paper an Analytic Hierarchy Process model is built up to solve the multi-criteria decision making problem in selecting the most suitable mobile network operat

There are insignificant relevant research works available which are involved with the Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) based hardware implementation of Binary Coded Decimal (BCD) adder. This is because, the FPGA based hardware realization is quiet new and still developing field of research. The article illustrates the design and hardware modeli

This paper reports on the exploration on community perception of higher education institution service quality from three dimensions namely academic, administrative and facilities. Focus group discussions were used for data collection involving three groups of neighbouring communities from both urban and rural areas. The objectives include to better

Brushless DC motor has been widely used in electric vehicle because of its high performance and simplicity. However this motor is a multi-variable, non-linear system and easily can be influenced by the parameter variations and disturbances. The conventional controllers are unable to handle this problem. To overcome this problem a nonlinear PI-fuzzy