Pelaburan yang dilakukan dalam aset kewangan seperti saham syarikat yang tersenarai di Bursa Malaysia dilaksanakan dengan harapan untuk meraih keuntungan dalam jangka masa panjang. Kajian ini menggunakan harga harian saham untuk tiga puluh syarikat yang tersenarai dalam Indeks Komposit Kuala Lumpur Bursa Malaysia FTSE (FBM30) pada tahun 2011. Kajia

A new widdrane sesquiterpene was isolated from Knema patentinervia by chromatographic methods. The structure was elucidated by spectroscopic methods, including 1H–1H COSY, HMQC, HMBC, and NOESY NMR experiments. The compound showed no inhibition of leukemia cancer cell growth and no inhibition towards bacterial growth of Staphylococcus aureus, Bac

The increasing incidence of obesity has opened the gap to search for the adipogenic differentiation-inhibitory compounds from natural products. This has raised our concern to evaluate the effects of Garcinia species which is well-known for its phytochemical contents such as flavonoids, phenolic acids and xanthones. Despite its highest medical prope

Adapting texts from the Qur'an is considered one of the necessary requirements of eloquence and fluency for every speaker of the Arabic language and every literary man regardless of whether he composes poetry or writes prose. Adaptation is a phenomenon that is studies and analyzed by the scholars of eloquence and literary criticism. As for inte

In this study, we used α-mangostin, the major xanthone compounds and β-mangostin from Garcinia malaccensis Hk.f (locally known as “manggis burung”) and evaluate its in vitro activities on adipocyte differentiation, glucose uptake and related gene expression (pparγ and glut4) mechanism. Firstly, we elucidated the inhibitory effect of the comp

This study investigates the faculty awareness on the collection development of the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) Library among faculty members of the Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Science (KIRKHS) IIUM, as well as issues that affect this awareness. The study is able to demonstrate the faculty participation in

Rancangan Amerika Syarikat (AS) untuk menghantar tenteranya ke Selat Melaka bagi memerangi pengganas merupakan satu helah negara tersebut untuk mencampuri hal ehwal politik di negara-negara Asia Tenggara. Peristiwa campur tangan AS terhadap negara-negara Asia Barat dan Afghanistan perlu dijadikan satu pengajaran kepada masyarakat di Asia Tenggara.H

Peristiwa tentera Amerika Syarikat (AS) memalukan rakyat Iraq di penjara dan penghinaan tentera Israel terhadap mayat rakyat Palestin menunjukkan bahawa umat Islam begitu direndahkan maruah dan martabatnya masa kini. Peristiwa begini sepatutnya dijadikan renungan oleh keseluruhan umat Islam di dunia agar menginsafi setiap kesilapan dan kelemahan di

Kritikan dan kenyataan Perdana Menteri Malaysia, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamad mengenai Yahudi dan sikap kuasa besar melaksanakan sistem ekonomi yang cenderung kepada penindasan ke atas negara kecil mendapat kritikan hebat dari dunia Barat. Sikap terlalu angkuh kuasa besar dalam mengendalikan hal ehwal politik dan ekonomi dunia bukan sahaja menja

KEGIATAN samseng di sekolah berasrama semakin hari kian bertambah. Faktor-faktor yang mendorong pertambahan kes ini perlu dikaji dan diatasi secara menggunakan psikologi dan hikmah seperti dianjurkan oleh Islam. Tindakan secara keras tanpa pertimbangan akal bukan sahaja boleh mencemar institusi pendidikan, malah ia boleh menggagalkan usaha kerajaan