In Malaysia, studies have shown that most Malay learners learning Arabic Language exhibit weak Arabic speaking skill despite spending years of learning the language. However, given the same learning environment and experience, some of them could be considered as good Arabic speakers as revealed by the results of Arabic Placement Test conducted by t

This book surveys Islamization of Knowledge (IOK), a project representing a Muslim intellectual response to modernity. The IOK agenda is now about 40 years old and has left a permanent imprint in modern Muslim discourse: there are institutions dedicated to its cause in the Muslim world, intellectual journals promoting its agenda and scholarly attem

This study explores customers' shopping experience through shopping centre branding.

In Malaysia, studies have shown that most Malay learners learning Arabic Language exhibit weak Arabic speaking skill despite spending years of learning the language. However, given the same learning environment and experience, some of them could be considered as good Arabic speakers as revealed by the results of Arabic Placement Test conducted by t

This paper attempts to discuss the spam issue from the Malaysian e-mail users’ perspective. The purpose is to discover how Malaysian users handle the spam e-mail problem. From the experiences we hope to discover the necessary effort needed to be undertaken to face this problem in the context of Malaysia. A survey was conducted to understand how M

Introduction: Family Environment Scale (FES) was developed by Moos1, has ten subscales and was categorized into three dimensions. Objective: The objective of this study was to develop factor structure for the Malay-translated version of the FES subscales. Methodology: The study used Malay translated version of FES by Khairani et. al2. This study wa

There has been recent interest regarding the role of autologous platelet-rich plasma (PRP) on soft and hard tissue healing. Inactivated platelets contain various growth hormones that involve in tissue healing such as platelet-derived growth hormone (PDGF), vascular ndothelial growth hormone (VEGF), transforming growth factor-ß (TGF-ß), epidermal

This study aimed to compare bone formation in posterolateral lumbar fusion after implantation with hydroxyapatite (HA) granules alone, HA granules mixed with autologous platelet rich plasma (HA-PRP) and autograft. Twenty-four New Zealand white rabbits were used. The rabbits were randomized into two groups of twelve rabbits each based on the graft m

Background: Warfarin has very narrow therapeutic windows and large individual variability. Genetic variants encoding VKORC1 gene has resulted in altered sensitivity to warfarin or warfarin resistance. Nine haplotypes (H1-H9) of VKORC1 had been categorized with reference to 10 SNPs (Gen Bank accession number AY587020). Objective: To determine the ha

This paper discusses some of the fundamental concepts and strategies pertaining to the reform of Muslim inmates in light of Nursi’s perspective of change. Nursi lays the foundation for the comprehensive spiritual and moral reform of Muslim inmates, based on a set of concepts and themes such as the purpose of life, human nature, the notion of the