The study to identify the sediment quality changes affected by the increasing human activities along the coastal environment in Kampung Tekek, Tioman Island has been conducted in August 2015. In total, 15 surface sediment samples were collected from three transects in the bay of Kampung Tekek to be analyzed with particle size analyzer (PSA) and los

The primary objective of this paper was to assess the financial sustainability of Islamic SACCOS in the Tanzanian context. Hence, to determine a five-year financial trend and factors affecting Islamic SACCOS financial sustainability. The dataset used in this study comes from four SACCOS audited financial reports from the year 2010 to 2014 as well a

Purpose – This paper aims to explore people’s beliefs towards Islamic advertising. Design/methodology/approach – Being exploratory in nature, this paper applies qualitative method of research by adapting thought elicitation technique of data collection. This method rests in the projective techniques of data collection and is also known as “

The aim of this review is to evaluate and report the current potential and future scope of nanoemulgel formulation for becoming an effective delivery system for poorly water soluble drugs. In this review, we have summarized and discussed the outcome of different studies on permeability, pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamic and safety profile of the dru

The prevalence of hypertension is very common amongst the diabetic patients and is reported as the major cause of mortality in diabetes. Pioglitazone reported to have an ability to alter the blood cholesterol level and cardioprotective efficiency along with its antidiabetic activity. Telmisartan, through activation of PPAR-γ receptor exerts insuli

In nature, environmental factors highly influence the carotenoid composition in pumpkin plants and these factors were difficult to control; thus, carotenoid content is varied quantitatively and qualitatively. However, certain parameters can be controlled and this can be conducted in the laboratory through biogenesis manipulation. This approach uses

Forensic applications having great importance in the digital era, for the investigation of different types of crimes. The forensic analysis includes Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) test, crime scene video and images,, forged documents analysis, computer-based data recovery, fingerprint identifications, handwritten signature verification and facial reco

A model for DNA computing using the recombination behavior of DNA molecules, known as a sticker system, was introduced by by L. Kari, G. Paun, G. Rozenberg, A. Salomaa, and S. Yu in the paper entitled DNA computing, sticker systems and universality from the journal of Acta Informatica vol. 35, pp. 401-420 in the year 1998. A sticker system uses the

Introduction: Dental plaque is a structurally and functionally organized biofilm. Modern molecular biological techniques have identified about 1000 different bacterial species in the dental biofilm, twice as many as can be cultured. Inherent resistance of biofilm bacteria to conventional antibiotics is alarming. It induces antibiotic resistance to

To determine the correlation between the TrueDx TSH assay and the standard 3rd generation chemoluminescence microparticle immunoassay (CMIA) This is a cross sectional study involving 212 healthy volunteers who participated in a hypothyroidism awareness campaigns carried out at several shopping malls in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Upon obtaining an info