We examine how social contacts and feelings of solidarity shape experiences of loneliness during the COVID-19 lockdown in early 2020. From the PsyCorona database, we obtained longitudinal data from 23 countries, collected between March and May 2020. The results demonstrated that although online contacts help to reduce feelings of loneliness, people

Malaysia has been experienced with many natural disasters such as flood, landslide, earthquake and drought, which resulted in damaging the properties and causing casualties especially during the biggest flooding affected over 36,128 families was in 2014 at East Coast of Malaysia mainly in Kelantan. Public buildings such as schools, religious buildi

Married female students face different learning experiences in higher education compared to unmarried female students. This research was conducted to determine the experiences of Indonesian married female students. The aims of this study are to identify the various factors which encourage Indonesian married female students to continue their studies

Aspects of Islamic Law for Halal Products and Services in a New Era: Spiritual, Legal and Moral Dimensions With the fast growing of Halal industry, and the expansion of the definition of Halal to include all areas of Muslims’ lifestyle, there is an urgent need to build this growth on a very solid and resilient Shariah framework in order to avoid

Abstract: Legionella pneumophila is a Gram-negative intracellular pathogen that causes Legionnaires' disease in elderly or immunocompromised individuals. This bacterium relies on the Dot/Icm (Defective in organelle trafficking/Intracellular multiplication) Type IV Secretion System (T4SS) and a large (>330) set of effector proteins to coloni

تهدف هذه الورقة إلى بلورة المسائل التي خالف فيها قانون الأسرة القطري مذهب الإمام أحمد بن حنبل ـ رحمه الله تعالى ـ، وخاصة في المواد القانونية المتعلقة بالطلاق البدعي، وتناول الباحث هذه المسائل

Abstract— The article explores a sample of papers on Islamic finance and sustainability to define some streams of literature on this topic. The paper aims to validate whether it is possible to interpret the multitude of contributions in three different research streams that consider environmental, economic, and social sustainability. The research

Background: Previous studies have reported conflicting fndings between serum anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) levels in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) participants with and without periodontitis (Pd). This study aimed to analyse possible correlations between serum ACPA levels and clinical parameters in Pd and RA participants. Methods: Full m

While lung protective mechanical ventilation (MV) guidelines have been developed to avoid ventilator induced lung injury (VILI), a one-size-fits-all approach cannot benefit every individual patient. Hence, there is significant need for the ability to provide patient-specific MV settings to ensure safety, and optimise patient care. Model based appro

Desmoid-type fibromatosis (DF) is a benign but rare soft tissue tumour, occurring only in 2-4 persons in one million of the population . Its local invasiveness and high tendency to recur following resection contribute to its notorious reputation for being an aggressive type of fibromatosis. It may be encountered across all demographic but more comm