Microfinance institutions have been established in many developing countries to solve the problem of poverty. In Muslim countries, Islamic microfinance can be a powerful tool to fight poverty if these institutions are managed in the right way. Islamic finance scholars have argued that the provision of equity based financing by Islamic financial ins

Concentration of metals (Zn, Cu and Pb) in the edible portion of commercially important blood cockle (Anadara granosa) collected from Langkawi Island, Malaysia was analyzed. Samples were collected from 3 different stations namely Kuah (KU), Kuala Triang (KT) and Pantai Kok (PK) during 2009. Heavy metal concentrations were detected using Inductively

The Free Space Optics (FSO) vulnerability towards atmospheric phenomena has introduced the usage of multiple transmitters/receivers in the FSO system as the optimal solution. With current interest in this technology as an alternative backup to the already established broadband technology, a proper understanding on the performance of FSO link has be

INTRODUCTION: The concentration of urinary biomarkers of acute kidney injury (AKI) is influenced by variation in urinary concentration within and between individuals.1 Normalisation to urine creatinine concentration is commonly used to account for this variation.2 The accuracy of this method is compromised by tubular secretion of creatinine, and va

Multidetector CT (MDCT) had played a major role in the diagnosis of acute arterial haemorrhage. It has emerged as a modality of choice in the diagnosis of acute gastrointestinal hemorrhage, with the advantage of a faster scanning time, multiphase acquisition and wider anatomic coverage. Yoon et al had observed that the arterial phase MDCT depicted

Letter to Editorboth understand and refine trauma systems may offer insights to promote the most effective and efficient use of such resources.Although some may use our findings to refute any possibleassociation between time and outcome in injury, we believesuch an interpretation would be short sighted. Rather, theseresults offer insight into th

The principal objective of this chapter is to discuss about contributions of Fazlur Rahman Khan, towards construction of skyscrapers. His innovations, namely frammed tube, trussed tube and bundled tube, had led to significant improvement on structural efficiency and made the construction of tall buildings economically viable. The chapter will also

Introduction Endovascular embolisation had played a major role in the acute management of acute arterial haemorrhage. It had proven benefits in acute upper and lower gastrointestinal haemorrhage, massive haemoptysis, bleeding visceral pseudoaneurysms and arteriovenous malformations. It also had played a major role in the preoperative embolisation o

Suicide attack has become a dangerous trend in the contemporary history of some Asian societies. While it has been used by some people as a means of protest, it has been largely rejected by humanity for its severe debilitating effects. Instances of suicide attack can be found in the contexts of the Israel-Palestine conflict, September 11 attacks, B

Cross border marriage (CBM) is one of the solutions to legalise a marriage and is a common phenomenon involving both monogamous and polygamous eloped marriages. This polemic issue has occurred among the Malays (mainly among the followers of Shafie Mazhab) since a long time ago and still continues. This article examines the issue that CBM, which are