Ta'widh and gharamah are the Shariah compliant late payment charges for Islamic financial contracts. Seven identified themes were used to qualitatively compare and contrast between the Guidelines on Late Payment Charges for Islamic Banking Institutions (2012) against the provisions of interest for late interim payment from four Malaysian constr

Ta'widh and gharamah are the Shariah compliant late payment charges primarily used for Islamic financial contracts. Seven identified themes were used to qualitatively compare and contrast between the Guidelines on Late Payment Charges for Islamic Banking Institutions (2012) against the provisions of interest for late interim payment from four M

This study aims to validate the factor that perhaps influences the health status of an elderly at receiving home care. This research paper, we developed the R syntax for Multilayer Perceptron Neural Network (MLPNN) which considering the logistic based selection. At first, the related factors will be determined through multiple logistics regression

Sex education program among youth with disabilities is pertinent to their overall physical, emotional, health and well-being. However, due to its sensitivity and taboo, the topic is rarely addressed in the Malaysian context. The aim of this study is to explore the understanding about sex among disabled youth and how teaching sex education among dis

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the best strategy for the variable selection, using the developed Ordered Logistic Regression (OLR) and Multilayer Perceptron Neural Network (MLP). At the first stage, all the selected variables will be a screen for their important relationship point of view through ordered logistics regression and bootst

Online news pages have provided a communicative space where citizens can, in principle, exercise power, creating and sustaining an identity as participating members in political processes (Dahlgren, 2009). While this holds democratic potential, it also provides venues for racial hatred provocation. Using ‘Facepager 4.0’, a tool for gathering so

My introduction will highlight some personal reflections on my work on election campaign discourse in a non-western context within the Critical Discourse Studies (CDS) framework. I will briefly discuss some of my concerns (and confusion) while researching issues that are absent from the theoretical or analytical radar of Western scholars but import

Analysis of productivity at industry and sectoral-level is often too broad to be a practical basis for policy and strategy formulations. To better translate the sectoral productivity into feasible and effective policies and incentives, it is therefore essential to understand how enterprise-level productivity patterns evolve by taking into account t

This paper investigates Samuel Huntington’s approach towards the nature of civilisation and its origins, as well as the Orientalist elements within the theory of Clash of Civilisations in particular and Huntington’s thoughts in general. For this purpose, the paper first reviews the theory’s historical background and theoretical basis. Then, i

Voting is primarily important not only as a symbol of democracy; it will also determine the government that will run the country. In Malaysia, the Federal Constitution provides the minimum age to pass vote is 21 years old. However, with the recent bill passed in the Parliament, the voting age will be reduced to 18 years old. This paper seeks to inv