Throughout its educational system and intellectual teachings, Islam provides certain themes and methods to improve human capacity of economic production and growth. Based on textual and analytical methods, this paper aims to expose horizons and methods of human capital development through which the Islamic perspective of the economic growth is pres

The term ‘human capital’ is being employed by economists, as labour (one of three factors of economic production), nonetheless, according to social psychologists, the term encompasses a wider scope of human capacity and ability of production and management of life. Besides this complementary divergence, both economists and social psychologists

The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of culture on self-directed learning readiness among international students. Comparison is made based on four Hofstede cultural dimensions; namely power distance, individualism, masculinity, and uncertainty avoidance. This study adopted the Self-Directed Learning Readiness Scale (SDLRS) develope

This study examines the performance of employees as assessed by their supervisor. It tries to link a relationship between employees' performance with their academic excellence. It aims to measure the variables that could possibly influence employees' performance; such as job satisfaction, motivation and involvement in co-curriculum activiti

Purpose – In an era where religion predominantly presents an integral influence on the way most people live and work, an Islamic approach in managing human resources in Malaysia is apt. This is due to the fact that Muslim employees represent the largest percentage of the workforce in Malaysia and the Malaysian government is implementing an Islami

The distribution of hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes is well documented in many countries. However, reliable data are still lacking with respect to the frequency of the different HCV genotypes in Malaysia. This study aim to identify HCV genotypes and associated risk factors in a group of HCV infected patients from two tertiary hospitals.59 Med J M

Plasma cell leukemia (PCL) is a rare plasma cell disorder. It is the leukemic variant of multiple myeloma. A 52-year-old man with an atypical presentation of primary plasma cell leukemia is reported. The patient presented with paraparesis which progressively worsened to paraplegia. MRI of the spine showed an extradural mass causing cord compression

To investigate whether yam improves glucose metabolism, yam-containing diets were given to Wistar rats. In a short-term experiment, fasted-rats were given 1.0 g of a control and 20% yam-containing diets. At 60 min after start of the feeding, glucose level in the yam diet group was lower or tended to be lower than that in the control diet. Insulin l

Among plural societies, Malaysia and Singapore are two countries in Southeast Asia that face the challenges of ethnic diversity since their independence from British colonial rule. This paper offers a comparative study on Malaysia and Singapore in their governments’ attempts to foster national unity through education. While both the governments a

Rhinocerebral mucormycosis is an invasive fungal sinusitis with a high mortality rate, especially in immunocompromised patients. A 70-year-old woman, with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes mellitus, presented with a one-month history of non-specific headaches associated with progressive swelling of her left eye. Computed tomography of the brain and orbi