Islamic commercial banks (ICBs) deal with a variety of risks, a pressing one being benchmark rates risk or rate of return risk (ROR). The purpose of this study is to measure the impact of changing benchmark rates on the net worth (NW) risk (i.e. economic value) of ICBs and conventional commercial banks (CCBs), with duration gap and stress testing a

The intravenous administration of polyclonal antibodies known as antivenom is the only effective treatment for snakebite envenomed victims, but because of inter-specific variation in the toxic components of snake venoms, these therapies have variable efficacies against different snake species and/or different populations of the same species. In thi

This paper proposes a novel fault localization method that is based on the non-intrusive fault monitoring (NIFM) techniques in high-voltage/extra-high-voltage (HV/EHV) power transmission networks. In this work, the fault signals measured at the utilities can be extracted by the hyperbolic S-transform (HST). To carefully select coefficients of the H

Objective: This study is conducted to understand in-depth the self management experience among the patients with nasopharyngeal cancer during the phase 1 of identification of the symptoms. Method: Individual semi-structured interviews were held with patients diagnosed with nasopharyngeal cancer (N=16) in two general hospitals in Malaysia. Data were

Polylactic acid (PLA) has attracted tremendous interest to be utilized as the replacement for petroleum-based polymers as it possesses good biodegradability, can be derived from renewable sources, and shows high mechanical strength. However, its inherent brittleness and low toughness has limited its usage in broader applications. In this work, PLA

Introduction: The prevalence of knee osteoarthritis is on the raise. This raise has been a huge financial burden to developed countries in treating the disease. Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) is a cost-effective, easily available, and self-applicable mode of nonpharmacological pain relieve technique. Despite these advantages, th

The very first recruitment for a public relations practitioner in Malaysia was encountered in 1948 and was advertised by the federal government of the British Colony in Malaya. This paper examines the subsequent advertisements after Malaya sought independence from the British colonial government. A total of eleven recruitment advertisements were fo

Polylactic acid (PLA) has attracted tremendous interest to be utilized as the replacement for petroleum-based polymers as it possesses good biodegradability, can be derived from renewable sources, and shows high mechanical strength. However, its inherent brittleness and low toughness has limited its usage in broader applications. In this work, PLA

Employing Arabic Concordance Application in developing Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) vocabulary for advanced learners.مقاربات جديدة في اللغة واألدب هيئة التحرير عبد الرحمن بن شيك (رئيساً) عاصم شحادة علي نصر الدين إبراهيم أحمد حسين نجية حسين التها�

A study on the impact of Arabic Graded Readers Series (silsilat al-qira'ah al-mutadarrijah) on the development of Extensive Reading Skills.مقاربات جديدة في اللغة واألدب هيئة التحرير عبد الرحمن بن شيك (رئيساً) عاصم شحادة علي نصر الدين إبراهيم أحمد حسين ن�