This study aims at investigating the practice of Maqā sid ̣ al-Sharī‘ah based performance measures, determinants of its successful implementation and its impact on Islamic bank performance. Understanding the extent that Islamic banks are institutionalizing Maqā sid ̣ al-Sharī‘ah based performance measures (Maqā sid ̣ PMs) will provid

Nurses are at the heart of healing and medical care, whose duties and responsibilities form an essential element of healthcare. Given the fact that the lives of many patients in hospitals depend on nurses’ moral decency and moral responsibility, certainly moral indecency on the part of nurses impedes, and thus risks the life of millions in hospit

A place-labeled Petri net (pPN) controlled grammar is a context-free grammar equipped with a Petri net and a function which maps places of the net to the productions of the grammar. The language consists of all terminal strings that can be obtained by simultaneously applying of the rules of multisets which are the images of the sets of the input pl

Malay medicine has historically been one of the most prominent fields of study documented by Malay physicians. The Malay medical literature covers the materia medica and treatment recommendations for numerous illnesses. Citrus fruits, also known as limau, are one of the ingredients that are frequently mentioned in the texts. They are grown all over

Swelling capacity and degradation behaviour are important factors for biomaterial scaffold in tissue engineering (TE). Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) is a synthetic polymer used commonly as scaffolding material. Major concern with PLGA use is the trigger of inflammatory reaction damaging cells in vivo. Incorporation of natural polymers i.e. a

Purpose: To evaluate the in vitro formation of 3D tissue engineered constructs (TECs) using rabbits’ annulus fibrosus (AF) cells seeded on poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) based scaffolds. Methods: Porous disc-shaped PLGA was fabricated using solvent casting and salt leaching technique. It was crosslinked with atelocollagen to form “PA”sc

This article examines Islamic sustainable finance, which was essential to the SAARC countries' economic growth. Thus, the focus of the research is on regional organization and geopolitical union between the states or governments in South Asia, which is known by its full name as the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). The m

There are many challenges in Waqf Management especially in the Muslim minorities countries. This paper analyses some of the internal challenges faced by the Muslims, either waqf manager or waqf beneficiaries and trustees in their strive to enliven and utilised in the non-Muslim countries. The findings show that the awareness among the Muslim in non

Asset pricing theory states that investors should be rewarded for the risks that are associated with the state variables, in addition to market risks, which affect their investment opportunity sets. The state variables, however, are latent variables that vary (a) within developed markets (which consist of segmented and international markets); (b) b

Ideally, internet service providers (ISP) should not be burdened with policing contents that pass through their services as they have no editorial control over them. The United States Digital Millennium Copyright Act 1998 (DMCA) changes the ball game by making it mandatory on ISPs to take down infringing copyright materials if they received a notic