Background: This investigation was aimed to determine the current status of prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of uropathogens isolated in a teaching hospital in Bangladesh. A retrospective analysis was done at the department of Microbiology of Islami Bank Medical College, Rajshahi (IBMCR), Bangladesh during January to December, 2012. Mids

This study examines the volatility component of Malaysian stock index. Despite extensive studies on stock index volatility, there are relatively few studies examining the volatility component of stock index in Malaysia. Using data from January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2013, this study aims to examine the volatility component of Malaysian stock index

Employing a dynamic approach, this study investigates the debt financing behaviour of Shariah compliant E50 SMEs in Malaysia covering the existence of target debt, speed of adjustment, factors affecting the adjustment speed and the rational financing behaviour for the period of 2009-2013. This study is motivated by the outstanding growth of Islamic

This research endeavour was undertaken in order to understand the effect of three different aspects namely, Country of Origin, Ethnocentrism, and Religiosity on Bangladeshi consumers' intention of purchasing imported or foreign products. At the initial stage of the study, 260 questionnaires were given out to Bangladeshi consumers in the cities

This report presents the output of two-year collaboration between the Centre for Islamic Economics, IIUM and the Statistical, Economic, Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC) on a research project that covered three OIC member countries namely, Malaysia, Indonesia and Bangladesh. The report briefly examines the poverty p

Purpose – This paper aims to develop an integrated waqf-based Islamic microfinance (IsMF) for poverty reduction in Bangladesh. Microfinance institutions (MFIs) have been constrained by the high cost of funds, high interest rate charges and poor human resource quality of the recipients. Islamic MFIs have recently evolved with the hope of overcomin

Deoxyribonucleic acid (‘DNA’) testing of paternity has emerged as a conclusive scientific evidence of ascertaining paternity to overcome the problem of ‘paternity fraud’ and ‘misattributed paternity’ in the West. To harmonise it with old established common law principles of ‘presumption of paternity’ and ‘ex parte’ judgment for

Sustainable economic development is mainly about balanced development of economy, society an environment which is achievable through ending poverty and improving well-being through access to education, employment, information, better health and housing, and reducing inequality while moving towards sustainable consumption and production. Except few

Web search by using generic search engines is the most common activity on the Web. Despite a wide range of information one could gathered from the Internet, there has not been many websites reported providing facility for the user to query the information using a natural language. It is the aim of this research to develop a prototype that implement

The dynamic characterisation of vehicle structures is a crucial step in NVH analysis and helps in refining the vibration and noise in new vehicles, which is becoming a marketing edge as well. This paper investigates the dynamic properties of two parts of the vehicle structure, namely door and hood panels. Theoretical modal analysis, which is referr