Research on therapeutic applications of calixarene derivatives is an emerging area of interest. The anticancer activity of various functionalized calixarenes has been reported by several research group. Due to their superior geometric shape, calixarenes can accommodate drug molecules by forming inclusion complexes. Controlled release of anticancer

Sexual harassment conducts such as patting, pinching, constant brushing or touching an inappropriate area of another person’s body, making sexually-related comments, jokes and graphic drawing, making degrading comments on one’s appearance and displaying sexually suggestive pictures, among others, are examples of situations in which the honour a

This article discusses the powers of the Industrial Court to award compensation in lieu of reinstatement to an employee who has passed the compulsory retirement age. The discussion is based on the recent Federal Court decision in Unilever (M) Holdings Sdn Bhd v. So Lai & Anor, which had affirmed the Court of Appeal’s decision in Sabah Forest

An employee who absents himself from the workplace on a scheduled workday, will inevitably disrupt the employer’s work schedules, aside from affecting the employer’s customer commitments, amongst other things. To minimise the work disruption due to the slack caused by an absent employee, a regular worker would in normal circumstances assume the

Discrimination implies unfair treatment of two or more persons or subjects on grounds such as race, gender, disability, age, religious belief, etc.2 Gender discrimination exists when women, for example, are treated less favourably or suffer detrimental treatment at the workplace as a result of unreasonable differential treatment between men and wom

When an employer is facing declining business, he may be forced to make a substantial reduction in his workforce, either by way of retrenchment or through the introduction of a voluntary separation scheme ('VSS'). Unlike in the case of retrenchment, in the case of a VSS, the employer issues a circular inviting its employees to take advantag

This presentation addresses on employee whistleblower protection with reference to the Malaysia law and the laws in the commonwealth jurisdictions. The paper propose various changes to be included to the Malaysia law so as to accord protection specifically to employee whistleblower.

Using cultural communicative approach in designing lesson units for non Arabic speakersتوظيف المدخل االتِّصالي الثَّقافي في تصميم وحدات دراسيَّة للنَّاطقين بغير العربية رمي عادل صابر الرتك 1 reemalturk@iium.edu.my عبد الرمحن بن شيك2 nikman@iium.edu.

The reaction of N-(2-(hydrazinecarbonyl)aryl)benzamides 2a, b with indoline-2,3-diones 4ae in acidified ethanolic solution furnished the corresponding N-(2-(2-(2-oxoindolin-3-ylidene)hydrazinecarbonyl)phenyl)benzamides 5aj, respectively. Furthermore, 3-(2-oxoindolin-3-ylideneamino)-2-substituted quinazolin-4(3H)-ones 6aj were prepared by the reacti

The aim of this study was to determine phenolic compounds and antioxidant capacity of extract prepared from Mangifera indica waterlily kernel. Acidified methanolic extract prepared from M. indica waterlily kernel was analyzed. The total phenolic content was determined by the Folin_Ciocalteu method. Antioxidant activity was measured by the 1,1-diphe