Mempelas paya (Tetracera indica) is a rain forest climber of Malaysia which is traditionally used to treat various ailments including diabetes and its related infirmities. The objective of this research was to explore an in vitro antidiabetic activity of the stems of T. indica as well as to isolate the active principles responsible for its in vitro

Al-qawaid al-fiqhiyyah or legal maxims of Islamic Law play an important role in constructing Islamic legal thought. They are applied in deducing numerous fiqh rules as they embody many of Islamic Law principles and values. The normative legal maxims which also known as al-qawaid al-khams al-kubra or the five major universal maxims include, (1) al-u

يتناول هذا البحث قضية لغوية شائعة في اللغتين، وهي مصطلح الحذف، وتسعى الدراسة إلى بيان الرؤية اللسانية لإفادة الناطقين بغير اللغة الأم بتحديد الاختلاف بين اللغتين في مفهوم الحذف بين اللغتين، �

Many child offenders are deprived of their liberty at the pre-trial process for a long period of time. Lengthy detention at this stage is detrimental to the well-being of child offenders because of the trauma they experience while being detained. However, the effectiveness of the current system in preventing child offenders from being detained at t

The increasing numbers of child offenders serving sentence in the institutions across Malaysia is worrying. However, the effectiveness of the current system in reforming and rehabilitating the child offenders remain an open question because of the rates of reoffending among child offenders. The objectives of this paper are to examine such issues by

يهدف هذا البحث إلى تسليط الضوء على خطاب ما بعد الاستعمار في الأدب في محاولة لإبراز معالمه وخصائصه وأهميته وإسهاماته في الكتابة الإبداعية وخاصة فن الرواية. وخطاب ما بعد الاستعمار من ثمرات نظري�

New credit cards containing Europay, MasterCard and Visa (EMV) chips for enhanced security used in-store purchases rather than online purchases have been adopted considerably. EMV supposedly protects the payment cards in such a way that the computer chip in a card referred to as chip-and-pin cards generate a unique one time code each time the card

The technique of tone mapping has found widespread popularity in the modern era owing to its applications in the digital world. There are a considerable number of tone mapping techniques that have been developed so far. One method may be better than the other in some cases which is determined by the requirement of the user. In this paper, some of t

This study examines audit report lag as one of the mechanisms to measure timeliness of financial reporting. The convergence of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) with Malaysian Financial Reporting Standards (MFRS) might challenge the auditors to issue their listed clients’ audited financial statements on time. The presence of indu

Short random fibers do not have the desired mechanical performance as continuous fibers, but this weakness may be overcome by applying methods that make up for their deficiency. Stitching is one of the methods that have been proven to be an effective reinforcement for through-thickness (out-of-plane) mechanical properties by incorporating z-directi