The higher education sector is undergoing a fundamental transformation, as the forces of globalization and technology have transformed other industries of the economy in the past 20 years. The industry is driven by a number of drivers of change where some of them are disruptive. Universities will have to transform the way they deliver their service

This study attempts to investigate the efficiency of Islamic banks in Indonesia and its determinants over the period of 2004-2014. Eleven full Islamic banks were selected for the sample. This study employs the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) in first stage of the analysis based on two inputs (fixed asset and deposits) and one output (financing inco

Tissue engineering research serves to overcome the major obstacles in organ transplantation.The obstacles include insufficient supply of organs, immunoreaction, subsequent rejection between donor organs and recipient’s body as well as life-long immunosuppression dependence. This paper intends to summarize the progress of tissue engineering in Mal

Tissue engineering approaches, being part of regenerative medicine have been applied in treating the articular cartilage diseases worldwide. It offers benefit to the humankind by improving healthcare economics, better treatment and quality of life among the osteoarthritic patients. It is felt that this promising field requires Islamic essences to b

Islamic leadership principles are universal in nature. They are applicable in all branches of human activities including in construction project management. However, current theories and practices in construction project management seldom focus on aspects related to religion and faith; whereas in dealings with human aspects, religion and faith are

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