Over a long period of time, the word ‘brand’ has been used in business, marketing and advertising to distinguish the product of one unique seller from another. Today, we are living in a world of ‘customerisation’ in which customers opt for a product based on their desirability and according to their favourability and loyalty to a particular

In Malaysia, the asnafs fakr and miskin receive monetary assistance from the zakat authority for shelter or housing either to build new houses (for those that own land), to repair current houses or to help in meeting the cost of rental charges. The paper aims to bring to attention the state of houses occupied by the asnafs. It provides a review on

Conventionally, arbitration is deemed as the most frequently used alternative dispute resolution (ADR) mechanism for settling construction related disputes. In Islam a similar approach in ADR, is known as Tahkim. While the practice and procedures in arbitration are well established, but not much is known about Tahkim. In line with the interest of t

Islamic finance started to get the world’s attention as it collides with capitalist interest of profit maximization at the global level. During this time, Harris Irfan was among the early generation of ‘structurers’ who were responsible in designing financial contracts that are appealing to the conventional investors and observe Shariah requi

Introduction 40 years old malay gentleman with underlying gout and hyper tension presented with chief complaint of bilateral knee pain for 10 years duration. He was walking with limping gait and unable to squat or sit cross legs. Pain had been increasing for the last 5 years. He was dependent on analgesia. Since pain was worsening patient was on wh

Freshwater has become the blue gold of the 21st century due to its continuous depletion resulting from expanding population, shifting climates, urbanization and industrialization, and waterways pollution. Water reclamation is an orthodox alternative drought-proof source of water, and utility of membrane technology seems indispensable to every effec

An integrated low-cost adsorption (with powdered activated carbon) and cross-flow membrane filtration (with microfiltration membranes of 0.1 and 0.2 μm pore sizes) process was employed for the treatment of biotreated POME to produce irrigation water fully benchmarked with water-quality standards. The permeate quality was within the recommended sta

In this study, the potential of an improved empty fruit bunch-based powdered activated carbon (PAC) with high surface area was employed in removing suspended solids and turbidity from a high-strength wastewater. Also, the effects of operating parameters, such as PAC dosage, contact time and mixing speed on sorption trends of the two pollutants from

This study aimed to investigate the effects of the ultrasound-assisted extraction conditions on the yield, specific activity, temperature, and storage stability of the pectinase enzyme from guava peel. The ultrasound variables studied were sonication time (10-30min), ultrasound temperature (30-50 degrees C), pH (2.0-8.0), and solvent-to-sample rati

A statistical analysis was performed first to evaluate the effect of factor and to obtain the optimum configuration of Kraft paper honeycomb. The factors considered in this study include density of paper, thickness of paper and cell size of honeycomb. Based on the three level factorial design,two-factor interaction model (2FI) was developed to corr