Childhood obesity is now becoming a major public health concern in Malaysia. National prevalence of childhood obesity kept increasing year after year. This study aims to explore the prevalence and the severity of childhood obesity and to investigate its relationship with certain community level characteristics. Nowadays, obesity has been associated

Bacterial infection is the most common cause of prolonged wound healing period. Honey has been known as an effective antibacterial agent due to its peroxide and non-peroxide activities to prevent bacterial infection. This study aims to investigate antibacterial property of three varieties of Malaysian honey represented by two multifloral; Kelulut a

One of the common problems faced by worldwide SMEs including Malaysia is accessing external financial services. Given this fact, this chapter offers a sustainable model of source of financing for Malaysian SMEs in meeting their financial need, which is known as Islamic Crowdfunding-Small and Medium Enterprises (ICSMEs) model. Authors review compreh

Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) contribute significantly to the Malaysian economy, in terms of productivity (GDP), employment, and eco-nomic growth. Thus, to ensure the sustainability of SMEs, the success and growth of businesses must be studied by identifying key factors of business success. Therefore, this chapter identifies the backgro

Small businesses are considered one of the sources of innovation, productivity and dynamism in many countries. Thus, to translate innovative ideas into sustainable businesses, access to capital becomes a part and parcel of their business lifecycle. Despite their potential importance for economic development, small businesses are facing difficulties

Purpose – This paper aims to investigate the value of information content and informativeness of the analyst report for Sharīʿah-compliant shares in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach – The authors use a sample of 657 daily published analyst reports on Sharīʿah-compliant shares from 2010 to 2015, which were downloaded from Bursa Malaysia

Purpose – The growth of Islamic banking seems to be tremendous and significant in the context of Malaysia. Moreover, together with Muslim loyalty towards Islamic banking, non-Muslims are also showing positive acceptance towards Islamic banking in Malaysia. Thus, this paper aims to examine the drivers of loyalty among non-Muslim in their adoption

Flood sensors are deployed to measure the water level of rivers in areas prone to flooding. Flood is a frequent event in many places and the after effect almost always results in loss of properties and lives. Deploying sensors in remote areas to provide significant benefit in mitigating the after-effects of flood, however, it is not simple as the n

Leaf indumentum consists of trichomes, which is an explicit variety of characters that have been practically used in the plant identification. Melastoma is one of the genera with diverse indumentum among the Melastomataceae and has gained attention due to its medicinal value and other commercial uses. The aim of this study is to identify the tricho

Individuals with a good understanding of mathematics have better chances to do well in their life. However, it is an extremely challenging task for people with visual disabilities to learn and execute simple mathematical operations. Although there are many mathematical learning products in the current market, most of them are expensive, with smooth