Although Organisational Citizenship Behaviour (OCB) emanating from the Western value system has received enormous attention by researchers, OCB from the Islamic perspective (OCBIP) has not been much explored. This empirical study attempts to enrich the understanding of the OCB phenomenon from Islamic management perspective. A survey of 405 Muslim e

Objectives Transforming growth factor (TGF)-β regulates the function of vascular endothelial cells and may be involved in endothelial dysfunction. The canonical TGF-β pathway involves TGF-β receptor-mediated carboxy-terminal phosphorylation of Smad2; however, TGF-β signalling also activates numerous serine/threonine kinases that phosphorylate S

It is reported that 99% of human food on this planet Earth usually comes from terrestrial environment, and the remaining 1% is extracted from other aquatic sources (see FAO, 2002). Thus, it is indicative that land is essentially the most fundamental resource-base for food production and people have long been utilizing their land by adopting their o

Data on whether periodontal therapy affects serum lipid levels are inconclusive. This study was to explore the relationship between periodontal diseases and serum lipid level, investigating its link to various systemic diseases related to hyperlipidemia. Thirty systemically healthy patients with periodontal disease were recruited for the study. All

Urinary bladder stone affected humankind since antiquity. It disease was noted in Egyptian manuscript more than 3500 BC. Along the history it management also evolve from perineum extraction to endoscopic management. Recent review article on urinary bladder stone management suggested percutaneous stone management for stone between 2-4cm sizes.Compar

Anthropology offers a special worldview to study human beings, their community-life and various aspects of the indigenous culture from comparative and holistic perspectives; thus, the discipline produces a useful generalization about people and their way of life. The subject matter of Anthropology is as old as human society itself but its formal em

The Ministry of Education Malaysia (formerly known as Ministry of Higher Education) has come out with a Guideline on the Prevention of Drugs, Alcohol and Substance Abuse. This is in accordance with the Malaysian Government Policy to be free from dangerous drugs abuse in higher education by 2015. Consistent and in addition with the Guideline, this p

Mediation is a part of the alternative dispute resolution (ADR) process which is an alternative to litigation in the court proceeding. It is both informal and flexible dispute resolution in which the parties are free to participate in the process and come out with an amicable settlement. Mediation is an option for the disputants to reach a mutual a

It is reported that flood and riverbank erosion together intensify the process of pauperization in rural areas of Bangladesh. Riverbank erosion often destroys cultivable land, dislocates human settlements and also at the same time, damages the growing crops; massively disrupts road-linkages and communication infrastructure in the country. With this

Customer perception is very important in ensuring the positive feedbacks and endurance of a product or service in the market. Marketers conduct customer satisfaction survey to measure customer's need, expectation and experience through multiple instruments; such as verbal and written survey. In this paper, an exploratory approach of speech emot