Piper betle also known as ?sireh? has been traditionally used for medicinal purposes. It has been reported that P. betle leaves possess antifungal activity but no effort to optimize the extraction conditions to obtain high yield of antifungal compounds has been carried out yet. In this study, optimized extraction condition was determined. It was fi

The Islamic theory of literature and its practices are studied in the context of Qur’anic examples. As the Qur’an is a comprehensive guideline to life, and considers the human soul, feelings, thoughts and actions, it gives basic rules and outline to Islamize the literature. Muslim scholars have discussed the Islamic literature based on the stor

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Education is an essential process for every human being especially school children. However, parents are more concern with their children‟s Intelligent Quotient (IQ) achievement, neglecting or less focus on the Emotional Quotient (EQ) and Spiritual Quotient (SQ) achievement. This paper intends to propose a conceptual solution that provides a holi

Engineering education faces significant challenges as it seeks to meet the demands on the engineering profession in the twenty-first century. The engineering faculty /Kulliyah will need to continue to learn new approaches to teaching and learning, which in turn will require effective professional development for both new and experienced educators a

This paper proposes eSisterApparel Program and to be adopted as one of the 1AZAM Malaysian government-sponsored programs, raising the economic and social status of women especially of rural housewives in Sabah, Malaysia. This program has the potential to reduce poverty by providing these housewives with sewing skills, sewing machines, and eSisterAp

The effect of kenaf short fibres (KF) on thermoplastic sago starch (TPSS) film was investigated for its water absorbency, biodegradability and structure morphology. The TPSS reinforced KF biocomposite film was prepared via casting method at varying TPSS/KF weight percentage of 100/0, 95/05, 90/10, 85/15 and 80/20, while the plasticiser was at a con

VDAC2 protein identified to be over expressed in over-stunned chicken is a potential biomarker in differentiating stunned chicken and the voltage applied during the process. The VDAC2 gene was amplified by proofread DNA polymerase, then purified and inserted into pENTR-TEV-D-TOPO entry vector and transformed into One Shot TOP 10 Chemically Competen

European travel writing (1512–1984) represented Malaysia as a tropical Garden of Eden, an image that has also percolated into literary texts concerning the region. This article examines spatial images in British fiction through the framework of archetypal literary criticism and theories of colonial representations of space to reveal the worlding

This study will confine to thirty scholars who constituted the core of scholarly networks in the Malay Archipelago. These scholars are selected from diverse backgrounds and different eras in the history of the Malay Archipelago. In spite of the above diversity, all these scholars have two things in common. Firstly, they all originated from the Mala