BACKGROUND: A double-blind, randomized controlled trial was carried out to study the effects of statins on matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and tissue inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases (TIMPs) in areas of peak and low abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) wall stress. METHODS: A total of 40 patients undergoing elective open AAA repair were randomiz

Issue of the corporate governance has emerged with the birth of the corporation. However, it became an attractive issue due to the financial crisis. Similarly, the issue of Shari’ah compliance in Islamic finance is given the attention when the Islamic finance industry arose. Therefore, renowned international organizations such as Accounting, Audi

Corporate governance issue emerged with the birth of the corporations. Similarly, the need for Shari’ah corporate governance is given attention by the regulators, industrial players, Shari’ah advisors and researchers with the bloom of Islamic finance. There are limited literature and Shari’ah governance guidelines available for Islamic financ

In the recent years, hundreds to thousands of people have been killed in many calamities across Asian region, such as tsunami, floods, earthquake and so on. These natural disasters have become great challenges, particularly to those developing countries as many are lacking of an efficient disaster management system and disaster recovery plan that w

With the continuing emphasis placed on higher education institutions in many countries to produce knowledge workers for the next generation, there has been a continuous demand to strengthen the provision and delivery of higher education systems. This has resulted in an extraordinary expansion and intensification of internet use - “between the end

Porous tri-calcium phosphate which is to be applied as artificial bone was prepared via protein consolidation method and egg yolk is used to give binding effect as well as to create porosity. In this experiment, fractions of egg yolk is controlled from 50 wt%, 60 wt%, 70wt% and 80 wt% and the mixture of egg yolk and tri-calcium phosphate powder wer

The seminar, organized by the Department of Fiqh and Usul al-Fiqh, Faculty of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences (KIRKHS), International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), was held on 18-19 December 2012 at the Banquet Hall in IIUM, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 200 delegates from different continents including Asia, Europe, Africa, Middl

This research tries to investigate bilateral relationship between the two sister countries in terms of economic cooperation. Although Turk-Malay relations goes back to the 13th century and have great deal of relationship in terms of cultural, political and social, the current economic cooperation is not the desired level. We emphasize that Turkey a

Islam is not only a religion; it is a way of life. Islamic ethical guidelines of research are derived from the purposes and principles of the Islamic law (Sharia). Tampering with God's creation is clearly rejected in Islam. However in medical field, exception has been made when it comes to producing medicine or any other materials and methods t

In Malaysia, there has been a tremendous effort in implementing e-government as a national agenda with the aims to increase public transparency, improve the sector efficiency and effectiveness and reduce public expenditure through lower operational costs. One of the e-government applications is the ePerolehan, a government-to-business (G2B) system