Introduction: Presence of scattered gamma photons in the projection data of Tc-99m Myocardial SPECT degrades the image quality. Thus, the efficacy of SPECT in patient studies is hampered. This work is aimed at enhancing the image quality and accuracy in measurement of cold defect size by pre-filtering of scattered gamma photons with physical filter

Objective: To investigate the antioxidant and radical scavenging activities of some selected flavonoids with respect to identify key positions responsible for antioxidant effects as well as the effect of derivatisation on the antioxidative effects. Design and method: Antioxidant potential was evaluated using different sets of assays viz., rapid tes

إن الإمامة العظمى في الإسلام ليس بتشريف بقدر ما هو تكليف، ولذلك قال رسول الله : «كلكم راع وكلكم مسؤول عن رعيته، الإمام راع ومسؤول عن رعيته، ...» ، لذا يجب أن يُنظر في الرجل الذي يختار إماما الأه�

This study seeks to reach the most appropriate understanding of the ḥadīth "whoever changes his religion, kill him". Having surveyed the views of traditional and contemporary scholars vis-a-vis their interpretation of this ÍadÊth and other similar Prophetic traditions, it is evident that there are various concerns and interpretations,

The best described pharmacological property of flavonoids is their capacity to act as potent antioxidant that has been reported to play an important role in the alleviation of diabetes mellitus. Flavonoids biochemical properties are structure dependent; however, they are yet to be thoroughly understood. Hence, the main aim of this work was to inves

As the agent to the government in collecting and disbursing zakat money, zakat institutions are accountable to inform the public on how they managed the money i.e. via disclosure of zakat information in the annual report. Nevertheless, zakat institutions that supposed to disclose their activities have been argued to have low disclosure levels, it i

Respiratory diseases are among the highest ranked diseases with the elderly and children the most vulnerable to air pollution in Malaysia. Land transportation contributes most to air pollution in Malaysia. To address this, the study focuses on assessing households’ knowledge, attitude and behaviour and their welfare changes for improved air quali

The study is intended to evaluate the comfort level of learning environment in three naturally ventilated colonial schools in Malaysia through the voice of students aged between 13 and 17. This study focuses on the influence of the colonial school classrooms physical environment towards the students’ comfort and behaviour. The research has two ob

فإن الأمثال صورة صادقة يعبر بها القوم عن تجاربهم بأيّ لغةٍ كانت، وعن تصورهم للحياة، ومنها يتجلى تراثهم العلمي والأدبي والشعبي، والأمثال عند العرب جزء لا يتجزأ من حياتهم الأخلاقية والأدبية، ك�

The idea of revisiting currency and the gold dinar from an Islamic standpoint is an interesting topic of discussion in the context of the current monetary system. This chapter examines the historical aspects and supremacy of a gold currency and the weakness of fiat money using a maslahah-mafsadah approach. It considers some possible alternative for