The Grameen Bank (GB) has developed a successful model of poverty alleviation in Bnagladesh through providing the poor's access to micr-credit scheme. The contribution of GB to the GDP of Bangladesh was estimated at 1.10% in 1996. There has been a large-scale replication of the Grameen model throughout 34 countries of the world.

Marine epibenthic dinoflagellates have been collected from macroalgae, dead corals, seagrasses and sand in Malaysia and identified using light microscopy, including epifluorescence microscopy, and scanning electron microscopy. Examination of 62 samples revealed that Malaysia has rich diversity of benthic dinoflagellates, with 24 species representin

Primary Health Care (PHC) in any country provides the accessibility and backbone to the nation’s health as first point of contact for people and the healthcare system. In Malaysia, besides the mushrooming of general practitioners (GPs) in the private sector found only in urban areas, the public sector healthcare system covers the whole country in

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Health is synonymous with hospitals as a place to attain care towards gaining wellness. Hospitals as one of the healthcare facility buildings, varies its design configuration and forms according to the needs and function including the geographical location of its placement for the society it serves. The sun, the wind, the waterways, the natural lig

This chapter, by examining the features and achievements of the Arab League, OIC and GCC, will endeavour to find answer to the above questions. Before getting to the main analysis, the chapter presents a brief discussion on international society from the perspective of Islam. Then the chapter in sequence,analyses the roles of the Arab League, the O

The Intelligent Air-Cushion Tracked Vehicle (IACTV) is given focus as an alternative to conventional off-road vehicles, which are driven by track and air-cushion systems. To make the IACTV as effi cient as possible, proper investigation of the vehicle’s performance is essential. The most relevant factors that affect the competitive effi ciency of

An algorithm has been developed for the simultaneous measurement of the fetal and maternal heart rates from the maternal abdominal electrocardiogram during pregnancy and labor. The algorithm is based on digital filtering, adaptive thresholding, statistical properties in the time domain and differencing of local maxima and minima. The technique has

A sub-bituminous high sulphur Indonesian coal, namely Banjarmasin Hj. Ali-Aliansar (BMHA) has been treated with peroxyacetic acid, a mild oxidising agent at temperature of 70°C and at atmospheric pressure. Initial findings have shown that this reagent is capable of removing up to 60 % of the total sulphur in the coal. Almost all pyrite together wi

In pursuing application potential-based compounds,heteroatom donor ligands were specifically designed,synthesized and characterized with single-crystal X-ray diffraction that is a non-destructive analytical technique that provides very detailed information about theinternallatticeofcrystallinesubstancesofthesesynthesizd ligands.Dipotassium disulfan