Maqasid of Shari'ah is a millennium old theory on the higher objectives of Islamic divine law. As the discipline of Islamic economics and finance grew in politico-economic importance in the past three decades, a cathartic trend has emerged among Muslim experts to realign economic and financial practices with not merely the minimum legal require

Background & Aims: Guidance on managing the nutritional requirements of critically ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) has been issued by several international bodies. While these guidelines are consulted in ICUs across the Asia Pacific and Middle East, there is little guidance available that is tailored to the unique healthcare envir

Purpose – Magnet effect entails a hypothesis in market microstructure entailing a systemic likelihood of prices being sucked toward the theoretical threshold. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the existence of magnet effect in Bursa Malaysia via overnight returns. Design/methodology/approach – This study investigates the existence of

In 2019, 2.3 percent of the Malaysian adult population – amounting to approximately 500,000 persons – were found to be depressed or experience some form of mental health issues. This number is expected to increase eminently as an aftermath of the current COVID-19 pandemic, with companies and employers restructuring their businesses to keep them

Food allergies are the effects of a detrimental reaction from the body's immuntive system on certain types of food that are considered harmful to the body. Food allergies are also considered a critical issue in food safety and food quality management systems. In fact, the issue of food allergy consumption is also discussed from the aspects of m

Traditionally Trachyspermum ammi has been used for the treatment of immune disease such as rheumatism. The aim and objective of this study was to find the immunostimulant effect of three different extracts of T. ammi seeds. To assess the immunomodulatory effect, delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) assay method was used and by the DTH assay, the eff

The formation of biogas in an anaerobic digester is a complex fermentation process of organic compounds involving microorganisms. The biogas production can be enhanced by using a mixer, which depends on its rotational speed. This study investigated the effect of mixer rotational speed on biogas production in an anaerobic continuous stirred bioreact

In this paper, we utilize high-frequency 15-seconds intraday data from September 2018 through to August 2019 to investigate price leadership dynamics between futures and spot markets in Malaysia. We employ Maximal Overlap Discrete Wavelet Transform to evaluate interdependence between contemporaneous futures and spot returns spaced at 15 seconds. We

Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is a major cause of disability and significantly reduce quality of life (QOL). There is limited information about knee associated problems and functional mobility among Malaysian adults with KOA. The aim of our study was to examine knee associated problems and functional mobility among this population. Forty-five (45) adul

One distinct character of education in medieval Islam is the fact that teaching and learning activities were not regarded by both the shuyūkh (master scholars) and talaba or tullāb (students) as a waẓīfah (job) for the former and potential source of income after graduation for the latter. On the contrary, both segments took teaching and learni