Shariah compliance is the backbone of Islamic banks. As an institution established within the ambit of Shariah, Islamic banks are expected to ensure that their aims, activities, operations and managements adhere to the Shariah principles and values. Failure to comply with Shariah, will expose Islamic Financial Institutions (IFIs) to Shariah non-com

Limulus Amebocyte Lysate (LAL/TAL) assay is the only standard test approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to quantify bacterial endotoxin in injectable drugs and implantable medical devices. At present, horseshoe crabs are the sole source of LAL/TAL. Biomedical companies harvest and bleed horseshoe crabs which lead to ≤30% post bleedi

Using big data in a university is ‘the thing’ today since almost all information today is digitalized. Big data ensures better data processing, analysis and sharing, thus increasing productivity and researchers would have a great time doing their researches. A smart university is a university which uses technologies which could increase the pro

The purpose of this study is to identify the various types of tajweed errors made by readers during Quran recitation, which errors are the most common mistakes, and which are the infrequent ones. This study was carried out on a number of students from a Malaysian government higher education institution. Error analysis was carried out on recordings

Generic formulation of pharmaceutical dosage forms are emerging since the regulation of generic production of out of patent drug was implemented worldwide. Malaysian drug control authority has implemented policies to promote generic production in local pharmaceutical industries to reduce the burden of government expenditure due to importing patente

Knowledge Sharing (KS) has been posited by many researchers to play an important role in organisation life cycles. Hence, the researcher is interested to discover what might be the mediating factors that would lead to KS practices within organisations. However, the existing literature focus on materialism and secularism on the KS notion and have no

Inter-firm linkages and business strategies serve as an important instrument for the way of small industrial cluster development in developing countries. The present study utilizes the case of selected manufacturing micro and small enterprises (MSEs) that operate in various small industrial clusters in Central Java, Indonesia. The focus of this stu

The study focuses on Malaysia and the main aim is to investigate the perception of accounting students towards the existing accounting practices of Murabahah financing according to MFRS 118 and the guidelines of MASB TRi-4. The study utilizes inferential statistical analysis techniques, namely, the Mann-Whitney test and Kruskal-Wallis test, Pearson

In addition to systematic and unsystematic risks faced by traditional financial institutions, Islamic banks are widely exposed to Shari’ah risks with regards to the needs for ensuring Shari’ah compliance of its operational activities and financial products. In order to mitigate these additional risks, IFIs are urged to establish a comprehensive

Kenaf-core sandwich panels were prepared by hand lay-up method with the optimum characteristics. The aim of this study is to determine the effects of modified epoxy on the mechanical properties of the sandwich panel. Mechanical test such as flexural, drop impact and tensile test were performed to investigate the optimum system of kenaf-core sandwic