Background: Disability brings challenges and demands in the family and society which last for a long time. Children that are affected by disability are often kept at home, without access to opportunities other children might have, and education is one of the most effective ways to break the cycle of discrimination and poverty. Malaysia is committed

Rising prevalence of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in the last decades has led research to focus on the diagnosis and identification of factors associated with ASD. This paper sought for possible factors that put children at risk for ASD. In this study, we investigated the association between ASD and parental ages, parental age gaps, birth order

This study is related to Islamic management. The aim is to test Nouman Ali Khan’s methodology found on www.bayyinah.tv. Khan says Muslims should start by exploring the linguistic miracles of the Qur’an before exploring the rest of the Qur’an. To test this claim, different groups of undergraduate and postgraduate students from the Internationa

We study the phase diagrams for the Potts model with competing binary, ternary and quaternary interactions on Cayley tree of order 2. At vanishing temperature T, the phase diagram is fully determined for all values of competing binary, ternary and quaternary interactions. We extend the results (for the case Jq = 0) obtained by Ganikhodjaev et. al.

The large volume and high salinity of produced water (PW) could pose severe environmental impacts. This paper presents the laboratory results on PW from G oil field, located in North Africa, and on groundwater samples from nearby freshwater wells, in order to best comprehend the chemical composition of PW and to evaluate their potential impact on t

In this work, we introduce Rock-Paper-Scissors lattice model on Cayley tree of second order generated by Rock-Paper-Scissors game. In this strategic 2-player game, the rule is simple: rock beats scissors, scissors beat paper, and paper beats rock. A payoff matrix A of this game is a skewsymmetric. It is known that quadratic stochastic operator gene

The historic religious and cultural traditions of the Southeast Asian community are being reshaped in our time by the encounter of different worldviews and ideologies. It is imperative at this very outset to understand the collective efforts of the Southeast Asian governments in forging the parameters for nation building through a meaningful integr

It is the purpose of this paper is to bring to light the core principles that governed the culture of peace. The concept of disagreements and its dimensions will be analysed to justify the real need for a holistic framework that would help guarantee social peace in a world that is divided on various issues related to religious, political and econom

Ethnopharmacological relevance: Porcupine bezoar (PB) is used as folk medicine for various medical conditions including cancer treatment in Malaysia. However, its toxicity profile has never been thoroughly ascertained to confirm its safe nature as an efficacious traditional medicine in the treatment of cancer as well as other ailments. Aim of the s

On March 11, 2011, a great earthquake occurred off the east coast of Honshu Island, Japan. The consequent breakdown of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) caused a massive release of radionuclides into terrestrial and marine environments and into the atmosphere. The Abukuma Mountains region is one of the areas highly polluted by this