Never before have we been so aware of suffering. Atrocity and the infliction of pain—of relentless military conflict, humanitarian crises, the steady rise in nationalistic aggression, persistent racial oppression, environmental catastrophe—have become more ubiquitous through social media networks. Our brutal encounters with pain constitute a ne

Reading world literature is,’ as Debjani Ganguly asserts, ‘to confront both plurality and the prevalence of difference, and a myriad of often unpredictable nodes of connectivity.’ This seems a challenging task, considering how “Western” critical approaches can work to suppress alterity or absorb difference into familiar patterns of unders

There are a growing number of studies on the aging society in Malaysia. However, many of those employ quantitative approaches, which yield important data but concentrate more on the experts’ standpoint for which researchers’ perspectives possibly outweigh the importance of the subjects’. Therefore, this study was an attempt to analyses the me

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to empirically test Arnaud’s (2010) ethical climate index (ECI) of measuring ethical work climate (EWC) in the context of Malaysian public sector auditors (PSAs). Design/methodology/approach: EWC is conceptualized as four main components with two sub-components. Questionnaires were distributed to the populati

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to empirically test Arnaud’s (2010) ethical climate index (ECI) of measuring ethical work climate (EWC) in the context of Malaysian public sector auditors (PSAs). Design/methodology/approach – EWC is conceptualized as four main components with two subcomponents. Questionnaires were distributed to the pop

Sepsis and hyperglycemia are highly associated with increases in mortality rates, particularly in the critically ill patients. Sepsis diagnosis has been proven challenging due to delay in getting the blood culture results. Thus, often clinical experiences overrule the protocol to prevent the worsening outcome of the patients. In some cases, the err

his paper focuses on the challenges faced by the Malaysian Islamic Banks in implementing Musharakah Mutanaqisah (MM) Home Financing. Even though the study is specifically on the Malaysian Islamic banks, but the issues and recommendations addressed in this study are also pertinent to other Islamic banks across the world since they are also offering

Mobile application has been offered tremendous benefit to the user in providing solution especially related to accessibility and availability. Product functions are important but with the better user experiences, it will have more advantages, which somehow increase its level adoption and retention within context. User experience (UX) is the outcome

Synovial osteochondromatosis is an unusual, rare and benign tumour. This disease is characteristically monoarticular, most commonly found in knee joint, however it is rarely found in the elbow. A 49-year-old Indian man presented to hospital with a 6-month history of pain, swelling, intermittent locking, loss of range of motion of right elbow and a

Androgenic hair pattern is one of the newest soft biometric trait that can be used to identify criminals when their faces are covered in the evidences of criminal investigation. In real-life situation, sometimes the available evidence is limited thus creating problems for authorities to identify criminal based on the limited data. This research dev