This study aims to assess the perceptions among Muslims in Malaysia on common dental procedures during fasting. A structured questionnaire was used to assess the perception about common dental procedures during fasting on 377 Muslim adults in Kuantan, Malaysia. The total cumulative score derived from the perception section was categorized into good

Background: Centella asiatica (CA) extracts is proven to be beneficial for wound healing treatment as the active constituent which are asiaticoside, madecassoside and asiatic acid possesses several medicinal effects such as antioxidant and anti-inflammatory. However, too much CA can cause severe side effect. Objective: In order to overcome the limi

Background and objective: Some authors reported that there was reduce in dental attendance among Muslim patients during fasting month. The objective of this study is to assess the willingness among Muslims in Malaysia to have dental treatment during fasting month. Method: A cross sectional study was carried out on 246 Muslim adults attended primary

Under Islamic law, a wali mujbir has an authority to contract the marriage of his virgin daughter even though she does not agree with the marriage. The authority is known as wilayat al-ijbar and quite often described as marriage by compulsion. This paper seeks to examine the theory and concept of compulsion in marriage or ijbar under Islamic law. D

Strategic ta’awun (cooperation) and fastabiqul khairat (competing for goodness) are two partnership concepts from Islamic perspectives to enable for sustainable competitive advantage with spiritual synergy. The spiritual synergy rooted in the reciprocal norms, motivation, and determination of the operators in making successful entrepreneurial ven

Knowledge management development enables organizational learning to sustain competitive advantage and performance in the competitive world. There have been many ways to sustain knowledge management development. This paper postulates contingency approach of knowledge management development through the Ulū al-Albāb approach as a mean to achieve org

This paper studies the dynamic behaviour of transportation price in Peninsular Malaysia and Sabah from 2004 to 2015 using disaggregated monthly price data of consumer price index (CPI). For that, unit root tests and cointegration tests with structural breaks are incorporated. The findings indicated that (i) both Zivot and Andrews unit root test and

When spouses find that their marriage can no longer subsist due to many different reasons, divorce might be one of the reasonable ways out for them. In the case of a man, he may pronounce talaq to his wife, while for a woman there are variety of ways to dissolve the marriage depending on the reasons and circumstances, including khulu’, fasakh and

Innovation requires absorptive capacity to enable companies to create, maintain and sustain competitive advantage for superior performance. There is a need to sustain innovative behaviour among knowledge workers. Ulū Al-Albāb approach provides an ecosystem for community of practice and knowledge workers to create, share, store, and transfer. This

Introduction: This study was conducted to evaluate the susceptibility of microorganisms involved in early infection of open fractures in orthopaedics to current prophylactic antibiotics practice and determine the association of various parameters related to the causative organism, patient, injury and management to the resistance of such microorgani