The objective of this paper is to report the process of quantifying the content validity of items in five newly developed scales that measure the psychological antecedents of crowds during Hajj (i.e., Personality, Crowd mood, Expected Crowdedness, Perceived Lawlessness, and Hajj Familiarity). The purpose of content validation is to assess whether t

Background: Nasoethmoidal encephaloceles are herniations of intracranial contents through the foramen cecum between nasal bone and nasal cartilage, and involve the ethmoid complex. Incidence of encephalocele is 1:5000 to 1:10000 live births, more common in females. Case presentation: We presented 2 cases, a baby girl born with congenital nasoethmoi

The growth of Islamic finance has been at very healthy stages throughout the past 20 years. Innovations and creativity of the Islamic banker with the help of Shariah scholars, has brought Islamic finance to a new level in which almost entire features of products offered by the conventional banks are now can be seen on the shelves of Islamic banks.

Female infertility cases have been increased worldwide by several factors including lifestyle. Nigella sativa is a well-known medicinal plant which has been used globally for prevention and cure of many diseases. Nigella sativa with its active components were thought to be a solution for the infertility problem. Thus in this experiment, the effects

Introduction: Damage and degeneration of articular joints is a major health concern. Left untreated, it may cause serious disability and loss of function. The field of cartilage tissue engineering which aims to restore, repair and regenerate injured articular cartilage has evoked numerous interest for improving cartilage functionality. Previously,

menjelaskan perbincangan mendalam aqad jual beli dan maqasid shariah disebalik hukum hakam jual beli. Turut mengenegahkan tatacara kaedah mencari maqasid shariah dari dalil dan beberpaa contoh pengaruh maqasid shariah dalam penetapan hukum berkait dengan urusan jual beli moden.

Location detection is necessary for context awareness. Accurate user position coordinates as well as what that coordinate represents in terms of location landmarks are essential for understanding the possible context of the user. For this purpose a huge database of locations and venues with location coordinates is needed. We propose the use of loca

This paper aims to investigate the association between firm’s corporate governance and financial attributes (namely, board of directors’ size, board of directors’ independence, chief executive officer (CEO) duality, ownership structure, audit type, firm’s size, firm’s return and leverage) with earnings management practices. The study appl

In an era of globalization and competitiveness, employers are looking for versatile graduates who are able to drive their organizations to compete successfully in the marketplace. Now-a-days, obtaining a good degree is no longer sufficient to get a job. Graduates should equip themselves, not only with technical skills, but more importantly, with so

A stochastic downscaling methodology known as the Advanced Weather Generator, AWE-GEN, has been tested at four stations in Peninsular Malaysia using observations available from 1975 to 2005. The methodology involves a stochastic downscaling procedure based on a Bayesian approach. Climate statistics from a multi-model ensemble of General Circulation