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Contemporary Corporate Governance Issues in Australian Banking Environment
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

Corporate governance issues become getting attention from the regulators, industrial players and investors due to the financial crises and recent corporate failures. Australia is ranked in the fourth position in terms of having good corporate governance practices after United Kingdom, United States of America and Canada. In Asia, Australia is one o

Shari’ah and Ethical Issues in the Practice of Modified Mudharabah Family Takaful Model in Malaysia
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

Takaful has been known as Shari’ah compliant insurance and it is penetrating not only into the Muslim countries but also into the non-Muslim countries. Among the countries which offer Islamic finance products, Malaysia is well known as one of the leading countries encouraging this industry. Due to the rapid growth of the takaful industry, the pre

Development of a Thermoelectrically Air Conditioned Motorcycle Helmet
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

This project deals with the development of cooling system for motorcycle helmet using thermoelectric technology. The system consists mainly of a heat sink and thermoelectric module. When electrical voltage is applied to the thermoelectric module, it will create a temperature difference across the thermoelectric module. This phenomenon, also known a

Critical Analysis of Shariah Screening Norms and Practices
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

Shariah screening is a relatively new phenomenon to the Islamic finance. Until the 1970s, Muslim community generally was reluctant to involve in stock market due to the outright Shariah prohibition, imposed on capital market. In 1990s, a major breakthrough took place in religious ruling pertaining to equity investment and Muslims were allowed to pa

Impact of Corporate Governance on Disclosure Quality: Empirical Evidence from Listed Banks in Malaysia
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

The Asian financial crisis in 1997 has awakened the regulators and corporates on the importance of corporate governance. In any country’s economy, banking sector plays an important role for the better economy. Accordingly, the objective of this study is to examine the relationship between corporate governance and disclosure quality of listed bank

Infectious Risk Assessment of Unsafe Handling Practices and Management of Clinical Solid Waste
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

The present study was undertaken to determine the bacterial agents present in various clinical solid wastes, general waste and clinical sharp waste. The waste was collected from different wards/units in a healthcare facility in Penang Island, Malaysia. The presence of bacterial agents in clinical and general waste was determined using the conventio

Cooling of Motorcyclist Helmet with Thermoelectric Module
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

This paper deals with the development of cooling system for motorcycle helmet using thermoelectric technology. The system consists mainly of a heat sink and thermoelectric module. When electrical voltage is applied to the thermoelectric module, it will create a temperature difference across the thermoelectric module. This phenomenon is also known a

Shari’ah and Ethical Issues in the Practice of Modified Wakalah Model in Family Takaful
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

Takaful is acquiring adaptation globally. Hypothetically, Takaful is recognized as mutual cooperation insurance, where the policy holders donate or contribute certain amount of money to a common pool or fund. However, Takaful has been acknowledged as insurance which is in line with Shari’ah principles. Due to the prohibited elements such as inter

Synthesis and Characterization of Various Type of Azines as Potential Bioactive Agents
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

Five Azines (HMB, ANGDA, HHS, HBrS and EMB) were successfully synthesized and evaluated for their antimicrobial activities against various strains of microbes and cytotoxic activities against human breast adenocarcinoma (MCF-7) and non-small lung carcinoma (H1299) cell lines. All the compounds were characterized with FTIR spectroscopy and further c

Design and Modelling of Silicon MEMS Accelerometer
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

In developing micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS), finite element analysis (FEA) is usually relied upon to study these micro-structures in determining stress, deformation, resonance, temperature distribution, electromagnetic interference, and electrical properties. With this kind of approach, the performance of the devices can be easily expande

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