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Security of Multimedia in the Web
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The use of data hiding, as a viable fonn of communication, has been largely propelled by the growth of the Internet. The Internet offers an opportunity to exchange large amounts of digital infonnation over great distances. The prevalence of media, such as audio, videos, and images, on the Internet provides an ideal channel for data hiding communica

Reflections on indo-Iranian Relations
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Indo-Iran relations have been the subject of intense debates and discussions in recent years, particularly post-9/11 period. The growing Indo-US relations are considered to have cast a shadow on Indo-Iran ties. Given the anti-Iranian thrust in US foreign policy, particularly on nuclear issue, the Indian foreign policy faces a daunting task of maint

Isb Watermarking Embedding: Block Based Model
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

Many watermarking methods have been developed with different methodological complexity levels. Each of these methods tries to reduce exposure in different attack. In this study, the ISB watermarking method was implemented based on average of block of pixels together in order to improve the watermarking method to be more resistant against attacks th

A Robust Watermark Embedding in Smooth Areas
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Robustness is one of the most important properties of watermarking, the watermark should be readable from images that underwent common attacks such as lossy compression or Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG). While many publications consider the relation between smoothness and quality of the images, few studies only concentrate on the relation

War, Violence and Rabindranath Tagore's Quest for World Peace
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Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), India’s messianic poet and Asia’s first Nobel Laureate (1913), promulgated a vision of peace through the cultivation of the ideologies of Ahimsa, or non-violence, which he derived from the Bhagavad Gita and Advita, or one-identity of the universe, which he derived from the Upanishads. This paper investigates how

Current Practices of Murabahah in Islamic Banks: a Comparative Study of Adopted Rates in Iran and Malaysia
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The purpose of this paper is to analyze the nature of Murabahah contract in the fully grounded Islamic banking system i.e., Iran and Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach – The approach taken is descriptive. Findings – Although the main principle of Islamic financial institutions is prohibition of usury, it is surprised to see that Islamic fina

Giant Vesicles (Gv) in Colloidal System Under the Optical Polarization Microscope (Opm)
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

This paper discusses the unprecedented microscopic findings of micellar growth in colloidal system (CS) of catalyzed piperidinolysis of ionized phenyl salicylate (PS−).The giant vesicles (GV) was observed under the optical polarization microscope (OPM) at [NaX] = 0.1 M where X = 3-isopropC6H4O−. The conditions were rationalized from pseudo-firs

Cairo and the Printing Press as the Modes in the Dissemination of Muhammad ‘abduh’s Reformism to Colonial Malaya
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

The second half of the 19th to the early 20th century witnessed the emergence of Islamic reformism as exemplified by Muhammad ‘Abduh (d.1905) and Muhammad Rashid Rida (d. 1935). These reformists urged the umma to revitalize their conditions –eliminate intellectual stagnation; to reform their morality, social life, economy and politics; and to r

Effect of Accelerated Storage on Chemical Compositions of Mango Seed Fat and Palm Oil mid-Fraction Blends as Cocoa Butter Replacers
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

In this study, mango seed fat (MSF) and its recommended blends were stored under accelerated condition. During the accelerated storage, the changes of fatty acids, total phenolic, tocopherol, and phytosterol contents, iodine, free fatty acid (FFA), and peroxide values were examined every six days. Results upon storage, palmitic and stearic acids in

Congenital Insensitivity to Pain with Recurrent Septic Arthritis of the Left Knee
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

A 15-year –old Malay male with congenital insensitivity to pain presented with recurrent septic arthritis of the left knee complicated by osteomylitis. Repeated arthrotomy and wound debridement was done, however, the condition was not resolved. Amputation was suggested as the best method of treatment to eradicate the infection.51 Volume 10 Number

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