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Do Strategic Leadership and Self Efficacy Among School Leaders Make a Difference?
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Leadership Characteristics of Maldivian school leaders and their Leadership Self-efficacy. The study employed a survey approach and the data were collected using an adapted seven point Likert scale survey questionnaire. Data were collected from 23 schools in the capital city Male’, Republic of Maldives. A total of 200 school leaders (45 males and

Crime of Baby Dumping: a Review of Islamic, Malaysian and Nigerian Laws
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Islam prohibits all acts that endanger the life of a child or exposes children to abuse including dumping of babies. Those acts are crimes punishable under the law. In a similar vein, internationally, baby dumping and all acts that expose children to danger are prohibited under the United Nation’s Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989 (CRC).

Protecting Women’s Interest (Maslahah) in Marriage Through Appointment of a Guardian (Wali) Under Islamic Law
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Waliin general refers to a person who consents or leads a marriage contract. Under the majority school of law (jumhur) including the Shafi’is, wali constitutes one of the pillars of marriage the absence of whom will render the marriage void. On the other hand, under the Hanafischool of law, wali is not a pillar but merely one of the conditions fo

Wear Analysis of zta-Mgo Ceramic Cutting Inserts on Stainless Steel 316l Machining
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The performance of zirconia toughened alumina with addition of MgO additives is investigated. Optimized composition of MgO at 1.1 wt% was used in the composition with alumina/yittria stabilized zirconia (YSZ). The composition was mixed, uniaxially pressed into rhombic 80º cutting inserts with 0.8 mm nose radius and sintered at 1600ºC for 4 h in p

Morphology and Mechanical Properties of Mim Feedstock Using Tpnr Backbone Binder
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This study has examined the effects of using TPNR backbone polymer on the morphology and mechanical properties of the metal injection moulding feedstock 316L stainless steel with paraffin wax (PW) and palm stearin (PS) respectively as the main binder and stearic acid as a lubricant during mixing and injection moulding process. Tensile behaviour ind

Distributed Leadership and Empowerment Influence on Teachers Organizational Commitment.
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The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of school distributed leadership (DL) on teachers’ organizational commitment (TC) and to investigate if teachers’ empowerment (TE) mediates the relationship between distributed leadership and teachers’ organizational commitment. The study distributed 750 questionnaires to the sampled respo

The Practice of Female Circumcision or Female Genital Mutilation in Islam
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The practice of female circumcision pre-dates Islam. The Jews and the Coptic Christians in Egypt are known for this practice. The basis for female circumcision is basically the Sunnah of the Prophet pbuh, the tradition from compilation of Abu Dawood. The Muslim scholars that see no wrong in female circumcision themselves approve of the practice whe

Comparison of Cell Disruption Method for E. Coli Bl21-ai Expressing Recombinant Bromelain
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The often-encountered problem such as protein degradation has driven various methods of cell lysis post fermentation used. In this paper we compare the use of homogenization, sonication, sonication with lysozyme and chemical lysis using B-PER reagent with lysozyme to extract the recombinant bromelain from E. coli BL21-AI. The sonication process is

Investigating the Influence of Distributed Leadership on School Effectiveness: a Mediating Role of Teachers' Commitment
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of distributed leadership (DL) on school effectiveness (SE) in junior secondary schools in Katsina state, Nigeria. The study also investigates if teachers’ commitment (TC) mediates the relationship between DL and SE. The study sampled three hundred and one (301) teachers. SPSS version (16.

A Novel Algorithm to Detect a Qpsk Signal with the Minimum Number of Samples
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In digital communication the QPSK (quadrature phase-shift keying) signal occupies a special position, from satellite systems through to Local Area Networks (LAN). The QPSK signal can be detected or received using analog or digital receivers. The detection capability of digital receivers relies mainly on the number of samples per signal element and

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