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Potential Role of Social Impact Bond and Socially Responsible Investment Sukuk as Financial Tools That Can Help Address Issues of Poverty and socio-Economic Insecurity
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The purpose of this paper is to highlight the potential of Social Impact Bond (SIB) and Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) sukuk as financial models that can be used to help alleviate the social problem of poverty and also potentially provide economic security for the society. From the review of literature, this paper takes case studies of SIB p

Hygrothermoelastic Analysis of Orthotropic Cylindrical Shells
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In this work, the combined effect of moisture and temperature on the bending behavior of simply supported orthotropic cylindrical shells has been investigated. Initially three dimensional equilibrium equa-tions of thermoelasticity, simplified to the case of generalized plane strain deformations in the axial direction are solved analytically for an

Construct Validation of Mobile Learning Dimension Structure: Higher Learning Students’ Perspectives
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This study aimed to validate the mobile learning constructs from a survey of Higher Learning students in two selected Malaysian Universities. Underpinning the framework of Connectivism theory by Siemens and Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) by Davis, 215 undergraduate and postgraduate students responded to the questionnaires. The items of the quest

Determinants of Labor Employment in the Manufacturing Sector of Malaysia
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The manufacturing sector has been contributing significantly to the Malaysia’s economy in terms of its contribution to GDP, employment, and exports. This paper examines the determinants of employment of labor in the Malaysian manufacturing sector. We estimate the model using the instrumental variable technique and the results suggest that the rea

Risks and Harm on the Internet Among the Teenagers in Bangladesh
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Teenagers nowadays cannot survive socially without internet. This justifies a study on the factors that help to reduce risk and harm on the internet for the teenagers. The World Wide Web (WWW) should be able to bring them together and provide easy access to information. This will result with a new generation of teenagers having quality lives and mo

The Evaluation of a Spiritual Reminiscence Therapy Program for Older Malaysian Adults with Loneliness, Anxiety and Depression
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Introduction: Loneliness, anxiety and depression may reduce quality of life and increase the risk of mortality for older adults living in residential aged care facilities. As pharmacological interventions can have adverse effects on older adults, non-pharmacological interventions such as spiritual reminiscence therapy may be a better option for the

systems-Theoretic Accident Model Process (Stamp) Analysis on Emergency Medical Response Service During Genting Highland Bus Crash
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Introduction: Ineffective communication, errant traffic and crowd control are the challenges faced by the emergency response and rescue service in assisting victims of Genting Highlands Bus Crash occurred on 21st August 2013 to provide pre-hospital stabilization before transferring to the nearest hospital for further medical treatment. This study a

Spiritual Reminiscence Therapy– is it Effective for Older People?
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Introduction: Reminiscence therapy (RT) provides various benefits to older people but numerous studies on the effectiveness of RT have yielded inconclusive results. The integration of a spiritual element in RT which is known as spiritual reminiscence therapy (SRT) may increase the effectiveness of RT. Spirituality is essential in later life as it b

Development of Growth Chart for Malaysian Children
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Growth charts are internationally used as a tool for assessment of physical growth which reflects the nutritional status of children. It is used in public health for screening for malnutrition, and for monitoring children’s growth patterns. Poor physical growth is closely related to poor health status. Currently most countries are using WHO Child

Financial Development, Human Capital Accumulation and Economic Growth: Empirical Evidence from the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas)
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Recently, much attention is given to financial-growth nexus, but largely via the physical capital accumulation channel. This study differed by examining this nexus, via the human capital accumulation channel in the ECOWAS region. It employed panel cointegration approaches as well as the FMOLS, DOLS. The results revealed that bank private credit and

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