Islam and gender: The Bangladesh perspective

“…This book contains English essays on gender issues the author Shah Abdul Hannan originally wrote in Bangla over more than two decades. As part of his continuing quest for justice, he has been passionate about establishing gender egalitarianism in Bangladesh society. …”
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An analysis of minority people persecuted by their own government and ruling people by Abdullah @ Chuah Hock Leng, Osman

“…After getting the approval, they are not allowed to have more than two children. They are not allowed to work under the public services. … They are deprived of all means to live. …”
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A novel knee exoskeleton for overweight person by Saleem, Azizullah, Khan, Md. Raisuddin, Ahmmad, Syed Masrur

“…The result shows that the average percentage reduction of the gastrocnemius muscle activity is more than 50% for both the knee band and exoskeleton…”
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A new design of cryptographic hash function: gear by Alkandari, Abdulaziz M, Alkandari, Khalil Ibrahim, Taha, Imad, Alahmad, Mohammad A.

“…Thus, the intermediate chaining value has at least twice larger length than the output hash. And the permutations functions used in Gear are inspired from the SHA-3 finalist Grøestl hash function which is originally inspired from Rijndael design (AES). …”
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Enhancing lightweight block cipher algorithm OLBCA through decreasing cost factor by AlDabbagh, Sufyan Salim Mahmood, Alshaikhli, Imad Fakhri Taha, Al-Enezi, Khalid Abdulkareem, Alyaqoup, Mohammed Jasem

“…From the result, it can be seen that our proposed algorithm has less cost than other algorithms and still secured.…”
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The effect of operating conditions on turbidity removal by polymeric flocculant by Miyajima, Takumi, Kadooka, Hiroto, Tanaka, Takanori, Jami, Mohammed Saedi, Iwata, Masashi

“…In this study, from the simulated results based on the model and experimental data, we obtained the following knowledge. 1) The intermittent addition of polymeric flocculant gives better and reproducible turbidity removal. 2) The optimum dosage, which shows the minimum turbidity at a given manner of addition, increases as the number of doses under the intermittent addition increases. 3) In much lower (or higher) dosage than the optimum dosage, the reproducibility of turbidity removal is satisfactory. …”
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Radiation protection and safety measurements in nuclear medicine departments: students perspective by Sayed, Inayatullah Shah, Mahmood, Muthahharah Nabilah Syuhada

“…A questionnaire was distributed to 65 students those spent more than two months of clinical practice at the nuclear medicine department. …”
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Identifying key drivers of food price inflation in Malaysia by Norazman, Umi Zakiah, Khalid, Haniza, Mat Ghani, Gairuzazmi

“…However, recent moves by the government to rationalize food and energy subsidies have also led to higher than normal headline inflation figures and cause public concern. …”
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Adaptive sliding mode control with radial basis function neural network for time dependent disturbances and uncertainties by Shanta, Mst. Nafisa Tamanna, Zainul Azlan, Norsinnira

“…The result shows that the controller has successfully compensate the time-varying uncertainties and disturbances with error less than 0.001 rad.…”
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Development of a photoplethysmogram based heart abnormality detection technique by Umadi, Lina Fadhilah, Mohd Azam, Siti Nurfarah Ain, Sidek, Khairul Azami

“…Based on the results, these values for abnormal heartbeat were higher than the value of normal heartbeat thus signifying the differences between two categories of heart conditions. …”
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الفعالية الذاتية في الكتابة باللغة العربية = Self-efficacy in Arabic writing by Haji Daud, Nadwah, Ghazuddin, Farhanah, Mustapha, Nik Hanan

“…The advanced learners display greater level of self-efficacy than their counterparts in all parts of writing.…”
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Salam (Forward sale) and Istisna' (Manufacture contract) in modern applications: a Maqasid al-shari'ah perspective by Ali, Mohammed Farid

“…It advises IFIs to become IstiÎnaÑ contractors in the real economy rather than on paper only. Salam should not be a near-replica of speculative and risky future contracts. …”
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Impact of ERP system on productivity improvement: some empirical findings by Zainol, Zaini, Abu Bakar , Zaitun

“…Generally, these indicators seem to show that the increase in labour cost was greater than the increase in the value-added created as a result of adopting an ERP system.…”
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Improved NCTF control method for a two mass point-to-point positioning system by My, Fitri, Wahyudi, Martono, Akmeliawati, Rini, Wijaya, A A

“…It is shown that NCTF controller is better than conventional PID controller.…”
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Cultural and religious festivals: the Malaysian experience by Ishak, Mohd. Shuhaimi

“…For the Hindus, apart from the Deepavali celebration, the festival of light, the Thaipusam is a celebration where more than one million people flock to Batu Caves. While in East Malaysia, the grandest celebration is Tadau Keamatan in Sabah, and Gawai Dayak in Sarawak. …”
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Formation of Ti-Al-N dispersed layer on steel surface by TIG melting in a reactive environment by Dyuti, Sarker, Mridha, Shahjahan, Shaha, Sugrib Kumar

“…Glazing under all energy inputs produced more than 1mm thick resolidified clad layer. The microstructural analysis revealed the clad layer with dispersion of dendrites of Ti-Al nitrides and Ti-Al intermetallic in ferrite matrix. …”
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Accumulation of lead and copper in Rhizophora apiculata from Setiu mangrove forest, Terengganu, Malaysia by Yunus, Kamaruzzaman, Ong, Meng Chuan, Khan Chowdhury, Ahmed Jalal, Saad, Shahbudin, Omar, Muhammad Nor

“…The results from analysis for Rhizophora apiculata shows that the concentration of Pb and Cu were accumulated higher in root tissue compared to bark and leaf tissue but lower than surrounding sediment level. The average concentration of Cu for Rhizophora apiculata in leaf, bark, root and sediment was 2.73, 3.94, 5.21 and 9.42 mg I(-1), respectively. …”
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Reliability enhancement of complex networks through redundancy scaling by Al-Khateeb, Wajdi Fawzi Mohammed, Al-Irhayim, Sufyan, Al-Khateeb, Khalid A. Saeed

“…The conventional Internet backbone exhibits significant less reliability than the Public Switched Telephone Network. MPLS based Internet core network adopts principles of reliability implemented in the circuit-switched telecom networks characterized by high reliability/availability figures of 99.99% and 99.999%. …”
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Statistical optimization of adsorption process fro removal of 2,4-dichlorophenol by activated carbon derived from empty fruit bunches by Alam, Md. Zahangir, Muyibi, Suleyman Aremu, Toramae, Juria

“…Langmuir isotherm was more favorable (R2: 0.94) for removal of 2,4-dichlorophenol by the activated carbon produced rather than the Freundlich isotherm (R2: 0.88). …”
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Effect of urea fertilizer on soil, plant and food grain by Bari, Md. Niamul, Alam, Md. Zahangir, Sharmin, F J, Rashid, Md. Harunur

“…The result shows that the concentration of nitrogen in soil, plant (root, stem and leaf) and grain is much higher than the allowable limit which may create serious environmental problem and tremendous health hazard for human as well as animal.…”
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