Islamo-English: an exposition by Mohamed Ali, Haja Mohideen

“…The mixing of English and Islam-related terms in both scholarly works and popular reading materials has bee in use for a long time. But these expressions have not been sufficiently researched, albeit some studies have been done. …”
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Innovation in Islamic finance the way forward by Hasan, Aznan

“…It argues that although the practice of replication is working well as far as the Islamic finance industry is concerned, the long term practice will harm the industry. Hence the paper proposes that a paradigm shift is needed in the innovation process, to ensure not only Shariah compliant of the products to be innovated, but also its viability and resilient in facing the challenging world of finance…”
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The monetary model of exchange rate: evidence from The Philippines by Chin, Lee, Azali, Mohamed, Yusop, Zulkornain, Yusoff, Mohammed

“…It is found that the monetary model is a valid framework for the long-run exchange rate between Philippines peso-US Dollar exchange rate. …”
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Ethical dimensions in robot creation industry by Shuriye, Abdi Omar

“…Being one of the salient fields, it has for long intrigued engineers as to how to invent the adjacent human-like machine that could emulate human emotions, styles and patterns in precisely identical mode. …”
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Throw Away the Spoon! Making Life Difficult for Students by Hardman, David

“…In addition, several other ways of fostering long-term learning are discussed.…”
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Zinc’s time in the sun? Tracing the reopening of the Riso and Parina Valleys’ mines from precarious optimism to affective indeterminacy by West, Robin, Crowhurst, Isabel

“…This chapter addresses a peripheral feature of global extractivism and of the exclusionary practices discussed in this volume: the revitalization of European mining via renewed extraction activities in long-closed mines.…”
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Toxic effects of Sapium baccatum (Ludai) extract in rats (Kesan toksik ekstrak Sapium baccatum (Ludai) ke atas tikus) by Bakhtiar, M. Taher, Mat Alewi, Nur Aizura, Darnis, Deny Susanti, Zamli, Zaitunnatakhin, Ramli, Norazsida, Saad, Nurulwahida

“…Its medicinal values are not well known and very little research has been conducted concerning the plant. Consequently, this study was conducted to observe toxicity effects of hexane extract of stem bark of S. baccatum. …”
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Production of sugar by hydrolysis of empty fruit bunches using palm oil mill effluent (POME) based cellulases: Optimization study by Zainan, Nur Hidayah, Alam, Md. Zahangir, Al-Khatib, Ma'an Fahmi Rashid

“…The utilization of lignocellulosic materials such as empty fruit bunches (EFB) from palm oil plant for bioethanol production attract increasing attention as an abundantly available and cheap renewable residue, especially in Malaysia where palm oil production is the major agricultural industry. …”
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Optimization of hydrolysis process using empty fruit bunches by locally produced cellulases by Zainan, Nur Hidayah, Alam, Md. Zahangir, Al-Khatib, Ma'an Fahmi Rashid

“…The utilization of lignocellulosic materials for bioethanol production such as empty fruit bunches (EFB) from palm oil plant attract increasing attention as an abundantly available and cheap renewable residue especially in Malaysia where palm oil production is the major agricultural industry. …”
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A preliminary study on antimicrobial activity of Imperata cylindrica by Harun @ Ismail, Ahmad Fahmi, Abd. Samah, Othman, Sule, Abubakar

“…The highest activity was exerted by the methanol leaves extract on P. aeruginosa (11.67 ± 8.14mm) at 50 mg/ml and the least activity was exerted by both the leaves and rhizome extracts of the plant at 1mg/ml on B. subtilis, P. aeruginosa, S. aureus and E.coli (6.33 ± 0.58mm) respectively. …”
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Enhancement of dewatering properties of Kaolin suspension by using Cationic Polyacrylamide (PAM-C) Flocculant and Surfactants by Hussain, Jabir, Jami, Mohammed Saedi, Muyibi, Suleyman Aremu

“…In this study, kaolin synthetic sludge was used as model material as it has similar property of being very difficult to dewater like wastewater treatment plant sludge. Previous study reported that simultaneous addition of PAMC to the surfactants decreased the settling rate and also helped to reduce the moisture content substantially. …”
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Conflicts and peace initiatives between minority Muslims and Thai Buddhists in the Southern Thailand by Abdullah @ Chuah Hock Leng, Osman

“…The Patani Sultanate was strong for a short time but at a later stage it become weak and was forced to pay homage to the Thai king in the form of bunga emas, a plant made of real gold. By the time of the Angelo-Thai agreement in 1909, Songkla, Patani, Narathiwat and Yala were given to Thailand by British colonizers who ceded the land without consultation with the people. …”
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Pretreatment of seawater: Results of pilot trials in Singapore by Chua, K T, Hawlader, Mohammad Nurul Alam, Malek, A

“…SDI of the filtrate produced was consistently below 3.0, a prerequisite for proper operation of a RO desalination plant. The ease of operation of the membrane pretreatment processes was also noted. …”
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Total phenolic contents and free-radical scavenging activities from methanolic extracts of Nauclea subdita (Korth) Steud. heartwood by Jamaluddin, Fatin Ruzanna, Wahab, Razak, Mohd Daud, Jamaluddin, Rahman, Shafiqur

“…Information on these activities might reflect the potency of the plant extract as an antioxidant. Young and matured trees of N. subdita were harvested and cut into three heartwood parts (top, middle and bottom) and grounded into powdered forms. …”
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Correlation of growth inhibition with accumulation of Pb in cell wall and changes in response to oxidative stress in Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings by Phang, Ing Chia, Leung, David W. M., Taylor, H. Harry, Burritt, David J.

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In vitro antimicrobial and cytotoxic activity of Tamarix dioica Roxb. leaves by Khan, Saifullah, Ullah, Farman, Mahmood, Tahir

“…Medicinal plants have been in use for thousands of years for treatment of different types of diseases and a large inventory of useful drugs has been isolated from them. …”
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Isolation and identification of bioactive compounds from twigs of Artocarpus Altilis by Omar, Muhammad Nor, Zuberdi, Ahmad Muzammil, Khan, Naik T., Abdul Aziz, Muhammad Zahid, Kamal, Tara

“…The hexane, dichloromethane and methanol extracts were obtained from the dried (twigs of A. altilis) by using Soxhlet extraction. The plant crude extracts were evaluated for in vitro antimicrobial and antioxidant activities revealed that twigs part of A. altilis had potent antimicrobial activities, further purification had been done through column chromatography(CC) of dichloromethane and hexane extracts of A. altilis, which were afforded stigmasterol and cycloartenyl acetate respectively, the two compounds exhibited in vitro antimicrobial activity against S. aureus value of (11±0.5mm) and (11.3±0.5mm). …”
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A key of success to Empty Fruit Bunches, POME and water sludge: Composting by Kabbashi, Nassereldeen Ahmed, Mirghani, Mohamed Elwathig Saeed, Keya Nordin, Masturah

“…Bio composting is an environmentally method where its product could be utilized as plant growth enhancement. Success keys to this simple composting process are EFB, POME, and water sludge as the substrates and the co-substrate is sawdust. …”
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Vibration control of two-mass rotary system using improved NCTF controller for positioning systems by Mohd. Yakub, Mohd. Fitri, Martono, Wahyudi, Akmeliawati, Rini

“…The parameters and an exact model of the plant are not necessary for controller design. This paper presents a method to improve the existing NCTF controller for two mass rotary positioning system by adding a notch filter as a compensator to eliminate the vibration due to the mechanical resonance. …”
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Morpho-physiological characteristics, selected macronutrient uptake, and oxidative stress level of andrographis paniculata under saline condition by Ismail, Nor Adibah, Hossain, Md Sanower, Mohd Mustafa, Nurhidayatul Husna, Phang, Ing Chia

“…Symptoms of salt toxicity were observed on A. paniculata including dehydration and browning of leaves. Na+ content in plants was significantly increased as NaCl concentration increases, while K+ content was significantly reduced. …”
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