BitTorrent: extra-locality P2P approach for grid content distribution networks by Mantoro, Teddy, Shoukat Ali, Haroon

“…Since the advent of peer-to-peer (P2P) services and applications,they have kept on growing in popularity and more and more people are using them as time progresses. …”
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Islamic finance: a growing industry the proliferation of interest-free finance by Kassim, Salina, Abd Majid, M. Shabri

“…The recent financial crisis which originated from the 2007 US sub-prime crisis has been labelled as the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression by George Soros, Joseph Stiglitz, and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) (Jaffee, 2008; Tong and Wei, 2008). …”
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The scientific discourse in Islamic civilization and postmodernism by Ahmed Shogar, Ibrahim Adam

“…Many key concepts of scientific discourse have been emerging in the community of Muslim intellectuals of the modern world, especially since 1970s. Intellectual reformation, Islamic Science, Islamization and Integration of knowledge, reconstruction of Muslim mind, are the basic topics of the scientific discourse in last few decades. …”
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Fiber break location technique utilizing stimulated Brillouin scattering effects in optical fiber by Bakar, A.A.A., Al-Mansoori, M.H., Mahdi, Mohd Adzir, Zainal Abidin, Mohd Shahnan, Mohd Azau, M.A.

“…This technique enables the utilization of a less-sensitive photodetector to detect the Brillouin Stokes line since its intensity increases with the fiber length in the detectable region. …”
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On the performance of MPI-OpenMP on a 12 nodes multi-core cluster by Tageldin, Abdelgadir, Pathan, Al-Sakib Khan, Ahmed, Mohiuddin

“…At the end, we come to a conclusion that an MPI-OpenMP solution should be considered in such clusters since optimizing network communications between nodes is as important as optimizing local communications between processors in a multi-core cluster.…”
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Factors determinate customer shopping behaviour through Internet: the Malaysian case by Haque, A. K. M. Ahasanul, Khatibi, Ali, Al Mahmud, Shameem

“…Factor analysis is used in this study to identify the salient attributes that have impact on consumers’ shopping behaviour about Internet marketing. Since, Factor analysis represents an analytical process of transforming statistical data (as measurements) into linear combinations of variables. …”
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Traditionalism and modernity in conflict: a study on the organizational structure of Kampung Baru, Malaysia by Md Yassin, Khairil Azhar

“…Kampung Baru was established as a Malay community by the British government since 1899. In order to administer the affairs and to look after the needs of Kampung Baru residents, the Administration Board of Malay Agricultural Settlement of Kampung Baru (M.A.S) was set up in 1900. …”
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The philosophy of decoration in Islamic architecture by Omer, Spahic

“…The first two chapters, namely “The Concept of Decoration in the Holy Qur'an and in the Prophet's Sunnah” and “Islam and Beauty”, constitute what could be described as conceptual framework for the theme at hand. Since the subject of Islamic decoration in this book is viewed, mainly, through the prism of architecture, dwelling on the issue of significance of building pursuits in Islam is rather essential. …”
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Principals best practice to conflict management at the excellent secondary schools, Malaysia by Salleh, Mohamad Johdi

“…It also referred to syūrā, nasihah,and, ta’āwun which prominent in Islamic management and administration that has been deeply appreciated and widely implemented since the prophet lifetime in managing conflict and making the best decision (Sarif, et al., 2004). …”
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Antecedents of zakat payers trust in an emerging zakat sector: The role of board capital and organisational behaviour. by Mustafa, M. O. A., Muslim, H. S. M., Adnan, Muhammad Akhyar

“…Four factors, board capital, disclosure practices, nature of zakat institutions, and stakeholder management were identified through the use of structural equation modeling as being antecedents of trust. Since this is the first study ofzakat payers trust, it constitutes a significant contribution to knowledge and practice.The implications for zakat institutions in building trust of zakat payers are discussed. …”
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Contribution of Tipu Sultan to rocket technology by Ameer Amsa, Mohamad Ghazali, Ismail, Ahmad Faris

“…Rocket bodies in this period were built using light materials such as bamboo, wood or paper since these materials can be easily obtained. However, towards the beginning of 16th century, the military scientists put more concentration to the development of canon. …”
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Legal Framework for Establishing Regional Planning Authority for Malaysia by Maidin, Ainul Jaria

“…Regional planning has gained prominence since it promotes effective and efficient use of resources and reduces regional imbalances and poverty, and achieves sustainable development. …”
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Design of differential resistive measuring system and its applications by Abdul Wahab, Deji, Khan, Sheroz, Chebil, Jalel

“…This circuit can be used to sense a number of scenario; such as the liquid level in a tank, biomedical applications in determining the expansion and contraction of the muscles, the amount of bend in a bimetallic strip, the expansion and contraction in roads and railways, cracks in building for civil application, the penetration of signal in buildings for telecommunication and communication engineering applications, the voltage level in complex circuit. Since sensors with high sensitivity and good resolution are required for industrial applications, hence the need for this cheap and affordable sensor's design. …”
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The impact of 9/11 on muslim identity in the Canadian National Capital Region : institutional response and future prospects.” by Yousif, Ahmad

“…Since the destruction of the twin towers in New York City on September 11, 2001, Muslims in the CNCR have been thrust to the forefront of the political scene. …”
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A breathing microbattery: Zn/MCM-41/O2 system by Saputra, Hens, Assayidatul Laila, Nor Hairin, Sutjipto, Agus Geter Edy, Muhida, Riza, Mohd Hanafi, Ani, Othman, Raihan

“…The electrochemical system is popularly dubbed as breathing battery since it utilizes oxygen from ambient air, which is free, unlimited, and does not requires storage. …”
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Students’ perceptions towards business ethics by Mhd. Sarif, Suhaimi

“…Business Ethics is one of university required courses for students of Kulliyyah of Economics and Management Sciences, IIUM. Since the course is compulsory, students have no other options. …”
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A comprehensive frame work for Aceh development under the role of Siyasah Shariyyah: a visionary Aceh development by Kayadibi, Saim, Kayadibi, Yasemin

“…It is a historically well-known reality that religious Acehnese people always straggled to protect their lands and natural resources in the province against foreign invaders since they have been very fond of their freedom and dignity. …”
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New algorithm for gyroless spacecraft angular rate Estimation and its application by Abdelrahman, Mohammad, Samaan, Malak A.

“…The simulation results have shown great improvements in the detumbling efficiency since under the same control torque constraints the spacecraft derived to almost null angular velocity in a shorter time than when using the traditional control approaches applied during this mode. …”
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A high accuracy measurement circuit for soil moisture detection by Khan, Sheroz, Alam, A. H. M. Zahirul, Khalifa, Othman Omran, Islam, Md. Rafiqul, Zainudin, Zuraidah, Khan, Muzna S., Muhamad Pauzi, Nurul Iman

“…The study of soil for agriculture purposes has remained the main focus of research since the beginning of civilization as humans’ food related requirements remained closely linked with the soil. …”
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Review of multicast QoS routing protocols for mobile ad hoc networks by Hassan Abdalla Hashim, Aisha, Qabajeh, Mohammad M., Khalifa, Othman Omran, Qabajeh, Liana K.

“…A Mobile Ad hoc NETwork (MANET) is consisting of a collection of wireless mobile nodes, which form a temporary network without relying on any existing infrastructure or centralized administration. Since the bandwidth of MANETs is limited and shared between the participating nodes in the network, it is important to efficiently utilize the network bandwidth. …”
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