Intellectual characteristics of Muslim personality and job characteristics as determinants for organizational citizenship behavior among Yemeni Secondary School Teachers by Kassim al-Amr, Fawzia, Nordin, Mohamad Sahari

“…The main finding of this study is that Islamic piety motivates schoolteachers to exceed the demands of their formal job description in the practice of their profession. …”
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Simultaneous extraction and fractionation of pufa from tropical tuna (thunnus tongol) head using pressure swing technique of supercritical CO2 (SC-CO2) by Sarker, Md. Zaidul Islam

“…Tuna fishes are known as one of the main commodity of fisheries which is generally marketed as canned food or as loins/steaks. …”
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Istihsan : the doctrine of juristic preference in Islamic law by Kayadibi, Saim

“…Historical development is investigated, and then the viewpoints of the scholars and their discourses that form the main cornerstone of this study. Also in this chapter the validity of istihsān is discussed and explained with special reference to the reason behind the disagreement over istihsān as the scholars introduce their evidences to justify the claims of those who consider it a valid source of law and those who do not recognize it as such. …”
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Modern Cupping in the light of the Prophetic Hadith "The best what you treat yourselves is Cupping, or it is the best of your medicine" by Mohd. Marzuki, Zunaidah

“…Even though the Holy Quran does not reveal any verse on cupping, yet the various Prophetic traditions in Hadith's literature shows its legality and importance. The main objective of this paper is to provide a proper understanding of the concept of modern cupping based on the Hadith "The best what you treat yourselves is Cupping, or it is the best of your medicine". …”
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An investigation on the audit committee’s effectiveness: the case for GLCs in Malaysia by Puat Nelson, Sherliza, Jamil, Nurul Nazlia

“…Financial reporting quality has been under scrutiny especially after the collapse of major companies. The main objective of this study is to investigate the audit committee’s effectiveness on the financial reporting quality among the Malaysian GLCs. …”
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Development of waste coir-reinforced aluminum matrix automotive brake pad material by Afdzaluddin, Atiqah, Maleque, Md. Abdul, Zamani, A. R.

“…High friction and low wear are the prime functional properties of a brake pad material. Therefore main ingredients of brake pad materials are filler or reinforcement material, binder, friction modifiers, abrasive material and solid lubricant. …”
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Design process involved in developing mechanism of linear motor operated multiple spray operations spray gun by A.K.M., Parves Iqbal, Aris, Ishak, Misron, Norhisam, M., Mamiruce Marhaban, Asrar, Waqar

“…On the other hand in automatic spray application, pneumatic system is used to trigger the spray gun. But the main disadvantage of pneumatic system is to position the fluid flow control valve as desired. …”
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Between theology and religion : Ibn Taymiyyah’s methodological approach and its contemporary relevance by Abdullah, Ismail

“…However, throughout the human history, questions related to the rapport between religion and theology particularly whether that relationship is harmonious or contradictory and what are the proper rational theological means to understand and interpret the nature of God as well as God’s Words, have long been the main concern of theologians, philosophers as well as religious scholars. …”
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Clinical features of allergic rhinitis and skin prick test analysis based on the ARIA classification: a preliminary study in Malaysia by Asha'ari, Zamzil Amin, Yusof, Suhaimi, Ismail, Rushdan, Che Hussin, Che Maraina

“…Nasal itchiness and sneezing were the main presenting complaints and were more common in intermittent AR (P <0.05). …”
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The impact of direct benefits of control on the price informative value of voluntary information disclosure: An empirical study of the Iranian public listed companies by Zandi Pour Joopari, GholamReza, Shahabi, Alireza

“…We assumed that the relevant voluntary disclosure indicates more transparency so chose the annual reports of all public companies listed on the main board of TSE in 2009. Two types of indices were constructed, an index for the extent of voluntary disclosure (VD), and an index for the price informative voluntary disclosure (PID). …”
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Obesity in multiracial schizophrenia patients receiving outpatient treatment in a regional tertiary hospital in Malaysia by A.Talib, Norlelawati, Abdullah, Kartini, Musa, Ramli, Ku Zaifah, Norsidah, Wan Sulaiman, Wan Azizi, Abdul Razak, Tariq

“…The prevalence of obesity among patients with schizophrenia was significantly greater than that in the healthy Malaysian population, and affects the 3 main races in Malaysia.…”
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Feeding ecology and food preferences of Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda collected from the Pahang nesting grounds by John, Akbar, Yunus, Kamaruzzaman, Khan Chowdhury, Ahmed Jalal, Kassim, Zaleha

“…Seasonal variations in food composition showed that mollusks formed the main item especially gastropods. Unidentified organic matters in the gut content analysis of C. rotundicauda showed high preference towards plant materials. …”
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Audit committee's effectiveness and financial reporting quality: the case of GLCs in Malaysia by Jamil, Nurul Nazlia, Puat Nelson, Sherliza

“…Financial reporting quality has been under scrutiny especially after the collapse of major companies. The main objective of this study is to investigate the audit committee’s effectiveness on the financial reporting quality among the Malaysian GLCs. …”
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An assessment of the Arabic language programme for Human Sciences students at International Islamic University Malaysia by Mohammad Lotfie, Maskanah, Zubir, Badri Najib, Md Ghalib, Mohd. Feham

“…The study investigates the nature in which Arabic is taught to students who essentially speak Malay as their mother tongue and English as a second language. The main objectives of the study are to investigate academics’ and students’ perceptions of the current courses; to test students’ retention of the language upon completing the final course; and to test the effects of selected instructional interventions in improving Arabic language learning. …”
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Assessing the efficacy of the trim and fill method in adjusting for publication bias in meta analysis by Nik Idris, Nik Ruzni, Sarudin, Norraida

“…In most of the studies investigating the performance of this method, binary meta analysis data were used, utilizing the effect size measures such as the odds ratio, or risk relative. The main aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of the Trim and Fill method in correcting the publication bias in meta analysis of continuous data with standardized mean difference as the measure of effects. …”
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Automatic defense against zero-day polymorphic worms in communication networks by Mohammed, Mohssen, Pathan, Al-Sakib Khan

“…To defend the network against the worm, intrusion detection systems (IDSs) such as Bro and Snort are commonly deployed at the edge of network and the Internet. The main principle of these IDSs is to analyze the traffic to compare it against the signatures stored in their databases. …”
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Critical analysis on the choice of Takaful (Islamic insurance) operating models in Malaysia by Htay, Sheila Nu Nu, Zaharin, Hanna Rabittah

“…Prior literatures of Takaful are mainly focusing on the concept and theoretical nature of takaful and its differences from insurance. …”
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Model fitting for biodiesel yield analysis from crude palm oil (CPO) by Kabbashi, Nassereldeen, Alam, Md. Zahangir

“…Most of the parameters are considered significant (Probability > F value is less than 0.1 or much better 0.05) except for the main factor of molar ratio methanol:CPO (D) which it probability associated of F-value is equal to 0.2553 (> 0.05) so the analysis will consider it unreliable reference to POME yield optimization.…”
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Estimating ensemble average power delivered by a piezoelectric patch actuator to a non-deterministic subsystem by Abdul Muthalif, Asan Gani, Walid, Azni N., Mohd Nor, Khairul A.

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The impact of direct benefits of control on the price informative value of voluntary information disclosure: an empirical study of the Iranian public listed companies by Zandi Pour Joopari, GholamReza, Shahabi, Alireza

“…We assumed that the relevant voluntary disclosure indicates more transparency so chose the annual reports of all public companies listed on the main board of TSE in 2009. Two types of indices were constructed, an index for the extent of voluntary disclosure (VD), and an index for the price informative voluntary disclosure (PID). …”
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