Impact of multicultural environment of Islamic educational institutes on students’ acculturation by Rahath House, Yousef, Abdul Razak, Mohd. Abbas

“…The fourth year students showed more appreciation for other cultures and comfort with differences. Based on the finding it has been suggested that if efforts are made to establish optimal conditions for positive intergroup contact to take place, intergroup prejudice can be reduced and problems of co-existence in the Muslim countries and communities can thus be addressed. …”
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Characterization of poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid) / atelocollagen hybrid scaffold for intervertebral disc regeneration by Mohamad, Mohd Yusof, Mohamed Amin, Muhammad Azri Ifwat, Md Nazir, Noorhidayah, Ahmad Radzi, Muhammad Aa’zamuddin, Hashim, Rosyafirah, Mat Nawi, Nur Farhana, Zulkifly, Ahmad Hafiz, Sha'ban, Munirah

“…The mechanical strength of PLGA-A is enhanced by 255.95% when tested with Instron E3000 machine. These findings suggest PLGA incorporation with atelocollagen type 2 may become a promising biomaterial for intervertebral disc regeneration. …”
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Development of certain new 2-substituted-quinazolin-4-yl-aminobenzenesulfonamide as potential antitumor agents by Alafeefy, Ahmed Mahmoud, Ahmad, Rehan, Abdulla, Maha, Eldehna, Wagdy M., Al-Tamimi, Abdul-Malek S., Abdel-Aziz, Hatem A., Al-Obaid, Omar, Carta, Fabrizio, Al-Kahtani, Abdulla A., Supuran, Claudiu T.

“…This novel compound inhibited the CA IX and CA XII protein expression in HT-29 cells without affecting CA I and CA II expression. These findings indicate that 3c inhibits cellular proliferation in two human colon cancer cells by specifically targeting the CA IX and CA XII expression.…”
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Lipid modulation activity of garcinia atroviridis extract on 3T3-L1 cell line by Hamidon, Hanisuhana, Bakhtiar, M. Taher, Darnis, Deny Susanti

“…Based on our present findings, the G. atroviridis fruit can be proposed as one of weight management agents due to its lipid modulation properties.…”
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Torrential floods in Malaysia: Assessing the loss and vulnerabilities in three Kelantan villages by Karim, A.H.M Zehadul, Md. Noon, Hazizan, Mohamad Diah, Nurazzura, Tajuddin, Nor Azlin, Mustar, Sohela

“…As part of the qualitative study, the research conducted three FGDs and ten in-depth interviews. Findings of the study indicate that with a few exceptions, the great majority of the villagers regardless of their sociodemographic position, suffered badly from the floods in terms of losing their homes, food, pure drinking water and having no transport and carrier for immediate shiftment. …”
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Overview of property price and its influencing factors in Malaysia by Haron, Razali, Ibrahim, Khairunisah

“…A bound testing approach to cointegration and error correction models, developed within an Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) framework ARDL is employed to determine whether property price in Malaysia is explained by fundamental factors or other unexplained factors such as speculation. The findings from this study show that, based on the different segments of house prices, none of the variables is consistently having significant relationship with house price. …”
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A preliminary study of the occurrence of Nematodes among goats in two farms in Kuantan by Jainul, Mohammed Abdullah, Mat Yusof, Afzan

“…Present result showed that there was occurrence of nematodes in goats reared in both farms. Present finding found that there was a significant difference (p= 0.014, p-value <0.05) in the occurrence of nematodes infections in goats from Farm A and Farm B whereby Farm A recorded higher occurrence (47.6%) as compared to Farm B (7.2%). …”
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The study of Broga Hill as an outdoor recreational area in Selangor by Zulkeflee, Farhana, Hj. Baharuddin, Zainul Mukrim

“…There are 30 respondents who have participated in the survey. From the findings, this study has identified that Broga Hill is lacking in terms of providing safety features for its visitors and the visitors also did not realised that there are possibilities that they are disturbing the natural environment literally. …”
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Leaf anatomical characteristics of Avicennia L. and some selected taxa in Acanthaceae by Mohd Yunus, Noor Syaheera, Talip, Noraini, A. K., Radhiah, Che Amri, Che Nurul Aini

“…Methods used were sectioning using sliding microtome, leaf clearing, epidermal peels, and observation under a light microscope. Findings have shown great differences between Avicenniaspecies andother studied taxa. …”
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A study on the use of contraception and its effects on breastfeeding among women at maternal and child health clinic by Al-Araji, Laith Issa Yassin, Wan Su, Kamaruzaman

“…Apart from it, there was no significant association between demographic data (Age, Educational Level, Household Income, Working Status and Total number of Children) and the reasons for contraception among the respondents. 32 respondents (64%) have started using contraception after six weeks of delivery and the main sources of information regarding contraception are the healthcare providers (80%). These findings indicated that the methods of contraceptive chosen by the respondents are correlated with the breastfeeding practice.…”
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A linear relationship between the tensile, thermal and gas barrier properties of mape modified rubber toughened nanocomposites by Jamal, Nur Ayuni, Anuar, Hazleen, Abdul Razak, Shamsul Bahri

“…Based on the optimum finding in tensile test, differential scanning calorimeter analysis (DSC) and gas barrier analysis were evaluated at 4 vol% of OMMT. …”
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Remineralization effect of new type of glass ionomer based root canal sealer by Mustafa, Ammar A., Al-Khateeb, Khalid A. Saeed, Ismail, Ahmad Faris

“…The specimens were further sectioned and examined under SEM to support the findings of transversal radio-micrograph. The results illustrate a significant difference between the two months test group and the control radiographs but with no significant differences among the other groups. …”
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A study of students' perceptions of the compulsory AFIS course at IIUM by Daud, Nadwa, Chik, Abdul Rahman

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Establishment of research methods and protocols in cytogenetic laboratory of the Kulliyah of Medicine, IIUM by Muhammad, Siti Aeshah @ Naznin

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إشكالية المنهج الأصوليي في الفكر الاجتهادي المعاصر = Problem of jurisprudential method in the contemporary Ijtihede thought = Masalah kaedah Yurisprudensi kontemporari Ijtihede... by Boukerroucha, Halima

“…However, a thoughtful person finds the criticism of jurisprudential method problematic and lacking in clarity and organization, which has resulted in the development of different trends in the critical circle, with each of them having its own vision of the problem. …”
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Incorporating ‘First-World mindset’ into human capital enhancement for national development in Malaysia: the role of formal education by Abdulai, Abdul-Mumin

“…The study has used a sample of 250 university students to probe the probability that students will be willing to pursue different academic programmes from those they are currently pursuing if they were nurtured instead in programmes that the Government believed would produce the human capital required to support the national development vision. The finding has revealed a variety of reasons underlying the preparedness of the majority to undergo this development socialization, whereas a few have objected with reasons. …”
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Poly(lactic acid)/acrylonitrile butadiene styrene nanocomposites with hybrid graphene nanoplatelet/organomontmorillonite: effect of processing temperatures by Bijarimi, M., Syuhada, A., Zulaini, N., Shahadah, N., Alhadadi, W., Ahmad, Mohammad Norazmi, Ramli, A., Abdullah, Erna Normaya

“…The hybrid nanocomposites were characterized for stress-strain, thermal, chemical, and morphological properties. The findings were that there was an increase in the mechanical properties in terms of tensile strength and Young’s modulus with the PLA/ABS/GnP/C20A at the high-temperature profile having the highest values of 43.1 MPa and 2533 MPa. …”
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Bitara –sidecar motorcycle for service-oriented mobileprenuer by Abdul Rahman, Julaila, Masron, Nur Nabilah, Kamaruddin, Zumahiran

“…From the case study, it is found that refurbishment on the sidecar motorcycle has been made by the mobileprenuer, which have lacked in safety and design features. As a finding, there is a need to propose a sidecar motorcycle with new design features which can compromise the safety requirement and also can fit various types of business. …”
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Correlation study between financial and maintenance factor in facilities management of government hospitals: A study in Klang valley, Malaysia by Ibrahim, Md. Najib, Yahya, Mohamad Ridzuan

“…This paper presents the finding of five (5) government hospitals in Klang Valley, Malaysia on FM aspect. …”
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Building maintenance policy for office high rise buildings in Malaysia: A preliminary study in Klang valley by Yahya, Mohamad Ridzuan, Ibrahim, Md. Najib

“…This paper presents the preliminary finding of a study on the building maintenance policy standard of selected large high rise buildings in Klang Valley, Malaysia. …”
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