The effects of globalization on supply chain resilience: outsourcing techniques as interventionism, protectionism, and regionalization strategies by Kazancoglu, Yigit, Lafcı, Çisem, Berberoglu, Yalcin, Upadhyay, Arvind, Rocha-Lona, Luis, Kumar, Vikas

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European Union guidelines on human rights defenders: a review of policy and practice towards effective implementation by Bennett, Karen L.

“…Drawing from a study for the European Parliament assessing implementation of the guidelines in Kyrgyzstan, Thailand and Tunisia, the author identifies key areas of stakeholders’ concerns, and argues for the need to link the EU’s efforts towards coherence in human rights policy with on-the-ground approaches towards the protection of HRDs in third countries.…”
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Finding logical vulnerability in policies using three-level semantic framework by Bataityte, Karolina, Vassilev, Vassil, Gill, Olivia Jo

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Breast cancer prediction and detection: comparison of the latest machine learning techniques by Nya Yanga, Ornella Kelly, Homayounvala, Elaheh

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Ethical hazards of modern, advanced medical technology in promoting euthanasia: a resolution from Islamic perspective by Malik, Mohammad Manzoor

“…This paper has basically two arguments: moral and preventive law arguments, and their links with Islamic perspective, leading eventually, to the Islamic perspective on the issue so as to suggest an ethically sound and rationally valid alternative. …”
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Tumorigenic role of podoplanin in esophageal squamous-cell carcinoma by ., Nur Rahadiani, Ikeda, Jun-ichiro, Makino, Tomoki, Tian, Tian, Qiu, Ying, Mamat, Suhana, Wang, Yi, Doki, Yuichiro, Aozasa, Katsuyuki, Morii, Eiichi

“…The effects of podoplanin on the behavior of cancer cells were evaluated in ESCC cell lines in which podoplanin expression was knocked down. …”
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Diminishing partnership: bankers strategic response to Shariah compliance home financing by Abdul Razak, Dzuljastri, Ismail, Yusof

“…Under DP home financing, customer and bank share profit based on the rental value of the house instead of predetermined interest rate where bank gains profit upfront .As such DP is claimed to be fairer and more flexible than debt financing which result in more justice, equality and cater for societal well being that is in line with the Maqasid al Shariah. This research adopted a mixed method by obtaining the perceptions of three stakeholders namely consumers, Shariah scholars and bankers. …”
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Design of a compact printed band-notched antenna for ultrawideband communications by Mohd Sobli, Nuurul Hudaa, Abdel-Raouf, Hany Essam Eldin

“…The proposed antenna is fed by microstrip line, and it consists of square radiating patch on the top layer with a slotted-parasitic patch on the bottom layer of the antenna. …”
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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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Testing a model of Islamic corporate financial reports: some experimental evidence by Sulaiman, Maliah

“…Given the fact that religion stands at the core of some cultures, and that Islam is a significant force influencing the manner in which Muslims conduct their public and private lives, the influence of Islam on accounting may be significant. In line with this, Baydoun and Willett (1994 and 2000) suggested that the current value balance sheet and the value added statement would meet Islam’s objectives of socio-economic justice and accountability, thus satisfying the needs of Muslim users to a greater extent than would the traditional historical cost balance sheet and the profit and loss statement. …”
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Critical success factors of the nine challenges in Malaysia's Vision 2020 by Islam, Rafikul

“…The present paper seeks to identify and rank the critical success factors of these nine challenges by applying the Analytic Hierarchy Process. A number of ‘front-line’ critical success factors are discussed at length. …”
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A new automated compact substation for distribution system in Malaysia by Ahmed, Musse Mohamud

“…Microprocessor based Remote Monitoring Devices have been used for customized software to be downloaded to the hardware. Power Line Carrier (PLC) has been used as communication media between the consumer and the substation. …”
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The utilization of information and communication technology among Islamic secondary school teachers in Malaysia by Abdul Rashid, Adnan

“…Since then, the government – through Ministry of Education – has introduced various initiatives to facilitate the adoption and diffusion of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). In line with the Vision 2020, Ministry of Education has draft ways so as to integrate ICT into education system. …”
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Islamic bioethics of pain medication: an effective response to mercy argument by Malik, Mohammad Manzoor

“…The researcher particularly deliberates on the contemporary Islamic discourse on the issue; by furthering the debate in line with the Islamic legal maxims and general guidance from the primary sources of Islamic law and ethics. …”
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Islamic microfinance as an alternative to conventional financing practices : The need to address the poverty in Pakistan by Abdul Razak, Dzuljastri, Abbas, Kausar

“…Hence, this paper explores the feasibility of Islamic microfinance as an alternative means to help the poor in line with the Shariah principles where the use of riba (usury) is prohibited due to unfairness and injustice. …”
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Religion and politics in America : the rise of Christian Evangelists and their impact by Zakaullah, Muhammad Arif

“…The Muslim world has to learn to appreciate that in Western societies the bottom line is the public opinion and not the wishes of the President/Prime Minister and his cabinet." …”
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A study of packet scheduling with mobile cellular channel impairments by Mohd. Ramli, Huda Adibah, Sandrasegaran, Kumbesan, Abdullah, Khaizuran

“…Therefore, intelligent design of packet scheduling for the LTE-A to provide Quality of Service (QoS) comparable to fixed line services becomes crucial. However, packet scheduling over the LTE-A system faces a number of challenges. …”
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Bank Rakyat Malaysia: vision remains while mission is revisited by Khaliq, Ahmad, Kazmi, Azhar

“…The consistency had to be maintained as it was in line with the founding fathers’ idea of serving its members. …”
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Corporate financing dynamics: Malaysia empirical evidence by Haron, Razali, Ibrahim, Khairunisah, Mat Nor, Fauzias, Ibrahim , Izani

“…There are evidences of target capital structure and firms do adjust to be at their target from time to time with a considerably rapid speed of adjustment, in line with dynamic trade-off theory. Firms in Malaysia are found to be under-adjust, being below the required adjustment to be at the target within a year. …”
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Integrating zakat into Indonesian fiscal sytem in the light of siyasah shar‘Iyyah by Nashr, Akbar, Kayadibi, Saim

“…The research will determine whether the integration of zakat into current fiscal system is in line with the Siyasah Shar‘iyyah or not. Keywords: Zakat; Fiscal; Integration; SWOT analysis; Siyasah shar‘iyyah, Contemporary fiqh. …”
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