Editorial: Healthcare cost and financing by Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi

“…Translating these fi gures to costs refl ects somewhat altered proportions to the service ratios that we have seen. In 2008, the total healthcare expenditures for both public and private sectors was around RM35 billion, RM18.8 billion from the public and RM 16.2 billion privately, or approximately 53.8% to 46.2% respectively, an almost parity1....…”
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English digits speech recognition system based on hidden Markov Models by Gunawan, Teddy Surya, Abushariah, Ahmad A. M., Khalifa, Othman Omran

“…Researchers' contribution were to make use of ASR technology to what can be seen nowadays of various advancements in fields like multi-modal, multi-linguaVcross-lingual ASR using statistical techniques such as HMM, SVM, neural network, etc [1].…”
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Adapting web images for blind people by Misman, Ahmad Fatzilah, Blanchfield, Peter

“…This position paper posits that the problem can also be seen from the fundamental reasons for an image being on a web page without neglecting the connection that develops from the web user's perspective. …”
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Design of digital electricity meter by Al-Khateeb, Khalid A. Saeed

“…Intelligent energy meters may be seen as most suitable and efficient way to facilitate easy solutions to the problem of rational consumption.…”
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Radiation measurement from mobile base stations at a university campus in Malaysia by Islam, Md. Rafiqul, Khalifa, Othman Omran, Ali, Liakot, Azli, Amir, -, Mohd Zulkarnain

“…In order to support the growing number of users, the mobile base stations can be seen in almost everywhere. This scenario has created uncomfortable feelings to the people that they may be affected by the radiations from antennas. …”
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Building next-generation converged networks : theory and practice

“…The telecommunications industry has seen a rapid boost within the last decade. New realities and visions of functionalities in various telecommunications networks have brought forward the concept of NGN (Next Generation Network). …”
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Organizational noises in the modern paradigm: a carnivalesqued reading by Ahmad, Che Mahzan

“…In the ‘first world’noises are centripetalised around monologism, and it can be seen via sobornost. In the ‘second world’,where the displaced other reside, noises are centrifugalised with play as its main agent. …”
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Al-Jazari contribution on the development of water supply systems by Kamaruddin, Shafie, Shuriye, Abdi Omar

“…The main focus of the chapter is to understand AI-Jazari's contribution in water raising machines which some of it can still be seen in several contemporary machines. The chapter explores the fifth chapter of his book which presents five different, useful inventions mainly to raise water for irrigation and domestic purpose…”
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Soft skills: a Quranic perspective by Mohamad, Nor Asiah

“…As such , in particular, a graduate of any Muslim institutions in which the syllabuses have incorporated Islamic teaching should practice and portray the values in his life, seen by others, impactful to the community and system and thus become a high demand worker in any organization. …”
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Translation as interpretation: a hermeneutical inquiry into the semantics of the Scriptural Language by Solihu, Abdul Kabir Hussain

“…Our understanding and expression of, in particular, abstract meaning is largely seen in terms of historically and culturally shaped language, and long before we control any linguistic discourse, our undersigning is said to have been shaped by it. …”
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Is Islamic insurance an alternative to conventional insurance? by Htay, Sheila Nu Nu, Syed, Ahmed Salman

“…The significance and importance of Takaful in the Islamic Finance has captured the attention Muslim communities in today’s world. Takaful can be seen as an alternative to conventional insurance due to its strong foundation of Islamic principles which are based on the concept of brotherhood, mutual co-operation and solidarity. …”
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OER@IIUM by Mat Daud, Nuraihan, Abd Hamid, Mohd Azrul Azlen

“…The past few years have seen a steady increase in the number of educational resources that are made accessible to the public. …”
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Human rights and national literature: a comparative study of the experiences in Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines by Abdul Manaf, Nor Faridah

“…This paper studies the experience encountered by three South Asian nations in the face of globalisation in which nationalism is often seen as something negative and regressive. The paper analyses how these three nations strengthen the position of national literature in the face of globalisation. …”
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The decline of judicial deference to medical opinion in medical negligence litigation in Malaysia by Jahn Kassim, Puteri Nemie

“…It is undeniable that the Bolam principle has acted as a gatekeeper to the number of claims against medical practitioners. This has always been seen as necessary to protect the society from unwanted effects of defensive medicine. …”
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The new digital age: reshaping people, nation and business through flipped arena by Omolara, Salisu Idayat, Auyphorn, Panadda, Ahmad Dahlan, Abdul Rahman

“…Flipped Arena can be seen as communication technique that consists of two parts: interactive learning activities, and direct computer-based individual instruction outside the four walls. …”
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Obesity and the roles of Malaysian slimming centre health technologies by Hassan, Hasliza, Sade, Abu Bakar, Rahman, Muhammad Sabbir

“…This can obviously be seen in urban areas where majority of people are obese. …”
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Early juristic approaches to the application of hiyal (legal devices) in Islamic law by Sadique, Muhammad Abdurrahman

“…The majority of juristic trends are seen to categorize hiyal into permissible and impermissible types. …”
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Digital watermarking for digital images using wavelet transform by Yusof, Yusnita, Khalifa, Othman Omran

“…The field of digital watermarking has recently seen vast interests covering theoretical studies, novel techniques, attacks and analysis. …”
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The objectives of Islamic banking: a maqasid approach by Mohammed, Mustafa Omar

“…It has never been discussed formally. What can be seen in many literatures are scanty and disjointed discussions about avoiding riba. …”
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Some thoughts on the relationship between law and religion in Malaysia by Ab Aziz, Shamrahayu

“…Religion, in one way or another, is seen as having a special position in Malaysia especially when the Constitution establishes a state religion. …”
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