The positive and negative significance of the star in the Mesopotamian civilization: a semiotic study by Yaseen, Ghassan Taha, Hamid Hasani, Juhaena

“…It really considered the star as the result of the addition of whatever looks like the numerical seven only, whether the star is five angled or eight angled. …”
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Effect of processing routes on the mechanical, thermal and morphological properties of PLA-based hybrid biocomposite by Kaiser, Mohammad Rejaul, Anuar, Hazleen, Samat, Noorasikin, Abdul Razak, Shamsul Bahri

“…Bioplastics filled or reinforced with natural fibers can reduce cost and improve properties, like stiffness, strength and toughness of biocomposites. …”
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Persistent disputes over the classification of defining rule (Hukum Taklifi): suggested resolutions by Abu Elgasim, Saad, Ansari, Abdul Haseeb, Arifin, Mahamad

“…As contended by the Jumhur, though in a slightly different mode of reasoning, an act may be characterized by prohibition as well as obligation. Obligation, like prohibition, may never be collective, however it, unlike prohibition, may be elective.…”
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Application of FTIR-ATR spectroscopy coupled with multivariate analysis for rapid estimation of butter adulteration by Ahmad Fadzillah, Nurrulhidayah, Rohman, Abdul, Ismail, Amin, Mustafa, Shuhaimi, Khatib, Alfi

“…This fact has attracted unscrupulous market players to blind butter with other animal fats to gain economic profit. Animal fats like mutton fat (MF) are potential to be mixed with butter due to the similarity in terms of fatty acid composition. …”
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Emotional disturbances among diabetic patients in Malaysia by Al-Ani, Ali Sabri Radeef, Musa, Ramli, Nik Ahmad, Nik Nur Fatnoon

“…It is important to assess the association of diabetes with emotional disturbances symptoms like depressive, anxiety and stress symptoms so that we can detect early those psychiatric problems and treat them in order to have adequate glycemic control, less diabetic complications, improve quality of life, and good medication adherence . …”
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The positive role of polygamy in reducing women socio related problem in Malaysia by Fatah Yasin, Raudlotul Firdaus, Jani, Mohd. Shah

“…It could have been prohibited like other pre-Islamic practices, such as gambling, adultery, fornication, drinking, etc. …”
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Study of oxidized low density lipoprotein and augmentation index among population by Nazir, Mohd Hakam, Aung, Nilar, Abdullah, Nor Zamzila, Samsuddin, Niza

“…Arterial stiffness is also associated with a number of cardiovascular disease risk factors like age, smoking, gender, hypertension, obesity, hypercholesterolemia and diabetes. …”
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Animal ethics: an Islamic perspective (Etika dalam melayani binatang: satu perspektif Islam) by Amanullah, Muhammad

“…The paper may conclude that Islam has offered a balanced and just code of ethics for treating animals and established their rights like the rights of human beings.…”
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Malaysian communication and multimedia commission: A model of united communications regultor for Hong Kong by Zul Kepli, Mohd Yazid, Wu, Richard

“…As Malaysia is the first Asian country to adopt a unified communications regulator, the implementation experience of MCMC should provide invaluable lessons for other jurisdictions in Asia like Hong Kong that desire to establish such a regulator. …”
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Replication of short selling in Islamic Finance: potential structures and issues by Hasan, Aznan, Khan, Sarfaraz Dawar, Bachok, Rabiatul Adawiyah, Redzuan, Nur Harena

“…This was quite evident during the financial crisis of 2007-08 and European sovereign debt crisis which led regulators in countries like United States, France, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Greece and Turkey had imposed temporary ban on short selling on certain sectors of the markets. …”
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An enhanced scheme to support QoS in MIPv6 based networks using DiffServ by Ibrahim, Loay, Hassan Abdalla Hashim, Aisha, Anwar, Farhat, Khalifa, Othman Omran, Mahmoud, Omer, Hameed, Shihab A., Daoud, Jamal Ibrahim

“…In contrary, real-time applications like video telephony and virtual conferencing require QoS guarantee in lieu of the Best-Effort delivery. …”
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Olive oil and its phenolic components and their effects on early- and late-stage events in Carcinogenesis by Gill , Chris I.R., Hashim , Yumi Zuhanis Has-Yun, Servili , Maurizio, Rowland , Ian R.

“…The hydrophilic phenols are the most abundant natural antioxidants of virgin olive oil (VOO), while the phenolic alcohols and acids, the major classes of hydrophilic phenols found in VOO, include secoiridoids, flavonoids and lignans. Secoiridoids, like the aglycon derivatives of oleuropein, demethyloleuropein and ligstroside, are the most abundant VOO phenolic antioxidants present in olive fruit. …”
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Visual inspection on sources and factors of deterioration in wood components of Malay traditional house by Kamaruddin, Zumahiran, Nazuki, Siti Najwa

“…However, the wood components are subject to deterioration due to the hot and humid tropical country like Malaysia. Therefore this study aims to investigate the sources and factors of deterioration on wood components of a traditional timber house, namely Rumah Dato’ Panglima Gajah in Negeri Sembilan. …”
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Application of UWB wireless MIMO connectivity inside modern aircraft by Al-Khateeb, Khalid A. Saeed, Hakak, Saqib Iqbal, Khan, Sheroz, Alam, A. H. M. Zahirul, Yaacob, Mashkuri, Shahid, Zeeshan

“…It is a promising technology for the exchange of high data rates in a limited space. It acts like a Personal Local Area Network (PLAN) suitable for limited space within an aircraft. …”
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Synthesis of ZnO nanostructures using sol-gel method by J.N, Nor Hasnidawani, Hassan, Noor Azlina, Hassan, Norita, Bonnia, Noor Najmi, Ratim, Suzana, E. S., Ali

“…FESEM micrographs shows that synthesized ZnO have a rod-like structure. The obtained ZnO nanoparticles are homogenous and consistent in size which corresponds to the XRD result that exhibit good crystallinity. …”
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Piper sarmentosum (Daun kaduk) induced apoptosis via mitochondrial pathway in human lung adenocarcinoma cells, A549 by Sirajudeen, Azila, Mohd Ali, Aisyah Hanani, Abdul Ghani, Radiah

“…Current cancer treatments like chemotherapy do not completely cure cancer and cause some side effects to the patient. …”
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Controversies with self-emulsifying drug delivery system from pharmacokinetic point of view by Chatterjee, Bappaditya, Hamed Almuris, Samah, Ahmed Mahdi Dukhan, Ather, Mandal, Uttam Kumar Umar, Sengupta, Pinaki

“…In spite of fewer advantages like improved solubility of drug, bypassing lymphatic transport etc., SEDDS faces different controversial issues such as the use of appropriate terminology (self-microemulsifying drug delivery system; SMEDDS or self-nanoemulsifying drug delivery system; SNEDDS), presence of high amount of surfactant, correlation of in vitro model to in vivo studies, lack of human volunteer study and effect of conversion of SEDDS to final administrable dosage form on pharmacokinetic behavior of the drug. …”
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Integrating Islamic input in undergraduate psychiatry teaching: IIUM experience by Md Rosli, Najwa Hanim, Md Tahir, Mohd Faiz, Mat Zain, Nora, Mohd Noor, Hanisah, Abdullah, Kartini

“…In this paper, we would like to share our experience throughout the 15 years this program has been running and discuss the challenges, limitations and future expectation in order to realize the objective of integrating Islamic input in the psychiatry curriculum in IIUM hence producing doctors who are may then treat and heal patients holistically; physically, psychologically and spiritually.…”
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Identification of the bioactive compounds of skin mucus from asian swamp eel (monopterus albus) using liquid chromatography quadrupole-time-of-flight mass spectrometry by Hilles, Ayah Rebhi, Mahmood, Syed, Kaderi, Mohd Arifin, Hashim, Ridzwan

“…However, their potential values as novel sources of therapeutic agents have not been widely appreciated. Like most other tropical fishes and amphibians, the outer integumentary system of Monopterus albus is covered with mucus layers, which may act as a mechanical and biochemical barrier for their skin. …”
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Image quality and radiation dose comparison in medium and high kilovoltage for digital PA chest radiography by Moey, Soo Foon, Muhd Jaafar, Nur Farah Hani, Saidin, Nursyahirah

“…Conclusions: Medium kVp should be used to demonstrate pathological conditions as well structures composed of calcium like the rib, spine or calcified lesions. Otherwise, high kVp is the preferred choice due to its low radiation dose and overall image quality acceptability.…”
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