Balance of payments constrained growth model: an examination of Thirlwall's Hypothesis using McCombie's Individual Country Method by Mat Ghani, Gairuzazmi

“…The balance of payments constrained growth (BOP) model is tested using the McCombie's cross-country and individual country test for 90 developed and developing countries for the period 1980 to 2000, and the McCombie's test is extended using export elasticity. If in the long run, the growth of exports is equal to the growth of imports and the affect of prices are not statistically significant, the estimated import elasticity from time series regression should not be statistically different from the BOP implied import elasticity, this also implied that the estimated export elasticity, also should not be statistically different from the BOP implied export elasticity. …”
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A juristic study on investment of awqaf: from classical to contemporary modes by Osmani, Noor Mohammad, Rahman, Md. Habibur

“…The investment modes to be analyzed in the paper are, for example, hikr (long lease with large advance lump sum), lease with dual payment, kadik (tenant's improvements to rental property), mursad (construction for rent swap with a waqf), sharecropping, partnership, diminishing partnership, manufacturing arrangement, lease ended with ownership as well as investment in purchasing permissible financial papers and securities. …”
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Shari’ah risk management framework for Islamic financial institutions by Hassan, Rusni

“…In order to mitigate these additional risks, IFIs are urged to establish a comprehensive Shari’ah risks management tool that can help them to monitor their banking, financing and investment activities in conformity with Shari’ah principles and hence enhance their sustainability in the long run. Therefore, the objective of this paper is to contribute to the discussion on the development of the Shari’ah risk management framework for IFIs. …”
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Language planning and policy in Nigeria: the prospects of arabic language by Salisu, Alfa Muhammed, Dollah, Nafi@Hanafi

“…Several efforts are been made to influence the function of Arabic language in Nigeria owing to its long historical antecedents in the country but successive governments have been coming up with different language policies that contribute to the development and decline of the use of Arabic language in Nigeria. …”
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Restorative justice: the implementation in the Islamic criminal law according to the Qur’an and Hadith of the Prophet (S.A.W.) by Ab Aziz, Norjihan, Hussin, Nasimah

“…In fact, restorative justice has long existed in Islam as provided in numerous verses of Qur’an and hadith of the Prophet Muhammad (s.’a.w.) where in certain criminal cases, the victim and the accused are encouraged to resolve criminal cases among themselves instead of referring to the authority. …”
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Solubility prediction of L-ascorbic acid by using COSMO-RS by Hassan, Syajaratul Jahriah, Adam, Fatmawati, Abu Bakar, Mohd Rushdi

“…By using COSMO-RS, only melting point and heat of fusion Δh is needed to determine the long and crucial solubility test in any solvent.…”
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Literature review on domestic subcontractor selection in the Malaysian construction industry by Abdul Aziz, Nur 'Izzati, Hasan, Sharina Farihah, Abdul Rashid, Khairuddin

“…Subcontracting is a long-established practice in the construction industry to capitalize on the skills of trade specialists and to cope with the fluctuating construction demand. …”
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Volatility component of derivative market: evidence from FBMKLCI based on CGARCH by Haron, Razali, Mansurat Ayojimi, Salami

“…Using data from January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2013, this study aims to examine the volatility component of Malaysian stock index post financial crisis period, specifically on the mean-reversion, short-run (transitory) volatility, long-run (permanent) and speed of adjustment based on the generalized autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity (GARCH). …”
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G2C acceptance in Malaysia: trust, perceived risk and political efficacy by Hussein, Ramlah, Mohamed, Norshidah, Ahlan, Abdul Rahman, Mahmud, Murni, Aditiarawan, Umar

“…Electronic government or e-government has long been known as a breakthrough of a new form of communication and transaction between the government and citizens, the government and industries, and among the government agencies. …”
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Experimental and numerical study on the orthogonal and oblique impact on water filled pipes by Hussain Shah, Qasim

“…A 300 mm long piece of copper (ASTM B280) pipe with an outer diameter of 35 mm and 0.7 mm wall thickness was subjected to a rigid steel pipe impact under a drop weight loading configuration where the pipe was simply supported at its ends. …”
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HARQ aware scheduling algorithm for the downlink LTE system by Mohd. Ramli, Huda Adibah, Sandrasegaran, Kumbesan, Basukala, Riyaj, Afrin, Toyoba Sohana

“…To ensure an efficient and reliable data transmission over the error-prone downlink long term evolution (LTE) system, packet scheduling is tightly-coupled with adaptive modulation and coding (AMC)scheme and hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ)process. …”
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Rights of a wife in the case of conversion to Islam under the family law in Malaysia by Abdul Hak, Nora

“…Among the issues that have been raised is whether a non-Muslim wife is entitled to maintenance when her husband converted to Islam and if she is still entitled the next question is for how long. Other problem is which party that shall be entitled to the custody of the child and also issue concerning the legal status of the marriage. …”
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Optimized performance evaluation of LTE hard handover algorithm with average RSRP constraint by Lin, Cheng-Chung, Sandrasegaran, Kumbesan, Mohd. Ramli, Huda Adibah, Basukala, Riyaj

“…Hard handover mechanism is adopted to be used in 3GPP Long Term Evolution (3GPP LTE) in order to reduce the complexity of the LTE network architecture. …”
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Security of tenure in employment: an employees precious 'property' by Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali

“…'The amendment is deliberately designed to empower employers to employ workers on fixed term contract for as long as they please'. The above proposal, if passed, would remove security of tenure in employment to workers in the private sectors. …”
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Towards a sustainable campus: zero single-use plastic campaign by Azmi, Azlin Suhaida, Fatah Yasin, Raudlotul Firdaus, Zainan Nazri, Nurul Jannah

“…They are lightweight, durable and long-lasting and usable for multiple purposes. Plastic find their use in practically every industrialised consumer item, especially in packaging and shopping bags, However, irresponsible and disproportionate use of plastics has created a waste mis-management crisis at a global scale. …”
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Spirituality and sustainability: experiences of the International Islamic University Malaysia

“…The book explains the ways in which the SDGs will provide a new strategy to apply the concept of Islamisation, which has long been the foundation of the IIUM. Consequently, the university’s operations and facilities have been adjusted so that they become mediums in applying and showcasing a lifestyle that is sustainable. …”
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Biophilia: residents’ connection with green infrastructure in a town by Mansor, Mazlina

“…Human’s inherent affiliation with the natural environment or Biophilia has been long hypotesised. The paper draws the findings of a case study exploration on the connection between residents with green infrastructure in Taiping, a small colonial town in Peninsular Malaysia. …”
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CSR and marketing : two sides of the same coin by Mohd. Israil, Khaliq Ahmad, Abd. Manaf, Noor Hazilah, Tahir, Suziwana

“…CSR can link the enterprise and brand; therefore in the long run this relationship contributes to the society. …”
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Recent developments in Qucs-S equation-defined modelling of semiconductor devices and IC’s by Brinson, Mike, Kuznetsov, Vadim

“…To illustrate the new Qucs-S modelling techniques an XSPICE version of the EPFL EKV v2.6 long channel transistor model together with other illustrative examples are described and their performance simulated with Qucs-S and Ngspice.…”
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Beyond ‘The War on Terror’: Prospects for the Middle East and North Africa by Joffé, George

“…Indeed, I even wonder if such a dispensation is possible or conceivable in the intellectual and policy planning environment that has been created since September 11, 2001, if not long before. And, even if it were possible, I wonder how the West – Europe and the United States – could meaningfully engage with the Arab World, Iran and Afghanistan in ways that would counter the negative and damaging initiatives undertaken as part of the ‘War on Terror’ over the last eight years. …”
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