SMIIC Forum 2012 by Kayadibi, Saim

“…The 160 delegates, who came from thirty-five countries, represented the National Standardisation Bodies (NSB), important national organizations of member countries, and such international organizations as the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO), the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation (CENELEC), the Standardisation Organisation for the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GSO), the Turkish Standards Institution (TSE), the Turkish Accreditation Agency (TURKAK), the Saudi Standards Metrology and Quality Organization (SASO), the Malaysian National Metrology Laboratory (SIRIM), the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC), the OIC General Secretariat, the Commercial Cooperation of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (COMCEC), the Statistical Economic and Social Research and Training Centre (SESRIC), and the Islamic Centre for the Development of Trade (ICDT).…”
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Drug reaction with herbal supplement: a possible case of drug induced lupus erythematosus by Muthupalaniappen,, Leelavathi A., Jamani, Nurjasmine Aida, Muhammad , M., Jamil, Adawiyah, Aziz , Noor Azah

“…She had consumed herbal supplement five days before the onset of symptoms. Examinations revealed erythematous maculo-papular lesions of varying sizes on sun exposed areas. …”
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Economic dependence and political change in Algeria : 1962-1992 by Nasser, Youcef

“…This study introduces the theory of economic dependence and applies the standard indicators, developed by economists in the past five decades, to the Algerian economic situation since its independence from France in 1962. …”
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An analytical evaluation of the Islamic websites by J. Badi, Maimona, Zeki, Akram M.

“…This study aims to select five best Islamic websites and evaluate them in terms of implementing Multimedia tools, and how they use these tools to e-publish their information. …”
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Financial innovation and the descent of money: reading Niall Ferguson on Siegmund Warburg by Whimster, Sam

“…Niall Ferguson’s biography of Siegmund Warburg probably came out just in time, in 2010, to be taken up as a topical work on a major City figure. Now some five years later one has to doubt whether the name of Siegmund Warburg signifies much at all. …”
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Reasons rape investigations are closed by police by Lovett, Jo, Kelly, Liz, Vera-Gray, Fiona, Hales, Gavin, Uzelac, Gordana, Buil-Gil, David, Myhill, Andy

“…Briefing 3 of Pillar Five for Operation Soteria Bluestone. This briefing shares the results of research investigating why police in England and Wales close rape cases. …”
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Women and flexitime by Abdul Kadir, Adibah, Maulad Bahro, Khadijah, Mohd Rosli, Nur Amalina, Ismail, Fadillah

“…Traditionally working time where the time work began at nine to five job is increasingly not required (Manpower, 2010).…”
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Current issue in corporate waqf in Malaysia by Omar, Abdul Jalil, Wan Yusoff, Wan Zahari, Mohamad, Marlina, Wan Zahari, Wan Ainaa Mardhiah

“…This paper come out with the concept and development of the contemporary waqf focused on corporate waqf and there are five current issues identified in the contemporary waqf. …”

Smoking: ban all forms of tobacco by Nik Mohamed, Mohamad Haniki

“…According to the World Health Organisation, more than five million people will die from tobacco-related heart attacks, strokes, cancer, lung ailments or other diseases this year. …”
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1Malaysia's 'People First, Performance Now': Government public relations in multicultural, multireligious Malaysia by Idid, Syed Arabi, Ahmad, Zeti Azreen

“…However, whatever form these policies or programmes may take, the overriding concern, has been to preserve national unity. The Five Year Development programmes, beginning from the 1957, although socio-economic in approach, take strong cognizance at the fundamental of national integration. …”
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Novel single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) interactions within the TG and TSHR gene in a multiplex Malay family with Graves’ disease: A preliminary report by Shahar, Mohammad Arif, Saud Gany, Siti Liyana, Long, Ka Ching, Azizan, Elena, Omar, Ahmad Marzuki, Sukor, Norlela, Kamaruddin, Nor Azmi

“…Objectives: To identify known single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) within the TG and TSHR gene in a multiplex Malay family with Graves’ disease Methods: A multiplex family with Graves’ disease was selected for whole exome sequencing. Five family members with Graves’ disease and 4 family members served as control consented to participate in this study. …”
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Assessing the applicability of student-based brand equity constructs in university institution preference in Ghana by Effah, Ebenezer Asare

“…This study ascertains the applicability of five empirically established brand equity constructs to Ghana’s university industry. …”
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Where modern science and civilization meet Islamic values and epistemology: creative encounters by Solihu, Abdul Kabir Hussain

“…This creative encounter between Islam and modern science and civilization is explored in five broad integrated fronts: ethical, aesthetical, epistemological, eschatological and ontological fronts. …”
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An analysis of export performance and economic growth of Malaysia using co-integration and error correction model by Sulaiman, Muna, Md Saad, Norma

“…Combining production function, and international trade and development theories, a five variable model is specified and estimated by using cointegration tests and error correction model. …”
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A survey of operations management practices in Islamic banks of Bangladesh by Hossain, Tareq, Islam, Rafikul

“…The survey involves 37 branches of five Islamic banks in Bangladesh. In particular, the survey focuses on operations strategy, process, technology, layout, location, supply chain, and quality management. …”
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Exploring facilitators and inhibitors of communication in ethnically diverse groups: the experience of academician by A.Manaf, Aini Maznina

“…Drawing on in-depth interviews with 40 researchers who engaged in small group research activities of five public and private universities in Malaysia, language similarity, exposure to other ethnic groups, open communication climate, teamwork spirit, individuals’ upbringing are among factors that facilitate good communication among academic members. …”
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Ibadat (worships) in Islam: a comparative jurisprudential analysis by Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah, Md. Hashim, Ashraf

“…Chapter four describes the jurisprudence of fasting together with juristic evaluation of its contemporary issues. Chapter five expounds the classical fiqh of zakah with focus on its application in the modern time. …”
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Al-Kashi and access to the arithmetic & astronomy by Rasheed, Aous Naji, Kabbashi, Nassereldeen Ahmed

“…Muslims carried the torch of learning for five hundred years; from 8th century to 13th Century. …”
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مظاههر الاتساق في النص القرآني : دراسة وصفية لغوية = Mazahir al-ittisaq fi al-nas al-Qur'ani : dirasah wasfiyah lughawiyah by Abdul Rahman, Lubna, Abd. Rahman, Akmal Khuzairy, Yeob, Shamsul Jamili

“…It is therefore the characteristics of the Holy Quran that further authenticate the relation between the Quranic verses through the various cohesive devices. The paper focuses on five of the cohesive features: Pronouns, deletion, replacement, repetition and linkage which are either from the category of cohesion by reference or by devices. …”
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Religious-cultural psychotherapy in the management of anxiety patients by Mohd Razali, Salleh, Kassim, Aminah, Khan, Umeed Ali

“…This study investigated the effectiveness of incorporating sociocultural and religious aspects in the management of anxiety among Muslim patients of ethnic Malay origin. Eighty-five religious and 80 non-religious patients with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) were randomly assigned to the study or control group. …”
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