Social Entrepreneurship as an Instrument to Empowering Small and Medium Enterprises: An Islamic Perspective by Abdullah, Moha Asri, Hoetoro, Arif

“…The plot of current research is generated by few related frameworks that are in line with the Islamic notion which reviews the roles and obstacles of SMEs development. …”
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Development of alpha mangostin-PLGA nanoparticles as an anticancer agent by Aimen, Abdo, Mohamed, Farahidah, Bakhtiar, M. Taher

“…The in vitro anti-cancer activity of α-Mangostin-PLGA nanoparticles was evaluated using lung cancer cell line (A549) and was compared to the free α-Mangostin. …”
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Economic theories of Ibn Khaldun from his great work, Muqaddimah by Ogunbado, Ahamad Faosiy, Zein, Ibrahim Mohamed

“…The study is based on library research whereby, books, articles are consulted. Magazines and on-line journal articles are of great use in conducting this study. …”
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Building and implementing a multi-level system of ethical code for biologists under the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) of the United Nations by Xue, Yang, Shang, Lijun, Zhang, Weiwen

“…Biologists are at the front line of biotechnology development and are key to maintaining biosecurity awareness and moral self-discipline. …”
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Ferocious Marys and dark Alessas: the portrayal of religious matriarchies in Silent Hill by Beddows, Amy

“…Unsurprisingly, such stereotypical depictions are in line with the patriarchal norms which have long persisted in wider, secular society, which deem women as inferior and subordinate to men (Schur 1984). …”
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Handbook of research on fostering social justice through intercultural and multilingual communication by Meletiadou, Eleni

“…Building trust impacts the bottom line for global companies, and multilingual communication is a core pillar for effective growth. …”

Bandwidth extension of planar antennas using embedded slits for reliable multiband RF communications by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Naser-Moghadasi, Mohammad, Sadeghzadeh, Ramazan Ali, Virdee, Bal Singh, Limiti, Ernesto

“…This is accomplished by embedding capacitive slits in the rectangular patch with a truncated ground-plane, and exciting the antenna through a meandered strip-line feed. The proposed antenna was fabricated on standard FR-4 substrate with permittivity of 4.6, thickness of 0.8 mm and loss-tangent of 0.001. …”
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Towards a broader approach to the community interpreter’s role: on correspondence between role perceptions and interactional goals by Kaczmarek, Lukasz

“…The various respondents seemed to differ in their perceptions of the interpreter’s role, ostensibly reflecting their own conversational goals, but not necessarily in line with their status as service provider, service recipient or interpreter.…”
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Power Factor Correction – A Simulation Approach by Che Ros, Ziana, Nordin, Muhammad Faris, Anuar, Muhammad Abdullah, Abdul Razak, Muhammad Hazim

“…In so doing, they incur more line losses. They also must have larger capacity equipment in place than would be otherwise necessary. …”
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Teaching similarities and differences between non directive teaching and enhancing self esteem of special education students by Senin, M. S., Nordin, Mohd Norazmi, Abd Mutalib, Norathirah Nabila, Abd Rashid, Intan Maizura, Mustafa, Mohamad Zaid, Abdul Razzaq, Abdul Rasid, Ibrahim, Badarudin

“…Teaching strategies are not fixed, they can be modified as needed. This statement is in line with the existing needs in special education. …”
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A foresight study on nanotechnology in cosmetics industries in Malaysia by Ramasamy, Chandrashekar, Hsin, Chan Yuet, Shamsuddin, Alina

“…Need an efficient waste management system and usage of biocompatible and biodegradable compounds in nanocosmetics was voted as the most influential drivers for the nanocosmetics industries in Malaysia. In line with this regard, a scenario development was done and a number of solution were suggested in order to move towards sustainable development of nanocosmetics industry. …”
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Dynamic modeling of a stand - alone pem fuel cell connected to adjustable speed drive by Zambri, Nor Aira

“…Results also show that ASD generates harmonics to the line voltage and current. A method to reduce harmonics distortion in a network of ASD is proposed in this project. …”
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Rapid determinations of moisture content in crude palm oil by fourier transform infrared spectroscopy by Che Man, Yakoob, Mirghani, Mohamed Elwathig Saeed

“…The study showed that midband FTIR spectroscopy combined with the PLS regression calibration technique is rapid and accurate for determination of moisture content of CPO samples with a total analysis time of less than 2 min and less than 2 mL of sample.…”
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Surface finish prediction models for precision grinding of silicon by Alao, Abdur-Rasheed, Konneh, Mohamed

“…Also, the results show large amounts of ductile streaks at depth of cut of 20 μm, feed rate of 6.25 mm/min, and spindle speed of 70,000 rpm with a 43-nm Ra. …”
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Adsorption behavior of PB(II) onto xanthated rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) leaf powder by Wan Mohd Khalir, Wan Khaima Azira, Megat Hanafiah, Megat Ahmad Kamal, Mat So'ad, Siti Zaiton, Wan Ngah, Wan Saime

“…Adsorption equilibrium was achieved in less than 60 min and followed the pseudo-second order model. …”
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Production of gelatin replacers from Malaysian tuberous plants by Jaswir, Irwandi, Kamalurudin, Nur Ain Zafirah, Mohd. Salleh, Hamzah

“…Conditions thai produced a high starch yield. low prOTein and high viscosily were 0.1% alkali concentration. 25°C temperature and 30min steep Time for bolh yam and sweet potaTO starch. …”
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Solubilization of Vitamin E in culture medium and its antioxidant activity by Jaswir, Irwandi, Sahul Hamid, Siti Fairus

“…Cellular uptake. antioxidative as well as possible prooxidam activilies of l'iTamin E in DMEM medium was determined under a wide range oflheir concemration, The aspeci thai concerol'd in Ibis project is the optimum process condition 10 yield Ihe highcst concentrations of vil3min E. The process conditions in tbis proje<:t are the concemration ofTetrahydrofuran (THf) and concentration of "ilamin E where the function ofTIif is to enhance the solubilization. …”
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In vitro elution and dissolution of tobramycin and gentamicin from calcium phosphate by Che Seman, Che Nor Zarida, Othman, Fauziah, Abdul Kadir, Arifah, Ahmad, Azfar Rizal, Mohd Yusof, Nazri, Zulkifly, Ahmad Hafiz, Mustaffa, Rusnah, Goriman Khan, Mohd Azam Khan, Saidi, Hasni Idayu

“…This study showed that incorporating tobramycin and gentamicin with calcium phosphate provided slow residual release of antibiotic from 30 min to 1344 h (8 weeks) and dissolution of calcium phosphate. …”
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Enzymatic hydrolysis of granular native and mildly heat-treated tapioca and sweet potato starches at sub-gelatinization temperature by Y. N., Shariffa, Al-Jashamy, Karim A., A., Fazilah, Sarker, Md. Zaidul Islam

“…Starches were hydrolyzed in native (granular) state and after heat treatment below gelatinization temperature (60 1C for 30min). The dextrose equivalent (DE) value of heat-treated starch increased significantly compared to native starch, i.e., 36–50% and 27–34% for tapioca and sweet potato starch, respectively. …”
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Investigation of the effects of machining parameters and air blowing on surface topography in high speed end milling of silicon by Amin, A. K. M. Nurul, Khalid, Noor Syairah, Mohd Nasir, Siti Nurshahida, Arif, Muammer Din

“…Spindle speed, depth of cut, and feed rate, ranges: 60,000 to 80,000 rpm, 10 to 20 μm, and 5 to 15 mm/min respectively, were considered as the independent machining parameters. …”
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