Tumorigenic role of podoplanin in esophageal squamous-cell carcinoma by ., Nur Rahadiani, Ikeda, Jun-ichiro, Makino, Tomoki, Tian, Tian, Qiu, Ying, Mamat, Suhana, Wang, Yi, Doki, Yuichiro, Aozasa, Katsuyuki, Morii, Eiichi

“…The effects of podoplanin on the behavior of cancer cells were evaluated in ESCC cell lines in which podoplanin expression was knocked down. …”
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Diminishing partnership: bankers strategic response to Shariah compliance home financing by Abdul Razak, Dzuljastri, Ismail, Yusof

“…Under DP home financing, customer and bank share profit based on the rental value of the house instead of predetermined interest rate where bank gains profit upfront .As such DP is claimed to be fairer and more flexible than debt financing which result in more justice, equality and cater for societal well being that is in line with the Maqasid al Shariah. This research adopted a mixed method by obtaining the perceptions of three stakeholders namely consumers, Shariah scholars and bankers. …”
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Design of a compact printed band-notched antenna for ultrawideband communications by Mohd Sobli, Nuurul Hudaa, Abdel-Raouf, Hany Essam Eldin

“…The proposed antenna is fed by microstrip line, and it consists of square radiating patch on the top layer with a slotted-parasitic patch on the bottom layer of the antenna. …”
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Fiber break location technique utilizing stimulated Brillouin scattering effects in optical fiber by Bakar, A.A.A., Al-Mansoori, M.H., Mahdi, Mohd Adzir, Zainal Abidin, Mohd Shahnan, Mohd Azau, M.A.

“…This technique enables the utilization of a less-sensitive photodetector to detect the Brillouin Stokes line since its intensity increases with the fiber length in the detectable region. …”
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Testing a model of Islamic corporate financial reports: some experimental evidence by Sulaiman, Maliah

“…Given the fact that religion stands at the core of some cultures, and that Islam is a significant force influencing the manner in which Muslims conduct their public and private lives, the influence of Islam on accounting may be significant. In line with this, Baydoun and Willett (1994 and 2000) suggested that the current value balance sheet and the value added statement would meet Islam’s objectives of socio-economic justice and accountability, thus satisfying the needs of Muslim users to a greater extent than would the traditional historical cost balance sheet and the profit and loss statement. …”
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Critical success factors of the nine challenges in Malaysia's Vision 2020 by Islam, Rafikul

“…The present paper seeks to identify and rank the critical success factors of these nine challenges by applying the Analytic Hierarchy Process. A number of ‘front-line’ critical success factors are discussed at length. …”
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A new automated compact substation for distribution system in Malaysia by Ahmed, Musse Mohamud

“…Microprocessor based Remote Monitoring Devices have been used for customized software to be downloaded to the hardware. Power Line Carrier (PLC) has been used as communication media between the consumer and the substation. …”
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The utilization of information and communication technology among Islamic secondary school teachers in Malaysia by Abdul Rashid, Adnan

“…Since then, the government – through Ministry of Education – has introduced various initiatives to facilitate the adoption and diffusion of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). In line with the Vision 2020, Ministry of Education has draft ways so as to integrate ICT into education system. …”
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Islamic bioethics of pain medication: an effective response to mercy argument by Malik, Mohammad Manzoor

“…The researcher particularly deliberates on the contemporary Islamic discourse on the issue; by furthering the debate in line with the Islamic legal maxims and general guidance from the primary sources of Islamic law and ethics. …”
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Islamic microfinance as an alternative to conventional financing practices : The need to address the poverty in Pakistan by Abdul Razak, Dzuljastri, Abbas, Kausar

“…Hence, this paper explores the feasibility of Islamic microfinance as an alternative means to help the poor in line with the Shariah principles where the use of riba (usury) is prohibited due to unfairness and injustice. …”
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Religion and politics in America : the rise of Christian Evangelists and their impact by Zakaullah, Muhammad Arif

“…The Muslim world has to learn to appreciate that in Western societies the bottom line is the public opinion and not the wishes of the President/Prime Minister and his cabinet." …”
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A study of packet scheduling with mobile cellular channel impairments by Mohd. Ramli, Huda Adibah, Sandrasegaran, Kumbesan, Abdullah, Khaizuran

“…Therefore, intelligent design of packet scheduling for the LTE-A to provide Quality of Service (QoS) comparable to fixed line services becomes crucial. However, packet scheduling over the LTE-A system faces a number of challenges. …”
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Bank Rakyat Malaysia: vision remains while mission is revisited by Khaliq, Ahmad, Kazmi, Azhar

“…The consistency had to be maintained as it was in line with the founding fathers’ idea of serving its members. …”
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Corporate financing dynamics: Malaysia empirical evidence by Haron, Razali, Ibrahim, Khairunisah, Mat Nor, Fauzias, Ibrahim , Izani

“…There are evidences of target capital structure and firms do adjust to be at their target from time to time with a considerably rapid speed of adjustment, in line with dynamic trade-off theory. Firms in Malaysia are found to be under-adjust, being below the required adjustment to be at the target within a year. …”
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Integrating zakat into Indonesian fiscal sytem in the light of siyasah shar‘Iyyah by Nashr, Akbar, Kayadibi, Saim

“…The research will determine whether the integration of zakat into current fiscal system is in line with the Siyasah Shar‘iyyah or not. Keywords: Zakat; Fiscal; Integration; SWOT analysis; Siyasah shar‘iyyah, Contemporary fiqh. …”
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Low income housing allocation system in Malaysia: managing housing need for the poor by Shuid, Syafiee

“…Since early 1990s, Malaysia experienced rapid urbanization in line with continuous economic growth. Despite various housing programmes implemented by the Malaysian government together with private sector to provide housing for the low income people but the number of squatter settlements continue to grow. …”
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Investigating firm and country specifics in pursuing optimality. Shariah compliant securities in Malaysia by Haron, Razali

“…The size of Malaysia’s ICM is expected to expand at the average rate of 10.6% per annum to reach RM 2.9 trillion by 2020. In line with its future expansion, Shariah compliant securities are and will continue to be one of the important elements in ICM. …”
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Target capital structure and speed of adjustment: Panel data evidence on Malaysia Shariah compliant securities by Haron, Razali, Ibrahim, Khairunisah

“…The size of Malaysia’s ICM is expected to expand at the average rate of 10.6% per annum to reach RM 2.9 trillion by 2020. In line with its future expansion, Shariah compliant securities are and will continue to be one of the important elements in ICM. …”
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Does trade among ASEAN members promote efficiency? sectoral evidence from the gravity model by Mohd Amin, Ruzita, Hamid, Zarinah, Md Saad, Norma

“…Thus, this study finds that only „good‟, i.e., efficient intra-regional trade is taking place within ASEAN, which is in line with the objective of establishing the ASEAN Economic Community. …”
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Cash waqaf and Islamic microfinance - untapped economic opportunities by Md Saad, Norma, Anuar, Azizah

“…Given these shortcomings, the paper explores the possibility of using cash waqaf as a new source of fund for Islamic microfinance and proposes new concept and application of Islamic microfinance so that it is truly in line with the Islamic spirit of microfinance. It is hoped that with this new concept and application of Islamic microfinance, the use of microfinance is genuinely to cater for the needs of the poor and the needy and as a means to combat poverty as well as generating socio-economic growth of the Muslim Ummah.…”
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