Limnological parameters affecting monthly abundance of Chironomid larvae in a fish pond and their role in the diet of catfish, Clarias batrachus by Parveen, M, Hosain, M.B., Rahman, M.F., Khan Chowdhury, Ahmed Jalal, Jahan, N, Amin, S.M.N

“…Six months-long experiment was carried out in a fish pond at Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Mymensingh from September 2008-February 2009 to evaluate the limnological parameters affecting monthly abundance of Chironomid larvae and their role in the diet of catfish, Clarias batrachus. …”
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Modeling petroleum future volatility: Analyzing asymmetry and persistency of shocks by Alom, Fardous, Bert, Ward, Baiding, Hu

“…These findings also imply that in the presence of asymmetric and persistent volatility, policy measures should be taken to accommodate long lasting effects of shocks to the volatility. …”
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Determining the viability of rental price to benchmark Islamic home financing products evidence from Malaysia by Mohd Yusof, Rosylin, Kassim, Salina, Majid , M. Shabri A., Hamid, Zarinah

“…In particular, the rental rate is found to be resilient to short-term economic volatility, while in the long run, it is truly reflective of the economic fundamentals. …”
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Feeding cholesterol blunts the proliferative effect of dietary guar gum by Khattak, Muhammad Muzaffar Ali Khan, Mathers, J.C.

“…Consumption of soluble non-starch plysaccharides e.g. guar gum (GG) is associated with increased crypt cell proliferation (CCP) in animal models (Pell et al. 1992) but neither the mechanism for this response nor its long-term consequences are certain. The present study investigated the interaction between GG and cholesterol feeding on CCP in rats. …”
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Quantum chemical QSAR models to predict the anticancer activity of nitrosoureas by Ibrahim Ali , Noorbatcha, Mohd Salleh, Hamzah, Syed Osman Idid, Syed Zahir Idid

“…Discovery of new anticancer drugs is a daunting task confronting the scientists for a long time. Computer aided methods can provide important insights in this direction. …”
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Varieties and in vitro seed production technique for growing potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) under harsh and problematic BRIS soil of Pahang by Nodin, Mohd Shukor, Zakaria, Nor hafizah

“…This increasing reliance for imported foods to feed the country's expanding population also has raised concern among policy makers and analysts on the long term feasibility of such policy. This concern was reflected in the previous several National Agricultural Policies and reemphasized in the current agricultural policy where increased consideration is being given to domestic production of food especially production in abandon land and marginal land like BRIS soil. …”
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The legal and beneficial ownership conundrum in sovereign sukuk structuring by Oseni, Umar Aimhanosi

“…With the increasing interest of emerging economies in ṣukūk to meet their long-term financing needs, this study is expected to guide the global Islamic finance industry on Sharī‘ah and legal issues relating to sovereign ṣukūk.…”
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Colour effect on physiology in stimulating environment by Ab Jalil, Nurlelawati, Mohd Yunus, Rodzyah, Sheikh Said, Normahdiah, Mohamed Iqbal, Mimi Iznita

“…The results show that subjects in the strong red environment were stimulated after a short exposure, while subjects in the bluish- green environment were stimulated after long and sustainable periods of exposure. In summary, the significance of a coloured environment is discussed with suggestions for a short, longer and sustainable period of exposure from a physiological perspective, the aim of which being better engagement.…”
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Energy efficient modulation technique on 10Gb/s coherent detection optical OFDM by Rahman, M. Tawfiq, Faruqi, S. I., Islam, Md. Rafiqul, Abdullah, Khaizuran

“…In short distance PAM performs quite well and 16 QAM has worst results. In long distance OOK obtain the highest receive power and high order QAM receive the lowest power for the same distance. …”
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Islamic finance arbitration: integrating the classical and modern legal frameworks by Oseni, Umar Aimhanosi

“…Legal experts have been exploring how the legal templates, borrowed from the age-long practice in common law jurisdictions, can be applied to legal and enforcement challenges arising out of decisions of the court on Islamic banking and finance services. …”
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Financial development and economic growth: the experiences of selected OIC countries by Duasa, Jarita

“…In addition, with the VECM results, the error correction terms for Jordan and Kuwait are found to be significant, implying that there is a long run relationship between variable in at least one direction for each country.…”
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3D imaging techniques in documentation of cultural assets in Malaysia by Md. Sharif, Harlina, Hazumi, Hazman, Saedin, Nurfarhanah

“…By presenting a brief overview of previous 3D digital documentation efforts undertaken in the field of cultural heritage (CH) in Malaysia, the final aim of this study is to compare the visual accuracy of 3D models generated by CV system, and 3D models produced by terrestrial long-range scanner and structured white light systems. …”
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Critical analysis on the children and young person Employment Act 1966 and the Education Act 1996 in relation to causes and effect of child labor in Malaysia by Nik Mahmod, Nik Ahmad Kamal, Che Mohd Salleh, Marhanum, Mohamed, Azizah, Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali, Amuda, Yusuff Jelili

“…Objective – It is observed that the phenomena of working children is a long-standing issue in most under-developed and developing countries of the world and the number increases each year in the light of challenging domestic social and economic conditions. …”
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Thermal comfort investigation in traditional and modern urban canyons in Bandar Abbas, Iran by Dalman, Masoud, Salleh, Elias, Sapian, Abdul Razak, Saadatian, Omidreza

“…The hot humid climate of Bandar Abbas, especially in long summers, causes thermal stress for urban activities. …”
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Risk management policies of telecommunication and engineering laboratories by Shah, Abdul Salam, Fayaz, Muhammad, Shah, Asadullah, Shah, Shahnawaz

“…Every Engineering University has a setup of laboratory for students particularly for PhD. scholars to works on the performance analysis of different Telecommunication Networks including WLANS, 3G/4G, and Long Term Evolution (LTE). The laboratories help students to have hands on practice on the theoretical concepts they have learned during the teaching at the university.The technical subjects have a practical part also which boosts the knowledge of students and learning of new ideas. …”
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Preparation and characterisation of TIG-alloyed hybrid composite coatings for high-temperature tribological applications by Bello, K. A., Maleque, Md. Abdul, Adebisi, A. A., Dube, A.

“…There is an increasing interest in the tribology community for developing high-performance composite coatings to meet severe tribological conditions in advanced mechanical systems which require high operating temperature and long life. In the present work, powder preplacement and tungsten inert gas (TIG) torch melting techniques have been employed to generate titanium carbide (TiC)-based composite coatings containing hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) or Ni–P coated hBN (Ni–P-hBN) lubricant additive. …”
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Islamic civilization: factors behind its glory and decline by Ashimi, Tijani Ahmad

“…Moreover, Islam was not opposed to learning from the earlier civilizations and incorporating their science, learning, and culture into its own world view, as long as they did not oppose the principles of Islam. …”
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Risk-taking behavior and capital adequacy in a mixed banking system: new evidence from Malaysia using dynamic OLS and two-step dynamic system GMM estimators by Abdul Wahab, Hishamuddin, Saiti, Buerhan, Rosly, Saiful Azhar, Mohammed Masih, Abul Mansur

“…The results of dynamic ordinary least squares indicate positive relationship between capital ratio (CAR) and risk-weighted asset ratio (RWA) in the long run. Furthermore, the causality analysis based on panel VECM 15 and two-step dynamic system generalized method of moments indicates unidirectional causality from CAR to RWA. …”
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Drying of fruits and vegetables: The impact of different drying methods on product quality by Hawlader, Mohammad Nurul Alam, Baradey, Y., Ismail, Ahmad Faris, Hrairi, Meftah

“…Preservation of fruits and vegetables is considered to be a very important step to match availability in agriculture sector and consumers’ utilization to keep it fresh and nutritional as long as possible, and to meet the demand for fast and instant products with high quality. …”
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A review of Malaysian experience in tissue engineering research and development:A bibliometric study using online databases by Ahmad Radzi, Muhammad Aa’zamuddin, Zainuddin, Zainul Ibrahim, Abdulahi Hashi, Abdurezak, Mohamad, Mohd Yusof, Md Nazir, Noorhidayah, Hashim, Rosyafirah, Mat Nawi, Nur Farhana, Sha'ban, Munirah

“…Tissue engineering research serves to overcome the major obstacles in organ transplantation.The obstacles include insufficient supply of organs, immunoreaction, subsequent rejection between donor organs and recipient’s body as well as life-long immunosuppression dependence. This paper intends to summarize the progress of tissue engineering in Malaysia. …”
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