Islamic legal perspectives on genetically modified food by Bouzenita, Anke Sandra

“…It raises a number of deliberations and concerns with regard to the usage of the ‘maqasidic’ scheme and discusses the permissibility of GMF under the aspects of changing creation or harnessing nature.…”
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Attendance at the 6th Annual Library Leadership Institute, 18-22 April 2008, at Shantou by Suja', Balqis

“…Within the presentations, topics and themes covered include: Strategic planning, effective leadership, organizational change, learning commons concept, promoting and supporting Web 2.0 services on campus, new generation users, Library 2.0 phenomenon, social software and networking, scholarly communications, transformative technologies and a discovery culture, and state-of-the art of libraries international trends.…”
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Application of multistage homotopy-perturbation method for the solutions of the Chen system by Chowdhury, Md. Sazzad Hossien, Hashim, Ishak

“…In particular we look at the accuracy of the HPM as the Chen system changes from a nonchaotic system to a chaotic one. …”
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“Licentious Barbarians”: representations of North African Muslims in Britain by Mohd Ramli, Aimillia

“…While historical contexts experienced change as a result of the advent and decline of the Ottoman Empire as well as the emergence of Western Imperialism in the nineteenth century, images of Muslims remained largely the same.…”
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Error estimation of bilinear Galerkin finite element method for 2D thermal problems by Hoq, S. M. Afzal, Okhunov, Abdurahim, C. P. Tso, Tso

“…Several numerical experiments are conducted by controlling the number of nodes and changing element sizes of the presented scheme, and comparison made between analytical solution and software generated solution.…”
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Supporting learning and teaching of languages using e-Learning : the importance of VLEs and the rise of students’ agency by Merlin, Patricia

“…There is, however, a vast array of ever-changing tools available. For this reason, it is necessary to stipulate that the focus should be placed on the pedagogy underlying their use and not on the technology. …”
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The making of history: remediating historicised experience by Tredinnick, Luke

“…The Making of History explores this change to the status of history in the digital age by discussing three historical moments in the last one hundred years: the theft of the Mona Lisa, the death of Princess Diana, and the attack on the World Trade Centre. …”
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Modern Ireland: multinationals and multiculturalism by Banks, Marion

“…This paper examines the end of Irish monoculturalism and the changes which gave birth to the multicultural Dublin of today. …”
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Terahertz dual-band metamaterial biosensor for cervical-cancer diagnostics by Hamza, Musa H., Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, Hamad, Muhamad A., Khan, Salahuddin, Koziel, Slawomir, Limiti, Ernesto

“…The fundamental principle leveraged here is the alteration of the effective dielectric constant of biological tissue by cancerous cells. The change in the dielectric constant, in turn, induces a shift in the resonance frequency of the metamaterial sensor. …”
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Westminister in Uk context by Haughey, Sean, Shephard, Mark, Stirbu, Diana

“…However, the constitutional context has changed dramatically since devolution. Initiated in 1998, devolution transferred certain powers to legislatures in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, enabling a degree of self-rule over domestic affairs. …”
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Development of a DC-DC buck boost converter using fuzzy logic control by Shaban Jaber, Fathi

“…In order to control the output voltage of the buck-boost converter, the controller is designed to change the duty cycle of the converter. The mathematical model of buckboost converter and fuzzy logic controller are derived to design simulation model. …”
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Impact of random dispersion fluctuations on two-pump fiber optical parametric amplifier performances by Othman, N., Tay, K. G., Pakarzadeh, H., Cholan, N. A., M. Shah, N. S., Talib, R.

“…The resulted behaviors are mainly due to the changes of phase-matching condition in optical fiber. …”
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Evaluating the success factors of Information Systems (IS) -case study of Malaysian public sector by Fuad Zamzami, Ikhlas, Phoesalaeh, Basiyah, Hayiyusoh, Nur-Adib, Ahmad Dahlan, Abdul Rahman

“…Information and communications technologies (ICTs) are playing an increasingly vital role in the daily lives of people, revolutionizing work and leisure and changing the rules of doing business. However, still there is a gap between reality and achievement the success. …”
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Antioxidant properties of raw garlic (Allium sativum) extract by Rahman, Md. Mokhlesur, Fazlic, V., Saad, N. W.

“…However, using the 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) scavenging methods to determine the antioxidant activity of raw garlic extract shows a color change from deep violet to yellow, indicating antioxidant activity. …”
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The peer tutoring programme as an effective learning enhancement strategy by Md. Noor, Nor Azian, Othman, Joharry

“…It provides information on the participants’ profiles and their progress in terms of changes in their academic achievement (CGPA) and includes some recommendations for further improvement of the programme. …”
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Fractal dimension of the retinal vasculature and risk of stroke : a nested case-control study by Kawasaki, Ryo, Che Azemin, Mohd Zulfaezal, Kumar, Dinesh Kant, Tan, Ava Grace, Liew, Gerald, Wong, Tien Yin, Mitchell, Paul, Wang, Jie Jin

“…Recent studies show associations between retinal vascular changes and small infarcts detected on brain imaging, or clinical stroke. …”
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Analysis of CNT electronics structure to design CNTFET by Farhana, Soheli, Alam, A. H. M. Zahirul, Motakabber, S. M. A., Khan, Sheroz

“…The electronics properties of graphene are subject to change with the different diameters and wrapping angles of carbon nanotubes. …”
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Origin of cooperative transition of antisite-Arsenic defects in Be-doped low-temperature-grown GaAs layers by Mohamed, Mohd Ambri, Lam, Pham Tien, Otsuka, N.

“…With the aid of first principle calculations, the origin of cooperative transitions was shown to be due to a lattice strain which results in elastic interactions among AsGa defects. A change in magnetizations is induced by large lattice distortions during transition of AsGa defects from substitutional sites to interstitial sites. …”
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Media credibility and its correlate with popular votes during elections by Syed Abdullah Idid, Syed Arabi, Wok, Saodah

“…Specifically the paper has two main objectives, namely to gauge the level of media credibility over a period of time, and to analyze the changing credibility level of the specific media to the popular votes obtained during the general elections.…”
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Advertisement effectiveness and choice of fast food restaurant: an exploratory study of Malay Muslim consumers by Haque, Ahasanul, Sayyed Ahmad, Mohd. Ismail

“…For example, managers can change their slogans based on current situations which will help them to prepare on create suitable advertising for customers.…”
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