Management of resources in muslim countries and communities : challenges and prospects

“…It is a known fact that these resources namely, material (e.g., petroleum, gas, gold, timber, etc), financial and human are aplenty in many of the Muslim countries. And yet, we find most of them have not been fully utilized. The major thrust of the conference was discussions and deliberations among the presenters and participants, who came from all over the world, on how to make effective and efficient usage of all kinds of resources in the Muslim countries. …”
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Increase in Short Interest and Predictability in Stock Returns (Infiniti 2011) by Mohamad, Azhar, Aziz, Jaafar, Hodgkinson, Lynn, Wells, Jo

“…Using the UK daily short interest data from the period of September 2003 to April 2010, we find a significant negative relation between increases in short interest and subsequent returns on equal-weighted basis. …”
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Synthesis of fatty acid from locally isolated marine algae, Chaetocerosaffinis by Mohammad Anuar, Mohammad Fuad, Mohammad Noor, Normawaty, Khan Chowdhury, Ahmed Jalal, Yunus, Kamaruzzaman

“…Nowadays, there are increasing in demands for alternative source of fuel and several attempts have been conducted to find-the best ways for fatty acid collection and algae have been listed as potential sources for lipid. …”
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Radiographic study on premature eruption of permanent premolars due to premature loss of primary molar by Sukmasari, Susi, Awang Nor, Norazizah, Sabri, Mohamad Yazid

“…OPGs were scrutinized to find out their relationship and correlation. Results: Out of (196) 0PG, PLPM was observed in (105) OPGs and PEPP was found in 85 OPGs. …”
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Public environmental awareness and performance in Kuala Lumpur City, Malaysia — a case study on household electrical and electronic equipment by Rafia, Afroz, Masud, Muhammad Mehedi, Akhtar, Rulia, Duasa, Jarita

“…Only a small fraction of the used EEE finds its way to recycling facilities and manufacturer as there is no efficient take back scheme for consumers. …”
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Design and optimization of Levenberg-Marquardt based Neural Network Classifier for EMG signals to identify hand motions by Ibrahimy, Muhammad Ibn, Ahsan, Md. Rezwanul, Khalifa, Othman Omran

“…Different structures of neural network, based on the number of hidden neurons and two prominent training algorithms, have been considered in the research to find out their applicability for EMG signal classification. …”
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Shariah scholars' view point on the practice of underwriting and risk rating for family takaful model by Htay, Sheila Nu Nu, Syed, Ahmed Salman, Mohammad , Khalid Jawahir

“…The objective of this study is to find out the Shari’ah viewpoint on the underwriting and risk rating practice for individual participants in family takaful. …”
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2D visualization of terms and documents in Malay language by Tengku Sembok, Tengku Mohd, Kamal Ismail, Normaly, Mat Saad, Nur Hamizah, Sidi Omar, Sidi Bukhari

“…The output of the data is still in the listed form, and this linear form (one dimension) makes user hardly to find information related to the data requested. In addition, Malay document is still displayed in textual listed form. 676 documents from Jilid 1 of Hadith Al Tarmizi in Malay language are used to visualize the relationship. …”
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Study of socio-demographic factors among re-admitted psychiatric patients in relation to their diagnoses in Malaysia by Ali, Syed Masroor, Musa, Ramli, Al-Ani, Ali Sabri Radeef

“…Objectives: The aim of this study is to find out the demographic, and clinical profile of frequently re-hospitalized psychiatric patients. …”
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Effectiveness of knowledge management in achieving success in Malaysian government agencies: A literature review by Sabaghpour Azarian, Mahdieh, Yunus, Yunura Azura, Ahmad Dahlan, Abdul Rahman

“…In this regard, a research has been conducted amongst fifteen Malaysian governmental companies and agencies to find how effective project managers in Malaysian government companies, integrate Knowledge Management criteria and key success elements in order to achieve project success and gain success.…”
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Plants’ metabolites as potential antiobesity agents by Sahib, Najla Gooda, Saari, Nazamid, Ismail, Amin, Khatib, Alfi, Mahomoodally, Fawzi, Abdul Hamid, Azizah

“…Since existing pharmaceuticals fail to come up with long-term solutions to address this issue, there is an ever-pressing need to find and develop new drugs and alternatives. Natural products, particularly medicinal plants, are believed to harbor potential antiobesity agents that can act through various mechanisms either by preventing weight gain or promoting weight loss amongst others. …”
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Attitude towards the use of learning management system among university students: A case study by A.Trayek, Fuad A., Syed Hassan, Sharifah Sariah

“…However, this study did not find any significant differences between distance learning and full time students. …”
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Philosophical aspects of 'Murabbi': a contextual analysis with special reference to globalization of education by Paramboor, Jafar, Ibrahim, Mohd Burhan

“…In the ongoing process of searching the identity of Islamic education paradigm, theory and practice, there are certain values that should be contemplated with help of the exact traditional methodology of Islamic educational research. Although we could find some alternatives to replace our concrete area of knowledge seeking paradigm, the concept of ‘Murabbi’, the derivative of ‘tharbiyah’ has to be relevantized in the context of globalization of the education. …”
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Biofuel potential within chaetoceros species (bacillartophyceae) from coastal water of Pahang, Malaysia by Mohamad Anuar, Mohamad Fuad, Mohammad Noor, Normawaty, Khan Chowdhury, Ahmed Jalal, Yunus, Kamaruzzaman

“…Nowdays, there are increasing in demands for alternative source of fuel with several attempts have been conducted to find the best ways for fatty acid collection and algae have been listed as potential source for lipid. …”
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Quasiclassical trajectory study of six-centered bond exchange reaction between hydrogen molecules by Ibrahim Ali , Noorbatcha

“…The dynamics of this reaction is studied using the quasi-classical trajectory approach. We find that the six-centered bond exchange reaction between the three hydrogen molecules do take place but with low reaction probability at translational energies much higher than anticipated on the basis of ab initio calculations. …”
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Ibn Khaldun on the role of knowledge, skills and values in the rise and fall of civilizations : implications for muslim educators in the 21st century. by Ssekamanya, Siraje Abdallah

“…This paper examines Ibn Khaldun s discussion, in his Muqaddimah,of the role played by knowledge, skills, systems and values in the rise and fall of civilizations to find out how contemporary Muslim societies can benefit from his thought as they grapple with the challenges of globalization and survival in a knowledge-based economy. …”
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Islamic perspective of stock market an analysis based on Shari`ah principles by Osmani, Noor Mohammad, Abdullah, Faruk

“…As the world today looks for an alternative for the capitalistic economy, and considering Islamic financial system as its powerful alternative, there is an urge to find out the legal status of the conventional stock market in Islamic shari`ah. …”
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Metacognitive strategies of ESL learners with different listening abilities: a case study by Abdul Malik, Faridah

“…To find evidence of these metacognitive Strategy use, four sets of think-aloud protocols were analysed. …”
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Professionalism and governance by Quddus, S. M. Abdul

“…This paper argues for studying professionalism from both the Western and the Eastern perspectives in order to find a holistic solution of the problem. …”
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A light material for wind turbine blades by Mohamad, Souad A., Buys, Yose Fachmi, Hadzari , Muhammad Hazwan, Othman, Maizatulnisa

“…Due to this issue, purpose of this paper is to find a light material which is suitable to be used in making wind turbine blades. …”
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