Exploring the state of economic well-being among urban Malay civil servants: a qualitative study by Mohamed Harith, Nor Hafizah, Md. Noon, Hazizan

“…Adopting the Allard's dimensions of welfare, this study explores the subjective meaning of life satisfaction among the administrative personnel of a Malaysian university, namely Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM). …”
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Examining price convergence behaviour between Peninsular Malaysia and Sabah & Sarawak: evidence for market integration by Mhd. Ruslan, Siti Marsila, Mat Ghani, Gairuzazmi, Khalid, Haniza

“…On the other hand, most of tradable goods prices adjust more rapidly than non-tradable goods when looking at its half-life period.…”
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An IPA study of transgenerational trauma in the third generation of holocaust survivors by Sherman, Antonia

“…Findings: Through analysis three superordinate themes emerged; Holocaust at the core of identity; Salience of family influences within life; internal conflict over sense of purpose: burden vs honour. …”
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Navigating an invisible labyrinth: the effect of involuntary bogus self-employment on female Greek-Cypriot educators’ job satisfaction and subjective well-being by Meletiadou, Eleni

“…Preliminary descriptive statistics and thematic analysis reveal that involuntary bogus self-employment has negatively impacted these women’s health, family life and career prospects. 65% of the participants stated that they suffered from mental health issues and 59% reported their dissatisfaction with their life overall. …”
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Impact of accounting system on individual: a case study of YCS Management & Consulting Service, Johor Bahru by Abu Seman, Noor Aslinda, Fernandez, Dahlia

“…The changing in information technology has occured approximately at each stage of human life but being thought in a different way or opinion at every stage (Peter et al., 2018). …”
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Recycling of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) as a resource for bioproducts development by Marsi, Noraini, Main, Nor Mazlana, Leman, Abdul Mutalib, Mahmood, Salwa, Mat Hassan, Nik Normunira

“…To overcome the problem, there are different numbers of product end-of-life (EOL) option that can be used based on the product characteristics. …”
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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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