The Importance of Learning Islamic History and Civilization of Malaysia in the Building of Human Capital and Identity of the Muslim Society in Malaysia

AbstractThe purpose of this research is to study the importance of learning Islamic History and Civilization in Malaysia for human capital building and identification of the muslim society in Malaysia. Its aim is to clarify the importance of this course, specifically at the Department of Arabic Studies and Islamic Civilization, and the need to produce graduates who are conversant in this field in order that they may utilise it in their lives regardless of whichever field they venture into. This study uses the library research method by analysis and evaluation with an argumentative as well as narrative approach. The results of study finds that knowledge and conversance in this field is integral in the formation of human capital and identity of the muslim society in Malaysia. Knowledge and conversance in this field would enable Malays to know the ‘true’ history of the muslim ummah in Malaysia. This knowledge is crucial to help them form and build a Malay-muslim generation in Malaysia, strongly attached to Malay traditions which have once brought the muslims to the pinnacle of success

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Figure S1. Overview of the informatics pipeline used to the identify lincRNAs in goat. (PDF 216 kb

MAP file: 96_ChineseSheep

Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) raw data files with 54241 loci for 43 Altay sheep, 30 Mongolian sheep and 22 Sishui Fur sheep from China in PLINK-format

PED file: 96_ChineseSheep

Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) raw data files with 54241 loci for 43 Altay sheep, 30 Mongolian sheep and 22 Sishui Fur sheep from China in PLINK-format

Additional file 2: Table S1. of The process-related dynamics of microbial community during a simulated fermentation of Chinese strong-flavored liquor

Good coverages of prokaryotic Sequencing (16S rRNA gene). Table S2. Good coverages of eukaryotic Sequencing (ITS gene). Table S3. The OTU BLAST result based on 16S rRNA gene. Table S4. The OTU BLAST result based on ITS region. (PDF 309 kb

Dual-Mode Fluorescence and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Nanoprobe Based on Aromatic Amphiphilic Copolymer Encapsulated CdSe@CdS and Fe₃O₄

Nanoparticles exhibiting good biocompatibility and multifunctional optical, magnetic, and reactive properties are essential materials for the construction of next generation theranostics platforms. The core–shell structured CdSe@CdS is one of few semiconductor quantum dots (QD) that shows ideal photoluminescence for biological application including unity quantum yields, identical photoluminescence for ensembles and single dot, nonblinking, and antibleaching. However, overcoming toxicity concerns from Cd²⁺ is still a great challenge for promoting the practical medical application of the CdSe@CdS QD. Besides, the high quality luminescent and superparamagnetic nanoparticles at present are basically hydrophobic, which implies that the phase transfer of these functional nanoparticles into aqueous phase is the primary step to enable their biomedical application. Herein, we have developed a facile protocol to fabricate highly biocompatible nanoparticles showing both modulated luminescent and magnetic properties via a one-step self-assembling of amphiphilic block copolyarylene ether nitriles (amPEN), oleic acid stabilized CdSe@CdS QD, and Fe₃O₄ superparamagnetic nanoparticles (SP) in microemulsion system. Benefiting from the aromatic backbone structure of amPEN and its strong hydrophobic interaction with surface capping agent of QD/SP, the fabricated hybrid nanoprobe exhibits quite competitive colloids stability as well as fluorescent/magnetic properties, which ensures its application for in vitro fluorescence and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of cancer cells

Genomic Scan Reveals Loci under Altitude Adaptation in Tibetan and Dahe Pigs

<div><p>High altitude environments are of particular interest in the studies of local adaptation as well as their implications in physiology and clinical medicine in human. Some Chinese pig breeds, such as Tibetan pig (TBP) that is well adapted to the high altitude and Dahe pig (DHP) that dwells at the moderate altitude, provide ideal materials to study local adaptation to altitudes. Yet, it is still short of in-depth analysis and understanding of the genetic adaptation to high altitude in the two pig populations. In this study we conducted a genomic scan for selective sweeps using <i>F_ST</i> to identify genes showing evidence of local adaptations in TBP and DHP, with Wuzhishan pig (WZSP) as the low-altitude reference. Totally, we identified 12 specific selective genes (<i>CCBE1, F2RL1, AGGF1, ZFPM2, IL2, FGF5, PLA2G4A, ADAMTS9, NRBF2, JMJD1C</i>, <i>VEGFC</i> and <i>ADAM19</i>) for TBP and six (<i>OGG1</i>, <i>FOXM</i>, <i>FLT3</i>, <i>RTEL1</i>, <i>CRELD1</i> and <i>RHOG</i>) for DHP. In addition, six selective genes (<i>VPS13A</i>, <i>GNA14, GDAP1, PARP8, FGF10 and ADAMTS16</i>) were shared by the two pig breeds. Among these selective genes, three (<i>VEGFC</i>, <i>FGF10</i> and <i>ADAMTS9</i>) were previously reported to be linked to the local adaptation to high altitudes in pigs, while many others were newly identified by this study. Further bioinformatics analysis demonstrated that majority of these selective signatures have some biological functions relevant to the altitude adaptation, for examples, response to hypoxia, development of blood vessels, DNA repair and several hematological involvements. These results suggest that the local adaptation to high altitude environments is sophisticated, involving numerous genes and multiple biological processes, and the shared selective signatures by the two pig breeds may provide an effective avenue to identify the common adaptive mechanisms to different altitudes.</p></div

Functional enrichment analysis of genes within the selected regions identified in comparison of TBP and WZSP.

<p>Notes: GO term, subcategory of biological process.</p><p>Functional enrichment analysis of genes within the selected regions identified in comparison of TBP and WZSP.</p

Functional enrichment analysis of genes within selected regions identified in comparison of DHP and WZSP.

<p>Notes: GO term, subcategory of biological process.</p><p>Functional enrichment analysis of genes within selected regions identified in comparison of DHP and WZSP.</p

Principle component analysis of TBP, DHP and WZSP individuals.

<p>TBP, Tibetan pig; DHP, Dahe pig; WZSP, Wuzhishan pig.</p