Islamic Business Ethics as Customer Retention Factors in Islamic Bank: an Exploratory Factor Analysis

This study aims to explore the factors of Rasullah commendable qualities as partial variable in order to be able to test or examine that has been practiced by Islamic Bank employee at Ponorogo East Java Indonesia. Using 128 of respondents the data analyze quantitively. Data collected from respondent thorugh questionnaire responded on five point Likert scale. The data then analyzed employed Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) method using Varimax rotation, which reduced the data into several factors. The findings of this study indicates that commendable qualities of the Prophet Muhammad as business ethics indicators is emerged in 3 factors namely, siddiq, fathana, and tabligh, that probably would affect on costumer retention. Therefore, it is necessary future research to investigate the relationship 3 factors of commendable qualities of the Prophet Muhammad S.A.W. and customer retention in Islamic Bank especially in Ponorogo

Experimental works on the influence of Malaysian kitchen temperature on the energy consumption of domestic refrigerator

The paper presents, an experimental and theoretical study was conducted to investigate the influence of Malaysian kitchen temperature on the heat transfer coefficient of compressor and condenser as well as on the energy consumption of the domestic refrigerator of 150 L, manufactured in Malaysia used as a test unit for the study. The study was conducted in a controlled condition using two different kitchen temperatures (25 and 30 ºC). The results show a decreasing in the heat transfer coefficient of compressor and condenser happened as much as the kitchen temperature increased due to the increasing that happened in their outer temperature. On the other hand, an increasing about 231.6 Wh day-1reported in the energy consumption of domestic refrigerator while the kitchen temperature was increased from 25 to 30 ºC. This means about 46.3 Wh day-1was increased for each one degree increased in the kitchen temperature

Discovering Popular Topics of Sarawak Gazette (SaGa) from Twitter Using Deep Learning

The emergence of social media as an information-sharing platform is progressively increasing. With the progress of artificial intelligence, it is now feasible to analyze historical document from social media. This study aims to understand more about how people use their social media to share the content of the Sarawak Gazette (SaGa), one of the valuable historical documents of Sarawak. In the study, a short text of Tweet corpus relating to SaGa was built (according to some keyword search criteria). The Tweet corpus will then be analyzed to extract the topic based on a topic modeling, specifically, Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA). Then, the topics will be further classified with Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) classifier

Antioxidant and cardio protective effect of palm oil leaves extract (standardized ethanolic fraction) in rats' model of saturated fats induced metabolic disorders

Recently, it is suggested to use POLE (palm oil leaf extract) as a nutraceutical health product in food industry due to its newly discovered content of polyphenols and antioxidant vitamins. In the experiment, the antioxidant and anti-lipid-peroxidation activities of the extract were confirmed using; DPPH (1-diphenyl-2-picryl-hydrazil) radical scavenging activity, ferric ion induced lipid peroxidation inhibition, reducing power and hydrogen peroxide scavenging activity assays. The cardio-protective activity was studied in vivo using a model of metabolic syndrome induced by high fat diet. Lipid profile, obesity indices, renal tubular handling of water and electrolytes, blood pressure and arterial stiffness were measured at the end of the treatment period. Sprague Dawley rats weighing 150-200 g were divided into six groups, viz; group C; was treated as a negative control and fed with standard rodents chow, group H; was treated as a positive control and fed with an experimental diet enriched with saturated free fatty acids for 8 weeks, groups HP0.5, HP1 and HP2 which were fed with 0.5,1 and 2 g/kg (body weight) /day of POLE orally during the last 24 days of the high fat diet feeding period and group P; fed with highest dose of POLE. Results revealed that POLE possesses a cardio-protective effect which is ascribed to its content of polyphenols

A comparative study of the legal framework on children protection from online predators in Malaysia and the United States of America (USA) / Ahmad Azlan Azizan … [et al.]

The publicity about online predators that prey on naive children using trickery and violence is improper. Internet sex crimes involving adults and juveniles more often fit a model of statutory rape-adult offenders who meet, develop relationships with, and openly seduce underage teenagers-than a model of forcible sexual assault or pedophilic child molesting. This is a serious problem that requires approaches different from those in current prevention messages emphasizing parental control and the dangers of divulging personal information. Malaysia does have laws such as the Communication and Multimedia Act 1998, the Penal Code and other types of enforcement but not a specific law as with the United States of America (USA). Specific legislation to deal with the children protection against offences committed by the online predators is of utmost necessary due to the in comprehensiveness of the current laws in Malaysia. Apart from legislative measures, there are appropriate prevention strategies that target youths directly and acknowledge normal adolescents with awareness and avoidance skills while educating older youth about the pitfalls of sexual relationships with adults and their criminal nature. Particular attention should be paid to higher risk youths, especially those with history of sexual abuse, sexual orientation concerns, and patterns off and online risk takin

Viability of Islamic Health Protection Retirement Plan (I-HPRP) among Malaysian public and private employees

Purpose― The main objective of this research is to examine the viability of the proposed Islamic health protection retirement plan (i-HPRP) among public and private employees in terms of their perceived benefits, future commitment, and preferences. Design/Methodology/Approach― Quantitative research design is chosen to achieve the purpose of the research. A total of 498 Malaysians located in different states were surveyed, and partial least squares-structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) analysis was conducted for data analysis. Findings― Results of the analysis indicate that most of the respondents believed that the suggested plan is viable in terms of the benefitsit provides and in line with their future commitment. In addition, both public and private employees have high interest in the proposed plan that appears to suit their retirement plans and health protection needs during that period. Originality/Value― This study structured an original illustrative retirement health protection plan to test its viability among public and private employees.Research Implications/Limitations― Results of this research are significant in proving that the suggested model of i-HPRP is attractive and would have positive acceptance among Malaysians once offered in the takāful(Islamic insurance) market. It would motivate takāfuloperators to develop this model as currently there are limited annuity takāfulproducts offered in the marke

Flow Characteristics in Perforated Subsurface Drain of Drainage System Application: Case Study of Gate Fully Open with Longitudinal Slope 1/500

Subsurface drainage is part of a sustainable drainage system's components. This component represents the infiltration of stormwater into the subsurface drainage system for flow attenuation purposes. This study examines the flow parameters of subsurface drainage components. The laboratory validation of perforated subsurface drains was conducted at a longitudinal slope gradient of 1/500 with the Gate Fully Open. The manning, n data obtained in these experiments varies with several hydraulic parameters. Therefore, the experimental relationship between the flow characteristics of these subsurface drain components has been investigated. The relationship between flow behavior has been determined. The sub-critical and supercritical, and turbulence flow has occurred in this stud

Flow Characteristics in Perforated Subsurface Drain of Drainage System Application: Case Study of Gate Fully Open with Longitudinal Slope 1/500

Subsurface drainage is part of a sustainable drainage system's components. This component represents the infiltration of stormwater into the subsurface drainage system for flow attenuation purposes. This study examines the flow parameters of subsurface drainage components. The laboratory validation of perforated subsurface drains was conducted at a longitudinal slope gradient of 1/500 with the Gate Fully Open. The manning, n data obtained in these experiments varies with several hydraulic parameters. Therefore, the experimental relationship between the flow characteristics of these subsurface drain components has been investigated. The relationship between flow behavior has been determined. The sub-critical and supercritical, and turbulence flow has occurred in this stud