Geometric morphometric analysis on the pelvic bone by race, sex, and age

Geometric Morphometric technique is one of the wide techniques has been used by anthropologists in the identification of biological specimens such as bones. The pelvic bone has played a significant role in the human system such as locomotor behavior and baby carrier for females during pregnancy period. By analysing the geometric morphometric method on pelvic bone, the identification of bone such as race, sex, and age, may be determined. Using PACS database, 58 bones were selected randomly to assess sex, age, and race. After that these random image were cleaned and cut using Meshmixer software. Using Institute for Data Analysis and Visualization (IDAV), the landmark of the pelvic bone was selected and ready to analyse by MorphoJ software. There were three statistical analysis that were done which were procrutes ANOVA, principles component analysis (PCA), and canonical variate analysis (CVA). Based on these three statistical analysis, it is found that there is a cluster was shown which is age group of 10 whom from age 1 to 10 years old, 51 to 60 years old and 61 to 70 years old. These cluster were obviously shown compared to other group such as sex and age because of physiology and locomotor changes. There is interference were shown in the other group such as sex, race and other group of age. The interference of group causing the difficulty to analyse the graph

FOUR NUANCES OF ISLAMIC FINANCE RESEARCH: A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS APPROACH FOR EXPLORING THE STRUCTURE OF RESEARCH

Background and Purpose: Islamic finance is an important driver of the economy for the Muslim world, particularly to the developing Muslim majority countries in Southeast Asia. Scholars continue to pay close attention to Islamic finance research because it differs from conventional finance in many ways. Islamic finance research, like other fields of study, has to take a step back to evaluate what has been accomplished, who has contributed, and what the trending research topics are throughout its development. To that end, this research aims to investigate the structure of Islamic finance research by identifying its key nuances to date.   Methodology: This study uses the VOSviewer program to perform bibliometric analysis techniques, particularly the citation, bibliographic coupling, and co-word analysis, to investigate the structure of Islamic finance research. The analyses were conducted by identifying the scientific journals that have a significant impact in the field based on a sample of 1,567 articles spanning the years 1955 to 2019, or 65 years of research.   Findings: The major findings of the study are the identification of the four key nuances that form the structure of Islamic finance research and the most referred publications for each of the nuances using citation, bibliometric coupling and co-word analysis. The key nuances include:  1) Bank performance, stability, corporate governance, and risk management; 2) Customer’s patronization and satisfaction factors; 3) Islamic microfinancing and social banking; and 4) Islamic capital market products and performance.   Contributions: This study presents an easy-to-read network of research nuances useful for understanding the Islamic finance literature and supporting future research in this field. The study also provides practical contributions to Islamic financial institutions by showing the major areas of focus to improve or sustain them in the industry.   Keywords: Bibliometric analysis, Islamic finance nuances, literature review, co-word, bibliographic coupling.   Cite as: Abdullah, A. R., Abdullah, S. S., Zainuddin, S. A., Azmi, N. F., & Abdullah, T. (2023). Four nuances of Islamic finance research: A bibliometric analysis approach for exploring the structure of research. Journal of Nusantara Studies, 8(1), 158-183. http://dx.doi.org/10.24200/jonus.vol8iss1pp158-18