The concept of social entrepreneurship is increasingly popular throughout the world. In Malaysia, among the issues often being discussed is pertinent to the employability of its graduates in the job market and the reluctance of those graduates to kick-start any of entrepreneurship ventures. This issue needs to be wisely taken as university students will be the valuable human capital force for the country. At the same time, entrepreneurship should continue to be the starting point of the student's career with social entrepreneurship as one of the preferable option. Social entrepreneurship career aspiration need to be disseminated, introduced and cultured among students. Producing as many social entrepreneurs in the community could help to enhance the social status of the society, as well as encouraging rapid economic development of the country. University students in this country need to be exposed and inculcated with social entrepreneurial concepts and opportunities for them to mobiliz.....

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This paper focuses on the relationship between the Islamic stock market, sukuk, Islamic bank assets and the macroeconomic variables in Malaysia by looking at the market reaction of Islamic shares represented by the FBMES Index to the selected Islamic finance instruments and macroeconomic variables. The Vector Auto Regression (VAR) method was applied to the model of the study. The selected variables to be used in this study comprised the FBMES Shariah Index (FBMES), Sukuk Issuance (SI), Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Real Effective Exchange Rate (REER), Islamic Bank Assets (IBA), Islamic Interbank Rate (IIR), Crude Palm Oil Prices (CPO) and Crude Oil Prices (CO). The data chosen for this particularwas in the form of quarterly data from the first quarter of 2007 to the fourth quarter of 2017. The results indicated that the FBMES Index was integrated with the set of selected macroeconomic and Islamic finance variables in which it was positively and significantly connected with the SI varia.....

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The aim of this research is to discuss the concepts and practice of social entrepreneurship among mosque institutions in Malaysia.The method used in this study is qualitative analysis. A review of the extant literature and observation were carried out for collecting primary and secondary data. In-depth interviews with key informants such the chairman, bursary and secretary of the mosques institutions were also conducted.The findings have helped in developing a checklist framework for categorising and assisting the mosque institutions to transform into a mosquepreneur.The checklist formed is used as a guidelines in evaluating mosquepreneur in Malaysia.This study produces a new checklist of characteristics of the mosquepreneur model.  ..

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Social activities at the mosque are still something new in Malaysia and it has not received a lot of attention. However, there are still a few mosque institutions which have focused on social entrepreneurship activities for increasing the mosque’s income source. The questionnaires were distributed to 52 mosque chairmen and observation was done to see the potential of local social entrepreneurship activities based on factors such as the organisational profile, the mosque demographics, assets, income acceptance, social and finance business activities. The data was analysed quantitatively using descriptive analysis. The findings showed that most mosque institutions were able to raise income from entrepreneurial activities. The social activities conducted can increase the mosque income and bring benefit to the local community especially the Muslim community in general. As such, the study findings can provide inspiration and indication for other mosques to take part in social entrepreneur.....

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This study was aimed at analysing the customers’ satisfaction level of the Islamic banking service quality as well as identifying the service quality elements which were linked to and influenced the customers’ satisfaction level of Islamic banking in Perak, Malaysia. The CARTER model was utilised to achieve the study objectives. A total of 135 respondents had been chosen among the students of the Bachelor of Economy (Islamic Finance) programme, Sultan Idris Education University. The data acquired was then analysed using the descriptive and inferential methods to answer the study questions and to achieve the study objectives. The analysis showed that the customers’ satisfaction level of Islamic banking service was at a high level. The correlational test conducted also showed that all the service quality elements tested indicated a positive and significant relationship with customers’ satisfaction. The regression analysis results showed that the elements of tangible and complianc.....

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Children who have a good level of emotional intelligence will be able to manage their lives in a more orderly and harmonious. Good emotional control is a very important aspect in the well-being of individuals. This study aims to identify the reliability of emotional intelligence module (EQ) in building positive emotion in preschool children. The samples involved a total of 100 preschool children aged four to six years in Terengganu, Malaysia. The analysis used was Rasch Model analysis to see the reliability level of Emotional Intelligence Module (KE) in building positive emotions of children. The findings show that the module is used to record a good level of reliability which is the reliability of the (person) is 0.74 and reliability of the item is 0.89. This shows the selection of the sample is appropriate and in keeping with the characteristics of the research objectives. While the items that have been built are valid and appropriate to the level of ability and understanding of the .....

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Biodiesel is one of the best available resources that have come to the forefront recently. Malaysia has an abundance of agricultural waste which can be tapped as one of the biodiesel resources. This study aimed at evaluating the appropriate Techniques of drying the plant seeds from the agricultural waste in terms of quantity extract of the oils from seed by using Soxhlet with solvent n-hexane, we compared biodiesel potential between seed oil extracted from Mango kernel (Mangifera indica), Rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum),Pumpkin (Cucurbita ps) and Papaya (Carica Papaya. L). we examined the oil physicochemical properties. In order to establish an optimum condition for the production of biodiesel, parameters such as catalyst loading, reaction temperature, methanol to oil molar ratio were studied. The results analyzed revealed that the transesterification of the Nephelium Lappaceu oil, the condition of the optimum reaction was found to be 65oC reaction temperature, 12:1 molar ratio of metha.....

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The review was aimed to review the phytochemical of the Polyalithia longiflia. Phytochemical screening for all parts of Polyalithia longiflia have been done and shown most of the chemical group compounds such as glycosides, Sterol, Carbohydrates, terpenoids, flavonoids. 174compounds have been isolated from five parts (leaves, steam bark, seeds, fruits, root) of Polyalithia longiflia, these compounds have been drown their structure. Leaves of Polyalithia longiflia were extracted and isolated 99 compounds most of these compounds were terpenoids, 59 compounds were isolated from the stem bark belong to different chemical groups such as Terpenoids, Alkaloids, Phenol, Fatty acids, and Steroids, 16 compounds were isolated from the fruit from several chemicals groups, 11 compounds were isolated from the root,7 compounds were isolated from the seeds which belong to different chemical groups which are Terpenoids, Fatty Acids, and Carbohydrate. Many of these compound have been used in medical fil.....

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The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the seed extracts from agro waste to examine the effectiveness of antimicrobial. Therefore, by using the disc diffusion assay, the antibacterial activity was evaluated along with two medically important bacterial pathogens such as methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) (MRSA) and Escherichia coli (E. coli) in the seed extracts of Cucurbita sp., Carica papaya L., Nephelium lappaceum, Mangifera indica, Durio zibethius and Artocarpus heterphyllus Lam seeds. Seed extracts of agro waste were analyzed for the phytochemical constituents. Analysis of the qualitative phytochemical indicated the importance of phytochemical compounds for instance glycosides, saponins, flavanoids, tannins and alkaloids. Variations had been seen in the inhibition zone depending on the species and different seed extracts concentrations used for bacteria, the highest inhibition zone observed for M. indica and C. papaya L. The obtained data of this st.....

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In contrast to the Part I that is comprised of three areas, the current Part II of the case study on 1MDB’s corporate governance going berserk? dwells on two areas: either fraud or something else to explain the 1MDB’s quagmire; and, decision time for case readers. When it concerns the former, it comes in a total of seven parts with the first four on arguments used to explain away the debilitating goings on in the 1MDB whereas the next one on fraud perpetration being the outright explanation. As for the last two parts, the penultimate one is concerned with the Public Account Committee (PAC) report on 1MDB and the last on Clause 117 of the 1MDB's memorandum and articles of association (M&A). As for the latter section on decision time which is also the very last section of the whole of the case study combining Part I and Part II, its first half is concerned with the choice of a stance that readers of the case study can take in explaining the goings on in 1MDB. Assuming that fraud is t.....

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