REVIEW ARTICLE | Feb. 28, 2018
Concept of Islamic Credit Card Based on Malaysia
Mohi Uddin, M M Ismail Hossin, AHM Yeaseen Chowdhury, Mohd Aminul Islam
Page no 172-176 |
10.21276/sjbms.2018.3.2.9
The intention of this study is to consider the possibility of credit card usage
intention with Islamic banks‟ customers. Concept of Islamic credit card was express in
edict to greet out whether these are persuading the Islamic credit card usage intention
otherwise not. It means a conceptual form toward design the features essential the
Islamic credit card usage intention. The significance descriptions to “concept on
Islamic credit card” are widely moving the Islamic credit card usage intention as well
as terminate that to have no consequence on the Islamic credit card usage intention.
Although it gives the hold up for prospect researches in the outlook of Islamic credit
card and it favor the advantage to the academic awareness over detaching in a superior
way tumble on affecting Islamic credit card usage intention. This particular
significance is toward bank executives; given them through an enhanced conception
pertaining to the Malaysian bank customers‟ usage intentions for Islamic credit cards
also helps them toward better plan for Islamic credit card services, in edict to bring for
the financial requirements of Malaysia bank customers. The attaining a additional
weighty point of view of Malaysia bank customers‟ is usage intentions for Islamic
credit cards as well as determine the accurately decide the use of Islamic credit cards
throughout develops the literature on Islamic credit cards.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | Feb. 28, 2018
Deal or no Deal: Reflections on the Paris Agreement on Climate Change
Dr. Shadi A. Alshdaifat
Page no 196-208 |
10.21276/haya.2018.3.2.15
In December of 2015, the 21st Conference of the Parties to the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC COP21) took place in
Paris. UNFCC is an international environmental agreement on climate change, of
which there are 195 States Parties. The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC) has warned of the consequences of failing to limit global temperature
rises to at least 2 degrees Celsius (above pre-industrial times), highlighting that the
impacts would pose a threat to humanity and could lead to irreversible climate
change. The meeting in Paris was hailed as a make-or-break opportunity to secure an
international agreement on approaches to tacking climate change, a commitment to a
longer-term goal of near zero net emissions in the second half of the 21st century, and
supporting a transition to a clean economy and low carbon society. This paper
discusses the issues and solutions of climate change, development and critical views,
the UAE environmental regulation, company's environmental responsibility, and the
future of the Paris Convention on Climate Change.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | Feb. 28, 2018
The Effect of Transformational Leadership and Work Environment to Employee’s Performance
Didin Hikmah Perkasa, Neneng Saidah, Hapzi Ali
Page no 158-164 |
10.21276/sjbms.2018.3.2.7
This study aims to determine the effect of transformational leadership and
work environment on Employee’s performance. The object of this study was
employees of PT Pegadaian branches Meruya West Jakarta. The population in this
study was 40 employees. The results of this research used saturated sampling
technique. Data collecting used questionnaires and subsequent, then data analyzed
using multiple linear regressions. Data processing for statistical tests performed with
SPSS 21. The results showed that both independent variables of transformational
leadership and significant positive effect on Employee’s performance, while for the
working environment variable was not significant or positive effect on Employee’s
performance.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | Feb. 28, 2018
Effects of Watering Regimes on Germination and Early Seedling Growth of Tetrapleura tetraptera (Schum and Thonn) Taub
Comfort Ajeigbe Dada, Joshua Kayode, Sunday Arowosegbe
Page no 9-13 |
10.21276/sjbr.2018.3.1.2
This study examined the watering regime that will enhance best
germination and early seedling growth of Tetrapleura tetraptera. Seeds and
seedlings of the plant were subjected to five different watering regimes viz:
watering once weekly with 50ml, watering twice weekly with 50ml, watering once
weekly with 100ml, watering twice weekly with 100ml and watering with 100ml
only on the day of planting (as control for the seeds experiment), no watering (as
control for the seedling experiments). The results of the experiment showed that
watering once weekly with 100ml was the most effective watering regime for
enhancing seed germination. This resulted in 85% germination, followed by the
seeds watered twice weekly with 50ml (65%) and watering twice weekly with
100ml (50%). Other watering regimes were less or not effective. While watering
twice weekly with 100ml was the most effective watering regime for enhancing
seedling growth in this plant. This resulted in significantly highest plant height,
number of leaves and broadest leaf area (22.00 cm, 15.00 and 27.51cm2
respectively) at the third month of planting. It also resulted in highest seedling stem
girth (3.50 cm) though this was not significantly different from seedling treated with
other watering regimes except for seedling treated with no watering which gave 0.20
cm. The results of these studies demonstrated that water supply may be a limitation
for raising Tetrapleura tetraptera in the nursery as the soil moisture influenced
germinability and early growth of this plant.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | Feb. 28, 2018
Application of QbD Approach to Development and Validation of a Novel UV- Spectrophotometric Method for Quantitative Estimation of Quetiapine Fumarate in Bulk and Pharmaceutical Formulation (Tablets)
Navjeet Kaur, Inderpreet Singh, Amit Sharma, Manoj Kumar Katual, Charanjit Kaur, Rajesh Kumar
Page no 249-256 |
10.36348/sjmps.2018.v04i02.012
Stability Indicating UV-spectrophotometric analytical method validation for the estimation of Quetiapine fumarate have already been reported, but no studies reported so far include the application of Analytical Quality by Design (AQbD) concept to the development of a comprehensive analytical UV-method for the analysis of model drug (Quetiapine fumatrate). In the present work, a simple, economic and sensitive UV spectrophotometric method has been developed using AQbD approach for the quantitative estimation of Quetiapine fumarate in bulk and pharmaceutical dosage forms i.e. tablets. The estimation of drug was done at 242 nm in simulated nasal fluid (SNF) using UV-Visible double beam spectrophotometer. In the developed method, linearity over the concentration range of 4-24μg/ml of QP was observed and was found in agreement of Beer’s law. The linear regression was found to be 0.999. The results of analysis have been validated statistically and recovery studies confirmed the accuracy of the proposed method. The precision (intra-day & inter-day) of method was found within limits (RSD < 2%). The sensitivity of the method was assessed by determining limit of detection and limit of quantification. The method was found to be repeatable as well as robust. The percentage of QP in the marketed formulation (Qutipin-100) was observed to be 99.46%. It could be concluded from the results obtained in the present investigation that the method for estimation of Quetiapine fumarate in pure form and in pharmaceutical dosage form is simple, rapid, accurate, precise and economical and can be used, successfully, in the quality control of pharmaceutical formulations and other routine laboratory analysis
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | Feb. 28, 2018
Phenotypic, Allelic and Genotypic Frequencies of ABO and Rhesus Blood Groups, Secretor Status, Phenylthiocarbamide Taste Perception and Haemoglobin Variants in Ore Community, Southwestern Nigeria
C. Igbeneghu, S. A. Adedokun, A. A. Akindele, M. J. Olisekodiaka, O. Ojurongbe
Page no 14-22 |
10.21276/sjbr.2018.3.1.3
There is dearth of information on the gene frequencies of ABO and
Rhesus blood groups, secretor status, PTC taste perception and haemoglobin
variants in Osun State, Nigeria and previous studies have been based on
heterogeneous population. We wanted to have information on the frequency
distributions of these traits in Osun State and among a homogeneous population. A
total of 555 individuals comprising 308 male and 247 female indigenes of Ore
community participated in this study. Participants’ blood samples were typed for
ABO, Rhesus blood groups and haemoglobin genotype, saliva samples were
analysed for ABH secretory status and PTC taste perception was determined using
PTC strips. The frequencies of O, A, B and AB individuals were 41.6%, 30.8%,
21.6% and 6.0% respectively, those of Rh positive and Rh negative were 89.9% and
10.1%, those of secretors and non-secretors were 69.2% and 30.8% respectively
while those of tasters and non-tasters were 56.6% and 43.4% respectively. The
observed ABO blood group, Rhesus factor, secretor status, PTC taste perception
distributions did not differ significantly (p = 0.986, p = 0.943, p = 0.926, p = 0.864
respectively) from those expected under the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. The
allelic frequencies for ABO were p(A) 0.205, p(B) 0.149 p(r) 0.645, those for
Rhesus factor were D(0.682) and d(0.318), those for secretion and non-secretion
were Se (0.445) and se(0.555) respectively while those of tasting and non-tasting
were T(0.341) and t(0.659) respectively. Four haemoglobin genotypes in the order
AA (68.6%) > AS (26.7%) > AC (3.8%) > SS (0.9%) were observed with allelic
frequencies A(0.839), S(0.142) and C(0.019). This study has provided information
on the frequency distributions of the studied genetic indices in Osun State. The
information provided herein can be used to give medical and genetic counsel to the
people of the State.
CASE REPORT | Feb. 28, 2018
Giant Sublingual Epidermoid Cyst: A Case Report
Gaurav Sapra, Navneet Agarwal, Ritu Agarwal, Sony Singh
Page no 265-269 |
10.36348/sjmps.2018.v04i02.014
Epidermoid cysts of the floor of the mouth are rare lesions thought to be caused by entrapment of epithelial remnants during embryonic fusion. We present the case of large epidermoid cyst with an oral and a submental component in a 71-year-old male who presented with complaints of a mass in the oral cavity and difficulty in chewing and swallowing solid foods for about 2 years. C.T. Scan shows a 110x55x70mm well-circumscribed cystic mass extending from the sublingual area to the mylohyoid muscle. Extra oral approach was used as the tumor was bulky, whole cyst was removed in toto. We are presenting this case because of the giant size of the cyst and the dilemma in surgical approach to the cyst.
REVIEW ARTICLE | Feb. 28, 2018
Do We Have To Play With Our Children? Is It Needed?
Rinju Joy, Anuradha Sathiyaseelan
Page no 274-278 |
10.21276/sjhss.2018.3.2.15
No parent is born a parent rather parenting is a process wherein a parent
grows from an individual state to being a parent. Parents shape a child’s whole
childhood and in the process of shaping ‘play’ occupies a major role and it fosters
the parent child relationship. Play in childhood doesn’t just reflect the current level
of development in the child but rather it seems to take forward its effect throughout
the life of the child and helps parents understand the child’s perspective easily. For
a child, play is not just a play but it is a way of self expression. Playing with the
child gives child a sense of being important to the parent this later facilitates a
sense of optimism in the child. Being a parent is never an easy role to go about, it
calls for a lot of effort often parents are torn between the parenting roles and
professional role. Especially in the Indian scenario parents playing with their kids
are often valued less and it is not considered as an important element in child
development. The advent of technology too has a very important role to contribute
to the devaluing of play in today’s world.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | Feb. 28, 2018
Preparation and Investigation of Cytotoxic Activity of Meloxicam Loaded Chitosan Nanoparticles in HT29 Colon Cancer Cell Lines
Kola Venu, Sumanta Mondal, Prasenjit Mondal
Page no 270-277 |
10.36348/sjmps.2018.v04i02.015
Meloxicam is non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agent and having multiple pharmacological activities have been reported. In the present article involve the development of chitosan nanoparticles of meloxicam and have been subjected to stability test at various pH, drug release study, in vivo pharmacokinetics in wistar rats, and investigated the decreasing the growth of colon cancer cells. Chitosan nanoparticles of meloxicam such as F1 and F2 have shown anticancer activity against HT29 cell lines. Furthermore,. The nanoparticles were in the size range between 170 nm and 220 nm. The oral absorption of nanoparticles were quite higher than the meloxicam alone. Therefore the prepared nanoparticles formulations were showed better activity than meloxicam alone
REVIEW ARTICLE | Feb. 28, 2018
A Critical Review of Food Crisis in Pakistan
Hani Fatima, Muhammad Faizan Khalil , Aleen Fatima
Page no 284-286 |
10.21276/sjhss.2018.3.2.17
Pakistan is a low income country and the development of agriculture is
its most important sector, due to its major commitments Provide healthy food for
people. In the past 60 years, the aquaculture area in Pakistan has increased.40%,
the rise of the more than 4 period of the masses and the seven times that of the
urban development arousing the growing pressure on the cultivated land. Although
the yield of wheat has increased by five times, the country is but it's marginal
importer. Because of the public's development, the gap between food demands has
narrowed to an unbelievable level. Domestic grain production. To deal with food
protection in Pakistan needs to know about agriculture (Malik, 2015).
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | Feb. 28, 2018
Formulation and Evaluation of Gastroretentive Floating Matrix Tablets of Metronidazole using a Novel Non-effervescent Technique
Airemwen CO, Uhumwangho MU
Page no 257-264 |
10.36348/sjmps.2018.v04i02.013
The aim of this study was to formulate a novel non-effervescent gastro-floating drug delivery system of metronidazole using non-effervescent (sublimation and sintering) technique. Granules were prepared by wet granulation technique using varying concentration of Grewia mollis gum; 2,4,6,8% w/w admixed with 1%w/w acrylate methacrylate copolymer (Eudragit® RL100) and extra 2%w/w batch without the addition of Eudragit® RL100. Ammonium bicarbonate (30%w/w) was used as the sublimating agent. The granules were characterized for micromeritic properties. Thereafter, the granules were compressed at 30 units on the arbitrary scale load of a single punch tableting machine and the physicotechnical properties were determined. The metronidazole tablet was then sintered at 70oC for 12 h. Drug-excipient compatibility study was done using Fourier Transform Infra-red Spectroscopy (FTIR). All granules were free flowing and compressible. The metronidazole tablets had no floating lag time showing that tablets floated instantaneously. The in vitro buoyancy test of metronidazole tablet formulated using varying concentrations of Grewia mollis gum and Eudragit® RL100 was > 12 hr. The % maximum release (m∞) and time to achieve it i.e. (t∞) for metronidazole tablets were ≥88% and≥10 h respectively. FTIR studies showed that the excipients and the Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) i.e. metronidazole were compatible. Grewia mollis gum has been investigated in the formulation of gastroretentive floating matrix tablet of metronidazole using sublimation and sintering technique (Non-effervescent method) which may find useful application in sustained release drug delivery particularly for drugs with short biological half-life that require frequent administration.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | Feb. 28, 2018
The Influence of Work Environment and Work Discipline on Teacher Performance SMP N 247 Jakarta
Hasan Nuryadi, Febrian Darmawan, Hapzi Ali
Page no 200-208 |
10.21276/sjhss.2018.3.2.5
This research aims to know the influence of work environment and work
discipline to teacher performance SMP N 247 Jakarta. The object for this research
is teacher at SMP N 247 Jakarta. This research was done to 32 respondents by
using quantitative descriptive approach. Thus data analysis which is used is statistic
analysis in the form of double linear regression test. The result of this research
shows that either simultaneously or partially, the variable of work environment and
work discipline to teacher performance SMP Ni 247 Jakarta. It has been proven
from the result of (f) simultaneously test and the result of (t) partial shows
significant point of two independent variables that supports hipothesys. Therefore,
the accepted assumption is, there is influence between work environment and work
discipline to teacher performance SMP N 247 Jakarta.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | Feb. 28, 2018
Knowledge of Nurses regarding Safe Administration of Parenteral Medication in Government Hospital, Lahore: Pakistan
Faridullah, Muhammad Ali
Page no 305-313 |
10.36348/sjmps.2018.v04i02.020
Safe administration of parenteral medication is very important for the quality care of patient and it is very important for the cure of disease and promoting client health. Every individual nurse should know about the importance of safe administration of parenteral medication and should have enough knowledge to perform safe practice. To assess the knowledge of nurses regarding safe administration of medication. A cross sectional descriptive study design was used in this research project for assessing the knowledge of nurses about safe administration of parenteral medication, the sample size was 200 nurses which are selected from Punjab institute of cardiology randomly and the data was collected from the participants through self-administered questionnaire. It is reveled from the study that 99.5% of the participants was female while only 0.5% are male, 47% of the participants were belong to age group 35-45 years of age and 56% of the nurses were strongly agree to the safe administration of parenteral medication. Study participants have enough knowledge regarding the safe administration of parenteral medicine
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | Feb. 28, 2018
Characterization of the Crystalline Structure of Wheat Bran Burned by Nd: YAG Laser
Muna A. Pn Gawbah, Ali A. S. Marouf, Yousef A. Alsabah, Mohammed U. Orsod, Abdelrahman A. Elbadawi
Page no 94-96 |
10.21276/sjeat.2018.3.2.6
This paper reports obtaining of useful and highly value materials from
wheat bran. For this purpose, wheat bran sample was burned for 30 s using Nd: YAG
laser with output power 60 W. The product of synthesis process and non-burned
wheat bran were characterized by x-ray diffractometer (XRD), energy dispersive xray (EDX) and fourier transform infrared (FTIR) so as to investigate its crystal
structure and chemical components. XRD results of the sample before burning
process revealed amorphous silica, cubic phase of silicon carbide and rhombohedral
phase of carbon. The obtained results showed that burning process using Nd: YAG
laser can convert the cubic structure of silicon carbide into hexagonal and
rhombohedral structure and convert rhombohedral structure of carbon into hexagonal
structure; also it revealed a monoclinic structure of silica after burning. FTIR showed
a number of absorbance peaks assigned to silica and silicon carbide.
ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE | Feb. 28, 2018
An Appraisal of Leadership Styles in the Public Sector in Nigeria and Its Effect on Productivity
Victor Biodun, Hassan Barau, Mohammed Nasir Ambursa, Sotade Gabriel Akinwale, Baba Aliyu Umar, OgbuUchechukwu Jeremiah, Dalyop Alice Kachollom
Page no 165-171 |
10.21276/sjbms.2018.3.2.8
This paper centres on the appraisal of leadership styles in the public sector
and its effect on productivity. The objective is to evaluate the leadership style
practiced in the public sector and to ascertain whether or not it has significant role in
the degree of efficiency or inefficiency in the sector. A study was conducted into the
books of notable authors written on leadership and management and selected ideas are
compiled in this paper report. Data used for analysis were collected through
questionnaires and interview conducted. Analysis revealed that there is no one specific
leadership style that is best for all situations and that the public sector is inefficient
resulting in poor productivity. Finally, having discovered that leadership is an
indispensable tool in any organization, the paper report therefore ended with
recommendations pointing to the fact that leadership should employ any available
leadership style that will be appropriate at any given instance and also motivate their
subordinates in order to fulfill the goals of their organization.