Zakah is a unique Islamic institution targeted to eight groups of recipients with the aim to redistribute income, reduce poverty and achieve social welfare.However, the impacts and effectiveness of zakah targeting in reducing poverty is rarely measured.This is the main objective of the study.To achieve it, a survey was conducted to collect primary

Objective: to develop a Russian version of the modified Rankin Scale (mRS) and to assess its psychometric properties.Patients and methods.The investigation involved 50 patients (25 women, 25 men) over 18 years of age (mean age, 56 years) with an acute cerebrovascular accident diagnosis.During the validation procedure, the authors carried out the li

The article presents the analysis of application of hybrid propulsion systems combining conventional diesel with electric drive for units used in inland transport.The answer is given to the question: to what extent will the use of different configurations of hybrid systems, affect the reduction of fuel consumption and reduce poisonous gases to the

Wan Nordiana Rahman,1,2 Stéphanie Corde,3,4 Naoto Yagi,5 Siti Aishah Abdul Aziz,1 Nathan Annabell,2 Moshi Geso21School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia; 2Division of Medical Radiation, School of Medical Sciences, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Bundoora, VIC, 3Radiation Oncology, Prince of Wales Hosp

Mapping the distribution of forested areas and monitoring their spatio-temporal changes are necessary for the conservation and management of forests.This paper presents two new image composites for the visualization and extraction of forest cover.By exploiting the Landsat-8 satellite-based multi-temporal and multi-spectral reflectance datasets, the