Prototyping wireless pulse oximeter by Ng, Kimberly Jin Jin

“…The demographic time bomb has been a major concern for many countries around the globe. …”
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From theoretical models to practical deployment: A perspective and case study of opportunities and challenges in AI-driven cardiac auscultation research for low-income settings by Krones, F, Walker, B

“…Our binary Bayesian ResNet model leverages overlapping log mel spectrograms of patient heart sound recordings and integrates demographic data and signal features via XGBoost to optimise performance. …”

Experimental heatwaves facilitate invasion and alter species interactions and composition in a tropical host‐parasitoid community by Chen, J, Lewis, O

“…The two parasitoid species were sensitive to both warming and heatwaves, while the demographic responses of Drosophila species were highly idiosyncratic, reflecting the combined effects of thermal tolerance, parasitism, competition, and facilitation. …”

Prediction models for intradialytic hypotension in hemodialysis patients: a protocol for systematic review and critical appraisal by Li, Zifeng, Yang, Luhuan, Xi, Zuyang, Yi, Wen

“…Risk factors for IDH include demographic characteristics, comorbidities, dialysis procedure factors, and so on. …”
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A review on fall detection systems in bathrooms: challenges and opportunities by Ramanujam, E., Perumal, Thinagaran, Shankar, K.

“…The percentage of the aged population might increase further to 16% by 2050. Due to socio-demographic changes and nuclear family setups, elder people live alone and encounter many issues at home, especially falls, while doing their daily activities. …”

Somatic symptom and psychological distress among oil and gas industry workers in the federal territory of Labuan by Pushpanathan, Kashviny

“…Lastly, there is a statistically significant association between socio-demographic marital status with psychological distress.…”
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Knowledge and practices of malaysian healthy plate (quarter quarter half program) among adult community in cybercity, Kepayan, Sabah by Nasir, Ahza Mohd

“…There was no significant association between socio- demographic data and level of practice of Malaysian Healthy Plate as well as level of QOL (p > 0.05). …”
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Fear of childbirth among pregnant mothers at Hospital USM, Kelantan by Yi, Ong Yi

“…The Childbirth Fear Questionnaire (CFQ) and socio-demographic data were used to collect data, and a p-value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. …”
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Weather radar to study rain and cloud events by Tan, Xin Yi

“…A relation for melting layer’s height and ground temperature was noticed and a trend in melting layer’s height was seen as it shifts from tropical, sub-tropical and temperature climate. Even the geographical location such as inland, coastal or island cities had certain effect on the melting layer. …”
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Reconstructing prehistoric lifeways using multi-Isotope analyses of human enamel, dentine, and bone from Legaire Sur, Spain by Griffith, JI, James, HF, Ordoño, J, Fernández-Crespo, T, Gerritzen, CT, Cheung, C, Spros, R, Claeys, P, Goderis, S, Veselka, B, Snoeck, C

“…Oxygen and strontium isotope analysis suggest all individuals come from a similar, likely local, geological region, aside from one biological female who presents a notably different geographical birthplace, weaning, and dietary life history than the rest of the burial population. …”

Small-area population forecasting in a segregated city using density-functional fluctuation theory by Chen, Yuchao, Kinkhabwala, Yunus A., Barron, Boris, Hall, Matthew, Arias, Tomás A., Cohen, Itai

“…Our findings indicate that even without direct access to the underlying agent preferences, DFFT accurately predicts how broader demographic changes at the city scale percolate to small-area populations. …”
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Data for iTRAQ profiling of micro-vesicular plasma specimens : in search of potential prognostic circulatory biomarkers for Lacunar infarction by Datta, Arnab, Sze, Siu Kwan

“…To discover potential prognostic biomarkers of Lacunar infarction (LACI), here we present quantitative proteomics data of plasma microvesicle-enriched fraction derived by comparative isobaric profiling of three groups of prospectively followed-up LACI patients (LACI – no adverse outcome, LACI –recurrent vascular event and LACI – cognitive decline) and a demographically matched control group. We confidently (unused prot score >3, FDR=1.1%) identified 183 proteins, 43 out of which were significantly regulated (p-value<0.05) in at least one of the three LACI groups in comparison to control group. …”
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Exploring motivation for learning using Hertzbergs two factor theory by Ibrahim, Irma Wahyuny, Mohamad Ghazali, Izlin, Syed Abdullah, Sharifah Aflinda, Rahmat, Noor Hanim, Abdul Hamid, Mohd Hafriz, Azhari, Siti Hajar Aisyah

“…Section A has 4 items on demographic profile. Section B has 12 items on satisfiers and section C has 12 items on dissatisfiers. …”
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Medical tourism in South East Asia: Science mapping of present and future trends by Muhammad Ashraf, Fauzi, Norhana, Mohd Aripin, Nur Sofia Nabila, Alimin, Ting, Irene Wei Kiong, Wider, Walton, Siti Sarah, Maidin, Zainul-Abideen, Ahmed Yousif Abbas

“…This study evaluates the knowledge structure of medical tourism within the geographical context of South East Asia. This region is one of the growing economic powerhouses in the world, and tourism activities have contributed a lot to its advancement. …”
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Application of a targeted-enrichment methodology for full-genome sequencing of Dengue 1-4, Chikungunya and Zika viruses directly from patient samples by Kamaraj, Uma Sangumathi, Tan, Jun Hao, Pan, Louise, Chawla, Tanu, Ong, Xin Mei, Uehara, Anna, Wang, Lin-Fa, Ooi, Eng Eong, Gubler, Duane J., Tissera, Hasitha, Ng, Lee Ching, Wilder-Smith, Annelies, de Sessions, Paola Florez, Barkham, Timothy, Anderson, Danielle E., Sessions, October Michael

“…The frequency of epidemics caused by Dengue viruses 1–4, Zika virus and Chikungunya viruses have been on an upward trend in recent years driven primarily by uncontrolled urbanization, mobility of human populations and geographical spread of their shared vectors, Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. …”
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Spatial-temporal evolution of urban resilience and its influencing factors : evidence from the Guanzhong plain urban agglomeration by Ma, Fei, Wang, Zuohang, Sun, Qipeng, Yuen, Kum Fai, Zhang, Yanxia, Xue, Huifeng, Zhao, Shumei

“…The results showed that the urban resilience of GPUA experienced geographical differentiation in the “East-Central-Western” area and a “circle type” evolution process. …”
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Crossing the linguistic causeway: a binational approach for translating soundscape attributes to Bahasa Melayu by Lam, Bhan, Chieng, Julia, Watcharasupat, Karn N., Ooi, Kenneth, Ong, Zhen-Ting, Hong, Joo Young, Gan, Woon-Seng

“…Translation of perceptual descriptors such as the perceived affective quality attributes in the soundscape standard (ISO/TS 12913–2:2018) is an inherently intricate task, especially if the target language is used in multiple countries. Despite geographical proximity and a shared language of Bahasa Melayu (Standard Malay), differences in culture and language education policies between Singapore and Malaysia could invoke peculiarities in the affective appraisal of sounds. …”
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Views and factors influencing Primary Care Practitioner (pcp) interactions with the pharmaceutical industrys representatives in Malaysia: a multi-sectors qualitative study by Salim, Hani, Ping, Yein Lee, Siew, Mooi Ching, Mawardi, Maliza, Wan Idris, Wan Noor Azlin, Harrun, Noor Harzana

“…Four themes emerged from the analysis: (1) Perceived impact of interactions on prescribing habits, (2) Perceived benefit and harm of interactions, (3) Previous positive or negative encounters, (4) the role of geographical, organisational and policy. Conclusion: The study highlighted the views and factors influencing PCP interactions with the representatives of the pharmaceutical industry in Malaysia. …”
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Basis risk reduction in weather index insurance for rice production in North-West Malaysia by Abdi, Mukhtar Jibril, Zulkafli, Zed, Raffar, Nurfarhana, Khairudin, Nurulhuda

“…Our results indicated that yield averaged at smaller geographical units produced better correlations with indices and a higher risk reduction potential in only one of four sub-areas studied. …”

Ethnoichthyology of the First Record of Spine Bahaba (Bahaba polykladiskos) from Muar, Johor, Malaysia by Ilham-Norhakim, Mohd Lokman, Mohd Faudzir, Najmuddin, Hidayah, Haris, Othman, Nursyuhada, Ramli, Ramli, Sariyati Nur Hartini, Sariyati Nur Hartini, Rasul Abdullah, Halim Muhammad, Abdullah-Fauzi, Abdullah-Fauzi, Akmal, Fawwazah, Abdul-Latiff, Muhammad Abu Bakar

“…The study successfully establishes a baseline information for B. polykladiskos in Peninsular Malaysia using an ethnoichthyological approach, thus extending the known geographical distribution of this distinctive species.…”
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