Economic Cooperation among the OIC countries: a case of Turk-Malay Economic Cooperation by Kayadibi, Saim

“…Surprisingly Turkish exports to Malaysia had risen to $93 million with imports more than doubling to $498 million in 2010. It’s hoped that bilateral trade is expected to rise to $2.5 billion, with Malaysian exports making up a large portion in 2012. …”
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Maternal outcome of early versus late termination of pregnancy among pregnant mothers with prenatal diagnosis of lethal fetal anomalies: a retrospective review by Yong, SL, Abdulwahab, Dalia F, Ismail, Hamizah, Rozihan, I, Awang, Mokhtar, Abdullah, Suhaiza

“…Mean duration of hospital stay was slightly longer in the late TOP group (6.9 ± 4.1 days) than the early TOP group (5.7 ± 2.8 days). One patient with late TOP developed impending eclampsia requiring IV MgSO4 infusion. …”
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Functional outcomes and quality of life following tumour-related hemipelvectomy - a decade of HUSM experience by Sharifudin, Mohd Ariff, Wan, Zulmi, Wan Ismail, Wan Faisham Numan, Mat Zin, Nor Azman, Mohamed Amir, Nawaz Hussain

“…Patients with follow up period of less than six months were not included. MSTS scores were obtained on the most recent follow-up after the surgery. …”
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A central bioactive region of LTBP-2 stimulates the expression of TGF-β1 in fibroblasts via akt and p38 signalling pathways by Sideek, Mohamed Arshad, Smith, Joshua J., Menz, Clementine, Adams, Julian R. J., Cowin, Allison J., Gibson, Mark A.

“…However, the TGF-β1 increase was due to an upregulation of TGF-β1 expression and secretion rather than a displacement of matrix-stored TGF-β1. The secreted TGF-β1 was mainly in an inactive form, and its concentration peaked around 15 h after addition of LTBP-2. …”
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Technological co-operation and contribution among OIC members with special reference to Bangladesh and Iraq by Md. Lutful Huq, Nayeem, Shuriye, Abdi Omar

“…Due to not having adequate knowledge, technology, and support sometimes, they are bound to collaborate more with non-OIC countries than the members do. In spite of that, there is still a huge opportunity to overcome these problems as the OIC members have been blessed by the natural resources and thus have the financial support to overcome any obstacle. …”
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Surgical inaccuracy of pelvic tumour resections and implication on the oncologic outcomes. A centre-base study of 64 cases by Sharifudin, Mohd Ariff, Wan Ismail, Wan Mohd Faisham, Wan, Zulmi, Mat Zin, Nor Azman, Mohamed Amir, Nawaz Hussain, Mohamed Amin, Mohamed Azril, Goh, Kian Liang

“…Even with the advancements in treatment modalities, the rates of cure for pelvic tumours are lower than those involving the long bones. We evaluated the accuracy of surgical margins achieved in pelvic tumour resections, its associated factors, as well as the oncologic outcomes. …”
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Temporal variation in growth, condition factor and gonadosomatic index of Asian seabass (Lates calcarifer) in the coastal water of Pahang by Rahman, Mohammad Mustafizur, Samad, Amira Farzana, Yunus, Kamaruzzaman

“…Overall high value of condition factor was observed in smaller fish (less than 46 cm total length) while low value of condition factor was observed in medium size fish (56-70 cm total length). …”
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Hepatitis C virus Infection among Patients at Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Kuantan: Genotypes Distribution, RNA sequence Variation, Risk Factors and Co-morbidities by Abdul Rahman, Siti Nurul Fazlin, Hamzah, Hairul Aini, Mustafa Mahmoud, Mohammed Imad Al-Deen, Hasmoni, Mohamed Hadzri

“…Sequence variations were analyzed in both regions, NS5B region demonstrated greater genetic variability in its sequence than 5’UTR. No significant association was found between HCV genotypes with patient’s demographic data, risk factors, alcohol consumption and co-infection with HBV or HIV. …”
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Toxicological profiles of Carbamazepine, Gabapentin and their combination at high therapeutic doses in rat by Abdullah, Sinan Mohammed, Abdul Razak, Tariq, Al-Ani, Imad Matloub Dally, Abdualkader, Abdualrahman Mohammed

“…This is a result of the increasing gratitude that all seizures and neuropathy pain cannot be managed by monotherapy in a significant percentage of patients, and of the development of a range of new AEDs some of these medications are well tolerated and less prone to complex pharmacokinetic drug interactions than their older generations. A combination of two antiepileptic drugs can be used when there is absence of benefit of one or two different monotherapy regimens. …”
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Effects of group therapy on female inmates’ self-belief and psychological well-being: a case study at Malaysian women prison by Khamsiah Ismail, Khamsiah, Nor Faridah Abd. Manaf, Nor Faridah, Farizah Jaafar, Farizah, Che Noraini Hashim, Che Noraini

“…These studies demonstrated a discernible improvement in mood, behaviour, and problem-solving, an increase in independence, a decrease in depressive symptoms, and also appropriate identity within the group dynamic. Other than that, art therapy facilitated disclosures of previously suppressed feelings, increased self-insight, and improved ability to deal with the stressful prison environment, and also helps to treat inmates who suffer from anxiety, depression. …”
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The status of diabetes control and complications in a single tertiary institution in Kuala Lumpur by Omar , Ahmad Marzuki, Shahar, Mohammad Arif, Wan Seman, Wan Juani, M., Azura Dina, Rajoo, Subashini, Chew, Peng Ooi, Huai, Heng Loh, Omar, Mohd Rahman, A Wahab, Norasyikin, Mustafa, Norlaila, Sukor, Norlela, Kamaruddin, Nor Azmi

“…Mean duration of diabetes was 15.2±8.8 years with two-third (66.0%) who had diabetes for more than 10 years. Mean HbA1c was 8.2±1.8% with only 20.4% of the subjects achieving the target level of <6.5%, while 31.1% of them achieved ADA target of <7%. …”
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Malaysian consumers' awareness, perception, and attitude toward cosmetic products: Questionnaire development and pilot testing by Ayob, Ain, Awadh, Ammar Ihsan Jawad, Ab. Hadi, Hazrina, Md. Jaffri, Juliana, Jamshed, Shazia Qasim, Ahmad, Hawa Mas Azmar

“…The internal consistency for awareness, perceptions and attitudes indicates good internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha value of more than 0.7 for each domain). Significant differences were found between the perception scores for the race, religion, and monthly expenses for cosmetic products, respectively, and the same pattern was found for the attitude scores, but monthly expenses for cosmetic products was replaced by monthly income. …”
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Effect of perivitelline fluid from horseshoe crab on the expression of cell cycle regulatory genes in human dental pulp stem cells by Rani, Abdul Qawee, kannan, Thirumulu Ponnuraj, Azmi, Nur Izyan, Ibrahim, Najian, Omar, Nor Shamsuria, Ahmad, Azlina, Mokhtar@Makhtar, Khairani Idah

“…However, on the whole, the PTEN expression was higher than the untreated group in all the passages studied here. …”
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A preliminary review on moral challenges in tissue engineering by Ahmad Radzi, Muhammad Aa’zamuddin, Sha'ban, Munirah

“…The demands for TEMPs have been increasing over time. However, other than certain technical ambiguity, its scientific progress is shrouded by several moral challenges which have yet to be addressed systematically. …”
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مفهوم الخطأ وصوره بين القانون الجنائي والفقه الإسلامي by Suza'i, Faruk Salami, Arif, Arif Ali

“…However, different types of mistakes in Islamic jurisprudence are more extensive than in law. The author tried to address the conformity between the concept of mistake and its different types in criminal Iranian law and Islamic jurisprudence. …”
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Religious fasting: an alternative approach to improve hyperlipidaemia by Khattak, Muhammad Muzaffar Ali Khan, Abu Bakar, Ibrahim, Yeim, Liyana

“…Another limitation is that the size of the sample was smaller than is advisable for this kind of study. However, the results were confirmed in the following month of Ramadan, as described in the paper. …”
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Improvement of Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) wave V amplitude using novel MLS nonlinear algorithm by Dzulkarnain, Ahmad Aidil Arafat, Wilson, Wayne, Bradley, Andrew, Nik Mohamad, Nik Amnah, Petoe, Matthew, Smith, Andrew, Jamaluddin, Saiful Adli, Rahmat, Sarah, Moon, Jackie

“…Results Results show that the nlMLS has significantly higher amplitude and better SNR value than ABR recorded with lMLS (RM ANOVA, p<0.05) at the same stimulus repetition rate. …”
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The SCIDOTS Project: evidence of benefits of an integrated tobacco cessation intervention in tuberculosis care on treatment outcomes by Awaisu, Ahmed, Nik Mohamed, Mohamad Haniki, Mohamad Noordin, Noorliza, Abd Aziz, Noorizan, Syed Sulaiman, Syed Azhar, Muttalif, Abdul Razak, Ahmad Mahayiddin, Aziah

“…Furthermore, at the end of TB treatment (6 months or later), there were significantly higher rates of treatment default (15.2% vs. 2.5%; p = 0.019) and treatment failure (6.5% vs. 0%; p = 0.019) in the DOTS group than in the SCIDOTS group. Conclusion: This study provides evidence that connecting TB-tobacco treatment strategy is significant among TB patients who are smokers. …”
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Survival analysis and prognostic factor of non-Hodgkin lymphoma treated in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM) by Che Soh, Nur Sabrina, Bachok, NorSa'adah, Baba, Aziz, Wan Muhammad, Wan Mohd Zahiruddin

“…INTRODUCTION: Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) is included in the ten leading cancers worldwide, accounting for an estimated more than 63 thousand new cases and over 19 thousands deaths per year. …”
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The majority rule principle in political leadership and decision-making: An Islamic perspective by Shuriye, Abdi Omar

“…Nonetheless, differences of opinion among governmental bodies, ethnic groups and individuals in any nation or society, more often than not, preclude unanimity in decision-making, particularly in the Muslim world. …”
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