The use of multiplex real-time PCR improves the detection of the bacterial etiology of community acquired pneumonia by Mustafa Mahmoud, Mohammed Imad Al-Deen, Al-Marzooq, Farah Ibrahim, How, Soon Hin

“…The most frequently detected pathogens were S. pneumoniae (21.7% - all by PCR alone), Klebsiella pneumoniae (17.3%), B. pseudomallei (13% - 83% of them positive by PCR alone and 17% by both culture and PCR), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (6.5%), M. pneumoniae (6.5% - all by serology), C. …”
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Frequencies of A(TA)7TAA, G71R, and G493R mutations of the UGT1A1 gene in the Malaysian population by Yusoff, Surini, Van Rostenberghe, Hans, Yusoff, Narazah M, A.Talib, Norlelawati, Ramli, Noraida, Ismail, N Zainal A N, Ismail, W Pauzi W, Matsuo, Masafumi, Nishio, Hisahide

“…Heterozygosity for the G71R mutation was almost equal among both groups (5.5% for hyperbilirubinemia patients and 6.0% for controls; p=0.61). …”
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Food insufficiency and its relation to academic performance in rural Food insufficiency and its relation to academic performance in rural Kemaman by Jaafar, Nurul Hazirah, Afandi, Aflah

“…Thirty students of standard five from selected school in rural Kemaman were recruited in this study. …”
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Changes in high sensitivity serum CRP under periodontal therapy and its association with the depth of pathological periodontal pocket by Al-Bayati, Lina, Kamil, Wisam, Habashnah, Rola, Abbood, Lina H.

“…Following protocol review and approval by Institutional Review Board of Jordan university of science and technology, a total of fifty five periodontitis patients randomly distributed into either a treatment group (37 patients) received non-surgical periodontal therapy with intensive oral hygiene nstructions and repeated therapy course for residual bleeding periodontal pockets or control group (18 patients) received delayed periodontal treatment after completion of clinical trial evaluation. …”
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New cooking oil from virgin coconut-palm olein blends by Omar, Muhammad Nor, Mohd Roslee, Farhani, Zuberdi, Ahmad Muzammil, Mohd Daud, Jamaluddin

“…The effects of virgin coconut oil in palm olein during deep-fat frying of French fries for 8 hours per day for five consecutive days were compared in this study. …”
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For which option is credit risk more representative on China banks' total factor productivity: efficiency change or technological progress? by Sufian, Fadzlan

“…Design/methodology/approach – The paper employs the Malmquist Productivity Index (MPI) which allows for the examination of five different indices: total factor productivity change (TFPCH); technological change (TECHCH); efficiency change (EFFCH); pure technical efficiency change (PEFFCH); and scale efficiency change (SECH) indices. …”
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Lactic acid bacteria with probiotic potential producing antimicrobial proteins against methicilin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolated from Malaysian non-broiler chicke... by Alhaji Yusuf, Moshood, Tengku Abdul Hamid, Tengku Haziyamin

“…Following incubation on MRS agar plates, 56 LAB isolates were collected. Out of 56 isolates, 5 isolates; L3, L4, L5, L7 and L7 showed inhibition against indicator organism Methylene-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus MRSA. …”
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Salesperson's tenure: a comparative study from three consumer sector industries by Zain, Osman M., Jan, Muhammad Tahir

“…These extracted factors and items were then confirmed using confirmatory factor analysis. A total of five factors were extracted and confirmed during exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. …”
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Terracotta figurines from the National and Military Museums in Sana’a, Yemen by Yaseen, Ghassan Taha, D. Shargabi, Dhekra

“…The figurines ranged from 13.5 to 462.5 g in weight and from 3.8 to 16.1 cm in height. …”
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Prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its components among adults in Gebeng, Kuantan (2012) by Phyu, Htike Myat

“…Results: Out of 217 adults, prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome was 35% (95%CI: 28.89 – 41.55) and about 80% of them having at least 1 component of five factors (95% CI: 73.48 – 84.27). The prevalence of respective components are as follow: central obesity was 63.1% (95%CI: 56.56 – 69.36), elevated blood pressure was 53.5% (95%CI: 46.79 – 60.03), impaired fasting blood glucose was 24% (95% CI: 18.64 – 29.98), hypertriglyceridemia was 25.8% (95% CI: 20.32 – 31.94), low HDL cholesterol was 21.7% (95% CI: 16.56 – 27.51). …”
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Palm tocotrienol-rich fraction improves vascular proatherosclerotic changes in hyperhomocysteinemic rats by Ku Zaifah, Norsidah, Ayob, Azizi, Yusuf, Ahmad Asmadi, Yusuf, Kamisah, Othman, Faizah

“…The first group was the control (fed with a basal diet). Another five groups were fed with 1% methionine diet for 10 weeks. …”
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Doctor-patient relationship in the light of the syari'ah: excerpts from the Fiqh Muamalat in Medicine Workshop 2013 by Sharifudin, Mohd Ariff, Wan Husin, Wan Rumaizi, Mohd Yusof, Nazri, Che Ahmad, Aminudin, Khan, Ed Simor, Awang, Mohd Shukrimi, Taib, Mai Nurul Ashikin

“…The rulings were derived from the five basic rules pertaining to the actions and interactions of a person (al-ahkam al-taklifiyyah). …”
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The effect of Qur'anic recitation on health: a brief review on previous clinical studies by Taib, Mai Nurul Ashikin, Sharifudin, Mohd Ariff, Che Ahmad, Aminudin

“…These included articles or papers published in English or Malay/ Indonesian in language since the year 2000 with at least one psychological or physiological outcome measure. A total of five clinical studies were reviewed. The themes of these studies were mainly the effect on psychology, physiology or haemodynamics of human subjects. …”
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Procalcitonin as a sepsis marker: experience of an intensive care setting in Malaysia by Mat Nor, Mohd Basri, Md Ralib, Azrina, Mohamed, Abdul Hadi, Abdullah, Nor Zamzila

“…Materials and Methods: Ninety-five patients fulfilling the criteria for SIRS were enrolled. …”
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The effect of Qur’anic recitation on health: a brief review on previous clinical studies by Taib, Mai Nurul Ashikin, Sharifudin, Mohd Ariff, Che Ahmad, Aminudin

“…These included articles or papers published in English or Malay/ Indonesian in language since the year 2000 with at least one psychological or physiological outcome measure. A total of five clinical studies were reviewed. The themes of these studies were mainly the effect on psychology, physiology or haemodynamics of human subjects. …”
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Barriers to the utilization of primary care services for mental health problems among adolescents in a secondary school in Malaysia by Jaffar, Aida, Muhammad, Noor Azimah, A Rashid, Mohd Radzniwan, Mohd Daud, Tuti Iryani, Musa, Ramli, Omar, Khairani

“…The respondents were selected using randomised cluster sampling among Form Four and Form Five students. Students were given self-administered questionnaire, consisting socio-demographic data and questions on their help-seeking barrier and behaviour. …”
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Ecological indicator agents for inorganic contaminants state monitoring through Sonneratia alba, Avicennia alba and Rhizophora apiculata by Othman, Rashidi, Ramya, Razanah, Hj. Baharuddin, Zainul Mukrim, Hashim, Khairusy Syakirin Has-Yun, Mohd. Yaman, Maheran

“…The results established that there were significant differences between the three mangrove species, locations, plant tissues and sediment samples and their interaction for all the five heavy metals content. The findings revealed that leaf tissues for all species accumulated mostly Fe, Zn, Pb and Cu. …”
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Molecular species identification of processed sea cucumbers from selected Malaysian markets using COI MtDNA gene by Kamarudin, Kamarul Rahim, Mohamed Rehan, Aisyah, Mohd Noor, Hanina, Ramly, Nur Zazarina, Mohamed Rehan, Maryam

“…Phylogenetic analyses of 25 partial sequences using five main methods namely Neighbour-Joining (NJ), Maximum Likelihood (ML), Minimum Evolution (ME), Unweighted Pair Group Method with Arithmetic Mean (UPGMA) and Maximum Parsimony (MP) showed the presence of two main families of sea cucumbers: Stichopodidae (gamat family) and Holothuriidae (timun laut family), thus supporting the BLAST results. …”
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Seeing patient longer at each consultation will improve their knowledge on diabetes but may not necessarily improve their diabetic control and metabolic parameters by Shahar , Mohammad Arif, Mohd Rafee, Adilah Rafi'ah, Mohamad Hazim, Husna, Saiful Bahri, Aina Sharleena, Mohamad, Rizman, Tuhiran, Mohd Fadzil

“…Sixty percent were unemployed or retired.Seventy-five percent of patients had 5-15 minutes spent seeing the doctor in the consultation room. …”
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A cross sectional study of cardiopulmonary complications and severity of pulmonary hypertension and lung fibrosis in patients with systemic sclerosis by Wan Ali, Wan Ahmad Syahril Rozli, Mohamed Said, Mohd Shahrir, Shaharir , Syahrul Sazliyana, Ban , Andrea Yu Lin, Hussain, Rizuana Iqbal, Rosman, Azmillah

“…Health Assessment Questionnaire scoring was predominantly in the mild to moderate disability group (median score of 0.5). Five patients (13.9%) had active disease based on the EScSG scoring. …”
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