Prevalence of diabetic retinopathy and its associated factors among diabetic patients in primary care clinics, Kuantan, Pahang by Md Aris, Mohd Aznan, Mohd. Kamal, Khairidzan, Mohd Rus, Razman

“…They comprised of Malays (92.8%), females (66.7%), secondary education background (50.5%) and non-smoker (91.3%) adults. Majority of them were diagnosed as diabetes mellitus for less than 5 years (58.8%) and had controlled blood pressure (51.0%). …”
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The differential effects of eicosapentaenoic (EPA) and docosahexaenoic (DHA) acids on seizure frequency in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy – A Randomized, double-blind, place... by Ibrahim, Fatma A. S., Ghebremeskel, Kebreab, Abdel-Rahman, Manar E., Ahmed, Amar A. M., Gashey, Inaam M., Osman, Ghada, Elseed, Maha, Hamed, Ahlam, Rabinowicz, Adrian, Elbashir, Mustafa I., Daak, Ahmed A.

“…Results: Fifty-nine patients (n=59) completed the study (59.6%).The average number of seizures per month were 9.7 ± 1.2 in the EPA group, 11.7 ± 1.5 in the DHA group, and 16.6 ± 1.5 in the placebo group. …”
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3-O-ethyl-l-ascorbic acid: characterisation and investigation of single solvent systems for delivery to the skin by Iliopoulos, Fotis, Sil dos Santos, Bruno, Moore, David J., Lucas, Robert A., Lane, Majella E.

“…Skin uptake but no permeation through the skin was observed for Transcutol® (TC) and dipropylene glycol (DiPG), while no penetration was observed for the solvents 1,5 pentanediol (1-5P) and tripropylene glycol (TriPG). …”
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An investigation into parental attachment, child protection strategies and other risk factors associated with delinquency and criminal behaviour among young offenders in the UAE by Al-Nuaimi, Nasser

“…Delayed PTSD onset was suffered by 5.2% of the sample while 43.5% were found to be PTSD negative. …”
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An investigation into performance, stress level, auditing and evaluation of core skills training among staff working in emergency operation services, search and rescue and disaster... by Al-Raisi, Ahmed Naser

“…Main results of this study indicated that more than half of the surveyed sample (62.5%) were in the age group of 18- 28 years, followed by 31.5% in the age group 29-39 years. …”
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Soda Anthraquinone (Soda AQ) and Bio-chemical pulping process on napier grass for papermaking industry by Mohd Hatta, Mohd Zainuri

“…Optimization pulping combination both dosage made a remarkable of high pulp yield produce (38.88%), low rejected pulp (5.2%), by a lower kappa index number (13.42%) and short fibre length (8.2%) from pulpability and mechanical properties for tearing strength, 5.58 Nm2/g; high folding endurances, 987 Nm; high burst strength, 358.2 kPa*m2/g; and higher of tensile strength, 5.11 Nm/g compared to single additives. …”
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Investigation of intermediate layer for Ag/Si metal-semiconductor contacts by Bahri, Bibi Zulaika

“…The calculated band gap was obtained as ~2.1-3.0 eV at different deposition time. The morphology of Au/Ag shows the improvement of laser treatment. …”
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Analysis of sintered WC-TIC-6CO by using powder metallurgy process by Ahmad Shahbudin, Siti Nurshahmira

“…The sample was prepared by milling process consisting of WC-6Co at different wt. % of TiC (0.5, 0.75 and 1.0) before being mixed with binder system. …”
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Development of plasmonic sensor using gold nanobipyramids for detection of glyphosate based pesticide by Nafisah, Suratun

“…The GNBPs have surface density from 5.21±0.44 to 91.46±3.32% and aspect ratio from 2.00±0.02 to 2.76±0.05. …”
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Aluminium nitride (AlN) as buffer layer for deposition of gallium nitride (GaN) thin films on silicon substrates using magnetron sputtering technique by Tahan, Muliana

“…The parameter to obtain AlN high crystallinity structure is 200 W of discharged power, 120 min deposition time, 5 mTorr working pressure, and 100: 50 sccm of Ar to N flow rate. …”
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Zinc vanadium oxide coupled carbon nitride nanocomposite for photocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction to methanol by Mohammed Bafaqeer, Abdullah Salem

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Molecular dynamic simulation studies of three novel Gerstmann - Straussler - Scheinker and Creutzfeldt - Jacob Prion mutations by Jomah, Ashraf Fadhil

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Catalytic cracking of residual palm oil and regeneration of spent bleaching earth by Musa @ Ab. Ghani, Mohd. Lukman

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Letter from the General Secretary of the Anti-Partition League to T. J. M. Sheehy by Anti-Partition League, APL

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Letter from from the Organising Secretary of the APL to Tom J. M. Sheehy by Anti-Partition League, APL

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Letter from the Organising Secretary of the APL to T. Sheehy by Anti-Partition League, APL, Barry-Walsh, J. O.

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An Optimized Support Vector Machine (SVM) based on Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) for cryptocurrency forecasting by Hitam, Nor Azizah, Ismail, Amelia Ritahani, Saeed, Faisal

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Blood mononuclear cells and platelets have abnormal fatty acid composition in homozygous sickle cell disease by Okpala, Iheanyi, Ren, Hongmei, Ghebremeskel, Kebreab, Ugochukwu, Cynthia C., Ibegbulam, Obike, Crawford, Michael A.

“…Table 1: Fatty Acid Composition of MNC Total Phospholipids in HbSS Patients and HbAA Controls Fatty Acids HbSS Patients HbAA Controls 24:0 0.71 [0.30]*** 1.3 [0.4] saturates ∑ 38.2 [3.6] 39.1 [1.7] 16:1 0.69 [0.45] 0.56 [0.11] 18:1 14.4 [1.8]* 12.9 [1.9] 24:1 1.2 [0.3] 1.1 [0.4] ∑monoenes 16.2 [2.1]** 14.3 [1.4] 18:2n-6 6.1 [0.9] 7.0 [1.4] 18:3n-6 0.11 [0.04]* 0.23 [0.17] 20:2n-6 0.56 [0.18]** 0.83 [0.32] 20:3n-6 (DHGLA) 1.2 [0.2]* 1.4 [0.2] 20:4n-6 20.2 [1.7]*** 18.1 [1.8] 22:4n-6 1.7 [0.4] 1.6 [0.4] 22:5n-6 0.3 [0.21] 0.24 [0.14] n-6 metabolites ∑ 24.1 [1.9]* 22.6 [1.7] n-6 ∑ 30.2 [2.0] 29.7 [2.2] 20:5n-3 (EPA) 0.43 [0.16] 0.61 [0.35] 22:6n-3 (DHA) 1.9 [0.4]** 2.5 [0.6] ∑n-3metabolites 4.3 [0.9]* 4.8 [0.4] n-3 ∑ 4.5 [0.9]* 5.0 [0.4] DHGLA:AA ratio 0.06 [0.01]**** 0.08 [0.01] AA:EPA ratio 52.4 [20.9] 38.6 [18.4] Values are Means [SD}. …”

PT-symmetric coupler with χ(2) nonlinearity by Li, K., Zezyulin, D. A., Kevrekidis, P. G., Konotop, V. V., Abdullaev, Fatkhulla

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Structure-tunable Janus fibers fabricated using spinnerets with varying port angles by Chen, Gaoyun, Xu, Ying, Yu, Deng-Guang, Zhang, Dao-Fang, Chatterton, Nicholas, White, Kenneth

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