Ant 4,4, a polyamine-anthracene conjugate, induces cell death and recovery in human promyelogenous leukemia cells (HL-60) by Rui, Traquete, Abdul Ghani, Radiah, Phanstiel, Otto, Heather, Wallace

“…Cancer cells accumulate increased concentrations of polyamines compared to normal cells, mainly through an increased uptake of preformed polyamines via the polyamine transport system (PTS). …”
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Back to the future: returning to silver-backed money in Sri Lanka by Lebbe, Suhail Sinna, Mohamad, Azhar, Sifat, Imtiaz Mohammad

“…Originality/value Extant research has mainly focused on the validity and the conceptual ideas to return to gold and silver money. …”
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Safeguarding wealth (Hifdh al mal) and its role in sustainable economic development in the OIC countries by Haneef, Mohamed Aslam, Mohd Amin, Ruzita, Abdullah Yusof, Selamah, Khan, Foyasal

“…Sustainable economic development is mainly about balanced development of economy, society an environment which is achievable through ending poverty and improving well-being through access to education, employment, information, better health and housing, and reducing inequality while moving towards sustainable consumption and production. …”
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Synthesis of ZnO nanostructures using sol-gel method by J.N, Nor Hasnidawani, Hassan, Noor Azlina, Hassan, Norita, Bonnia, Noor Najmi, Ratim, Suzana, E. S., Ali

“…XRD result spectrum displays mainly oxygen and zinc peaks, which indicate the crystallinity in nature as exhibited. …”
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Experimental investigation of ventilation efficiency in a dentistry surgical room by Oladokun, Majeed, Ali, Maisarah, Osman, Samsul Bahrin, Samsuddin, Niza, Hamzah, Hairul Aini

“…As a response to the need to provide an acceptable thermal comfort and air quality in indoor environments, various ventilation performance indicators were developed over the years. These metrics are mainly geared towards air distribution, heat and pollutant removals. …”
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Tunable spin-orbit-coupled Bose-Einstein condensates in deep optical lattices by Salerno, Mario, Abdullaev, Fatkhulla Kh., Gammal, A, Tomio, Lauro

“…This structure also remains in the presence of inter- and intra-species interactions, the nonlinearity mainly introducing a number of localized states in the band gaps. …”
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An investigation of hole quality during drilling of carbon fibre reinforced plastic and titanium (Ti6Al4V) using tungsten carbide drills by Dahnel, Aishah Najiah, Ascroft, Helen, Barnes, Stuart

“…The high damage to CFRP when drilling CFRP/Ti stacks compared to drilling CFRP-only was mainly due to sharp Ti chips, which evacuated through the CFRP plate. …”
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Quantum key distribution using decoy state protocol by Ali, Sellami, Saharudin, Shuhairi, Wahiddin, Mohamed Ridza

“…Unfortunately, for real-life experimental set-ups, which mainly based on faint laser pulses, the occasional production of multi-photons and channel loss make it possible for sophisticated eavesdroppers to launch various subtle eavesdropping attacks including the Photon Number Splitting (PNS) attack. …”
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Growth, production and food preference of rohu Labeo rohita (H.)in monoculture and in polyculture with common carp Cyprinus carpio (L.) under fed and non-fed ponds by Rahman, Mohammad Mustafizur, Verdegem, Marc C.J., Nagelkerke, Leopold A.J., Wahab, Md Abdul, Milstein, Ana, Verreth, Johan A.J.

“…Common carp naturally ingests mainly zooplankton and benthic macroinvertebrate and small quantities of phytoplankton. …”
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Thyroid disorders, etiology and prevalence by Khattak, Muhammad Muzaffar Ali Khan, Khan, Alam

“…Availability of iodine to thyroid gland is mainly from foods and water and if these sources are deficient in iodine, then problems like hypothyroidism, cretinism and other iodine deficiency disorders can develop. …”
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Reactions of medical students to the dissecting room by Myint, Yi Yi, Tun, Ye

“…However, the majority rated anatomy room stress from 0 (no stress) to 2 (moderate stress) on a scale from 0 to 4. The symptoms were mainly attributed to the smell of formalin. With respect to learning methods, more than 70% students stated that they used practical classes in gross anatomy and histology as a learning method.…”
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Reactions of medical students to the dissecting room by Myint, Yi Yi, Tun, Ye

“…However, the majority rated anatomy room stress from 0 (no stress) to 2 (moderate stress) on a scale from 0 to 4. The symptoms were mainly attributed to the smell of formalin. With respect to learning methods, more than 70% students stated that they used practical classes in gross anatomy and histology as a learning method.…”
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Language policy changes in Malaysia : progressive or regressive? by Tharmalingam, Selvarajah

“…As a result of this decision, hundreds of citizens shared their opinion on the issue mainly through the mainstream media. This paper addresses the issue of whether linguistic analyses can reveal the true nature of public opinion as displayed through their writings in the media, and especially whether the analyses answer the following questions: Is maintaining English a progressive or regressive approach? …”
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Automatic person identification system using handwritten signatures by Abushariah, Ahmad A. M., Gunawan, Teddy Surya, Chebil, Jalel, Abushariah, Mohammad Abd-Alrahman Mahmoud

“…The developed automatic person identification system mainly used toolboxes provided by MATLAB environment. . …”
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Revitalizing the civilizational parameters in Said Nursi’s Weltanschauung : an ontological struggle by Kayadibi, Saim

“…In order to be aware of this reality, the fundamental parameters must be kept vibrant and these parameters are mainly the ontological consciousness, science and knowledge (epistemology), value (axiology), ummatic/humanity responsibility, the civilizational memory, the sense of self perception, self-confidence, and social cosmology. …”
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The impact of technology on job characteristics and internal motivation: a study Of instructors in institutions of higher learning in Malaysia by Juhdi, Nurita, Abd Hamid, Ahmad Zohdi, Siddiq, Mohd Saeed

“…Prior studies that examined technology impact on instructors and the multiple roles associated to teaching were conducted mainly using qualitative research method, and this necessitates a specific study that allows quantitative analysis. …”
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Muslim Bengal writes back: A study of Rokeya’s representation of Europe by Hasan, Md. Mahmudul

“…So her representation of Europe was mainly imaginary. In this study, I will discuss Rokeya’s imagined Europe and how she establishes a commonality between women of Muslim Bengal and those from England in order to dispel the widely-held perception that, unlike Muslim women, European women are fully empowered. …”
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Investigating the english language learning styles and learning strategies among IIUM students by Ahamad Shah, Mohamed Ismail, Esa, Zaleha, Ismail, Yusof

“…These instruments have been validated in a number of studies. The study was mainly motivated by concerns about the standards of English among graduates who have been observed to be passive and reticent in the language classrooms. …”
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Comparison of microwave path lengths between temperate and tropical region based on effects of rain by Ulaganathen , Kesavan, Tharek , Abdul Rahman, Islam, Md. Rafiqul

“…This problem is quite di±cult to be solved, mainly due to the complexity of rain structure. This clearly suggests that reduction factor is the major yardstick for comparing rain attenuation prediction models. …”
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Understanding and use of food package nutrition label among educated young adults by Hazali, Norazlanshah

“…More than half (53.6%) of the subjects do not use the nutrition label mainly because they do not understand the terms on the label (32.4%). …”
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