A pilot study on magnitude and reason for encounter of the patients with oral health problems among three different primary care clinics of Kuantan, Malaysia in 2012 by Tin, Myo Han, Md Aris, Mohd Aznan, Tun Ismail, Tuan Sahardi, Thuraiapprah, D. M., Yusoff, Azizah, Sulong, Robiatu Adawiah

“…Reasons for consulting OHPs at primary care clinics were non-specific answers same as RFE (56%), easily accessible to services (17%), familiar with general practitioners/family physicians (6.5%), getting emergency treatment for pain release (5%) and co-morbidity with medical diseases (1.3%). …”
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Multiplexing of reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction for Hepatitis C virus genotyping by Hamzah, Hairul Aini, Mustafa Mahmoud, Mohammed Imad Al-Deen, Talib, Norlelawati A.

“…Optimization of one-tube format and multiplex RT-PCR were carried out using Superscript III One-Step RT-PCR System (Invitrogen, USA), targeting the universal 5’UTR and NS5B regions. Results: One-tube format was easily carried out using Superscript III One-Step RT-PCR System (Invitrogen, USA). …”
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Effect of electrical parameters on performance of Cu-TiC mixed ceramic compact electrode in EDM process by Khan, Ahsan Ali, Ndaliman, Mohammed Baba, Mohammad , Yeakub Ali, Lawal, Sunday Albert, Sulong, Nurul Farhana, Mohamad, Ummu Atiqah Khairiyah

“…The highest MRR of 9.93mg/min was obtained with the current of 6.5A and pulse duration of 7.5 μs. The TWR are generally high compare to the MRR, with the lowest being 11.30 mg/min. …”
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Clinical significance of Helicobacter pylori cagA and iceA genotype status by Mohammad Amjad, Nasser, Osman, Hussain Ali, Abdul Razak, Najibah, Kassian, Junaini, Din, Jeffri, Abdullah, Nasuruddin

“…The corresponding values for iceA2 were 33% (5/15) and 33% (28/84), respectively. CONCLUSION: Virulence factors were not common in our cohort. …”
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Antileukemogenesis of nypa fruticans on acute lymphoblastic leukemia – a preliminary study in vitro by Mamat, Suhana, Fadzir, Ummu Afifah, Zainudin, Muhammad Fauzan, Rosdi, Athirah, Abdul Wahab, Ridhwan, Hashim, Ridzwan

“…There were significant differences in concentration 12.5, 25 and 50 µg/mL compared to the control group. …”
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Electrochemical characterization of graphene nanocomposites for development of robust biosensor by Arris, Farrah Aida, Ahmad, Siti Khadijah, Wan Salim, Wan Wardatul Amani

“…The best electroactive surface area was determined according to Randles-Sevcik method, where surface current density of 17.3  0.5 μA mM-1 cm-2 was achieved. The optimized rGO-AuNP/CN-TMOS-GOx exhibits amperometric sensitivity of 1350  15.5 nA mM-1, selectivity of 8.1% and 9.9% over 1mM glucose solution for ascorbic acid and acetaminophen respectively, with a detection limit as low as 2.9 μM. …”
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Anticancer activity of agarwood distillates on lung cancer cells by Hussein, Abeir, Hashim, Yumi Zuhanis Has-Yun, Mohd. Salleh, Hamzah

“…Two-factor, Face-centred Central Composite Design was used to study the effects of agarwood distillate concentration and time of exposure on attachment (via Trypan blue dye exclusion assay) and cytotoxicity (via MTT assay) of Calu-3 cells cultured in EMEM supplemented with 10% (v/v) FBS. Carried out at three exposure durations (12, 24, and 36 hours), the IC50 values were found to be at concentrations of approximately 20, 80 µL/mL and 150 µL/mL agarwood distillate, respectively, for the Trypan blue dye. …”
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Association of academic stress & performance in continuous assessment among pharmacy students in body system course by May, Khin Soe, Baharudin, Mohamad Sharul Fahmi

“…Females’ PSS in 1st quiz was 38.76±5.56 and male’s was 39.21±5.48 and quiz 2 for female was 38.61±6.27 whereas 40.1± 7.48 in male. …”
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Lipid modulation activity of garcinia atroviridis extract on 3T3-L1 cell line by Hamidon, Hanisuhana, Bakhtiar, M. Taher, Darnis, Deny Susanti

“…Then, cell viability assay was conducted using 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide salt (MTT). …”
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Prevalence, knowledge, perception and factors influencing smoking among primary school students in Melaka smoke-free city by Sabtu, Norma, AB, Noordiana, S, Shameera, Pasi, Hafizah

“…The mean knowledge on smoking were higher (19.5 ±5.6) among those who doesn’t smoke as compare to those who ever smoke (16.9 ±4.2). …”
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Production of biodiesel from sludge palm oil by esterification using P-toluenesulfonic acid by Hayyan, Adeeb, Alam, Md. Zahangir, Mirghani, Mohamed Elwathig Saeed, Kabbashi, Nassereldeen Ahmed, Mohd Siran , Yosri, Mohd. Hakimi , Noor Irma Nazashida

“…The study showed that the FFA content of SPO reduced from 22% to less than 0.15% using ratio of 0.5, 0.75, 1, 1.5, and 2% wt/wt PTSA to SPO. After esterification process dosage of PTSA at 0.75% wt/wt shows the highest conversion of FFA to FAME as well as yield of treated SPO. …”
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The importance and usefulness of corporate annual reports in Malaysia: views of preparers and users by Mohd Ghazali, Nazli Anum

“…These differences were statistically significant at 5% level. Although a higher proportion of users were of the opinion that additional disclosures should be mandated, the proportion was not significantly different from that of preparers.…”
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The Sea Vault: Offshore Ecotourism Aquaculture Centre At Pulau Besar Johor by Ruslan, Alisufian, Yusof, Zeenat Begam

“…Malaysia is one of the major fish consumers in the world with 56.5kg of fish were consumed per person each year which is higher than the world average fish consumption; below 20kg per capita (Infofish, 2016). …”
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High selectivity UWB bandpass filter with a wide notched-band by Borhani, Seyyed Jamal, Honarvar, M. Amin, Virdee, Bal Singh

“…The notch was designed to be centered at 5.5 GHz with appropriate 3-dB bandwidth to blocking interference from WLAN signals. …”
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Willingness of people who are blind to accept autonomous vehicles: an empirical investigation by Bennett, Roger, Vijaygopal, Rohini, Kottasz, Rita

“…(Level 5 AVs are fully autonomous anywhere, and do not require controlled areas in which to operate.) …”
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High-protein, low-glycaemic meal replacement decreases fasting insulin and inflammation markers — a 12-month subanalysis of the ACOORH trial by Kempf, Kerstin, Röhling, Martin, Banzer, Winfried, Braumann, Klaus-Michael, Halle, Martin, McCarthy, H. David, Predel, Hans-Georg, Schenkenberger, Isabelle, Tan, Suzanne, Toplak, Hermann, Berg, Aloys, Martin, Stephan

“…The intervention group substituted all three main meals/day in week 1, two meals/day in week 2–4, and one meal/day in week 5–26 with a protein-rich, low-glycaemic meal replacement. …”
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Metasurface-inspired flexible wearable MIMO antenna array for wireless body area network applications and biomedical telemetry devices by Althuwayb, Ayman Abdulhadi, Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, Rashid, Nasr, Kaaniche, Khaled, Atitallah, Ahmed Ben, Armghan, Ammar, Elhamrawy, Osama I., See, Chan, Falcone, Francisco

“…The optimized array design for operation over 5.0-6.6 GHz has an average gain and efficiency of 10 dBi and 83%, respectively. …”
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An antenna array utilizing slotted conductive slab: inspired by metasurface and defected ground plane techniques for flexible electronics and sensors operating in the millimeter‑wa... by Ali, Esraa Mousa, Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, Kouhalvandi, Lida, Livreri, Patrizia, Falcone, Francisco

“…The peak radiation gain and efficiency are 7.5 dBi and 75% at 91 GHz, respectively. The operational frequency range of the array corresponds to a fractional bandwidth of 85.71%.…”
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CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES: UTILIZATION OF SEWAGE SLUDGE IN BRICK AND ITS IMPACT ON GAS EMISSIONS AND INDOOR AIR QUALITY by Nurul Salhana, Nurul Salhana, ABDUL SALIM, ABDUL SALIM, ABDUL KADIR, Aeslina, MOHAMED NOOR, Norazian

“…The bricks were incorporated with two types of sewage sludge (0% and 5%), fired at 1050ºC with 1ºC/min as its heating rate. …”
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PHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF POLYURETHANECLAY COMPOSITE DOPED WITH TREATED AND UNTREATED PU WASTE AS FILLER FOR SUBGRADE LAYER APPLICATIONS by Atil, Aida Atiqah, NMat Hassan, Nik Normunira, Roseli, Adyla Illyana, Mohamed Yusop, Fatimah, Mohd Rus, Anika Zafiah, Marsi, Noraini, Tuan Ismail, Tuan Noor Hasanah, Yahya, Nur Faezah

“…The PU clay composite samples were prepared at 0%, 2.5%, and 5% of PU waste filler loading namely PU waste untreated (PU-CCUn), PU waste treated by microwave (PU-CCTW), and PU waste treated by the oven (PU-CCTO), respectively. …”
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