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 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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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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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}. …”

Titanium surface modification by oxidation for biomedical application by Abdullah, Hasan Z.

“…Gel oxidation was carried out by soaking titanium substrates in sodium hydroxide (NaOH) aqueous solutions at different concentrations (0.5 M, 1.0 M, 5.0 M, and 10.0 M) at 60°C for 24 h, followed by oxidation at 400°, 600°, and 800°C for 1 h. …”
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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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The double burden of malnutrition in South Africa: risk factors for undernutrition and overnutrition and the development of a novel mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) screening too... by McLaren, Shawn

“…The MUAC cut-off value at 14.5 cm had a sensitivity of 88.9% and specificity of 63.3% (J=0.542). …”
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Re-modelling the quality of urban life (QOUL) index for Kuala Lumpur city, Malaysia by Mohit, Mohammad Abdul, Hj. Mohd. Noor, Norzailawati, Zahari, Rustam Khairi, Abdul Malek, Nurhayati

“…Concerning the residents’ overall assessment with their QOL, it is observed that the residents of KL along with the residents of BJ-STP, DM-PNC, SNTL-M and WMM assessed their QOL as moderately good (Mean≥3.5) while the residents of CC and BTR-SB assessed their QOL as slightly good (Mean≥3.0-<3.5). …”
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Plasma fatty acid abnormality in Sudanese drug-resistant epileptic patients by Abuknesha, N., Ibrahim, Fas, Mohamed, I. N., Salih, Mam, Daak, Ahmed A., Elbashir, Mustafa I., Ghebremeskel, Kebreab

“…Conversely, the patients had lower levels of n-6 (C18:2n-6, C18:3n-6, C20:4n-6, n-6 metabolites and total n-6; p<0.005 and C20:2n-6 and C20:3n-6; p<0.05) and n-3 (C20:5n-3, C22:5n-3, C22:6n-3, ∑EPA and DHA, n-3 metabolites and total n-3; p<0.05) fatty acids. …”