Depression symptoms in patients with thyroid disorder at the tertiary hospital in northern region of Malaysia by Jaafar, Siti Nur Illiani, Daud, Azlina, Saharin, Sanisah, Musa, Ramli, Nik Ahmad, Nik Nur Fatnoon

“…Determination of depression symptoms showed that 85.9% (171) had no depression, 6.0% (12) and 4.5% (9) had mild to moderate depression respectively while severe depression was found in 3.5% (7) cases. …”
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Esophageal Surface Cells in Non-Erosive Reflux Disease (NERD) : scanning electron microscopic study by Myint, Yi Yi, Tun, Ye, Muhammad Amjad, Nasser, Abd Rashid, Nor Linda, Mat Hassan, Mohd. Zailani

“…Material and methods: The study group included 8 NERD patients with reflux symptoms, normal mucosa on endoscopy and positive 24-hour pH monitoring (NERD) and 5 normal controls. Specimens were routinely processed for SEM. …”
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The prevalence of Internet addiction and its related factors among medical students of International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Kuantan Campus by Swe, Swe Latt, Mohd Rus, Razman, Ab Rahman, Jamalludin, Nasreen, Hashima E, Abd. Aziz, Karimah Hanim, Pasi, Hafizah

“…This study measured the prevalence of Internet addiction (IA) and its related factors among year 1 to 5 medical students at International Islamic University Malaysia. …”
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“Esophageal surface cell in Non-Erosive Reflux Disease” : Scanning Electron Microscopic study (SEM)” by Myint, Yi Yi, Tun, Ye, Mohammad Amjad, Nasser, Abdul Rashid, Nor Linda, Mat Hassan, Mohd. Zailani

“…Material and methods: The study group included 8 NERD patients with reflux symptoms, normal mucosa on endoscopy and positive 24-hour pH monitoring (NERD) and 5 normal controls. Specimens were routinely processed for SEM. …”
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Physiochemical properties of Jatropha curcas seed oil from different origins and candidate plus plants (CPPs) by A K M, Aminul Islam, Yaakob, Zahira, Anuar, Nurina, Primandari, Sri Rizki Purti, Osman, Mohamad

“…Jatropha seed oil of Philippine origin had the highest iodine value (187.3 mg/g oil) and seed oil from Borneo the lowest (83.5 mg/g oil). The lowest saponification values were obtained from seed oil of Philippine origin (189.5 mg KOH/g) and CPP-22 (183.3 mg KOH/g oil) from Malaysia. …”
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Metal framework as a novel approach for the fabrication of electric double layer capacitor device with high energy density using plasticized Poly(vinyl alcohol): Ammonium Thiocyana... by Brza, Mohamad A., Shujahadeen, Aziz, Anuar, Hazleen, Ali, Fathilah, Hamsan, M.H, Kadir, M.F.Z, Abdulwahid, Rebar T.

“…The specific capacitance and energy density of the EDLC are nearly constant within 1000 cycles at a current density of 0.5 mA/cm2 with average of 155.322 F/g and 17.473 Wh/Kg, respectively. …”
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An experimental investigation of diffuse optical scattering from stationary and flowing dispersions by Wood, Peter Robert

“…Measurements made on latex volume fractions (v) up to 0.4 showed a maximum in S at about v = 0.2, Interpreted as non-random destructive interference between ordered particles. …”
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An experimental investigation of the motion of flexible molecules in the liquid state by light scattering by Bagshaw, John Martin

“…The Stokes Einstein volumes are interpreted as the quantity GapV where V is the molecular volume, alpha and p are associated with molecular shape and hydrodynamics and G with orientational correlation. …”
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Effects of a protein-rich, low-glycaemic meal replacement on changes in dietary intake and body weight following a weight-management intervention—the ACOORH trial by Röhling, Martin, Stensitzky, Andrea, Oliveira, Camila L. P., Beck, Andrea, Braumann, Klaus-Michael, Halle, Martin, Führer-Sakel, Dagmar, Kempf, Kerstin, McCarthy, H. David, Predel, Hans-Georg, Schenkenberger, Isabelle, Toplak, Hermann, Berg, Aloys

“…After sex stratification, particularly INT-women increased their total protein intake after 12 (INT: +12.7 g vs. CON: −5.1 g, p = 0.021) and 52 weeks (INT: +5.7 g vs. …”
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Rewilding cognition: complex dynamics in open experimental systems by Ross, Wendy, Vallée-Tourangeau, Frédéric

“…The socks problem is one such problem: Given black socks and brown socks in a drawer mixed in a ratio of 4 to 5, how many socks will you have to take out to make sure that you have a pair of the same colour? …”
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Omega 3 (n-3) fatty acids down-regulate nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kB) genen and blood cell adhesion molecule expression in patients with homozygous sickle cell disease by Daak, Ahmed A., Elderdery, A. Y., Elbashir, L. M., Mariniello, Katia, Mills, J., Scarlett, G, Elbashir, Mustafa I., Ghebremeskel, Kebreab

“…Omega-3 treated (n = 24), hydroxyurea (HU) treated (n = 18), and n − 3 untreated (n = 21) homozygous SCD patients (HbSS) and healthy (HbAA) controls (n = 25) matched for age (5–16 years), gender and socioeconomic status were studied. …”
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Poverty, growth, inequality and pro-poor factors: new evidence from macro data by Amini, Chiara, Dal Bianco, Silvia

“…Second, the poverty elasticity to growth is higher the more favorable the initial conditions (i.e. -0.89% and -2.5% for, respectively, high and low initial poverty and inequality). …”
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The role of microvesicles in EMT and tumour microenvironment by Haidery, Ahmad Zia

“…The influence of carcinoma cell derived-MVs on tumour microenvironment was examined through use of Non-small lung cancer cells (A549) derived-MVs on primary lung fibroblasts (MRC5). MRC5 cells were treated with A549 cell derived-MV produced significantly high level of myofibroblasts marker alpha-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) cytoskeleton protein and FGF. …”
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Mesoionic carbenes in low- to high-valent vanadium chemistry by Neururer, Florian R., Lyu, Shenyu, Leitner, Daniel, Baltrun, Marc, Fisher, Katherine R., Kopacka, Holger, Wurst, Klaus, Daumann, Lena J., Munz, Dominik, Hohloch, Stephan

“…We report the synthesis of vanadium(V) oxo complex 1 with a pincer-type dianionic mesoionic carbene (MIC) ligand L1 and the general formula [VOCl(L1)]. …”
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Steel Slag and Limestone as a Rock Filter for Eliminating Phosphorus from Domestic Wastewater: A Pilot Study in a Warm Climate by Maarup, Syahrul Nizam, Hamdan, Rafidah, Othman, Norzila, Adel Al-Gheethi, Adel Al-Gheethi, Sadeq Alkhadher, Sadeq Alkhadher, M. M. Abd El-Hady, M. M. Abd El-Hady, S. El-Sayed Saeed, S. El-Sayed Saeed

“…RF was designed with steel slag and limestone (calcium hydroxide) as a pilot scale called vertical aerated steel slag filter (VASSF) and optimized based on hydraulic loading rates (HLR) (0.16 to 5.44 m3/m3 day) and airflow rates ranging from 3 to 10 L/min. …”
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Risk management and business continuity in public hospitals: the case study of tawam Hospital United Arab Emirates (UAE by Almansoori, Ahmed Saif

“…Data was collected through a questionnaire approach where a valid sample of this brought the total usable questionnaire to 273 responses that have been tested empirically, representing 45.5 per cent of the total questionnaire originally administered. …”
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Risk management and business continuity in public hospitals: the case study of Tawam Hospital United Arab Emirates (UAE) by Almansoori, Ahmed Saif

“…Data was collected through a questionnaire approach where a valid sample of this brought the total usable questionnaire to 273 responses that have been tested empirically, representing 45.5 per cent of the total questionnaire originally administered. …”
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Steel Slag and Limestone as a Rock Filter for Eliminating Phosphorus from Domestic Wastewater: A Pilot Study in a Warm Climate by Maarup, Syahrul Nizam, Hamdan, Rafidah, Othman, Norzila, Adel Al-Gheethi, Adel Al-Gheethi, Sadeq Alkhadher, Sadeq Alkhadher, M. M. Abd El-Hady, M. M. Abd El-Hady, S. El-Sayed Saeed, S. El-Sayed Saeed

“…RF was designed with steel slag and limestone (calcium hydroxide) as a pilot scale called vertical aerated steel slag filter (VASSF) and optimized based on hydraulic loading rates (HLR) (0.16 to 5.44 m3/m3 day) and airflow rates ranging from 3 to 10 L/min. …”
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Steel Slag and Limestone as a Rock Filter for Eliminating Phosphorus from Domestic Wastewater: A Pilot Study in a Warm Climate by Maarup, Syahrul Nizam, Hamdan, Rafidah, Othman, Norzila, Adel Al-Gheethi, Adel Al-Gheethi, Sadeq Alkhadher, Sadeq Alkhadher, M. M. Abd El-Hady, M. M. Abd El-Hady, S. El-Sayed Saeed, S. El-Sayed Saeed

“…RF was designed with steel slag and limestone (calcium hydroxide) as a pilot scale called vertical aerated steel slag filter (VASSF) and optimized based on hydraulic loading rates (HLR) (0.16 to 5.44 m3/m3 day) and airflow rates ranging from 3 to 10 L/min. …”
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Physical-mechanical properties and thermogravimetric analysis of fired clay brick incorporating palm kernel shell for alternative raw materials by Sarani, Noor Amira, Abdul Kadir, Aeslina, Md Din, Mohd Fadhil, Hashim, Azini Amiza, Hassan, Mohd Ikhmal Haqeem, Abdul Hamid, Nur Jannah, Hashar, Nurul Nabila Huda, Hissham, Nur Fatin Nabila, S.M. Johan, Siti Farhanah

“…For this purpose, clay soil was replaced with different percentages of PKS (0, 1, 5 and 10%) and subjected to a firing temperature of 1050 ◦C (heating rate of 1 ◦C/min). …”
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