Re: Bag et al.: One week of nitrofurantoin before percutaneous nephrolithotomy significantly reduces upper tract infection and urosepsis: a prospective Controlled Study (Urolog... by Feng, Yih Chai, Kamarulzaman, Mohd Nazli, Jiffre, Din, Hamid, Ghazali

“…MATERIAL AND METHODS: Patients with stones ≥2.5 cm and/or HDN and sterile urine undergoing PNL were randomized into 2 groups. …”
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Interactive Learning Paper Model of Inguinal Canal by Tun, Ye, Myint, Yi Yi

“…The efficacy of the model construction is evaluated by testing 10 questions regarding the anatomy of inguinal canal before(pre-test) and after(post-test) doing the construction. The 5-point scale questionnaire was used to elicit the students’ views on different teaching methods in our university. …”
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Application of response surface methodology coupled with genetic algorithm in the optimization of cutting conditions for surface roughness in end milling of Inconel 718 using coate... by Ishtiyaq, M. H., Amin, A. K. M. Nurul, Patwari, Muhammed Anayet Ullah

“…Sharif et al [4] developed a predicted model for surface roughness when end milling titanium alloy (Ti-6Al-4V) using uncoated carbide under flooded condition. …”
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Effect of extraction method on the antimicrobial activity of Moringa Oleifera seeds extract by Bichi, Mustafa Hassan, Aguwamba, Jonah Chukwu, Muyibi, Suleyman Aremu, Abdulkarim, Mohd Ismail

“…The zones of inhibition produced using disc diffusion method ranged 6.5mm – 9.0mm for the six extraction methods with the highest value of 9.0mm obtained with method M3. …”
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Effects of different methods of slaughtering on protein expression in chicken meat by Zaman, Rahela, Mohd Nasir, Mohd Hamzah, Abdulrazaq, Nafiu Bidemi, Mohd. Salleh, Hamzah, Rahman, Mohammad Tariqur

“…Protein spotted on the gel near pH 5.0 and Mw 116 kDa was found in the skeletal muscle from CT while it was absent the samples from PR. …”
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The quality and determinants of voluntary disclosures in annual reports of Shari'ah compliant companies in Malaysia by Mohd Ghazali, Nazli Anum

“…The multivariate regression analyses reveal that board size is significant in explaining the quality of CVDs at the 5% significance levels. Company size and leverage as control variables are also significant at the 1% and 10% significance levels in determining the quality of CVDs by ShCCs. …”
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Learning aid for inguinal canal anatomy by Ye, Tun, Myint, Yi Yi

“…The efficacy of the model construction is evaluated by testing 10 questions regarding the anatomy of inguinal canal before (pre-test) and after (post-test) doing the construction. A 5-point scale questionnaire was used to elicit the students’ views on different teaching methods in our university. …”
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Environmental attitude: values on urban wildlife a case study of Kuala Lumpur Urban Parks by Hj. Baharuddin, Zainul Mukrim

“…Naturalistic, ecologistic and scientific values had mean scores between 3.5 and 4.0, which could be considered as an acceptable degree of agreement. …”
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Role of health hazardous ethephone in nutritive values of selected pineapple, banana and tomato by Hakim, Md. Abdul, Obidul Huq, A. K., Alam, M. A., Khatib, Alfi, Saha, B. K., Formuzul Haque, K. M., Sarker, Md. Zaidul Islam

“…The highest vitamin C content of the selected non-treated fruits (17.5 mg/100 g in pineapple, 13 mg/100 g in banana and 20.2 mg/100 g tomato) and the lowest contentwas found in the market samples (10 mg/100 g in pineapple, 7 mg/100 g in banana and 12.3 mg/100 g tomato), whereas ethephone-treated groups contained the ascorbic acid 14.5 mg/100 g in pineapple, 9 mg/100 g in banana and 19.4 mg/100 g in tomato). …”
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Analysis of chief complaint, toothbrushing, plaque score, dental care program and decay in children by Supaat, Salwana, Witjaksono, Widowati, Sukmasari, Susi

“…Subjects had high plaque score, moderate and low were 91.2%, 3.5% 5.3% respectively. Mean of tooth decayed were 4.778 (sd. 3.379). …”
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Abdominal obesity in Malaysian adults: National Health and Morbidity Survey III (NHMS III, 2006) by Kee, Chee Cheong, Haniff, Jamaiyah, Mohamad Nor, Noor Safiza, A., Geeta, Khor, Geok Lin, Shahar, Suzana, Ab Rahman, Jamalludin, Rasat, Rahmah, Ali Zainuddin, Ahmad, Abdul Talib, Ruzita, Wong, NF, Yusoff, Ahmad Fauzi

“…The identified risks of AO were women (OR: 4.2, 95% CI: 3.8, 4.6), aged 50-59 years (OR: 5.6, 95% CI: 4.0, 7.7), Indians (OR: 3.0, 95% CI: 2.4, 3.8), housewives (OR: 1.4, 95% CI: 1.1, 1.7), subjects with primary education (OR: 1.3, 95% CI: 1.1, 1.5) and ever married (OR: 1.4, 95% CI: 1.2, 1.6). …”
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Comparison between adrenalectomy and medical therapy in the management of primary aldosteronism by Loh, Huai Heng, S, Norlela, AW, Norasyikin, M, Norlaila, Zainuddin, Suehazlyn, R, Subashini, O, Mohd Rahman, Shahar, Mohammad Arif, Omar, Ahmad Marzuki, WS, Wan Juani, D, Azura, OOI, CP, Kamaruddin, Nor Azmi

“…Median duration of hypertension prior to diagnosis of PA was 7.5 ± 8.3 years. Median aldosterone renin ratio was 53.2 (aldosterone in ng/ dL, renin in ng/ml/h). 82% had fludrocortisone suppression as confirmatory test. 45.5% underwent adrenalectomy, 36.4% received MRA, with mean dose of 75mg/day. …”
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Effect of cut-off frequency of butterworth filter on detectability and contrast of hot and cold regions in Tc-99m SPECT by Sayed, Inayatullah Shah, Mohamed Nasrudin, Nor Syahirah

“…A But-terworth filter of order 5 with cut-off frequencies 0.35 and 0.45 cycles.cm-1 was applied. …”
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PAX9 mutation of non-syndromic hypodontia in three Malaysian families by Lestari, Widya

“…Direct sequencing was performed by using exon 2, 3 and 4 of PAX9. RESULTS: 5 out of 6 family members in family 1 have missing premolars and molars. …”
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Nursing characteristics and patients’ outcomes: a retrospective study by Aung, Khin Thandar, Ghazali, Aini fatimah, Tin, Myo Han

“…The results obtained showed that majority of nurses in medical and surgical wards was having diploma (79.2%) and having working experience less than 5 years (62.5%). Meanwhile the total prevalence of Hospitalacquired Pressure Ulcer (HAPU) among non-ambulatory patients in medical and surgical wards was 19.93% and the total prevalence of medication errors in medical and surgical wards was 25.69%. …”
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Molecular study of hepatitis C viral RNA extracted from local isolates in Pahang, Malaysia: genotyping, subtyping and base sequencing by Hamzah, Hairul Aini, Mustafa Mahmoud, Mohammed Imad Al-Deen, Abdul Majid, Mohammed Saad, Hasmoni, Mohamed Hadzri, Abdullah, Nasuruddin

“…Phylogenetic analysis of the NS5B region showed a predominance of HCV genotype 3a. …”
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Language and cross-cultural influences in the psychometric evaluation of the Malaysian FertiQoL by Ariffin, Farnaza, Daud, Suzanna, Ismail, Zaliha, Zainuddin, Ani Amelia, Ramli, Roszaman

“…Factor analysis and internal consistency were analysed using SPSS v24. Results: Data from 175 respondents were analysed. …”
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The effects of palm tocotrienol rich fraction (TRF) on proatherosclerotic changes in aorta of rats fed high methionine diet by Ku Zaifah, Norsidah, Yusuf, Kamisah, Yusuf, Ahmad Asmadi, Ayob, Azizi

“…Statistical analysis:Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) 11.5 was used. Data is presented as Mean ± SEM. P < 0.05 is considered significant. …”
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Assessment of household use of iodized salt and adequacy of salt iodization: a cross-sectional National Study in Saudi Arabia by Al-Dakheel, Mushary H., Haridi, Hassan K., Al-Bashir, Bushra M., Al-Shangiti, Ali M., Al-Shehri, Sulaiman N., Hussein, Izzeldin

“…For validation, a quantitative iodometric titration method was used to analyze 775 representative salt samples screened iodized by RTK; iodine content of ≥15 ppm was found in 95.2% (95% CI 93.9-96.5) of samples with median iodine content 51 ppm (mean 50.4 ± 21.8). …”
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Evidence for the formation of supplementary corpora lutea in the pregnant and pseudopregnant rat by Garside, Deborah A.

“…Histological studies of ovarian tissue confirmed the presence of newly formed CL on day 5 and 6 post-coitum and an absence of entrapped ova; follicular development was also present in early pregnancy with Graafian follicles evident on day 4 post-coitum. …”
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