Experimental investigation of ventilation efficiency in a dentistry surgical room by Oladokun, Majeed, Ali, Maisarah, Osman, Samsul Bahrin, Samsuddin, Niza, Hamzah, Hairul Aini

“…Regarding effectiveness, the findings reveal that the surgical room ventilation is ineffective with ventilation efficiency values ranging between 0 and 0.5 indicating air distribution short-circuiting. …”
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Attitude and impact changes of hijab wearing among Muslim Malay women in Malaysia by A.Manaf, Aini Maznina, Wok, Saodah, Ismail, Rizalawati

“…Out of 796 Malay women surveyed, the results showed that the respondents have a good perception on hijab wearing. The findings also shows that Malay Muslim women in Malaysia have a good attitude towards hijab wearing. …”
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The impact of fluid balances in the first 48 hours on mortality in the critically ill patients by Md Ralib, Azrina, Hamzah, Norhalini, Nasir, Majdiah Syahirah, Mat Nor, Mohd Basri

“…An additional tile is thus added to the mosaic of findings on the impact of fluid balance in a hetergenous group of critically ill patients, and in sub- cohort of AKI patients.…”
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Contextualizing socio-legal problems of Sudanese youth in Malaysia: a case study by Kadouf, Hunud Abia

“…An attempt will also be made to engage in general discussions on the philosophy, concepts and theories of Diaspora in the light of the Sudanese youth’ precarious situation in Malaysia. Findings Based on the empirical data, cybercrime, cyber-bullying, drug abuse, online-shamming, racial tension, cross-marriages, Third Culture Kids (TCK) syndrome and problems of integration seem to be the major challenges of Sudanese youth in Malaysia. …”
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Examining U.S. approvals of Islamic financing products and the Islamic theory of lawful profit by Abdullah, Adam

“…Department of Revenue. Findings: The research found that in assessing economic substance over legal form, each of the three products involved risk-free transactions and interest. …”
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Advance signaling cost for multicast fast reroute proxy mobility management by Mohd Aman, Azana Hafizah, Hassan Abdalla Hashim, Aisha, Abdullah, Azween, Mohd. Ramli, Huda Adibah, Islam, Shayla

“…It is calculated as the location updates and the packet delivery cost of the call flow. Findings: This combined procedure helps to mitigate unnecessary multicast network mobility traffic as usage increases. …”
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The use of sunscreen products among final year medicine and pharmacy students: a cross‑sectional study of knowledge, attitude, practice, and perception by Awadh, Ammar Ihsan JawaD, Jamshed, Shazia Qasim, Elkalmi, Ramadan Mohamed Mahmod, Ab. Hadi, Hazrina

“…Descriptive and inferential statistics were used where appropriate. Findings: 161 out of 234 participants completed the questionnaires. …”
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Piper sarmentosum (Daun kaduk) induced apoptosis via mitochondrial pathway in human lung adenocarcinoma cells, A549 by Sirajudeen, Azila, Mohd Ali, Aisyah Hanani, Abdul Ghani, Radiah

“…Based on these preliminary findings, P. sarmentosum has a great potential as a dietary cancer treatment for lung cancer and may be used for lung cancer pharmacotherapy in clinical settings in future.…”
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The role of polyamines in growth inhibition induced by Momordica charantia and Gynura procumbens in human lung adenocarcinoma cells, A549 by AhmadSujangi, Nurhikmah, Abdullah, Nor Zamzila, Abdul Ghani, Radiah

“…Based on these preliminary findings, it can be concluded that M. charantia and G. procumbens are not an excellent plants to be included in the development of chemoprevention strategy as the ideal chemopreventive agents are those that contain low polyamine level, able to reduce the cancer cell progression and can inhibit the biosynthesis of polyamine in cancer cells to avoid recurrence of cancer. …”
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Pelargonium radula as a plant bioindicator in monitoring mercury in drinking water by A Majid, Noraishah, Ramli, Nur Syazila, Phang, Ing Chia

“…In the present study, Pelargonium radula was chosen as the Hg bioindicator as it gave the fastest and visible morphological changes, which is within 4 h of treatment. This new finding was promising, as it demonstrated that plants could be used for Hg biomonitoring for the safety of drinking water.…”
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Issues and challenges in financing the poor: case of Baitul Maal Wa Tamwil in Indonesia by Wulandari, Permata, Kassim, Salina

“…Subsequently, the results from the structured interviews were analyzed using qualitative analysis to arrive at the model of the peculiarities of financing the poor in Indonesia. The findings show that the Central BMT has built specific products and empowerment mechanisms for the poor and has an ideal product to be applied in 382 BMT in Indonesia. …”
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Knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) of intestinal helminths and protozoa infections among parents of Sekolah Kebangsaan Bukit Goh and Sekolah Kebangsaan Sungai Talam, Kuanta... by Mat Yusof, Afzan, Mohammad, Mardhiah, Roslan, Nur Zulaikha, Hisamudin, Nur Hazirah

“…In this study, fifty percent of the respondents from Bukit Goh did not know that faeces are the primary source of infection and they have never heard about intestinal parasitic infections. However, the findings showed that there was no significant difference between KAP of intestinal helminths and protozoa infection among parents from both areas in terms of low income and high income. …”
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The effect of information booklets on family members' satisfaction with decision making in an Intensive Care Unit of Malaysia by Othman, Hamidah, Subramanian, Pathmawathi, Mohd Ali, Noor Azizah, Hassan, Haszalina, Haque, Mainul

“…Conclusion: The study findings confirm that the information booklets results in a substantial increase in family satisfaction regarding decision-making for patients’ care. …”
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Integrating Islamic input in undergraduate psychiatry teaching: IIUM experience by Md Rosli, Najwa Hanim, Md Tahir, Mohd Faiz, Mat Zain, Nora, Mohd Noor, Hanisah, Abdullah, Kartini

“…Since the recognition of psychiatry as a medical specialty back in the 19th century, many theories, therapies and treatment were much influenced by Western findings and practice. Sigmund Freud recorded in his book, “Future of an Illusion”, that he portrayed faith in God as a “collective neurosis”. …”
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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

“…In regards to the factors influencing smoking, peer pressure has the highest prevalence which is 89.6%, early exposure from family members who are smokers (71.9%). Findings from this study should be considered as a warning for an impending epidemic. …”
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Effects of simple abrasive combing and pretreatments on properties of pineapple leaf fibers (PALF) and PALF-Vinyl ester composite adhesion by Abd. Rahman, Mohamed, Mohd. Salit, Sapuan, Mridha, Shahjahan, Abdan, Khalina

“…Morphological study using scanning electron microscope was used to confirm the findings. This study indicated that abrasive combing and simple pretreatment of dilute sodium hypochlorite are potential techniques to produce cost-effective PALF for reinforcing plastics.…”
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Assessment of the quality of the examination in pharmacy curriculum by Khin Soe, May, Abdul Razak, Tariq, Mohd Noor, Noriah, Ahmad Rusmili, Muhamad Rusdi

“…The grading expected by the students and actual grading marked by the lecturers was found to be different but it was not statistically significant (p>0.05). The finding of this study was reviewed to make recommendation on measures to improve the curriculum and learning outcomes. …”
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Cross border marriage (CBM): a comparative study on the profiles and factors of CBM among Malays in Malaysia by Md Hashim, Noraini

“…Data were analysed by using descriptive statistical technique which revealed the general pattern of all variables understudied. The findings from this research are expected to fill in the gap in socio-legal literature in relation to Muslim marriages. …”
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Wear behavior of as-cast and heat treated triple particle size SiC reinforced aluminium metal matrix composites by Maleque, Md. Abdul, Karim, Md. Rezaul

“…The wear morphology of the damaged surface was also studied using optical microscope and scanning electron microscope (SEM) in this investigation. Findings – The test results showed that HT composite exhibited better wear resistance properties compared to AC composite. …”
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Alternate methods for anomaly detection in high-energy physics via semi-supervised learning by Md. Ali, Mohd. Adli, Badrud’din, Nu’man, Abdullah, Hafidzul, Kemi, Faiz

“…In our study, we found that the EHRA with an artificial neural network regression has the highest ROC-AUC score at 0.7882 for the balanced dataset, while the C-EHRA has the highest precision-sensitivity score for the majority of the imbalanced datasets. These findings highlight the potential use of the EHRA, C-EHRA, and other OCC algorithms in the quest to discover BSM particles.…”
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