A preliminary assessment on magnitude of oral health problems among five selected primary care clinics of Malaysia and Myanmar in 2012 by Tin, Myo Han, Md Aris, Mohd Aznan, Sulong, Robiatu Adawiah

“…A cross-analysis was done between demographic data, reason for encounter (RFE) and the countries under study. Findings: In Malaysia, range of proportion of oral health problem (OHP) per month among the 3 primary care clinics was from 4.2 to 25.7 per 1000 patients/month. …”
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Paraoxonase-1 (PON1) activity in serum and various anticoagulated-plasma by Abdullah, Nor Zamzila, Ahmad Sufi, Nur Farhah, A. Talib, Norlelawati, Ku Zaifah, Norsidah, Muhammad, Siti Aeshah @ Naznin, Mohamed, Abdul Hadi

“…There were significant positive correlations (p<0.001) between PON1 activity in serum with PON1 activity in all anti-coagulated plasma except for plasma in potassium-EDTA container (r=0.27, p=0.06). Conclusion: Our finding suggested that only serum and plasma in lithium-heparin container are suitable for the analysis of PON1 activity. …”
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Assessing the impact of landscape setting on the microclimate of outdoor spaces in hot-humid regions towards mitigating urban heat island - a preliminary investigation by Abu Bakar, Aniza, Mohamad, Amira Nadhirah, Sanusi, Aliyah Nur Zafirah

“…Four spaces within the IIUM are investigated which represent generally two categories of landscape setting which are: shaded/green area and exposed area. The findings suggested that the landscape settings do influence the microclimate of outdoor spaces where high quantity of trees and big tree size seem to lower the air temperature readings. …”
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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

“…Being the largest population-based study on AO among Malaysians, these findings have important public health implications. …”
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Quality of pharmaceutical advertisements in medical journals: a systematic review by Othman, Noordin, Vitry, Agnes I., Roughead, Elizabeth E.

“…We designed this systematic review to assess all studies that have examined the quality of pharmaceutical advertisements for prescription products in medical and pharmacy journals. METHODS AND FINDINGS: Studies were identified via searching electronic databases, web library, search engine and reviewing citations (1950 - February 2006). …”
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Bacterial pollution in Molluscs Arch Clam, Orbicularia orbiculata and Blood Cockle, Anadara granosa of Pahang estuary, Malaysia by Khan Chowdhury, Ahmed Jalal, Musa, Najiah, Mahfuz, Fathiyah, Yunus, Kamaruzzaman, Omar, Muhammad Nor, Sarker, Mohammad Nurul Amin, Jaswir, Irwandi

“…Whilst, Nineteen bacterial species were identified in Anadara granosa such as Aeromonas hydrophila group 1, Aerococcus viridians 1, Aerococcus viridans 2, Chromobacterium violaceum., Enterobacter gergoviae, Erwinia sp., Escherichia coli, Enterococcus avium, Gemella morbillorum, Kluyvera sp., Vibrio fluvialis, Vibrio cholerae, Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Lactococcus lactis, Leuconostoc sp., Staphylococcus capitis, Staphylococcus lentus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Staphylococcus xylosus. The finding indicates that the edible mollusc of Pahang estuary was polluted with pathogenic bacteria which could be harmful for human consumption.…”
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Assessing the antecedents of customer loyalty on healthcare insurance products: Service quality; perceived value embedded model by Fadi Abdelmuniem, Abdelfattah, Rahman, Muhammad Sabbir, Mohamad, Osman

“…Apart from assessing the reliability and validity of the constructs through confirmatory factor analysis, this research also used structural equation modelling (SEM) approach to test the proposed hypothesis. Findings: The results from the inferential statistics revealed that the healthcare insurance customers are highly influenced by service quality followed by the perceived value in reaching their loyalty towards a particular health insurance service provider. …”
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Indoor microbial contamination and its relation to physical indoor air quality characteristics at selected libraries in pahang by A, Hizzri, H, Khadijah, Nordin, Noor Faizul Hadry, A., Norhidayah, Mohd. Aris, Mohd Shukri

“…The bacterial identification findings indicated that Gram positive bacteria were abundant compared to Gram negative bacteria. …”
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Women space in the design of Masjid in Malaysia: how much space do women need? by Mohd Nawawi, Norwina, Abdul Rahim, Zaiton, Abdul Majid, Noor Hanita, Jahn Kassim, Puteri Shireen

“…The study intends to provide a guide to industry players what could specify as ‘rule of thumb’, percentage of space for Malaysian women in masjid design. Findings of surveys from designers/architects had produce some form of consensus on space allocation provided. …”
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Strengthening the maqasid al-shariah contents in undergraduate quantity surveying programme at KAED,IIUM by Mohd Fauzi, Puteri Nur Farah Naadia, Ahmad Sarkawi, Azila, Abdul Rashid, Khairuddin

“…The study focusses to propose contents of the BQS (Honours) programme courses in order to increase the “faith” and “lineage” components therein and employed a combination of literature review, content analysis of the programme structure and course outlines of the BQS (Honours) programme at KAED, IIUM and a series of detail discussions among BQS lecturers. Key findings from the study suggest that the BQS (Honours) programme at KAED IIUM has potentials towards achieving a more balanced maqasid al-shariah among the five key components and the types of courses and topics to be incorporated into the programme have been identified. …”
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Postnatal depression: An understanding of Malaysian perspectives by Binti Mohd Arifin, Siti Roshaidai, Cheyne, Helen, Maxwell, Margaret

“…It will also encourage further high quality work to provide effective, relevant and culturally sensitive intervention for PND. The findings of this study will be the foundation of developing preventative intervention for PND in Malaysia.…”
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Knowledge sharing behaviors among non academic staff of higher learning institutions: attitude, subjective norms and behavioral intention embedded model by Rahman, Muhammad Sabbir, Osman Gani, Aahad M, Mat Daud, Nuraihan, Fadi Abdel, Muniem Abdel Fattah

“…This research also applied confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling to examine the proposed hypothesis of this inquiry. Findings – The results indicate that attitude and subjective norms both influence the staff knowledge sharing behavior significantly and positively. …”
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Detection of SYT-SSX mutant transcripts in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded sarcoma tissues using one-step reverse transcriptase real-time PCR by A.Talib, Norlelawati, Goon, Mohd Danial, Harun, Nora, Othman, Nadia, Kamaruzaman, Zatur Rawihah, Abdullah, Nor Zamzila, Muhammad, Siti Aeshah @ Naznin

“…Making an accurate diagnosis is difficult due to the overlapping histological features of SS with other types of sarcomas and the non-specific immunohistochemistry profile findings. Molecular testing is thus considered necessary to confirm the diagnosis since more than 90% of SS cases carry the transcript of t(X;18)(p11.2;q11.2). …”
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3-Arylsydone and 4-Acetyl-3-Arylsydone: In vitro cytotoxicity against prostate cancer cell line (PC3), structure-activity relationship and in silico evaluation of their caspase 3 i... by Mohammed Abdualkader, Abdualrahman, Bakhtiar, M. Taher, Muhamad, Azira, Nik Yusoff, Nik Mohd. Idris

“…The docking result demonstrated that 9 molecules had hydrogen bonds with the active site of caspase 3 which consists Arg207 and Arg64. The findings of this study indicated that sydnones are promising cytotoxic compounds for the treatment of prostate cancer and merit more studies to investigate their activity against other cancer cell lines along with in vivo evaluation.…”
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A retrospective review of 25 cases of lethal fetal anomalies by Abdulwahab, Dalia F, Ismail, Hamizah, Nusee, Zalina, S.L., Yong, Awang, Mokhtar

“…Twenty (80%) women delivered or aborted vaginally, three (12%) women with assisted breech delivery and two (8%) women with abdominal delivery which were performed due to transverse foetal lie in labour and a failed induction, leading to emergency hysterotomy complicated by hysterectomy due to intraoperative finding of ruptured uterus. Overall, the associated post-partum adverse events included post-partum haemorrhage (12%), retained placenta (12%), blood transfusion (8%), uterine rupture (4%) and endometritis (4%). …”
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Cytokinetic study of uninfected agarwood branch ethanolic extract on breast cancer cells by Abbas, Phirdaous, Hashim, Yumi Zuhanis Has-Yun, Amid, Azura

“…Data collected made it possible to develop an early model of cancer dose treatment using the first order linear equation as a function of time that can be used to estimate cell size or volume of cancer, speed of growth and possibility of successful dosage/treatments using data from biopsy procedure. These findings suggested that agarwood uninfected branch ethanolic extract affect the cytokinetics of MCF-7 cells which warrants further research and focus in validating the hypothesis and elucidating the effects against cancer.…”
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Cellulase aided extraction and characteristics of sulfated polysaccharides from Brown seaweed (Turinaria turbinata) by Hammed, Ademola Monsur, Simsek, Senay, Jaswir, Irwandi, Amid, Azura, Alam, Md. Zahangir

“…The biological and physicochemical properties of the Sulfated polysaccahrides were related. The findings confirmed the potential of brown seaweed as a viable source of anti-inflammatory compounds.…”
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Erosion corrosion and tribological behavior of TIG torch composite layers by Maleque, Md. Abdul

“…The results generally indicated that TIG-embedded surface coating showed surface characteristics (topography, hardness and wear behaviors) that are controlled by the powder composition and content, TIG process parameters and microstrural evolution. Based on the findings, it can be concluded that TIG torch melting technique is a versatile and economic process for the formation of composite coating layer on the steel and Ti-alloy in order to widen their applications for aggressive tribological environment involving dry sliding and high temperature.…”
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Studies of Physio-chemical characteristics and sediment environment along the coastal waters Pulau Tuba, Langkawi by Khan Chowdhury, Ahmed Jalal, Nordin, Noor Faizul Hadry, Yunus, Kamaruzzaman, Hashim, Ridzwan, Saad, Shahbudin, Alam, Md. Zahangir

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An analysis of maṣlaḥah based resolutions issued by Bank Negara Malaysia by Eldersevi, Suheyib, Haron, Razali

“…Furthermore, the secondary data is obtained from sources such as uṣūl al-fiqh (theory of Islamic jurisprudence) books, papers and relevant internet sources. Findings: The study found that SAC-BNM’s resolutions are in line with some of the major maṣlaḥah parameters mentioned in the uṣūl al-fiqh sources i.e. must not contradict with the Qurʾān and the Sunnah. …”
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