The association between sleep apnea and young adult with hypertension: a case-control study in Malaysia by Asha'ari, Zamzil Amin, Hasmoni, Mohamed Hadzri, Ab Rahman, Jamalludin, Yusof, Rosnida Azura, Raja Lope Ahmad, Raja Ahmad Al'konee

“…Although adjustments for the compounding factors, particularly BMI, decreased the OR to a large degree, subjects with severe sleep apnea were still 72% more likely to have hypertension than subjects without sleep apnea (Table 1). …”
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Logical-linguistic semantic in search engine by Tengku Sembok, Tengku Mohd, Noordin, Mohamad Fauzan, Othman, Roslina, Abdul Kadir, Rabiah

“…Most of the search engines, with Google on the top, able to retrieve most likely relevant information based on a query. But not capable of providing answer to a question due to lack of deduction capability. …”
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The challenges of energy efficiency practice in the Nigerian households by Abdul Majid, Noor Hanita, Hussaini, Ibrahim Udale

“…Thus, the emergence of the ‘behavioral approach’ is likely to complete the links towards the desired energy efficiency. …”
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Molecular genetic analysis of phosphatase and tensin homolog and p16 tumor suppressor genes in patients with malignant glioma by Abdullah, Jafri Malin, Zainuddin, Norafiza, Sulong, Sarina, Isa, Mohd. Nizam, Jaafar, Hasnan

“…These findings indicate that mutations of the PTEN genes were likely to contribute to the tumorigenesis and morphological transformations of gliomas. …”
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Identifying emergency nurses' knowledge on disaster management and its predictor factor by Ahayalimudin, Nurul'ain

“…Instead, EN who have attended disaster training showed it became a predictor factor (p< 0.01, AOR=3.807, 95% CI=1.584-9.153) where those who attended the disaster training is four times more likely to have ad equate knowledge in disaster management. …”
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Modeling petroleum future volatility: Analyzing asymmetry and persistency of shocks by Alom, Fardous, Bert, Ward, Baiding, Hu

“…Understanding the nature of volatility in commodity prices warrants adequate attention because such volatility is likely to lead to increased production, search and opportunity costs, as well as accelerate uncertainty and risk, contributing to a slowdown of economic activities. …”
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Scenic beauty preferences of Cameron Highlands Malaysia: local versus foreign tourists by Othman, Jamilah

“…The hypotheses stated that foreign tourists were more likely to agree on the effects of management practices on the scenic beauty preferences than were the local tourists. …”
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Intertrochanteric fracture fixation with dynamic hip screw: is tip-apex distance measurement useful for predicting fixation failure? by Goh, Kian Liang, Zakaria@Mohamad, Zamzuri, Sharifudin, Mohd Ariff, Mohamed Amin, Mohamed Azril

“…The mean post-operative TAD was 25.9mm and elderly patients were likely to achieve TAD of ≤ 25mm. The overall complication rate of 6% was attributed to screw cut-out in two cases. …”
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Attitude towards information privacy issues among students of IIUM by Mohamud, Ibrahim Kalif, Zeki, Akram M., Saidin, Aznan Zuhid

“…The continuous rapid development of ICT will continue to raise new ethical issues and students are likely to have little understanding of the ethical issues associated with using ICT. …”
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Drying of fruits and vegetables: The impact of different drying methods on product quality by Hawlader, Mohammad Nurul Alam, Baradey, Y., Ismail, Ahmad Faris, Hrairi, Meftah

“…Preservation of fruits and vegetables is considered to be a very important step to match availability in agriculture sector and consumers’ utilization to keep it fresh and nutritional as long as possible, and to meet the demand for fast and instant products with high quality. Drying methods are likely to affect the physical, chemical, nutritional, and biological properties of fruits and vegetables. …”
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The 'Turnbull guidelines' proof and evidence under the Malaysian Evidence Act 1950 by Kamarudin, Abdul Rani

“…A failure to follow the guidelines is likely to result in conviction of the accused being quashed by a superior court, and an order for retrial of the case, as the omission would occasion a failure of justice. …”
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Unacceptable circumstances in takeovers by Ambaras Khan, Mushera Bibi

“…This will in turn ensure that the interest of shareholders, especially the minority, in circumstances where the control of a company is likely to change, is protected. This will indirectly protect the integrity of the securities markets with a view to maintaining investor confidence in the capital market. …”
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Modelling determinants of voluntary carbon disclosure in Malaysian property sector by Ufere, Kalu Joseph

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Automatic visual-spatial perspective taking in alcohol-dependence: a study with happy emotional faces by Cox, Sharon, Maurage, Pierre, O'Connor, Richard, Chandler, Chris, Riggs, Kevin J.

“…Future research should explore which 'real-world' settings are likely to trigger social confusion and misunderstanding.…”
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"I look at money differently now...": male UK problem gamblers and their relationship to money: an interpretative phenomenological analysis by Callman, Sarah

“…The majority of the UK adult population has gambled at some point in their lives with 1-2% having a gambling problem and with males being significantly more likely to become problem gamblers than females. The literature suggests that money plays a complex role in the lives of problem gamblers and may be used as a way of increasing self-image as well as compensating for aspects deemed to be missing in their lives. …”
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A qualitative analysis of how therapists experience the therapeutic relationship with adults who were adopted as infants by Vote, Birgit

“…The discussion also highlights practical implications, particularly the importance of familiarisation with aspects of adoption due to their likely influence on the therapeutic relationship and the need for reflective practice.…”
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Sovereign wealth funds as coping mechanisms in the global economy: three Emirati case studies by Sharqi, Rashid Al

“…The preliminary hypothesis is that the net benefits will be lower when there are no internationally agreed principles of SWF conduct in place because of likely negative blocking actions on the part of foreign governments and regulators; however, the net benefits will still be positive inasmuch as S\VFs can still fulfil their coping function. …”
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Let's move with Leon: a randomised controlled trial of a UK digital intervention to improve physical activity in people with a musculoskeletal condition by Webb, Justin, Stewart, Duncan

“…Conclusion: Digital interventions such as ‘Let’s Move with Leon’ have the potential to increase physical activity in people with a musculoskeletal condition, however, improvements are likely to be small. Small improvements in physical activity may not be enough to improve HRQoL.…”
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Forensic genomics: kin privacy, driftnets and other open questions by Stajano, Frank, Bianchi, Lucia, Liò, Pietro, Korff, Douwe

“…But we are approaching a dramatic "phase change" as we move from genetics to genomics: when sequencing the entire genome of a person becomes sufficiently cheap as to become a routine operation, as is likely to happen in the coming decades, then each DNA examination will expose a wealth of very sensitive personal information about the examined individual, as well as her relatives. …”
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Anxiety in oral presentation among engineering and non-engineering students in english language classrooms by Ibrahim, Hairunnisa

“…At the same time, any negative public speaking experiences will make it less likely that you will speak in public in the future because fear teaches you to protect yourself from risky situations. …”
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