Histopathological effects of Eurycoma Longifolia jack extract (tongkat ali) on the prostate of rats by Faisal, Ghasak Ghazi, Mustafa Al-Ahmad, Basma Ezzat, Mustafa, Nazih Shaban, Najmuldeen, Ghazi Faisal, Althunibat, Osama Yousef, Azzubaidi, Marwan Saad

“…Histopathological examination of the specimens revealed that there were no significant observable changes in group B in comparison with the control group while group C showed a marked cell proliferation of the prostatic gland lining epithelium that appeared as stratification and intraglandular villus formation of the usual single layer columnar epithelium.Areas of mild dysplastic changes were observed in the lining epithelium characterized by nuclear enlargement and irregularities in the nuclear membrane and hyperchromatism. …”
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Erythrocytes derived microvesicles : their characterisation and potential role as delivery vectors by Cordeiro Freezor, Roberta

“…In this study, the influence of erythrocyte derived MV (eMV) on the growth of THP-1 and Jurkat cell lines was observed. HeLa cells and those infected with Human Rhinovirus type 16 derived MV (HRV16iHMV) were used as parallel samples for all experiments. …”
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A review of medical error taxonomies: a human factors perspective by Taib, Ibrahim Adham, McIntosh, Andrew Stuart, Caponecchia, Carlo, Baysari, Melissa T.

“…Medical error taxonomies based on theoretical error concepts were more likely to be generic in applicability and also more likely to classify systemic factors and psychological error mechanisms of medical errors. …”
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Corporate performance, CEO power and CEO turnover: evidence from Malaysian public listed companies (Prestasi syarikat, kuasa CEO dan pertukaran CEO: bukti dari syarikat tersenarai... by Ishak, Rokiah, Ku Ismail, Ku Nor Izah, Abdullah, Shamsul Nahar

“…Our results show that firms with poor performance and older CEOs are more likely to change their CEOs. In contrast, CEO turnover is less likely to occur when firms exercise CEO/Chairman duality; have CEOs who own a certain portion of company shares; and have CEOs with longer tenure. …”
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Determinants of performance in Indonesian banking: a cross-sectional and dynamic panel data analysis by Sarita, Buyung, Zandi Pour Joopari, GholamReza, Shahabi, Alireza

“…The negative relationship between loans to business groups and bank performance, which is likely due to the high loans provided to them, thus supporting the moral hazard hypothesis. …”
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Religions as a "Life Fact": Al-Faruqi's impact on the International Islamic University Malaysia by Mohamed Zein, Ibrahim

“…The program was influenced by the thought and curricula developed along Faruqian lines. It is a program that delves into Faruqi's view of meta-religion rooted in an ethical paradigm giving it universal perspective and approach toward the study of IIUM and the religion study curriculum implemeted at IIUM is a development of Faruqi's earlier vision regarding the teaching of Islam as a civilization and worldview, which he had envisioned and hoped to apply to the academic program at the Central Instiute of Islamic Research,Karachi, Pakistan during his professorship there in 1960s, but which was not realized.…”
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Dealing, music and youth violence: neighbourhood relational change, isolation and youth criminality by Alexander, James

“…The study considers the emergence of drill music, county lines and the lowering of the threshold of when weapons are used to explore the isolated social environments so many young people find themselves in. …”
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A new three-phase 6-slots 10-poles permanent magnet flux switching machine with inner rotor configuration by Jenal, Mahyuzie

“…In this work, four topologies have been proposed, such as 6S-10P PMFSM with salient type of rotor (SalR), 6S-10P PMFSM with span rotor (SpR), 6S-8P AlCiRaF PMFSM with segmental rotor (SegR AlCIRaF) and 6S-10P AlCiRaF PMFSM with salient rotor (SalR AlCiRaF) are modeled and simulated using 2D-FEA JMAG v. 14.1 for the initial performance investigation. …”
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Shear strengthening and repair of deep beams with and without web reinforcement using near-surface mounted CFRP bars by Raheem Hassan, Douread

“…Each group of deep beams has the same shear span to effective depth ratio at 0.864. Group G1 consists of two beams as a control specimens and each one differs depending on either with web and without web reinforcement. …”
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Low velocity impact response of rc beam with artificial polyethylene aggregate as concrete block infill by M. Mustafa, Mohamed

“…Furthermore, the width of the cracks generated in the RCAI specimens near the mid-span was less than that on the NRC specimen. All experiment results were validated against FEM. …”
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A new xanthone dimer and cytotoxicity from the stem bark of calophyllum canum by Bakhtiar, M. Taher, Wan Salleh, Wan Mohd Nuzul Hakimi, Alkhamaiseh, Suhaib Ibrahim, Ahmad, Farediah, Rezali, Mohd Fazlin, Darnis, Deny Susanti, Hasan, Choudhury Mahmood

“…The cytotoxicity of compounds 1–3 were screened against A549, MCF-7, C33A and 3T3L1 cell lines, wherein weak cytotoxic activities were observed (IC50 > 50 μM).…”
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Can AnnAt1 of Arabidopsis thaliana contribute to Pb phytoremediation? by Phang, Ing Chia, Clark, Gregory B., Taylor, H. Harry, Garrill, Ashley, Leung, David W. M.

“…This heavy metal contaminant is likely to enter human’s food chain, where it poses a hazard to public health. …”
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Assessments of time diversity rain fade mitigation technique for v-band space-earth link operating in tropical climate by M Saad@Md Saad, Nurul Wahida, Ismail, Ahmad Fadzil, Badron, Khairayu, Mohd Sobli, Nuurul Hudaa, Din, Jafri, Abdul Rahman, Tharek

“…This paper outlines the likely improvement of a future V-band frequency space-Earth link using proposed time diversity (TD) technique. …”
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The relationships of the laticaudine sea snakes (family elapidae genus laticuada) by McCarthy, C. J.

“…However others consider that Laticauda and "true" sea snakes (Hydrophiinae) are more likely to have had separate origins within the front-fanged "proteroglyphous" snakes (Elapidae); laticaudines are thought to be most closely allied to a group comprising terrestrial Asiatic and American coral snakes together with a Solomon Islands (Bougainville) endemic proteroglyph. …”
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Complement-mediated extracellular vesicle release as a measure of endothelial dysfunction and prognostic marker for COVID-19 in peripheral blood - letter to the Editor by Inal, Jameel

“…Endothelial cell- (EC-) derived EVs (EEVs) are often released because of endothelial injury [4] and also likely to contribute to this prothrombotic environment. …”
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A glow discharge time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GD-TOFMS) study of the ‘hydrogen effect’ using copper, iron and titanium cathodes by Mushtaq, Sohail, Steers, Edward B. M., Whitby, James A., Horvath, Peter, Michler, Johann, Pickering, Juliet C.

“…We report TOFMS investigations on the effects of hydrogen added to a dc GD argon plasma, in detail over the most likely concentration range occurring in analytical work (0–0.10% v/v), together with an overview to 0.8% v/v; typical GD-OES discharge conditions were used. …”

Predictors of in-hospital mortality following intracerebral hemorrhage in East coast of Malaysia by Rathor, Mohammad Yousuf, Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi, Ab Rahman, Jamalludin, Abdul Rashid, Mohd Amran, Che Abdullah, Shahrin Tarmizi, Omar, Ahmad Marzuki, Mohd Shah, Azarisman Shah

“…Physicians are faced with the task of predicting the likely outcome. The aim of our study was to analyze the frequency of various risk factors and determine predictors of in-hospital mortality among primary intracerebral hemorrhage(PICH)patients, thus providing insight in developing therapeutic strategies to improve the outcome.…”
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Experimental investigation and simulation of catalytic converter performance by Mohiuddin, A. K. M., Nurhafez, Muhammed

“…The purpose of this paper is to present the results of an experimental study of the performance and conversion efficiencies of ceramic monolith three-way catalytic converters (TWCC) employed in automotive exhaust lines for the reduction of gasoline emissions. Two ceramic converters of different cell density, substrate length, hydraulic channel diameter and wall thickness were studied to investigate the effect of varying key parameters on conversion efficiencies and pressure drop. …”
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Experimental analysis and simulation of catalytic converters by Mohiuddin, A. K. M.

“…The purpose of this chapter is to present the results of an experimental study ofthe performance of ceramic monolith three-way catalytic converters (TWCC) employed in automotive exhaust lines for the reduction of gasoline emissions. Two ceramic converters of different cell density, substrate length, hydraulic channel diameter and wall thickness were investigated. …”
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Immigration, politics and violence in urban France: between fiction and facts by Recchia, Francesca

“…Semi-fictional accounts of immigrants’ life in the banlieues are a privileged source of information about the social distress that nurtured the explosion of urban violence. Reading between the lines of these representations helps grasping what happens underneath the surface of an overexposed situation of inequality that periodically morphs into violence. …”
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