Emerging cities and sustainable global environmental management: livelihood implications in the OIC countries by Abdulai, Abdul-Mumin, Siwar, Chamhuri

“…Examples include urban sprawl, air and noise pollution, contaminated water sources, solid and liquid waste generation, environmentally related ill-health, etc. Many cities exist with their attendant environmental woes. …”
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Transfer effects and permeable boundaries: an empirical study of the effects of commuting stress on employees' work and life by Mohd Mahudin, Nor Diana

“…They also reveal that the strain of commuting affects commuters’ reports of somatic symptoms of ill health and commute displeasure. In addition, commuting stress is found to affect commuters’ intention to quit their job but not in terms of their job or life satisfaction. …”
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Preservation of health in Islamic law by Deuraseh, Nurdeng

“…Preservation of health (hifz al-sihhah) is the most important branch of Islamic medicine since it is primarily concerned with the prevention of illness rather than cure. This book represents as of the few attempts to introduce the role of Islamic medicine, although Chapter One provides information about a historical background of the preservation of health in Islam, but its aim is to provide a fresh and timely overview of major aspects of legal, ritual and spiritual structures of the Islamic laws, foods and drinks as well as environmental laws, for maintaining and preserving human health. …”
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Angioinvasive cerebral aspergillosis presenting as acute ischaemic stroke in a patient with diabetes mellitus by Mohamed Ibrahim, Norlinah, Ngow, Harris Abdullah, BB, Hamidon

“…Unfortunately, he succumbed to his illness despite treatment.…”
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Psychology of creativity: Cognitive, emotional, and social processes by Moneta, Giovanni B., Rogaten, Jekaterina

“…Creative ideas are needed in a world that becomes ever more complex, and poses problems with no clear path to a solution and for which no solution method is known. These ill-conditioned problems are ubiquitous in work and everyday life. …”

COVID‐19 comorbidities, associated procoagulant extracellular vesicles and venous thromboembolisms: a possible link with ethnicity? by Inal, Jameel

“…In a meta-analysis of seven studies (1,576 infected patients) the co-morbidities included hypertension (21.1%), diabetes (9.7%), cardiovascular disease (CVD), (8.4%) and respiratory system disease (1.5%). Of the critically ill COVID-19 patients with these co-morbidities and an associated hyperinflammatory state admitted to intensive care units (ICUs), up to 31% suffered thrombotic episodes (even with thromboprophylaxis), in particular, venous thromboembolisms (VTE), one of the important sequelae of COVID-19.…”
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Influence of support group intervention on quality of life of Malaysian breast cancer survivors by Abu Kassim , Noor Lide, Mohd Hanafiah, Khayriyyah, Samad Cheung, Humairah, Rahman, Mohammad Tariqur

“…Rasch analysis was implemented to examine perception of QOL and the comparability of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy General and Breast Cancer scales (FACT-G and FACT-B) of the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy inventory. Results indicated that perception of QOL may be influenced by factors other than support group intervention. …”
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A new fuzzy multi-criteria decision making approach for municipal solid waste disposal options by Tarmudi, Zamali, Abdullah, Mohd Lazim, Md. Tap, Abu Osman

“…The results showed that the model offers a versatile judgement, is clear in procedures and is successful in dealing with situations of diversified and too ill-defined in terms of input data. Moreover, it deals efficiently with the uncertainty ofthe initial information and facilitates systematic decision making.…”
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Risk assessment for manual handling activities in a dairy industry by Muhammad Ruzairi, Khairulhafiy, Sukadarin, Ezrin Hani, Widia, Mirta, Alaman, A.

“…All workers are at risk for work-related injuries and job-related illnesses. This study aims to assess the ergonomic risk factor in manual handling activities in the dairy plant industry. …”
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Risk assessment for manual handling activities in a dairy industry by Muhammad Ruzairi, Khairulhafiy, Sukadarin, Ezrin Hani, Widia, Mirta, Alaman, A.

“…All workers are at risk for work-related injuries and job-related illnesses. This study aims to assess the ergonomic risk factor in manual handling activities in the dairy plant industry. …”
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Risk assessment for manual handling activities in a dairy industry by Muhammad Ruzairi, Khairulhafiy, Sukadarin, Ezrin Hani Mirta, Widia, Mirta, Alaman, A.

“…All workers are at risk for work-related injuries and job-related illnesses. This study aims to assess the ergonomic risk factor in manual handling activities in the dairy plant industry. …”
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Rectification and revival of muslim world by Azram, Mohammad

“…They are actively gearing the international institutions so cleverly that Muslim Ummah does not even realize their ill motives and objectives. They brought their leadership in a confronting position with Muslim Ummah and hence threatening the world peace. …”
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Iqbal’s ego philosophy and its importance in awakening man’s religiosity by Abdul Razak, Mohd Abbas

“…The consequences of people not living the ideal religious life regardless of being in the East or West, have lately witnessed the erosion of human and spiritual values, severe degradation of the environment, racism, terrorism, outbreak of wars, poor state of mental health and a whole lot of other psychopathological illnesses. In view of these human conditions, this philosophical paper intends to explore and draw out conclusions from the philosophical thoughts of Muhammad Iqbal (1877-1938) with regards to his ego philosophy that explains the relationship between man, God and the universe. …”
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Vaginismus and subfertility: Case reports on the association observed in clinical practice by Musa, Ramli, Ramli, Roszaman, Sidi, Hatta

“…There was no history of traumatic sexual experience or any major psychiatric illness in these patients. Majority of the patients had prominent symptoms of anxiety. …”
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Waste disposal into water resources: Ethical evaluation from the Islamic point of view by Mahmod, Safa Senan, Kabbashi, Nassereldeen Ahmed

“…These pollutants cause changes in the physical, chemical or biological properties of water making it contaminated; that is thought to be the cause of many illnesses and the spread of diseases through drinking. …”
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Muzzling communication: sedition law as a tool to manage ethnic relations by Shuaib, Farid Sufian

“…The law has been used in a number of incidents including political speeches that tend to cause ill-feeling and hostility between ethnic groups. …”
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Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Russia, Ukraine and Belarus by Bojcun, Marko

“…I don’t believe that the current crisis is over, far from it. I’ll be looking mainly how at these countries have faced the crisis and responded to it so far. …”
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Enhancing student wellbeing and student belonging in university through a gamification approach to rewarding and recognising extracurricular activities by Bamford, Jan, Heugh, Sheelagh

“…Increasingly public health issues around poor mental wellbeing of university students is gaining international attention (Johnson & Crenna-Jennings, 2018; Baik et al., 2019), further highlighting the need for early interventions to reduce/prevent the development of mental illness in university students (Stallman, 2010, Laracombe et al. 2016, Anon, 2018; Heugh et al., 2019a). …”
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Development of IoT-based heatstroke early symptoms monitoring system for students in Malaysia by A Rahim, Nabilah, Othman, Nurmiza

“…As climate change intensifies, the risk of heat-related illnesses becomes a growing concern, especially for vulnerable populations like young adults. …”
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Religious and spiritual Beliefs and practices of patients and physicians from a tertiary care hospital in Malaysia by Rathor, Mohammad Yousuf, Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi, Akter, Seikh Farid Uddin, Mohd Shah, Azarisman Shah, Omar, Ahmad Marzuki

“…Patients reported R/S as beneficial as it enabled them to cope better with their illness and gave them a positive state of mind. …”
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