A mystic quest in the sheltering country : an investigation into Paul Bowles's literary image of Morocco by Bouachrine, Assila

“…The cohesion and centrality linking Paul Bowles’s life and work reveal the Moroccan specificities as well as the cultural and spiritual ethos that retained him for a definite expatriation and contributed to the fulfilment of his mystic quest. …”
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Immobilization of blood coagulant factor VII on polycaprolactone membrane through polydopamine grafting by Rathosivan Gopal, Rathosivan Gopal, Md Shakhih, Muhammad Faiz, Mariaulpa Sahalan, Mariaulpa Sahalan, Te Chuan Lee, Te Chuan Lee, Hendra Hermawan, Hendra Hermawan, Sivakumar Sivalingam, Sivakumar Sivalingam, Kadiman, Suhaini, Saidin, Syafiqah

“…Further validation was done with XPS where the appearances of 0.45 ± 0.06% sulfur composition and C–S peak have confirmed the immobilization of FVII on the PCL membranes. The cross-linked FVIIs were viewed in spherical immobilization on the PCL membranes with a size range between 30 and 210 nm. …”
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Chemical constituents and bioactivities of garcinia prainiana by On, Shamsul, Ahmad, Farediah, M Sirat , Hasnah, Bakhtiar, M. Taher

“…The results showed that squalene had strong cytotoxity against H1299 and A549 cancer cells with IC50 value 23.0 µg/mL and 74.0 µg/mL respectively, while the other compounds were inactive against the tested cell lines.…”
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Numerical pinch analysis for pressurised water reactor total site trigeneration system for continuous and batch processes by Jamaluddin, Khairulnadzmi

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Offline signature verification using ordinal structure fuzzy logic and integrated features based on single signature by Abdulfattah, Ghassan Marwan

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Pyrroloquinoline quinone aza-crown ether complexes as biomimetics for lanthanide and calcium dependent alcohol dehydrogenases by Vetsova, Violeta A., Fisher, Katherine R., Lumpe, Henning, Schäfer, Alexander, Schneider, Erik K., Weis, Patrik, Daumann, Lena J.

“…We show that when studying biomimetics for MDH, larger metal ions and those with lower charge in this case promote the dehydrogenation reaction more effectively and that this is likely an effect of the ligand design which must be considered when studying biomimetics. …”
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Quality of claims, references and the presentation of risk results in medical journal advertising: a comparative study in Australia, Malaysia and the United States by Othman, Noordin, Vitry, Agnes I., Roughead, Elizabeth E.

“…Data on file were significantly more likely to be cited in the US (17%) than in Australia (2%) and Malaysia (4%) (P < 0.001). …”
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Mammographic breast density : is there any association with positive family history of breast cancer? by Muhammed Nordin, Ellyda, Mohd Rus, Razman, Che Mohamed, Siti Kamariah, Hassan, Radhiana

“…CONCLUSION These results show the population variation in the percentage of dense tissue on mammography and women with higher breast density were more likely to have positive family history of breast cancer. …”
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Speech recognition system using MATLAB : design, implementation, and samples codes by Abushariah, Ahmad A. M., Gunawan, Teddy Surya

“…The HMM parameters are estimated by applying the Baum Welch algorithm on previously trained samples. The most likely sequence is then decoded using Viterbi algorithm, thus producing the recognized word. …”
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Which blood group will dominate in Malaysia in the future by Ganikhodjaev, Nasir, Saburov, Mansoor

“…As a result, differences in blood type frequencies around the world are most likely due to other factors than social discrimination. …”
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Procalcitonin as a sepsis marker: experience of an intensive care setting in Malaysia by Mat Nor, Mohd Basri, Md Ralib, Azrina, Mohamed, Abdul Hadi, Abdullah, Nor Zamzila

“…At the optimal cut-point of 10.68 ng/ml for peak PCT, sepsis was very likely with specificity of 86% and psotive predictive value (PPV) of 91%. …”
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Factors associated with the outcome of open tibial fractures by Mohd Yusof, Nazri, Khalid, Kamarul Ariffin, Zulkifly, Ahmad Hafiz, Zakaria@Mohamad, Zamzuri, Mohammad Amin, Mohammad Azril, Awang, Mohd Shukrimi, Che Ahmad, Aminudin, Akter, Sheikh Farid Uddin

“…Further studies with larger sample sizes are likely needed to replicate and confirm our findings. …”
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Do consumers in Pakistan understand the concept of generic medicines? A quantitative insight by Siddiqui, Mohammad Jamshed Ahmad, Jamshed, Shazia Qasim, Ibrahim, Mohamed Izham, Hassali, Mohamed Azmi, Babar, Zaheer-ud-din, Alkalami, Ramdan

“…This type of sampling could assist in assuring the inclusion of those respondents that could be likely underrepresented in convenience sampling. Gender and income group were considered as quota control variables. …”
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Disaster management: a study on knowledge, attitude and practice of community health nurse by Ahayalimudin, Nurul'Ain, Ismail, Aniza, Mohd Saiboon, Ismail

“…Nurses who attended disaster-related education/training are more likely to have an adequate knowledge (p<0.001, AOR=3.511, 95% CI=2.097-5.881), portraying positive attitude (p<0.05, AOR=2.042, 95% CI=1.025-4.069) and having an adequate practice (p<0.001, AOR=4.080, 95% CI=2.326-7.156) towards disaster management as compared to those who does not have an opportunity to attend disaster-related education/training. …”
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The illness representation and treatment adherence of patients with end stage renal disease receiving hemodialysis in Malaysia by Mohd Rasani, Ali Aminuddin, Kritpracha, Charuwan, Thaniwattananon, Ploenpit

“…This study identified the negative correlation between Illness Representation and Treatment Adherence of patients with ESRD receiving HD, implying that patients with more negative Illness Representation were more likely to have difficulty in following their Treatment Adherence. …”
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Modelling of road surface pollution buildup and washoff using rainfall simulator by Mahadi, Yakubu Lawan

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An action research study of a leadership development programme in the hotel industry by Cooke, Hilary

“…These relate to creating and providing effective interventions that facilitate the required sustainable behaviour changes within the client system, recognising that the criteria for how effectiveness is defined, identified and evaluated are multi-variant and highly likely to be unique in each case. A key outcome is the development of the concept of Inspirational Leadership as a potentially relevant model for developing leader effectiveness in this setting underpinned by Fundamental Interpersonal Relationship Orientation (FIRO) Theory as the central behavioural model. …”
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A briefing for mental health professionals : why asking about abuse matters to service users (REVA project, briefing 3) by Scott, Sara, McNaughton, Nicholls C., McManus, Sally, Brown, Ashley, Harvey, Shannon, Kelly, Liz, Lovett, Jo

“…The REVA study, on which this briefing is based, has also found that people who suffer violence and abuse are much more likely to have a mental disorder, self-harm or attempt suicide than those with little or no experience of this kind (Scott et al, 2013). …”
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The determinants of direct overseas investment from Singapore by Okposen, Samuel

“…The primary aims are to examine what motivates Singapore firms to venture overseas; investigate the geographical composition of Singapore's investment abroad; identify Singapore's investment strategies, strengths and weakness; and consider whether the cu"ent trend of overseas investment is likely to continue into the year 2000. Foreign investment inflow and outflow in the case of Singapore is particularly interesting because of the unusually high level of foreign firms vis-a-vis other East Asian newly industrialised economies (over 3,000 foreign subsidiaries, representing the highest concentration of foreign activities in one location). …”
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First-generation Nigerian mothers living in the UK and their experience of postnatal depression: an interpretative phenomenological analysis by Ling, Lydia Success, Eraso, Yolanda, Di Mascio, Verity

“…Minority ethnic groups such as Black African mothers are considered to be at greater risk of developing PND and data estimates that immigrant mothers are twice more likely to develop PND than native mothers. The unique experiences and needs of this culturally diverse group remain little explored in the UK. …”
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