Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department Pharmaceutical Chemistry -- IIUM Summary: Traditional medicine (TM) is the oldest form of health care style known to humanity; it has been used in different cultures throughout the history. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) reports, more than 70% of the world population use TM. Th

Subject(s): Lauraceae | Dissertations, Academic -- Kulliyyah of Pharmacy -- IIUM Summary: Entada spiralis Ridl. which is locally known as 'sintok' or 'beluru' is a perennial plant species belonging to the family of Leguminoceae. Traditionally, the stem bark had been used as shampoo when rubbed in water to treat scalp and body c

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Biotechnology -- IIUM Summary: Understanding coral recruitment is important in the wake of regional decline of coral reef. This study was aimed to demonstrate three important aspects in recruitment processes: adult coral community structure; spatio-temporal coral recruitment pattern and the i

Subject(s): Melioidosis -- Malaysia | Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Basic Medical Sciences -- IIUM Summary: Melioidosis is caused by a Gram negative saphrophyte Burkholderia pseudomallei and is endemic in Southeast Asia and northern Australia. In Pahang , Malaysia, an increase in reported culture-positive cases has been observed, wit

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Basic Medical Sciences -- IIUM Summary: Organophosphates (OP) are hydrolysed by paraoxonase (PON1), an antioxidant enzyme which has been recognized to inhibit atherosclerosis event by deterring oxidative modification of low density lipoprotein (LDL). Low PON1 activities have been observed amo

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Computational and Theoretical Science -- IIUM Summary: This research focused on quadratic stochastic processes. In this work, we define two kinds of processes by means of given quadratic stochastic process. It is shown such processes are Markov and relate to each other by certain rule. The fi

Holdings: ,Thesis,Indera Mahkota Campus Library,THESES,Close Access Shelf,t RF 291.5 C45 J94P 2013,Not for loan,00011293443

Holdings: ,Thesis,Indera Mahkota Campus Library,THESES,Close Access Shelf,t HQ 759.67 S961P 2011,Not for loan,11100340770

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Kulliyyah of Allied Health Sciences -- IIUM Summary: The consumption of fruits has been correlated with better health and prevention of several diseases. Phytochemicals such as phenolic compounds and vitamins in fruits are believed to act as antioxidants that could reduce oxidative damage to biomolecules b

Subject(s): Quantum theory | Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Computational and Theoretical Sciences -- IIUM Summary: This thesis studies the security and performance of a two-way quantum key distribution protocol namely LM05 given imperfect settings. A toy model for such a two-way protocol; i.e. a model protocol which essentially mimic