Subject(s): Prenatal influences | Perinatology | Anxiety | Parent-Child Relations | Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Family Medicine -- IIUM Summary: Despite significant improvement in health status in Malaysia, the prevalence of low birth weight (LBW) infants still remains static over the past 12 years. LBW newborns are at higher risk

Subject(s): Plant lipids -- Synthesis | Plant lipids -- Biotechnology | Chlorella | Marine algae culture | Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Biotechnology -- IIUM Summary: Lipid content and type of fatty acids produced by microalgae are the main factors in determining the potential use of microalgae biomass due to the fact that microalga

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Nutrition Sciences -- IIUM Summary: The emerging problem of childhood obesity and food insecurity in Malaysia is now becoming a major public health concern. There is a clear need to understand the prevalence of childhood obesity and its relationship with food security status; however, the und

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Biotechnology -- IIUM Summary: Obesity (BMI >30 kg/m2) is becoming a major public problem as it affects over 400 million of the population. Despite advances in the development of more effective weight loss drugs, safety and dependence remains an issue. This study aims to establish the ant

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Biotechnology -- IIUM Summary: The high demand of seaweed for their polysaccharide namely carrageenan leads to the commercial production of carrageenophytes through mariculture. Mariculture has also become the alternative way to meet the growing demand of seaweed as raw materials. Based on li

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Orthopaedics,Traumatology & Rehabilitation -- IIUM Summary: Objective: This study was designed to evaluate the functional and radiological outcome of patient with thoracolumbar burst fracture treated conservatively with body cast between plaster of Paris cast and fiberglass cast. Methods:

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Kulliyyah of Pharmacy -- IIUM Holdings: ,Thesis,Indera Mahkota Campus Library,THESES,Close Access Shelf,XX559345.10),Not for loan,11100418027

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Kulliyyah of Pharmacy -- IIUM Summary: Nowadays, one of the biggest challenge facing the health care providers is addressing the wounds. Thus a medicated hydrogel dressing which minimizes the time for healing and increases the patient compliance is important. Hydrogels are three-dimensional, water swollen

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Kulliyyah of Pharmacy -- IIUM Summary: Analysis of arsenic (As), mercury (Hg), cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb) in herbal medicinal products (HMP) encounter significant analytical challenges. This study aimed to develop, optimize and validate an analytical method for the determination of As, Hg, Cd and Pb in HMP

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Kulliyyah of Pharmacy -- IIUM Summary: Introduction: Antibiotics are amongst the highly studied and researched candidates for sustained drug release formulation. In this current study, gentamicin was formulated in the form of microspheres using poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) to be used as prophylacti