Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Biomedical Sciences -- IIUM Summary: Despite the enforcement of Environmental Quality Act in 1974, water quality of rivers in Malaysia is still deteriorating. Information collected regarding water quality in rivers especially in the state of Pahang is still insufficient. Therefore, the object

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Kulliyyah of Nursing -- IIUM Summary: As literatures show the importance of video integrated Protection Motivation Theory in improving smoking cessation, but there were limited study focusing on the video intervention in cessation program in Malaysia. Thus, this research sought to develop and evaluate the

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Biotechnology -- IIUM Summary: Combination of synthetic and natural polymers have broadened the scope for development of nanofibrous scaffolds. This combination was believed could promote greater properties of nanofibers to be used in the field of tissue engineering. Indeed, the latest advan

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Computational and Theoretical Sciences -- IIUM Summary: This study is aim to investigate the existence and stability of strongly localized modes (SLMs) in binary discrete media with cubic-quintic nonlinearity described by two-component cubic-quintic discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equations (

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Kulliyyah of Pharmacy -- IIUM Summary: Background: Potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) is a global phenomenon among geriatric patients. The term PIP refers to either potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) or potentially prescribing omission (PPO). PIP is an underestimated problem in Malaysia wi

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Kulliyyah of Pharmacy -- IIUM Summary: Digestive enzymes and free radical inhibitors are used to control hyperglycemia and prevent diabetes complications. With the aim of continuous search for plant derived inhibitors, two medicinal plants that are well known in herbal medicine due to its various tradition

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Kulliyyah of Allied Health Sciences -- IIUM Summary: Given the beneficial roles of adiponectin protein on body metabolism and its profound protective effects against metabolic diseases, a better understanding of the protein's secretion and regulation is very important. The objectives of this study were

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Biotechnology -- IIUM Summary: Kuantan River is a major river, which is playing a very important and life-sustaining role in providing 350,000m3 daily freshwater for many peoples in Kuantan settlement. Monsoonal rain cause surface runoff that may affect water quality, nutrient concentration a

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Kulliyyah of Medicine -- IIUM Summary: A variety of evidences of genetic factors had been implicated in schizophrenia but the identification of specific gene has proven to be difficult. Based on the dopaminergic hypothesis in schizophrenia, most of the research conducted has focused on genes regulating dop

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Kulliyyah of Nursing -- IIUM Summary: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the most important medical and socioeconomic problem and is the top cause of death in the young adult. Severe TBI survivors show physical and functional improvement but remain with cognitive and psycho-social problem throughout recovery.