Subject(s): Periodontitis | Periodontitis -- Treatment | Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Biomedical Sciences -- IIUM Summary: Locally applied antibiotic in periodontal therapy offers a low-cost, non-invasive procedure with potential to maximise therapeutic efficacy with a low drug dosage regimen. In this study, newly fabricated doxycyc

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Optometry and Visual Science -- IIUM Summary: Early diagnosis of amblyopia is an important factor in saving child's vision. Thus, precise assessment of visual acuity is pivotal. Existing charts such as Snellen and logMAR charts that are widely used in clinical settings differ in their fea

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry -- IIUM Summary: Present study was performed to explore the potential of Salacca zalacca flesh extracts as α-glucosidase inhibitor; which is one of the anti-diabetic agents used to manage the disease. This study aimed to obtain extracts of Salacca zalacca flesh by us

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care -- IIUM Summary: Introduction : Plasma Cystatin C (pCysC) is one of the functional biomarker for Acute Kidney Injury (AKI). Derivation of estimate of Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) from pCysC has been developed for practical daily use in clinical practice

Subject(s): Eye -- Accommodation and refraction | Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Optometry and Visual Science -- IIUM Summary: This study aimed to investigate the effect of crowding letters in smartphone and printed reading materials on accommodative response and lag of accommodation. The effect of crowding letters presented in printe

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Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Biotechnology -- IIUM Summary: Breast cancer is among one of the fatal diseases affecting female population around the globe. According to the National Cancer Institute in 2017, it is estimated 252,710 worldwide deaths are due to breast cancer. Therefore, there is a serious need to introduce

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Basic Medical Sciences -- IIUM Summary: Intestinal parasitic infections (IPIs) cause common health conditions among humans in the tropics. Current assessments suggest that about one third of the total world population is infected with IPIs. There is a need for more data on IPIs in the hospita

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Biotechnology -- IIUM Summary: In average, children in Malaysia spend six to eight hours of their day time in schools and may have been exposed to various indoor air pollutants inside classrooms. Children inhale more air pollutants per kilograms of body weight, thus they are more prone to ill

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Basic Medical Sciences -- IIUM Summary: Methicillinresistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is globally a major public health threat. This strain has challenged therapeutic options and increased the mortality rate. Increased economic burden on patients and society is the other problem imposed b