Background: International guidelines recommend the use of indirect calorimetry (IC) to measure energy requirements in critically ill patients. This study aimed to assess the effects of IC-guided nutrition vs standard-nutrition care on clinical outcomes in critically ill patients. Methods: Sixty mechanically ventilated patients expected to stay in i

Killing in defence of property is a legal issue as well as a practical problem. As the general public do not fully grasp the law of private defence, they are likely to have impromptu responses in situations where they are unlawfully attacked and their possessions unlawfully appropriated. Killing in defence of property is recognised both under the B

Right to freedom of movement underlines the idea that citizens should be allowed to move freely from one place to another. In a sense it also underlines the idea of the country as one unit. Freedom of movement constitutes an important aspect of a citizen's liberty and has always been in the Malaysian scheme of values. Art icle 9(2) of the Malay

This paper discussed on automatic parking system and electronic parking fee collection based on vehicle number plate recognition. The aim of this research is to develop and implement an automatic parking system that will increase convenience and security of the public parking lot as well as collecting parking fee without hassles of using magnetic c

ISO/IEC 27001 is an international standard that provides a set of requirements for an Information Security Management System (ISMS) implementation. A risk assessment exercise for an ISMS implementation requires human expertise with comprehensive understanding and considerable knowledge in information security. A common risk assessment exercise is b

Malaysia is one of the largest bird’s nest exporters particularly to China and Hong Kong market. However, Malaysia multimillion ringgits bird’s nest industry has been hit hard by China’s ban and a series of scandals, with a drop in sales and prices. In light of the emerging food safety issues that surrounds the Malaysian Edible Bird’s Nest

Public participation in the planning process is very important due to the fact that the public has the right to live in a healthy environment and the obligation to protect the environment. Generally, Malaysia started the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in 1988 as a mandatory legislative requirement to protect and enhance the quality of the en

Diffusion equation has many applications in sciences, not only in physics but also in biology, astrophysics and etc. Especially interest in diffusion in curved surfaces. The last has an application to biological membranes. One of the problems of biophysics is modeling of the transport of substances in the cell. This process has diffusion character.

Free-space optics (FSO) communication is a technology that uses light to transmit data through free space. The most important in FSO communication is the alignment between transmitter and receiver telescope. However, since the transmission medium of FSO is atmosphere, it will give misalignment between transceivers. Hence, tracking system is require

Phytochemical analysis on the crude ethanolic extract of leaves of Malaysian Plectranthus amboinensis (Lour) Spreng was carried out to delineate the presence of its chemical constituents like Alkaloid, Flavonoid, Saponin, Triterpenoid, Steroid, and Phenolic. Acute oral toxicity at one dose level of 5000 mg/kg as per OECD Guideline for Testing of Ch