The growing concern on the reduction of energy consumption in the residential sector of national economies rests on some parameters and issues that deserve to be resolved. Fundamental among these issues are the architectural concern, the appliances/ services efficiency issue: and most recently the human behavioral dimension. This study focuses on t

This paper aims at presenting preliminary results of a survey on physical factors, namely tube potential (kV), tube current exposure time product (mAs) and compressed breast thickness (CBT) during voluntary mammography screening using Full-Field Digital Mammography (FFDM) System in Malaysia. Retrospective data were collected from 1128 FFDM images o

We had conducted a survey on Mean Glandular Dose (MGD) from Full-Field Digital Mammography systems (FFDM) operate using Molybdenum/Molybdenum (Mo/Mo) and Tungsten/Rhodium (W/Rh) target/filter combinations. A survey was carried out at two randomly selected mammography centres in Malaysia, namely National Cancer Society and International Islamic Univ

Aging related reduction in cerebral blood flow (CBF) has been linked with neurodegenerative disorders including Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. Experimentally, a condition of chronic cerebral hypoperfusion due to reduced CBF can be induced by permanent bilateral occlusion of common carotid arteries (2-vessel occlusion, 2VO) in rats. Since oxida

It is common knmvledge that the vernacular architecture of a place is a result of considerations on climatic, cultural and religious factors of the people; however, thorough analyses on the mentioned considerations have rarely been discussed. This article states in detail the multi-dimensional considerations in the architecture of the Malay traditi

Sand-dwelling dinoflagellate species is important due to the capability of several species to produce toxin that may harm human being. distribution of marine sand dwelling dinoflagellates was investigated monthly from April 2009 to March 2010 in Dinawan ISland, Sabah. The main physicochemical parameters were also measured on every sampling dates. I

Biosorption is becoming a promising alternative to replace or supplement the present dye removal processes which are used for removing dyes from wastewater. In this study, the removal of four dyes; Congo red, Malachite green, Neutral red and Reactive Blue 19, by biosorption using biomass of fungus and bacteria, Panus tigrinus, klebsiella pneumoniae

This chapter examines the development of pay for performance in the Malaysian public sector, and its implementation. The discussion is divided into three sections. It begins with a brief overview of the historical development of pay policies. The second section discusses the pay for performance practice, highlighting the salient features of the NRS

Defining optimal antibiotic dosing for treatment of lung infections is challenging because of the interrelationship between patient characteristics (eg, pathophysiological changes of lung during an infection, albumin level, renal function), antibiotic characteristics (eg, physicochemical properties, protein binding), and bacterial pathogen suscepti

Xanthine oxidase (XO) is a key enzyme in hyperuricemia, catalyzing the oxidation of hypoxanthine to xanthine and then to uric acid. Excess serum accumulated with uric acid leads to a type of arthritis known as gout. In this study, development of process conditions for XO inhibitory activity from the leaves of Morinda elliptica was performed by usin