Exercise training is able to alter cardiovascular fitness. Treadmill exercise testing currently is commonly used in the clinical method of evaluating a subject's functional capacity and aerobic fitness. In this chapter, a fundamental understanding of age-associated normohemodynamic state is described for comparison data and for an improved mean

This paper seeks to examine the determinants of the profitability of the Chinese banking sector during the post-reform period of 2000–2005. The empirical findings from this study suggest that all the determinants variables have statistically significant impact on China banks profitability. However, the impacts are not uniform across bank types. W

The mass transfer of arecoline using supercritical carbon dioxide (SC-CO2) from areca nut is studied by analyzing the diffusion coefficient derived from Crank equation for sphere model. Comparisons of the SC-CO2 extracted yield under various conditions showed that the combination of pressure at 10.3 MPa and temperature of 50°C provided the optimum

The Green Building Index (GBI) rating system is developed and wholly-owned subsidiary of Pertubuhan Arkitek Malaysia (PAM) and Association of Consulting Engineers (ACEM) that helps to assess the environmental performance of the buildings. This paper aims to review its application background particularly for residential new construction projects. Th

Abstract— The choice between the fixed and random effects model for providing an overall meta analysis estimate in continuous data may affect the accuracy of these estimates. For studies with complete information, the Cochrane’s Q-test could provide some guide on the choice, although the power of this test is quite low. If the study- level stan

When study variances are not reported or ‘missing”, it is common practice in meta analysis to assume that the missing variances are missing completely at random (MCAR). In practice, however, it is possible that the variances are not missing completely at random (NMAR). In this paper, we examine, analytically, the biases introduce in the meta an

One objective of Intellectual Discourse is to engage scholars in dialogue on Islam and other faiths. This is much needed especially after the incidents of September 11, 2001 which have further heightened the hostility of the West towards Islam......INTELLECTUAL DISCOURSE , 2010 VOL 18, N O 1, 1-5 Editorial Noraini M. Noor noraini@iium.edu.my One ob

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The combined elevation of tumor markers carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA 19-9) and carbohydrate antigen 125 (CA 125) has been shown to be associated with the severity of liver fibrosis in patients with liver disease. We assessed the association between CA 19-9 and viral hepatitis B activity which will allow us to know the usefulness of CA 19-9 as a su

A bachelor degree in law is still considered a prestigious professional qualification that enables the holder to enter into the legal profession. Over the years many public and private universities are offering the programmes. Questions are raised about the quality of legal personnel and legal practitioners produced by local and overseas institutio