Objective:To study the prevalence and patterns of contrecoup injury in traumatic temporal bone fracture cases.Method:A prospective, cohort study was undertaken of all patients with traumatic head injury admitted to a tertiary referral hospital in Malaysia within an 18-month period. High resolution computed tomography scans of the brain and skull ba

Objective: Serum total prostate specific antigen (PSA), free fraction of total prostate specific antigen percent (fPSA %) and prostate specific antigen density (PSAD) have all been considered as valuable non-invasive tumor markers for prostate cancer. This study was carried out to evaluate and compare the performances of serum total PSA, fPSA% and

The study aims at examining students' attitude towards Arabic Writing, prior and subsequent to the utilisation of Facebook, a social website, as a medium of writing activities and instructions. 21 students of Advanced Arabic Writing Skills at IIUM were selected as the subjects of the study. A 14-item questionnaire was distributed to the subject

This study was conducted to produce green composite from kenaf with better thermal properties. Kenaf fibre was successfully prepared by chemi-mechanical method. Kenaf fibre was firstly treated with sodium hydroxide (NaOH) at 6% w/w followed by acidic treatment with different concentrations (0.5M, 1.0M and 1.5M). The PLA/kenaf nanofibre composites w

Background: Excessive sugar intake has been identified as one of the contributors to the increased prevalence of metabolic syndromes. Thus, the awareness to control sugar intake must be emphasized. Objectives: This research aimed to measure the relationship between Body Mass Index (BMI) and fat percentage with sweetness perception among adults; and

Akmal Hidayah Halim, the author of the volume under review, has earlier published The Law of Wills and Intestacy in Malaysia (Selangor, Malaysia: International Islamic University Malaysia, 2009). Administration of Estates in Malaysia is based on the author’s Ph.D. thesis. The subject matter of this book is extremely important in the legal fratern

Despite the popularity of the concept of emotional intelligence (EI) in recent years, several researchers question the current emotional intelligence tests on many grounds including lack of construct validity and unstable factor structure. The present study investigates the factorial validity of the Wong and Law Emotional Intelligence Scale (WLEIS)

As IT Outsourcing (ITO) grows in complexity, there is a call for effective management of ITO relationship to reduce risks. ITO relationship receives a lot of attention from researchers recently. Many studies, however, are conceptual or hypothesis-testing in nature. In addition, no one study focuses on full and comprehensive ITO decisions and implem

In the title compound, C20H21BrN2O2, the bromophenyl ring is twisted by 40.13 (8)� from the benzimidazole mean plane and the Br atom deviates by 0.753 (1) A ˚ from that plane. The sec-butyl group is disordered over two conformations in a 0.898 (5):0.102 (5) ratio. In the crystal, molecules related by translation along [110] are linked into chain

Inductive sensor systems have been becoming topics of heated debate among researchers for applications of industrial automation and biomedical applications because of its oonliCllcss means of transferring energy and also due to lhe high demand of low power and low vohage integrated circuit devices. These devices arc enabling light wcight dcsigns fo