The use of methamphetamine (METH) is a growing worldwide epidemic that bears grave societal implications. METH is known to exert its neurotoxic effects on the dopaminergic and serotonergic systems of the brain. In addition to this classical studied mechanism of damage, findings from our laboratory and others have shown that acute METH treatment and

Purpose–This study aims to investigate the association between mental health and religion amongThailand’s elderly population. The role of religion and culture remains limited despite the significantnumber of devout followers of religions in Thailand. Thai cultural and religious contexts have a dominantand persuasive influence on the lives of Th

BACKGROUND: Breast cancer turns a person’s life upside down, affecting every aspect of an individual including the psychological domain, such as feelings of phobia, isolation, anger, irritability, confusion, and most frequently anxiety. Some studies reported that rituals practice in Islam have an impact on the psychological health breast cancer p

Domestic solid waste management (DSWM) is a serious challenge in developing countries including Tanzania as most of its people are residing in an unplanned settlement where management of solid waste is very difficult. The efficiency of DSWM requires an effective participation from the local people, who are fully aware of and have a positive attitud

Finding the best method of cell lysis and extraction of protein is the key step in detection and identification of proteins in all applications of proteomics. The methods currently used for protein extraction from mammalian cells are usually laborious, expensive or insufficiently reliable. Recently, researchers working with mammalian cells conduct

Lead (Pb) is one of the highly persistent, toxic, and widely distributed heavy metal pollutants in the environment. This heavy metal has a tendency to enter human food chain, thus affecting public health. One effective way to remove heavy metals pollutant is by using plants, a technology known as phytoremediation. One such plant that is routinely e

The massive proliferation of Web applications is observed in recent years as the web is embraced by millions of businesses and government sectors as an inexpensive channel to communicate and exchange information with prospects and transactions with customers. Web applications are usually used from a web browser and along with the typical informativ

The purpose of this paper is to use theme-based language instruction with ESL learners to facilitate language learning. Language learning here refers to expending existing vocabulary, writing sentences, participating in discussions and presenting orally.

Business to business barter exchange is a form of transaction that is gaining popularity during the economic downtown despite the fact that money exchange supersede the traditional barter exchange due to a number of inherent problems it has. This study explores the operation and user’s acceptance of business to business barter exchange in Malaysi

Piezoelectric tube scanner is a major component that used in nanoscale imaging tools such as atomic force microscopy (AFM). This is because it can provide precise nanoscale positioning. However the precision is limited by vibration and some nonlinear drawbacks represented by creep and hysteresis. Hysteresis problem appears when positioning is neede