Ipmomea aquatic Forssk or locally known as ‘Kangkung’ could easily found in Malaysia. Normally it was cooked into a form of dish before eating. Cooking processes normally reduced the nutrient content especially vitamins and minerals. Their natural smells also limit the intake of the vegetable among consumers. This study aimed to increase the in

BACKGROUND: To compare angioplasty (PTA), supervised exercise (SEP) and PTA + SEP in the treatment of intermittent claudication (IC) due to femoropopliteal disease. METHODS: Over a 6-year period, 178 patients (108 men; median age, 70 years) with femoropopliteal lesions suitable for angioplasty were randomized to PTA, SEP, or PTA + SEP. Patients wer

Background: We undertook a prospective longitudinal study of patients with end-stage fecal incontinence who were undergoing transposition of the gracilis muscle as a neo-anal sphincter with external low-frequency electrical stimulation of the nerve to the gracilis combined with biofeedback. Methods: A total of 31 patients (21 male, 10 female: media

The language that is chosen as the medium of communication and instruction is normally more dominant that other languages that are spoken or taught in the country. Thus the language policy adopted by a particular country is of concern especially in places where many languages are spoken, and when there is a need for its population to know a certain

This paper presents a study on learners’ level of anxiety when a podcast was used in developing their public speaking skills. This study employs a quasi-experimental, pretest-posttest nonequivalent control group design where the control group was taught using the traditional method whilst a podcast was used as a teaching aid on the treatment grou

Abstract: This paper discusses the ICT facilities used by young learners to develop their language proficiency. A longitudinal study (four years) on one nine year old child shows that power-point alone provided an interesting tool for a child to develop various aspects of writing. The bigger children preferred sites which were more interactive. The

The purpose of this study is to determine the relative importance of facbook as compared to other strategies such as affiliate marketing and word of mouth in creating online brand awareness. Both exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis is performed in the study. The study chooses 303 Malaysian frequent internet users as the respondents. In con

our previous study found the retinal vessel diameter measurement using summary formula has no significant difference for the multiple retinal images of the same person, while the individual vessel measures show the significant difference. It was speculated that the revised formula summarizing the individual measures and therefore against variation.

ASEAN-5 (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand) exports have been growing rapidly over the last decades. However, the growth may negatively affect welfare if it is followed by deterioration in the terms of trade, as implied by the standard Armington trade model. But the expansion of the variety of products exported may thwart th

Reading is one of the important academic skills and is often associated with students’ academic performance and achievement (Brown, 2007; Bishop, 2003; Krashen, 1995). This suggests that students’ ability to perform successfully in the content area is correlated with their ability to read and comprehend texts. However, the time spent for readin