Piper sarmentosum and Piper nigrum which belongs to family Piperaceae are well distributed in the tropical region including Malaysia. They are one of the medicinal plants which are well known for its health benefits to human. This study focused on determining the antioxidant activity of P. sarmentosum and P. nigrum leaves of ethanolic and aqueous e

Introduction: Snacks are well-known among consumers and come in a variety form. The availability of snacks in the market is high in calories, sugar, salt as preservatives but low in nutrient content. Current food system that is not focusing on the development of healthy snacks and abundance of unhealthy food choices contributed to the lack of expos

Waqf is one of the important instrument in Muslim’s economic development. Waqf properties which are properly managed will generate positive returns to the beneficiary. However, majority of the assets are still immovable and tangible in nature. This sparks off a liquidity problem in developing and maintaining those assets which leads to number of

Traffic congestion has been worsening in a car-dependency city during morning and evening peak hours. Thus, urban rail transit is one of the alternatives that can be adequately considered in addressing the tremendous increase in travel demand due to its exclusive right of way. The purpose of this paper is to identify the factors which contribute to

Prioritizing bugs is one of the critical decision-related tasks in managing the maintenance phase whereas it is exposed as a key challenge in handling bug reports. On the other hand, the bug triager is a prominent role to observe influencing factors for handling the bug prioritization tasks effectively. Analysis of previous bug reports shows that i

Institutions of higher education are facing intense competition as a result of globalisation. It has become increasingly important for institutions of higher education to realise the significant impact of rendering quality service and the impact it has on customer satisfaction. The aim of this study is to focus on the influence of Universities’ m

Malaysia is among popular destination among Islamic tourists all over the world due to its Islamic environment and society. According to Tourism Malaysia, Malaysia has been chosen as the world's top destination for Muslim travellers for three consecutive years in recent surveys conducted by Singapore's Crescent Rating and the United States&

Thyroid disorder patients have a high chance of experiencing depression, resulting from thyroid hormone fluctuations. The objectives of the study were to determine the prevalence of depression and its associated factors among thyroid disorder patients. 846 thyroid disorder patients were recruited from four selected government hospitals in Malaysia.

Patients with thyroid disorders were found to experience depression due to several factors. The aims of this study is to measure prevalence of depression among thyroid disorder patients and find the correlation between depression and Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) and free Thyroxine (fT4), stressful life events and social support level. A cross

For many years, most researches involving agarwood mainly focused on extracting the agarwood oil from the infiltrated resin, the most sought non-timber forest product from Aquilaria species which has high demand and prices. This led to other parts of this valuable plant species being considered as waste. Thisinclude the agarwood hydrosol (byproduct