Studies addressing the nature of relationship between psychological symptoms and quality of life among dialysis patients in Malaysia are scarce. Hence, this study is intended to investigate the association between psychological symptoms such as depression, anxiety and stress on the quality of life in dialysis patients. A cross sectional multicentre

In order to develop environmentally friendly conductive polymer composites, polylactic acid (PLA) was melt blended with natural rubber (NR), with addition of carbon black (CB) as the conductive filler. It was found that the PLA/NR blends were immiscible, and the sea-island and co-continuous morphological structures were observed at PLA/NR with rati

Objective: To explore key stakeholders views on recruitment, retention, training and team working of the dental workforce in Malaysia and drivers for change. Methods: Elite players from key dental organisations and professions in Malaysia were invited to participate in an audio-taped semi-structured interview. The one-to-one interviews were conduct

Workplace deviance among employees is one of the most prevalent issues faced by today’s organizations globally. Many scholars are keen in studying this phenomenon of workplace deviance because of its high rate of occurrence and severe negative impact on organizations. Research supports the belief that workplace spirituality programs may result in

Character rigging is a process of endowing a character with a set of custom manipulators and controls making it easy to animate by an animators. These controls consists of simple joints, handles, or even separate character selection window. This research paper presents an automated rigging system for quadruped characters with custom controls and ma

Redundant data retransmission problem in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) can be eliminated using the data aggregation process which combines similar data to reduce the resource-consumption and consequently, saves energy during data transmission. In the recent days, many researchers have focused on securing this paradigm despite the constraints it i

The aim of this study is to develop a facile and efficient scaffold from electrospun hydroxyethyl cellulose (HEC) functionalized with bone-like calcium phosphate (CaP). The HEC/PVA nanofibers were fabricated by electrospinning and mineralized by incubating in 10× simulated body fluid (SBF) for different period of times. After 24h of incubation, th

There are two types of pavement, i.e. rigid and flexible pavements. Flexible pavement is the pavement that composed of a number of layers. The upper layers are generally made up of material using bitumen as a binder, and the lower layers are made up of granular materials. Life Cycle Cost (LCC) is an assessment technique that estimates all cost rela

In order to develop environmentally friendlier conductive polymer composites, polylactic acid (PLA), toughened with thermoplastics polyurethane (TPU), were filled with conductive carbon black (CB). Electrical and mechanical properties, as well as morphology of the composites were examined. Dynamic mechanical analysis measurement of PLA/TPU blends s

Coronary artery spasm (CAS) is known to be a risk factor of acute coronary syndrome and angina pectoris. However, there is no currently available data with larger study population regarding long-term clinical outcomes of CAS in real world clinical practice. We evaluated the prevalence of CAS and the impact of CAS on 5-year clinical outcomes in a se