Background: Depression is a serious mental health illness worldwide. The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationships between depression and its risk factors of sociodemography, lifestyle, and health among the adults of the different ethnic groups in Malaysia. Method: A nationwide database with 10141 observations was used. Multivariabl

Introduction: Patient satisfaction may be defined as a representation of attitude, emotion and perception towards health services provided. It may be measured using tools such as patient satisfaction surveys thereby allowing healthcare provider to improve their quality of service. Thus, our study aims to measure the level of patient satisfaction to

Introduction: The changes of the education system that is taking place in Malaysia is driven by the advanced technology and communication devices that is available to students wherever they are either at campus or home. Hence, the implementation of technology-based learning (TBL) in institutions in Malaysia must be effectively delivered to students

Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology is a wireless identification technique that has been used in many fields. This paper investigates the use of this technology for traffic monitoring which is the backbone of any intelligent transportation system. One of the main issues that face this technology is tag collisions. This study examines t

Elevated blood pressure (BP) is a growing burden worldwide, leading to over 10 million deaths each year. However there are still many individuals, particularly in many countries in Asia, who have poor BP control. In Malaysia, less than two-fifths have achieved BP control. We participated in BP screening in Malaysia in conjunc- tion with the May Mea

Multi-band antennas are becoming vital for wireless systems. This paper proposes a tri-band microstrip patch antenna using slots with h-shaped. The operating frequencies cover the GSM900, DCS1800 and the 2.4 GHz bands. The optimization of the antenna dimensions was obtained by using available tools in the CST microwave studio software. A prototype

Introduction: One major challenge to achieving optimal patient outcome in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is the development of effective dosing strategies in this critically ill patient population. Suboptimal drug dosing impacts on patient outcome as patients on ECMO often require reversal of the underlying pathology with effective phar

Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) is an analytical technique that measures the mass of a sample through “soft” ionization. Recent years have witnessed a rapid growth of its application in noble-metal nanocluster (NC) analysis. ESI-MS is able to provide the mass of a noble-metal NC analyte for the analysis of their composition (

The implementation of the RFID technology in traffic monitoring is important for the intelligent transportation system. However, one of the problems that face this technology is tag collisions which are due to simultaneous tag responses to the reader. This paper investigates the performance of two known anti-collisions protocols: the Basic Framed S

In November 2013, Dr Dohar Tobing, who was the President of the ASEAN Orthopaedic Association at that time, organized a Seminar on Orthopaedic Education in Yogyakarta to discuss residency training in ASEAN. At this initial meeting the training program in each country was presented by representatives from each ASEAN country. Subsequently the ASEAN O