Ibrahim Yaacob’s 1941 Melihat Tanah Air is a futurist document of the nation. To him, the Malay Archipelago’s location then described as the east (dunia timur) holds the key to the Pacific Ocean and the world economy. Ibrahim has managed to strategise and provide foresight for the Malays under colonial conditions before World War II. He repeate

THE impending new society certainly needs new leadership. The pandemic has exposed our weaknesses, forcing us to ask questions on the proper role of institutions, governance and leadership. The post-Covid 19 realm requires different ways of thinking and organising the world. As we have seen national, political and scientific leaderships collide, ne

This is not a commentary on the coronavirus outbreak, or related health emergencies in the past. It is about journalism, and the reportage of health, on the scale currently experienced. What this implies is rumination, reflection, thought and action. With crises in mind, the action becomes the thought itself. Hence, to begin with, we ask some funda

Studies on horseshoe crabs morphometrics found that they have maintained their descendent features from the Late Ordovician Period to present day. In the present study, we applied the allometric study to evaluate the correlation of body growth in three populations of the Asian horseshoe crab (Tachypleus gigas) collected from Balok (Pahang), Cherok

Background: Creatinine kinetic denotes that under steady state, creatinine production (G) equals to creatinine excretion rate (E), and if production exceeds excretion, GFR is impaired. Kinetic estimate of GFR (keGFR) offers a more accurate estimate of GFR in the acute settings with rapidly changing kidney functions. Objectives: We evaluated keGFR a

Huntington’s disease (HD) is an inherited progressive neurodegenerative disorder which affects motor function, cognition and the psychological state of HD patients. Its triad of unique symptoms compared to other neurodegenerative disorders might give rise to a higher level of burden for their carers. Aims: The aim of this study was to explore fac

Nowadays, the numbers of wild horseshoe crab harvested for study are increasing. However, general information on Tachyplues gigas satiation level, gut transit time, defecation pattern and acclimation period in captivity during holding period are still scanty. The aims of this study are to identify T. gigas food intake, gut transit time and defecati

Information on feeding behaviour of tropical horseshoe crabs, Tachypleus gigas (M¨uller, 1785) is still scanty compared to Limulus polyphemus (Linnaeus, 1758). Foods condition such as decayed, sheltered and etc., would substantially influence the edibility of food by the T. gigas. However, horseshoe crabs might have specific behaviour to manipulat

Introduction: Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) is common in the intensive care unit (ICU) with high risk of morbidity and mortality. The high incidence of AKI in our population may be attributed to sepsis. We investigated the incidence, risk factors and outcome of AKI in four tertiary Malaysian ICUs. We also evaluated its association with sepsis. Material

Despite significant improvement in health status in Malaysia, the prevalence of low birth weight (LBW) infants is still remained static over the past 12 years1. In past decades, there have been assumptions regarding the potential etiologic association of psychosocial factors with LBW. However, it is widely believed that only mothers are affected by