Every mother who has given birth will be able to relate the magical moment of breastfeeding her newborn. It is the moment when she feels fulfilled as a mother, and the immense joy of love as the baby sucks in every drop of the precious breast milk. The first few days after your baby is born, it is definitely the period of tremendous change of your

The birth of conjoined twins is a comparatively rare event, constituting 1 in 100,000 births. Being a product of a single fertilised egg, these twins are believed to be the result of an incomplete division of embryo, which inhibits complete development of various organ systems. As a result, they usually suffer from physical malformation manifested

In his seminal book “Leaves of the Same Tree: Trade and Ethnicity in the Straits of Melaka”, Professor Leonard Andaya paints a picture that reaches out in time, beyond the confines of the present geographical boundaries of nations. The memory of lands bordering the Straits of Melaka—known as lands within the Sea of ‘Malayu’—were rich an

The notion of ‘time’ has been essentially delved upon and repeatedly forwarded in a range of perspectives and dimensions, based on the immutable yet meaningful depth of Surah al-ʿAṣr, the 103rd chapter of the Qurʾān. Rather than discussing its meaning as an individual principle of the undisputable value of time, the meaning of the chapter

Malay traditional architectural and construction vocabulary and its terminologies have arisen from centuries of use and evolution from local folk and vernacular structures, artisanal traditions and methods. While challenges in universalising these terms are faced due to the extreme diversity of the Malay archipelago region and its cultural and ethn

The medical profession is amongst the professions that offer tremendous benefit to the entire humanity. Nevertheless, the responsibilities that they have to undertake in their daily practice are constantly increasing as they deal with two most precious commodities of mankind, which is life and health. The demands for accountability when ‘the cons

The ‘Malay kedatuan’ refers to the traditional administrative centres of the Malay world which represent the public realm of a socio-cultural urbanized realm of the past. 16th century Melaka, 18th century Kedah, Terengganu and Riau-Lingga centres had at one time, constituted Sultanate-centered urban configurations, which now exist only in parti

Many of the present eco-cities are designed and planned with an emphasis on high technology and infrastructure yet the meaning of sustainability itself implies a balance between past and present. Past urban configurations that rise from earlier traditional socio-cultural structures reflect sustainable principles localised to climate and ecology. Th

This research intends to model subjective sustainable well-being [SSWB] model for Malaysia as complimentary social indicators to Malaysia Well-Being Index [MWI]. Typical gap found in reports by government agencies on well-being was the need to understand what may have affected the nations’ subjective well-being [SWB]. Additionally, by incorporati

South East Asian architecture identity in urban centres has been generally focused on either timber vernacular identity or large masonry building. The local agenda is increasingly crucial amidst the importance of tourism and city-branding which necessitate the enculturation of urbanism within an overall resistance to extensive globalisation. Tradit