A palynological study was conducted on seven species of Byttneria Löfl. The objectives of this study was to understand the variation in micromorphological and harmomegarthic characteristics of pollen in Byttneria species in Malaysia and Singapore. In doing so, more information on the species of Sterculiaceae s.s family can be added. Dried pollen s

A therapeutic approach for treating diabetes is to decrease thepost-prandial hyperglycaemia. This is done by retarding the absorption of glucose through the inhibition of carbohydrate hydrolyzing enzymes, α-amylase and α-glucosidase, in the digestive tract. Inhibition of both enzymes helps to reduce the glucose level in the blood of a diabetic pa

Despite being the preferred office setting especially for organizations with a huge number of employees, the open-plan office brings together with it a number of drawbacks. Acoustical distraction as one of the unresolved issues in open-plan office settings requires further intervention to minimize its negative effect, especially to the employees

Background: Wound healing is a natural response to tissue injury and it involves regulated order of cellular and biochemical actions to reinstate tissue after injury, that involves resurfacing, reconstitution, and restoration of tensile strength of injured skin. Most of the chemical medications which widely used for wound healing that might cause u

We give the full descriptions of the dynamical behaviour of the Potts–Bethe mapping of degree four on Q5. For a, b in Q5, the Potts–Bethe mapping is written as follows f_{a,b}=( \frac{ax+b}{x+a+b-1})^4 When |a - 1|5 < |b + 1|5 < 1, there exists a subsystem (J; f_{a,b}) that is topologically conjugate to the chaotic full shift dynamics o

Stevia rebaudiana is a unique plant that contains non-caloric natural sweetener and has gained much interest among Malaysians. In this study, the effect of different concentrations of N-methyl-N-nitrosourea (MNU) was assessed in inducing mutation in Stevia seeds to produce genetic variations, which is valuable for crop improvement. Stevia seeds wer

The mathematical model of the following case is developed: The magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) of Casson fluid flow over a heated surface due to Newtonian heating. This study takes into account the effect of the thermal radiation in a concentrated Casson fluid flow. Similarity transformation is applied, to convert the governing equations (continuity, mo

This paper deals with mixed convection of Casson fluid which flows over a heated surface that has been stretched exponentially. The governing equations that govern the fluid flow are reduced to ordinary differential equations by imposing suitable similarity variables. Numerical computational was carried out to solve for the f “(0) and θ (0) for

The crystal and molecular structures of two homoleptic morpholine-derived dithiocarbamates of zinc, binuclear {Zn[S2CN(CH2CH2)2O)2]2}2 (1), and cadmium, one-dimensional coordination polymer {Cd[S2CN(CH2CH2) 2O)2]2}2 (2), are described. In 1, a centrosymmetric binuclear molecule is found as there are equal numbers of chelating and bidentate bridging

The pressing need for better drugs against skin pigmentation motivates the search for inhibitors of tyrosinase enzyme, the main causative agent.Tyrosinase (EC 1.14.18.1), which is a copper-containing enzyme, plays a vital role in preventing skinpigmentation due to melanin biosynthesis. In this study, we have synthesized 2-acetylthiophene thiosemica