Objective: Studies reported a high prevalence of low back pain among healthcare-related staff. However, the association between undergraduate students, who are potentially exposed to the same occupational risks has never been demonstrated. Thus, a cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the prevalence of low back pain, back pain beliefs an

Failure of hip bone joint is commonly caused by injuries, arthritis or aging factor. Currently, Ti-6Al-4V alloy has been dominating for medical applications; with uses extending across many orthopedic, dental and maxillofacial devices as well as the cardiovascular products. The production technique with this material is not economical and thus, les

ARID3A/DRIL1/Bright is a family member of AT rich interaction domain (ARID) DNA-binding proteins that involve in diverse biological processes. We have reported that p53 activates ARID3A transcription, and ARID3A overexpression induced G1 arrest. However, a role of ARID3A in the p53 pathway remains unclear. Here, ‘we show that ARID3A cooperates wi

This study investigates how IIUM Malay tertiary learners’ pragmatic competence, specifically on how they apply politeness strategies in performing the speech acts of requests and persuasions is perceived. This study is based on Brown and Levinson’s (1978) politeness strategies where they concluded that even when there are broad, comparable ling

Heterogeneous Wireless Network (HWN) is the next generation wireless communication system’s platform where Internet services will be offered and delivered through multiple technologies like WiFi,WiMAX, GSM etc. There are some Internet applications that require high bandwidth and therefore, the bandwidth of an individual interface need to be aggre

This paper presents parameters estimation techniques for coupled industrial tanks using the mixed Unscented Kalman Filter (UKF) and Differential Evolution (DE) method. UKF have known to be a typical estimation technique used to estimate the state vectors and parameters of nonlinear dynamical systems and DE is one of the most powerful stochastic rea

Background: Musculoskeletal pain commonly affects the elderly, but the extent of this problem within the Malaysian community remains unknown. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence and impact of musculoskeletal pain among the elderly living in the community. Methods: Elderly individuals aged 60 years and above with musculoskeletal pain and

Fe-C-Al alloy system spheroidal graphite cast iron has enormous benefits such as higher strength and hardness, better wear and oxidation resistance etc. at room temperature as well as high temperature. However, its application is not still being popularized due to the production difficulties. In this investigation, a special type of design was deve

It is vital to test the response, reliability and to determine image artifacts produced by the nuclear medicine tomography systems due to some systemic limitations before their use in clinical studies. That cannot be reliably achieved by scanning patients. Different types of test phantoms are commercially available with accurately/precisely known c

Gout adalah penyakit yang telah berada sekian lama dengan kita yang dipanggil ‘ancient disease’ dan telah di perkenalkan oleh Hippocrates pada abad ke 5. Ianya juga dikenali sebagai ‘King of the diseases and the disease of kings’ kerana sebelumnya dikaitkan dengan orang kaya yang berpenyakit gout akibat kaitan dengan pengambilan makanan yan