Motor vehicle repair and service are common and regular services used by consumers in Malaysia. The high demand for the these services is contributed by the continued increase in the number of registered vehicles and the number of driving licence issued annually. There are also many compliants reported in the Tribunal for Consumer Claims (TCC) in r

Breast cancer in men is uncommon. It represents less than 1% of all cancer in men. The survival rates of breast cancer are similar in men and women. Papillary carcinoma of breast is an extremely rare form of breast cancer. It tends to affect older age group but had excellent prognosis.Research Article Open AccessIkhwan et al., Trop Med Surg 2013, 1

Malaysian laws have provided various rights to consumers in the cases of defective and unsatisfactory services under contract law, tort law as well as the Consumer Protection Act 1999. The rights, however, are worthless in the absence of an effective redress mechanism. This paper seeks to examine the effectiveness of the existing redress mechanisms

Due to the new economic reforms in Saudi Arabia and the introduction of the value-added tax, there is an increased need to enhance the public sector workers financial literacy. Based on the previous studies, financial literacy among the Saudis, in general, is low. Therefore, the objective of this study is to examine the degree of financial literacy

Appendicitis in the elderly continues to be a challenging surgical problem. Patients usually present late with atypical presentations. The diagnosis of appendicitis is often difficult to establish and there are increased rate of perforation and mortality. Abscess formation with extension to anterior abdominal wall as reported in this case is rather

The rise of antibiotic resistance has become a major threat to human health and it is spreading globally. It can cause common infectious diseases to be difficult to treat and leads to higher medical costs and increased mortality. Hence, multifunctional polymeric nanofibers with distinctive structures and unique physiochemical properties have emerge

The Consumer Protection Act 1999 (CPA) that came into force on 15 November 1999 represents a milestone in consumer protection in Malaysia.It has several important provisions, some of which are more beneficial than those found in the law of contract and law of tort since its objective is specifically to protect the interest of consumers. The statute

This study examines the information needs and seeking behaviours of women in a rural setting of Malaysia The aim of the study is to identify the information needs of women, and to determine the information sources used by women in a rural village, to determine their information seeking behaviours and to identify any accessbarriers to those sources

This study aims to identify gaps that exist in academic literatures on public sector accounting (PSA) in Malaysian context. 64 relevant journal articles and dissertations dated from year 1981 to 2010 available on the web are extracted. These literatures are then being classified into four classifications including the research setting, research are

With the increasing availability of electronic information services and the emergence of the Web the notion of traditional reference services has been altered. Libraries in the US have begun to offer Web–based reference services which are termed ―digital‖ or ―virtual‖ reference services and those in other countries such as UK are followin