This paper studies the experience encountered by three South Asian nations in the face of globalisation in which nationalism is often seen as something negative and regressive. The paper analyses how these three nations strengthen the position of national literature in the face of globalisation. It also compares how minority voices attract internat

Parasitic leiomyoma is the rarest type of leiomyoma and develop when a leiomyoma attaches itself to another organ. Vaginal leiomyomas usually arise from anterior vaginal wall. We report a case of parasitic leiomyoma in the vagina together with uterine leiomyoma in a 48 year old lady presented with palpable mass perabdomen and anaemic symptoms. The

Perkembangan politik dan kedudukan bangsa Melayu dan agama Islam masa kini boleh dianggap sebagai berada di ambang bahaya. Pergolakan politik Melayu semakin hari kian menuju ke arah merugikan bangsa dan agama. Sejauh manakah perjuangan parti politik Melayu dalam memperjuangkan hak Melayu dalam bentuk yang universal dan moderat perlu dikaji terutama

This paper attempts at introducing Khayr al-din al-Tunisi as one of the Arab political thinkers in the nineteenth century. The discussion focuses on his modern approach of social institutions and law, particularly through his famous work Aqwam al-Masalik fi al-MaÑrifat al-Mamalik. This book was written in terms of the milieu in 1860’s, which rep

In Malaysia, the administration of Islamic family law is under the separate jurisdiction of different states where each state has its own enactment over matters relating to family law governing Muslims. In this article, the discussion focuses upon the provisions on dispute resolutions under the Islamic Family Law (Federal Territories) Act 1984, whi

Ovine articular chondrocytes were isolated from cartilage biopsy and culture expanded in vitro. Approximately 30 million cells per ml of cultured chondrocytes were incorporated with autologous plasma-derived fibrin to form a three-dimensional construct. Fullthickness punch hole defects were created in the lateral and medial femoral condyles. The de

PLGA microspheres undergo physical ageing but their ageing kinetics have not been reported, nor the effect of encapsulated protein or plasmid DNA on any associated changes to the glass transition. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) was used to measure the rate of ageing of various PLGAmicrosphere formulations, with temperature-modulatedDSCused

A cross sectional descriptive study of 2048 subjects was conducted to determine the prevalence of depression and factors influencing depression among students in secondary school from urban and rural areas in the state of Selangor. Malaysia. The children's depression inventory (COl) developed by Maria Kovacs was used in this study. Students who

A comparative cross-sectional study was conducted to determine tollbooth carbon monoxide (CO) levels and carboxyhaemoglobin (COHb) levels among the tollbooth operators and office workers in the Klang Valley, Kuala Lumpur. All tollbooths were equipped with well functioning air-conditioning. The total number of respondents was 180: 90 toll operators

We consider the use of qutrits in a two way deterministic quantum cryptographic protocol which exhibits a higher level of security. We analyse the security of the protocol in the context of the Intercept Resend Strategy. The protocol which transmits a qutrit is naturally limited to not utilising all the available maximally overlapping basis due to