Today, with rapidly changing world and market, SMEs have faced a critical challenge to remain competitive in the business market. Recognizing that sustainability is a key business driver to move forward this study has put practical and fundamental sustainability initiatives needed for improvement in the style of production of a small & medium e

No one can deny that standards are vital and important tool for the development of industries and trade. Food standards and technical regulation are aimed at protecting consumer's health, increasing economic viability, and fair trade. This paper examines the halal food industry revolution in terms of voluntary standards and technical regulation

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is commonly associated with disorders of mineral and bone metabolism, manifested by either one or a combination of the following three components namely : Abnormalities of calcium, phosphorus, parathyroid hormone (PTH), fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23), and vitamin D metabolism; Abnormalities in bone turnover, minera

Pulmonary artery aneurysm (PAA) is defined as a focal dilatation of the pulmonary artery. It is noted to be a very rare entity. From literature reviews, only 8 cases of pulmonary artery aneurysms being identified from a total of 109,571 cases within an extended period of 100 years. This gives an incidence of about 0.0073%. It is usually associated

This paper describes an application of a statistical technique one-way ANOVA in completely randomized experiments with three replicates. This technique was employed to a single factor with four levels and multiple observations at each level. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between chemical oxygen demand index and location o

Contrast nephropathy is a generally reversible form of acute kidney injury (AKI) that occurs soon after the administration of radiocontrast media. Although AKI is reversible in most cases, its development may be associated with adverse outcomes. The major clinical manifestations of contrast nephropathy are an increase in the serum creatinine and, l

Orange-spotted groupers (Epinephelus coioides) are marine fish which can be found in the state of Terengganu (in Malaysia) and are economically important. Overfishing and fish farmers’ dependency on wild orange-spotted grouper seed fish have caused a decline in their numbers. Hence, the aim of this study was to investigate the genetic diversity o

Herbs and medicinal plants are major sources of traditional or folk medicines for many countries of the world, including Malaysia. This study evaluated the bioactive potential of the leaf ethanolic extract and solvent fractions of Cosmos caudatus Kunth, in scavenging free radicals and inhibiting the enzyme α-glucosidase. In addition, their metabol

In the current practice, the clinical use of conventional skin substitutes such as autogenous skin grafts have shown several problems, mainly with respect to limited sources and donor site morbidity. In order to overcome these limitations, the use of smart synthetic biomaterials is tremendously diffusing as skin substitutes. Indeed, engineered skin

Chronic periodontitis is among the most prevalent oral diseases in the world. Apart from its destructive outcomes in the oral cavity, there is a strong evidence of the potential association between chronic periodontitis and systemic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and preterm low birth weight. In this paper, the potential contrib