Storytelling is one of the most common activities used in teaching English proficiency to language students. It is widely accepted as a teaching technique by many educators because it engages students in learning. This study seeks to examine students’ readiness in using technology-aided applications in telling their stories. It also investigates

Objectives/Research Problem: Cartilage is an avascular tissue made of one cell type only which is the chondrocyte. Due to the low mitotic property, the chondrocytes have very limited self-repair capacity. As a result, once the cartilage is injured and left untreated, degeneration changes will precede ageing and can be progressive. Limitation in the

Ficus carica L. (Fig) are known as one of the medicinal plants that harvested worldwide for its dry and fresh consumption. Its different parts such as leaves, stem, barks, fruits and roots are used in traditional medicine from ancient age to treat various disease. This research was conducted to study the effect of different planting medium to the r

This book explores the relevancy of an outdoor classroom for adaptive Problem Based Learning (PBL) approach in Malaysian Higher Institutions. The purpose of this book is to examine the significant criteria of the outdoor classroom in the university campus design and to analyse the relevancy of the outdoor classroom in adapting the PBL approach for

The emergence of Web 2.0 allows user to share information online. Since then, the world has been introduced to YouTube. YouTube is a video sharing website where people can upload videos and comments on the video. YouTube has been popular among people as it becomes a platform where they can promote themselves as well as spreading information on cert

Recently there has been a trend in Zumba, a type of dance workout which incorporates music and bodily movement. Nevertheless, in terms of quality of life and satisfaction, the data is scarce. This questionnaire based cross sectional study is designed to assess relationship between Zumba players’ satisfaction score and quality life score. Question

Inhibition of intestinal α-amylase and α-glucosidase is an important strategy to regulate diabetes mellitus (DM). Antioxidants from plants are widely regarded in the prevention of diabetes. Fruits of Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton (Zingiberaceae) and Piper cubeba L. f. (Piperaceae) and flowers of Plumeria rubra L. (Apocynaceae) are traditionally

This study is aimed to analyze the coverage of news on dengue and zika in three mainstream daily Malaysian newspapers i.e. Berita Harian, Utusan Malaysia and The Star. The data for this study were collected from the print version of these newspapers for a period of a month i.e. November 2016. The newspapers were selected due to their circulation fi

The prevalence of hypertension is very common amongst the diabetic patients and is reported as the major cause of mortality in diabetes. Pioglitazone reported to have an ability to alter the blood cholesterol level and cardioprotective efficiency along with its antidiabetic activity. Telmisartan, through activation of PPAR-γ receptor exerts insuli

Management of cardiovascular risk factors in diabetes demands special attention due to their co-existence. Pioglitazone (PIO) and telmisartan (TLM) combination can be beneficial in effective control of cardiovascular complication in diabetes. In this research, we developed and validated a high throughput LC–MS/MS method for simultaneous quantitat