Background and objective In the last decade, the use of opioids for chronic non-cancer pain (CNCP) conditions has increased significantly but it is not clear to what extent the increase reflects short-term use and to what extent it is caused by long-term use. Short-term use of opioids for acute pain conditions is considered appropriate, whereas the

Introduction Inappropriate or irrational use of analgesics not only leads to increased morbidity and mortality rates and deterioration in quality of life, but can also give rise to misuse of health care resources and increase health care costs. Objective To address the trends of analgesics prescribing at outpatient tertiary hospital settings and ex

Big data in healthcare refers to electronic health data sets that are so large and complex that it would be difficult to manage and analyze using traditional software and data management tools and methods. Big data in healthcare is also known as large health care databases which is one of the sources for drug utilization study. It is often used to

The synergy of academic affiliation between postgraduate student and her research supervisor was able to initiate and generate new and contemporary knowledge that will definitely enrich the relevant literature. Therefor this book is generated purely due to the contemporary knowledge that it contains.STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP: REALIZING STUDENT ASPIRATIO

‘Information asset’ has not been perceived only as a jargon of the information age we are living today. Rather, it has increasingly become the reality, where people and society attach more values on business information and information system. The contemporary ‘information age’ is, therefore, not merely about a change of gadgets, but more s

This paper attempts to clarify and describe the sources of terrorism financing and the perpetrators who finance them. This paper is based on the content analysis of mutual evaluation reports, leading textbooks, journal articles and newspaper reports. It also benefited from the interviews with leading officers from the police force and the special u

This article attempts to clarify and describe the legal and regulatory framework for cryptocurrency and the threats that it posed from the anti-money laundering perspective. Currently, very few countries have legislations that regulate cryptocurrency. Nonetheless, the crazy surge in prices (to more than 20-fold) has sent both legitimate investors a

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the evidence related to the effectiveness of the current Development Skills Plan Framework (DSPF) for Learning Disabilities (LD) Children in the context of Autistic Education System. LD means intellectual capabilities that do not conform with biological age. The paper opted for a systematic literature rev

In this paper researchers will examine the relationship between spirituality, well-being, and the psychological health. The design used for the study is survey research design to explore the uniqueness population of interest, and for the standardization of measurement. This study is a quantitative in nature, whereby researcher used Spiritual Well-B

Lipases are important hydrolytic enzymes that catalyze hydrolysis of the triglycerides, esterification and transesterification reactions. These enzymes are of great interest for many reasons include they do not require cofactors, remain active in organic solvent, used with broad range of substrates and exhibit high enatino- and regio- selectivity (