Phytate (myo-inositol hexakisphosphates), a phosphorylated derivative of myo-inositol, is widely distributed in plants, particularly in cereals and legumes, such as corn, soybean, wheat bran, rice bran, cotton seeds, rape seeds and soybean with a concentration range between 0.4% to 6.4%. Rice bran, a by-product of rice milling, is usually either di

Critics have argued that Jane’s engagement with the Orient in Jane Eyre (1847) is grounded in the vocabulary of her role as liberator and the discourse of female slavery and male domination as represented by the use of the harem metaphor in the text. Yet little is said about how this same metaphor exposes in Villette (1853) the ambivalence inhere

A 35-year-old multiparous woman was found unresponsive, tachypnoeic, hypoxic and in shock 4 h postpartum. The ECG revealed S1 Q3 T3, a right bundle branch block pattern and right-axis deviation. The computed tomography of her pulmonary arteries revealed bilateral pulmonary artery thrombosis with dilated right ventricle. She was fibrinolyzed with in

This study is an empirical investigation of the pricing efficiency of Malaysia's interest rate futures contract, the 3-month Kuala Lumpur Interbank Offered Rates (KLIBOR) futures contract. This article also examines several issues related to pricing efficiency. The study spans the contract's entire 10-year history, June 1996 to June 2006. I

يهدف هذا البحث الى التعرف على اتجاهات طلبة المدارس الثانوية الدينية في ماليزيا نحو القراءة باللغة العربية، والكشف عن الفروق بين الذكور والإناث في اتجاهاتهم نحو القراءة، والعلاقة بين تحصيل ال

This article attempts to understand the experiences of female professionals at home and workplaces in Malaysia. The research setting is at PetCo”1. It applies three sociological methods that include participant observation, interview and questionnaires, which involved 259 questionnaire respondents and 34 interviewees. The study found that even th

In recent years there has been growing awareness regarding the role of religion and spirituality (R/S) in the practice of clinical medicine. We aim to assess the beliefs and practises of physicians regarding the role of R/S in clinical practice. Concomitantly, we aim to assess the beliefs of our patients and whether they like to address such issues

Contracts feature in all areas of our daily lives. For example, without much thought, we become party to a variety of contracts when we travel by bus or rail, purchase goods, accept services, and carry out our duties in the workplace. Contracts are so prevalent that ordinary men or women in the street do not realize the legal complexities of the tr

With the rapid development of ICT, the traditional approach of teaching and learning at higher education institutions is also changing. In fact, the integration between education and ICT can contribute towards a knowledge-base society. The past two decades have witnessed an emerging and growing trend towards the implementation of ICT in universitie

We report a case of 1-year 7-month-old boy who presented with impacted peanut in the secondary bronchus. An alternative method of dislodging the impacted foreign body was used in this case with concomitant chest percussions during rigid bronchoscopy. This method helped to dislodge the peanut successfully.This article appeared in a journal published