Ovarian tumour is a common neoplasm involving the female genital tract. Clinical spectrum of ovarian tumours ranges from a largely benign tumours to life-threatening, widely metastatic cancers. Ovarian cancer was the fourth commonest cancer among women in Malaysia with an age-standardized rate of 6.4 per 100,000 women. It remains a leading cause of

The phenomena of Muslim parents feeling the need for alternative education for their children has been distinct in the last two decades. This trend may be associated to parents' increased Islamic awareness in lieu of the islah (reformation), tajdid (renewal) and ihya' (revival) movements in Malaysia and elsewhere. The International Islamic

Canada has vast renewable energy resources due to its extensive geography and traditionally they have played an important role, particularly prior to the turn of the 20th century. Public interest in new renewable energy technologies (RETs) emerged and grew during the oil shocks of the 1970s and early 1980s. Even though many Canadian provinces had b

This empirical study based on a survey in Malaysian organizations was conducted to investigate perceived justice in distribution of organizational resources. It was designed to study the issues such as recruitment, promotion, performance appraisal and distribution of other perks and benefits to the workforce. Assuming value differences in the major

Speech coding is a procedure used to represent a digital speech signal by as minimum bits as possible, maintaining at the same time a reasonable level of speech quality. Due to increasing demand for speech communications, speech coding technology has received a lot o f researcher's interests. Speech coding is performed using numerous steps or o

Traditional analog hearing aids are similar to a simple radio. They can be tuned and adjusted for volume, bass and treble. But hearing loss is not just a technical loss of volume. Rather, hearing deficiency can increase sensitivity and reduce tolerance to certain sounds while diminishing sensitivity to others. For instance, digital technology can t

A legacy is something noble, precious or even useful that we leave behind for others before we make an exit from this world. For the vast majority of us, the imagination that comes to our mind with regard to a legacy is that of a monumental structure, system, an ideology, statue of a most influential leader, etc. Some even think of a huge sum of mo

The effect of cinnamon doses on blood serum glucose was studied in type 2 diabetic individuals for 60 days. Sixty type 2 diabetic individuals of both sexes and of age 48±6.5 years were divided into 6 groups; each group was having 10 individuals. Groups 1, 2 and 3 were assigned for 1g, 3g and 6g cinnamon doses/day respectively. Groups 4, 5 and 6 we

The impact of extreme events across the globe is extraordinary, continues to handicap the advancement of the struggling developing societies and threaten most industrialized countries in the world. ICT has widely been used for efficient disaster management; but only to a limited extent though, there is a tremendous potential for increasing efficien

In her book “The Secret of Childhood”, Maria Montessori (1870-1952) highlighted many of the problems faced by children in Italy during her time. Montessori, who started as the first female medical doctor in Italy, later ventured herself into psychology and ended her career as a well-known educationist. At the time the book was written, she real