The purpose of this study is to measure the outcome of total knee arthroplasty pre and post operative using validated questionnaires; Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale (DASS21). The study was done prospectively in which questionnaires were distributed pre and post operatively. This study concentrated more on patients’ perception rather than surge

The purpose of this study is to measure the outcome of total knee arthroplasty pre and post operative using validated questionnaires; Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale (DASS21). The study was done prospectively in which questionnaires were distributed pre and post operatively. This study concentrated more on patients’ perception rather than surge

After the time of the Prophet of Islam, Muslims and their civilization started to flourish giving rise to many vast empires stretching from Granada to Indonesia. Muslim scholars became great authorities in the many fields of knowledge. During the Golden Age of Islam (750-1258), Muslims were the pioneers, inventors, innovators in the human and natur

Advancement in the way of life and urbanization has brought many great changes in the psychological well-being of people in many parts of the world. Driven by the need to be materially affluent has pushed people in the urban to unnecessary stress, anxiety, conflict, dilemma and a whole lot of other adverse psychological state of mind. Due to these

Among all creations of God living in this planet, man is the most intelligent, innovative and creative. Imbued with these qualities, man was able to plan, create and recreate new things using the resources available in the environment. Man’s position as God’s best creation and as the recipient of the creative intelligence from his Creator has f

Background: Exposure to cyclophosphamide (CPA) for cancer treatment results in over-production of reactive oxygen species causes oxidative stress thus affecting the DNA in male germ cell inducing sperm defects. Our goal is to assess the potential effects of Nigella sativa extract (NSE) and thymoquinone (TQ) on sperm and embryo quality following fer

Religion has always been alienated in medical education and the secular world. This has contributed to the increasing problems of uncaring doctors, quite paradoxical to the core values of medical profession of helping and healing patients. IIUM has embarked on the journey of introducing Islamic medical practice in the medical education, which has b

Our main objective is the development and initial validation of a new scale to measure crowd behavior of individuals who performed Hajj, i.e., a holy, religious pilgrimage to Mecca that Muslims take during the Islamic month of Dzul-Hijjah. A scale that measures this construct is important because an understanding of the nature, domains, and roles o

Multichannel audio or surround sound compression is rather more challenging to compress compare to mono and stereo audio. Nowadays, many methods and algorithms have been proposed to improve the compression performance on multichannel audio. This book focuses on performance evaluation of various algorithms on multichannel audio compression. First, w

Background of Study: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major medical and socioeconomic problem and is the leading cause of death in children and young adults. The study concluded that subjects with severe TBI shows physical and functional improvement but remain with cognitive and psycho-social problem throughout recovery. Despite all the issues, th