Aim: Since many Malaysians with hypertension have poor control rates of blood pressure, this study wasconducted to determine the impact of uncontrolled hypertension on the utilization of ambulatory care resources. Setting: The study took place at the Jaya Gading Polyclinic in Kuantan city, Pahang, Malaysia. Methods: This was a1year follow-up of 600

Most developed countries have enforced the use of “Universal Design” in any physical development of their cities, for the purpose of eliminating discrimination among the society members towards the unfortunate handicapped persons. Nevertheless, in many developing countries, the awareness and inclusion of Universal Design is still in its initial

This paper deals with an innovation of approaching Islamic Architectural Heritage through an educational learning approach named Problem Based Learning (PBL). The Department of Architecture (DoA), in Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design (KAED), of International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), has implemented the so-called Problem

: Introduction: Hypertension is being identified in younger population and the need for earlier diagnosis and intervention has resulted in the introduction of prehypertension in the classification of hypertension. Hypertension prevalence is at 33% and they contribute to a rising incidence of cardiovascular disease. The objective of the study is to

Islam provide a certain and sure goal in man's process of freeing himself. Freedom is the successful struggle of subjugating the animal soul; it is directed to the attainment of supreme peace, and pacified soul, al-nafs al-mutmai'inah. This struggle throughtout man's life is a continuous EbEdah, one continuous confirmation of his obedie

This Malaysian Standard specifies requirements that are generally applicable to active implantable medical devices. This standard is applicable not only to active implantable medical devices that are electrically powered, but also to those powered by other energy sources (for example gas pressure or springs). This standard is also applicable to som

In electrical discharge machining (EDM), material is removed by a series of electrical sparks that develops a temperature in the range 8,000'C–12,000'C between the electrode and the workpiece. Due to the high temperature of the sparks, the workpiece is melted and vaporized. At the same time, the electrode material is also eroded by meltin

We propose and demonstrate a Multiwavelength Brillouin Bismuth/Erbium Fibre Laser (MBBEFL) with the ability to control the number of wavelength channels generated. A multi-wavelength comb output is obtained using a 7.7 km DCF as a non linear gain medium to generate Stokes wavelengths through the process of Stimulated Brillouin Scattering (SBS). The

In this paper we propose and demonstrate a switchable wavelength fiber laser (SWFL) using a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) together with an arrayed waveguide grating (AWG). The proposed SOA-based SWFL is capable of generating up to 14 lasing channels from 1530.1 nm to 1534.9 nm at a channel spacing of 0.8 nm (100 GHz) and a bandwidth of 11.8

Transducers have found wide applications in industries, though, they possess nonlinear responses. The nonlinearity feature does not prevail over the entire range; rather there are sections (or regions) on the response curves that are easily regarded as linear. This work focuses on analyzing transducer characteristics by finding regions exhibiting l