This paper analyzes the changes in productivity of Malaysian mobile telecommunications industry from 1996 to 2001. The data consist of a panel of five mobile service providers in Malaysia, namely Celcom, DiGi, Maxis, TimeCel and TM Cellular. Productivity is measured by the Malmquist index, using a Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) technique. The Malm

We analyse the relation between local two-atom and total multi-atom entanglements in the Dicke system composed of a large number of atoms. We use concurrence as a measure of entanglement between two atoms in the multi-atom system, and the spin squeezing parameter as a measure of entanglement in the whole n-atom system. In addition, the influence of

Immune system dysregulation may be involved in schizophrenia, but biomarker studies have thus far reported inconsistent findings. The relationship of plasma levels of complement markers C3 and C4, with schizophrenia, sociodemographic and clinico-psychological factors were here studied in 183 patients and 212 controls. C3 and C4 levels were signific

Background: Having a validated questionnaire in any field would nurture a research path in that particular area. The aim of this study was to validate the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales 21-item (DASS-21) Bahasa Malaysia BM) version among clinical subjects who were diabetic patients. Objectives: To determine the reliability and construct validity

Some medical image watermarking techniques utilize frequency transform domains to improve the performance of the watermarking technique, where the main requirement of the medical image is to maintain the visual quality. This paper analyzes the imperceptibility performance of two frequency transform techniques Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) and Di

The dental school admission process involves establishing criteria for evaluating applicants, weighing the various admission criteria, and then comparing applicants based on selected criteria and weighting. In the Kulliyyah of Dentistry, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), admission is mainly based on matriculation cumulative grade po

Schizophrenia is a chronic mental illness with no specific biomarker. Diagnosis and treatment monitoring mostly depend on clinical symptomatology. A number of immune related proteins have been found to be linked with schizophrenia, but the magnitude of associations are modest at best. This might be due to heterogenous nature of schizophrenia, with

Introduction: Leucine-rich-repeat transmembrane neuronal protein 1 (LRRTM1) is a synaptic adhesion molecule involved in synapse organization. DNA hypomethylation of the LRRTM1 gene promoter was shown to be associated with familial schizophrenia. However, the association with schizophrenia in general and its symptom severity is still unknown. This s

Sektor perbankan dipertanggungjawabkan di atas krisis kewangan kerana banyak mencipta wang tanpa had yang tidak disandarkan kepada apa-apa pada kadar yang jauh lebih tinggi daripada kemampuan sebenar perkembangan ekonomi sesebuah negara sehingga menyebabkan bubbles. Wang dan sistem kewangan amat berkaitan dengan penghasilan kekayaan. Dalam hal ini

The new Malaysian Prime Minister, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, after approximately five months in office, led the ruling coalitionBarisan Nasional (National Front [BN]) into the country�s eleventh general elections in March 2004. The BN won spectacularly. The electoral success has been attributed as much to Abdullah�s reform initiatives, which includ