Despite significant improvement in health status in Malaysia, the prevalence of low birth weight (LBW) infants is still remained static over the past 12 years1. There are no studies conducted in Malaysia that considered the effects of psychosocial factors such as parental depression and anxiety symptoms on LBW.Scanned by CamScanner Scanned by CamSc

This paper examines the safety and efficacy of non-viral gene transfer in cartilage tissue engineering (TE) from the worldview of Islam. The first clinical trial treating adenosine deaminase deficient patients conducted in 1990 has triggered the development of gene transfer technology. The potential of gene transfer is further explored in TE field

Background and Objectives: Refeeding hypophosphataemia (RH) is characterized by an acute electrolyte derangement following nutrition therapy. Complications associated include heart failure, respiratory failure, paraesthesia, seizure and death. We aim to assess its incidence, risk factors, and outcome in our local intensive care unit (ICU). Methods

Most snakes in nature have scales at their ventral sides. The anisotropic frictional coefficient of the ventral side of the snakes, as well as snake robots, is considered to be responsible for their serpentine kind of locomotion. However, little work has been done on snake scales so far to make any guidelines for designing snake robots. This paper

Islamic garden is a traditional garden concept that is significantly related to the history of the Muslim civilization. The first establishment of the concept was in the 7th century through the formation of the Persian Garden. Presently, the idea of the Islamic garden is beginning to be overlooked as the contemporary garden design is becoming a cur

Grief is defined as ‘the internal experience of a person to the loss of something loved and valued’. It is a normal and expected reaction to loss. While anticipatory grief is defined as ‘an emotional response that is experienced before a true loss’, a concept focusing on that a person might experience grief when the loss of a close loved on

Corporate brand equity studies focus heavily on brands of profit-based organisations. Similarly in Malaysia, while there has been a number of studies on leading brands owned by profit-based such as PETRONAS, Air Asia and Maxis, there has been a dearth of studies on brands of not-for-profit organisations such as public universities. Public universit

The tremendous increased in papermaking and cellulose production, which both sources from wood pulp has resulted in severe exploitation of trees, leading to environmental problems, the deforestation. Besides, the reduction of paper usage is rather not in the horizon. Thus, concerning with the environmental issue, the extraction of cellulose from th

1. Different approach in IOL Calculation 2. Different methods of estimating the post K 3. How to councel the patient 4. Issues in performaing biometryScanned by CamScanner Scanned by CamScanner Things that you should know about Post LASIK Cataract Md Muziman Syah, Ph.D Assistant Professor of Optometry International Islamic University Malaysia 12OUT

Objective: To compare the surgically induced astigmatism (SIA) of 2.75mm superotemporal and superonasal clear corneal incisions in post phacoemulsification. Methodology:This comparative cross-sectional study evaluated 60 eyes of 56 Malaysian subjects. Those who attended at least six weeks of postoperative follow-up visit were recruited in this stud