Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) and periodontal disease (PD) are common chronic diseases in medical and oral health practices. DM is in increasing trends in both Malaysia (11.6% in 2006 to 22.6% in 2013) and Myanmar ( 11.8 % in 2003) while prevalence of unhealthy periodontal tissue among community is also high not only in Malaysia (ranged 90.2 %

Background: Social science research is research concerning with social science disciplines including the sociology of health (inequalities in health, experiences of health and health care system); social anthropology on health (society’s belief and practices relating to health and illness); the role of health and illness in social history, and to

In this work, we rationally designed a high-performance microreactor system for continuous-flow catalysis. The membrane consists of ultrasmall gold nanoclusters (AuNCs) and two-dimensional graphene. The Au cores of the NCs act as catalysts, while their ligands have two functions: (1) protecting the Au cores to avoid agglomeration and (2) providing

Polymers can be conductive or nonconductive, natural or synthetic, and have been widely used in the development of biosensors; polymers can be processed at a large scale at a relatively low cost. Poly (3, 4-ethylenedioxythiophene) polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT:PSS), PANI, and PPy are widely used in fabricating biosensors owing to their intrinsic con

Tunisia created its own halal certification on 6th March 2013 which is displayed only on exported products. In fact, there are no halal certified products in the Tunisian market. Thus, this study aims to identify the factors that may influence the Tunisian consumer’s intention to purchase a halal certified product if they will be available on the

The occurrence of asynchronous breathing (AB) during mechanical ventilation (MV) can have detrimental effect towards a patient's recovery. Hence, it is essential to develop an algorithm to automate AB detection in real-time. In this study, a method for AB detection using machine learning, in particular, Convolutional Neural Network, (CNN), is p

Friable callus of Citrus suhuiensis (C. suhuiensis) derived from its cotyledon seed was inoculated for cell suspension culture establishment. Face Centred Central Composite Design (FCCCD) and Response Surface Methodology (RSM) in Design Expert 9.0 software were used to optimize C. suhuiensis cell suspension culture conditions. Prior to that, one-fa

This article attempts to provide an overview of issues related to children’s participation in decisions relating to health care. It sets the discussion in the context of current debate about children’s participation in health care decisions and explores the extent to which children want to participate in the decision. This article concludes tha

Background: The effect of dialysis treatment is complex, with both clinical and socio-psychological effects. In this study, we aimed to assess the psychological status of this growing population of end-stage renal disease. Methods: Using the Short Form of Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS21) questionnaire, we aimed (1) to measure the psych

The industrial sector in Malaysia is one of the main sectors that have high percentage of energy demand compared to other sector and this problem may lead to the future power shortage and increasing the production cost of a company. Suitable initiatives should be implemented by the industrial sectors to solve the issues such as by improving the mac