Introduction: Sepsis is the leading cause of ICU admission. About 60% of patients with severe sepsis had acute kidney injury (AKI). To date, plasma Neutrophil-Gelatinase Associated Lipocalin (NGAL) is the most promising biomarker for AKI, however it is also increased with inflammation and infection. Objectives: We aim to evaluate the utility of NGA

Speech-to-Text or always been known as speech recognition plays an important role nowadays especially in medical area specifically in speech impairment. In this study, a Malay language speech-to-Text system was been designed by using Hidden Markov Model (HMM) as a statistical engine with emphasizing the way of Malay speech corpus design specificall

Interior landscape is the art and science of organizing landscape elements within enclosed spaces. In order to improve and enhance the appearance of the indoor environment which is similar to outdoor landscape, a combination of landscape elements in interior landscape is applied. The paper disscuss on the application of landscape elements for an in

This paper intends to propose a conceptual solution that provides an e-program for the community in the rural areas, which basically face illiteracy problems. With a proposed conceptual system of Quadruple Helix Model (QHM) which leverage four main actors namely: academia, industry, government, and citizen; also with the collaborative Network-of-Mo

Objectives: Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) is common and carries a high mortality rate. Most epidemiological studies were retrospective and were done in Western populations. To the best of our knowledge, there is no data on the AKI epidemiology based on consensus guideline in our local ICU setting. A prospective study in our population utilising the rec

The sea cucumber Holothuria scabra was induced to spawn by the methods of thermal and algal stimulation. Thermal stimulation proved to be the better method. The larvae were given a mix of microalgal diet, the concentration of which was based on the larval growth. Doliolaria larvae appeared 11 days after fertilisation, and then became pentactula 18

Objective. The purposes of this study were to investigate the documentation of the DSM - IV - TR - Criteria A in diagnoses of schizo - phrenia and to identify the symptoms associated with over diagnosis of schizophrenia Method. This study involved a retrospective review and analysis of data from case notes. Results. Data of 107 newly diagnosed pati

Majority of consumers are still unable to distinguish between Islamic and conventional banks despite their awareness of the Islamic banking existence. In a competitive market structure, brand awareness helps to create a basis of trust and acceptance. Brand awareness is the first step to create brand equity, an asset that provides companies with sus

أصبح مفهوم اتِّباع السنة مظهراً من مظاهر جماعةٍ من المسلمين وسمةٍ من سماتهم، مما يؤدِّي إلى تضييق دائرة السنة في الإسلام في صورةٍ خارجيةٍ معينةٍ. وهذا مبنيٌ على سوء تصوِّر بعض الناس لمفهوم اتّ

This study aimed to determine the nutritional status among primary schoolchildren in Kuantan, Pahang and to map the distribution using Geographical Information System (GIS). This community based cross sectional study was conducted in Kuantan, Pahang. Stratified random sampling method was used to select schoolchildren from seven subdivision of Kuant