Objective. To assess knowledge and awareness of oral cancer in the early identification of risk factors among undergraduate dental students. Methods. A total of 162 undergraduate (third, fourth, and fifth year) dental students at International Islamic University, Malaysia, were approached to participate in the study, and those who agreed were admin

Malaysian Sign Language (MSL) recognition system is a choice of augmenting communication between the hearing-impaired and hearing communities in Malaysia. Automatic translators can play an important role as alternative communication method for the hearing people to understand the hearing impaired ones. Automatic Translation using bare hands with na

The polymer optical fiber (POF) is mostly suitable for house held optical switches because of its large core diameter. A high performance optical switch building process is described. In order to achieve high performance switching and low data loss, we examine different technique while building different parts. Furthermore, we show the comparison o

Biological creatures perform their motion by using distributed spinal control system. Natural control generates motion instantly based on the feelings from the environment. In line with this concept, an artificial control system is known as Central Pattern Generator (GPG) is an online motion generation system that can be generated instantly like sp

Research in the area of alloyed deposition on ceramic particles is gaining widespread acceptance in tribology community to produce advanced wear-resistance surfaces by environmentally acceptable coating technologies. In this study, autocatalytic electroless deposition technique was used to incorporate hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) lubricant particl

Children are trafficked in Nigeria for various purposes which include prostitution, begging, hawking, rituals, etc and this has been on the raise, thereby posing a great challenge to the Nigeria Government despite numerous efforts put in place to fight the menace. The feature of Nigerian children as young as 5 to 12 years is threatened by this mons

Context: High melting point polymeric carrier without plasticizer is unacceptable for solid dispersion (SD) by melting method. Combined polymer–plasticizer carrier significantly affects drug solubility and tableting property of SD. Objective: To evaluate and optimize the combined effect of a binary carrier consisting PVP K30 and poloxamer 188, on

Transcription through early-elongation checkpoints requires phosphorylation of negative transcription elongation factors (NTEFs) by the cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK)9. Using CDK9 inhibitors and global run-on sequencing (GRO-seq), we have mapped CDK9 inhibitor-sensitive checkpoints genome-wide in human (Homo sapiens) cells. Our data indicate that ea

The present study investigates the response of implantable rotary blood pump (IRBP)-assisted patients to exercise and head-up tilt (HUT), as well as the effect of alterations in the model parameter values on this response, using validated numerical models. Furthermore, we comparatively evaluate the performance of a number of previously proposed phy

Clinacanthus nutans is a medicinal herb and a traditional remedy for herpes viral infection, cancer, and diabetes mellitus. Despite its popular use, there is limited information on the chemical constituents and their relationship with the bioactivities of the herb. The choice of drying and extraction methods will greatly influence the metabolite pr