One of the important issues that have been discussed in the study of Small and Medium Enterprise ("SMEs") is their difficulty in getting access to external financing, particularly from the banking institutions. This problem occurs because the banking institutionsare predominantly debt based financing system which requires SMEs to fulfill ba

A study was carried out to compare composition, thermal behavior, and polymorphic forms of palm stearin-pink guava seed oil blends with those of lard (LD). Four blends were prepared by mixing pink guava seed oil (PGO) with and palm stearin (PS) in different ratios: PGO-1, 40:60; PGO-2, 45:55; PGO-3, 50:50; PGO-4; 55:45. The blends and lard were com

In 1989, Francis Fukuyama famously announced the “end of history.” The Berlin Wall had fallen; liberal democracy had won. But what of ‘illiberal’ democracy – the idea that popular majorities, working through the democratic process, might reject gender equality, religious freedom, and other norms that Western democracies take for granted?

Introduction: The dopamine hypothesis has earlier dominated the theories for the development of schizophrenia based on the early pharmacologic evidence. The antipsychotic drugs, among others, is thought to interfere with the function of the dopamine D2 receptor (DRD2) resulting in clinical improvement. Accumulating evidence suggest the role of epig

Introduction: The dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia is based on the fact that hyper-dopaminergic state is involved in causing psychosis and antipsychotic drugs block the dopamine receptor. COMT regulates the homeostatic levels of neurotransmitter dopamine in the synapses and plays a role in the neurocognitive function. The dysregulation of dopam

Abstract: Background and Objective: The problems of bacterial diseases in aquaculture are primarily controlled by antibiotics. Medicinal plants and herbs which are seemed to be candidates of replacements for conventional antibiotics have therefore gained increasing interest. Current study was performed to investigate the presence of phytochemical c

This study provides a narrative account of the moderate and radical Islah (reform) movements in West Sumatra from 1784-1819. Islah movement at the end of the eighteenth century emerged in response to the peculiar problems confronting the society. Tuanku Nan Tua, the most prominent Islamic scholar in Minangkabau spearheaded this movement by calling

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative joint disease characterized by articular cartilage degradation and changes in the subchondral bone. Over the last two decades, there has been increasing evidence showing association between cartilage degradation and chondrocyte death, and different types of cell death in cartilage have been reported, including

The effects of children’s exposure on high concentration of airborne pollutants at schools often associated with increased rate of absenteeism, low productivities and learning performances, and development of respiratory problems. Recent studies have found that the presence of occupants in the classroom seems to give major effect towards the elev

This paper discuss about intelligent system for fruit grading system by using an artificial neural network (ANN) based on image processing techniques. Due to some constraint, this automatic grading system purpose is to overcome the most common problem faced by the farmer to determine and classify thousand units of fruits. There are several types of