Dunia menghadapi pandemik COVID-19 dengan keadaan kurang bersedia meskipun sudah ada amaran awal sejak tahun 2018. Langkah-langkah pencegahan dan pengawalan penularan wabak berbeza mengikut negara dan tahap penguatkuasaan. Ketiadaan rawatan yang berkesan untuk pesakit COVID-19 menyebabkan kadar mortaliti dan morbiditi masih meningkat. Ubat-ubatan s

In recent years, natural products, which originate from plants, animals, and fungi, together with their bioactive compounds have been intensively explored and studied for their therapeutic potentials for various diseases such as cardiovascular, diabetes, hypertension, reproductive, cancer, and neurodegenerative diseases. Neurodegenerative diseases,

This book highlights the fundamental association between aquaculture and engineering in classifying fish hunger behaviour by means of machine learning techniques. Understanding the underlying factors that affect fish growth is essential, since they have implications for higher productivity in fish farms. Computer vision and machine learning techniq

Purposes – The aim of this paper is to investigate the factors influencing the efficiency of the Malaysian local governments. Three measures of efficiency are considered that are: (i) technical efficiency(TE), (ii) pure technical efficiency (PTE) and (iii) scale efficiency (SE). Design/methodology/approach – This study uses secondary data from

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Governance is an important component in Halal industry. Appropriate mechanism should be created to ensure the Halal certified company complies with the Shariah principles. Unlike Islamic finance, Halal industry is less regulated in term of governance. Halal certification is not compulsory and even Halal certificate holding companies do not have cle

Fungal endophytes are a special group of symbionts that invade the internal environment of the host organism without causing any pathogenic symptoms. They increase the vigor of the plant while protecting them from several biotic and abiotic stress conditions such as herbivory, disease, and drought. In this study, endophytic fungi were isolated from

The quality of marketed vegetables cannot be guaranteed as many of them has been contaminated with heavy metals such as lead, cadmium and arsenic. These heavy metals can act as either growth supporter or threat depending on their types and amount absorbed by the plants. The consumption of an excessive amount of heavy metals in vegetable may cause s

Introduction: Muscle strength is a useful parameter of individual body strength and health and is influenced by many factors including sex, age, physical activity as well as body composition. The main objective of this study was to assess hand grip strength (HGS) among different BMI classes as well as to examine the correlation between body composi

Sea turtles have been recorded to have existed for more than 100 million years and they have played an important role in the sea environment as one to maintain the health of the ocean. However, due to the climate change and human activities, such as pollution and irresponsible tourism activities, their existence is on the verge of extinction. This