Background: Little is known about the different patterns of persistent opioid use and whether the patterns of clinical opioid use remain the same throughout the long-term opioid therapy. Aim: This study explores the different patterns of persistent opioid use and the change in these patterns over time in patients with non-cancer and cancer pain. Me

Anacardium occidentale Linn. (A. occidentale L.) leaves possess an excellent source of bioactive compounds, which are associated with numerous health benefits including antidiabetic potency for the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). The management strategies for T2DM include to maintain the postprandial blood glucose level through the i

Introduction: Myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN) is a group of myeloid disorders which leads to erythrocytosis, thrombocytosis and leucocytosis. MPN with BCR-ABL positive is chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) while BCR-ABL negative MPN includes polycythaemia Vera (PV), essential thrombocytemia (ET) and primary myelofibrosis (PMF). One of the major crit

Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) is a very crucial part of maintenance and management of buildings and structures. The use of SHM in recent years has been increasing due to the advancement in technology and the availability of nanodevices and nanosensors which can detect damaged part or crack in a structure. In this paper, PSpice simulation was c

Introduction: Data from the US showed that there are increasing evidences of opioid-related harms such as opioid overdose deaths in long term opioid use for the treatment of chronic non-cancer pain. There is lack of data from Malaysia on opioid use particularly on its opioid related clinical outcomes. Objectives: To examine the clinical outcomes an

Introduction:The inferior vena cava (IVC) is the largest vein in human being draining the blood from the lower part of the body running along the right side of the abdominal aorta. Double IVC is a rare congenital anomaly with an incidence of 0.2%–3%. Materials and Methods:This case of double IVC was observed during dissection of the abdomen of an

This study conducts a cross-sectional, case-based field study comparing the planning processes in Shariah audit for three takaful operators in Malaysia. A case study is an empirical enquiry to investigate facts in their context, and states that its unique strength is its ability to deal with various pieces of evidence (documents and interviews), an

Background: The prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) is steadily increasing worldwide, with a significant DM population in Asian countries. Adherence to medications is important to achieve good glycaemic control among patients with DM. Thus, patients’ adherence to their medication regimen should be determined to optimise DM management. Aims: To d

The stability of tear film can be measured by tear film break-up time (TFBUT). To date, the comparison value of TFBUT between slit lamp with stopwatch, which is conventional method and anterior segment digital imaging (ASDI) is under explored. The aim of this study was to compare TFBUT value between the conventional method and the ASDI utilizing iP

One of the major concerns in any pharmacological treatment is the patients’ adherence to medication. However, different types of ocular dosage form might result in different response and compliance from the patients. This study investigated and compared public willingness on different types of dosage form available for ocular treatment. The study