To determine the correlation between the TrueDx TSH assay and the standard 3rd generation chemoluminescence microparticle immunoassay (CMIA) This is a cross sectional study involving 212 healthy volunteers who participated in a hypothyroidism awareness campaigns carried out at several shopping malls in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Upon obtaining an info

Introduction: Despite advances in the management of diabetes, the rate of control of diabetes in the population remains modest. Perception of diabetes control is a key to patient empowerment. The aim of this study was to describe the perception of diabetes control among patient with poorly controlled diabetes. Materials and method: A cross sectiona

Diabetes mellitus is a well-known risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Up to 35% of patients with heart failure have diabetes mellitus. Some studies have suggested the existence of diabetic cardiomyopathy, a unique entity which is independent of other cardiac risk factors. The choice of antidiabetics in this population should be taken into caref

Screening of a disease can be understood as detecting a disease in an individual before clinical symptoms are apparent. In case of diabetes mellitus, as of now, the preferred screening test is still fasting blood sugar (FBS). Glycated hemoglobin (A1C) however, did make its way into guidelines as a diagnostic tool apart from its usual monitoring rol

Our prevalence of thyroid dysfunction are compatible most studies world wide (2.1% for hypothyroidism and 3.4% hyperthyroidism). Prevalence of goitre is 9.3% and thyroid nodule is 3.6%. There may be pockets of iodine deficiency which contributes to goitre in rural areas. Goitre in the coastal areas are likely autoimmune. Large proportion of the pop

The aim of this study is to provide normal reference ranges for serum thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), free thyroxine (fT4) and triiodothyronine (fT3), antithyroperoxidase (anti-TPO) and antithyroglobulin (anti-TG) antibodies in Malaysia. A cross sectional study involving 2190 subjects selected from 5 assigned regions which were representative of

To determine the prevalence of goitre and thyroid nodule(s) in the Malaysian adult population This is a cross sectional study involving 2259 subjects selected from 5 pre-assigned regions which were representatives of the Malaysian socioeconomic and geographical background. Sixty-nine subjects were excluded due to incomplete data. The prevalences of

Forensic applications having great importance in the digital era, for the investigation of different types of crimes. The forensic analysis includes Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) test, crime scene video and images,, forged documents analysis, computer-based data recovery, fingerprint identifications, handwritten signature verification and facial reco

يهدف هذا البحث إلى دراسة مفهوم جزاء الأعمال في البوذية والإسلام، ثم المقارنة بين نرفانا البوذية وجنة الإسلام بصفة كونهما الجزاء النهائي لأعمال الإنسان الخير، فتعرض البحث أولا لنظام جزاء الأع

The main objective of this study is to identify key attributes of a respondents to deem him worthy and reliable for the purpose of a survey questionnaire. These key attributes are based on the teachings of the Quran. As the holy Quran is the world of Almighty Allah and it contains absolute knowledge. In this paper, various human traits are identifi