Background: There are currently various methods of delivery that can improve adherence on under-five childhood immunization schedule. The methods differ significantly and there is the conventional method of providing a health education module, reminders and recalls to improve adherence and some other non-conventional methods to improve adherence. A

Malaysia is popular among gastronomy tourists where many of international travellers visit the country—besides other reasons—to try a diverse range of food offered by the multi-ethnic food vendors. About 17% of 26.76 million tourist arrivals in 2016 spent on food. The focus of this study is to get an insight into the tourists’ experience and

Objective: To explore how older people with loneliness, anxiety and depression experience a spiritual reminiscence therapy (SRT) program and to explore its acceptability within the Malaysian population. Methods: Unstructured observations and a focus-group discussion were carried out with 18 participants involved in a six-week SRT program in a resid

Garlic or Allium sativum is widely applied as alternative medicine and in ethnopharmacological studies. This study was done to evaluate the antimalarial properties of aqueous extract of garlic against Plasmodium berghei NK65. The groups of male ICR mice were intraperitoneally (i.p) infected with 0.1 mL of 1 × 107 parasitised red blood cells (RBC)

Pozzolanic reactive material is considered as one of the most essential characteristic of cementing additive material in concrete technology application. Normally, the reactive material contains abundant silica that enhances concrete strength activity. Undeniably, it is proven that rice husk ash (RHA) possesses large quantity of silica that induces

Loneliness and cognitive impairment are common among older people. However, the study on the association between cognitive impairment and loneliness among older people in long-term care in Malaysia is limited. This study aimed to explore the association between socio-demographic, cognitive impairment and loneliness among older people in long-term c

The field of speech synthesis or Text-To-Speech has rapidly expanded during last few years due to the wide range of applications that require human-machine interaction. Arabic language, the fourth most spoken language on the globe, has received the attention of the researchers in development of an intelligible and close to natural Text-To-Speech sy

Seen through the lens of the education sector social media grew a ital source of academic learning. The learning through social media occurs mainly through the collaborative approach to information sharing, where the web-based social networking sites provide the optimal platform for knowledge enhancing among colleagues, co-workers, and others. Deve

Despite numerous breakthroughs in personalized medicine, cancer still remains as a major leading cause of death globally. Cancer occurrence rate is increasing at an alarming rate in the world and it accounts for around 13% of all deaths worldwide. Having anaplastic, dysplastic, and metastatic properties in normal cells, are the initiative signs of

Cancer is a major deadliest disease globally that involve uncontrolled cell growth and invasion-metastasis events. It accounts for around 13% of all deaths worldwide. Statistical reports have pointed out that the cancer occurrence rate is increasing at an alarming rate in the world. Furthermore, cancer relapse rate is also rising mostly due to late