Critical illness elicits a major stress response that activates the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. The diurnal variation is often lost. The criteria for determining which patients have an adequate response to severe stress and which have an inadequate response are arbitrary and controversial. Furthermore, cortisol metabolism and functio

Use of semiconductors for power electronics requires unique material characteristics because of the high power levels flowing in the devices. In this research, NTD silicon was try to be developed by using Cf-252 isotopic neutron radioactive sourced (1.6 mCi) instead of using neutron source from nuclear reactor. It was found that concentration of P

Resuscitation of critically ill patients in the intensive care setting is a complex process requiring the accurate measurement of haemodynamic parameters i.e. cardiac output, stroke volume variation and systemic vascular resistance. Haemodynamic monitoring data is used to optimize the balance between tissue oxygenation supply and demand and effecti

Prevalence of diabetes is on the increase up to 20.8% in adults 18 years old and above as reported by Diabetes Registry Malaysia. There is 5.9% increase as compared to that previous record in 2006. Hence, early detection of impaired glucose tolerance is crucial in prevention of delaying the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus. The study is aime

Annually it has been reported that there are 1.25 million deaths due to snake bite. With the aims of finding herbal remedies that could work synergistically with ant-snack venom, many studies were conducted. It has been shown that ethanolic extract of Tamarind (Tamarindus indica) seed (TSE) has inhibitory effects against lethal action of Vipera rus

Waqf has always been an important institution that contributes to the development and growth of the social economic environment. Historically, it has been proven that waqf plays an essential role in developing various aspects of education, the economy and society. Accordingly, this research aims at identifying the current role of waqf and its contr

Integration of knowledge that represents the intellectual and epistemological aspects of Islam is a challenge. In the history of Islam, all prophets gained knowledge through the revelation from the time of Adam until the time of the last prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). Indeed, the first revelation of the Qu'ran is to read and write and th

In the mid-1990s, the East Asian countries experienced severe financial crisis that were followed by deep economic downturns. A variety of methodologies have been used to understand the nature of the Asian financial crisis. However, the impact of the 1997 Asian financial crisis on the efficiency of the financial industry has yet to be studied. By e

The present paper provides new empirical evidence on the impact of economic freedom on banks’ performance. The empirical analysis is confined to the Malaysian banking sector during the period of 1999–2007. We find that overall economic freedom and business freedom exerts positive impacts, implying that higher (lower) freedom on the activities t

This paper examines the efficiency of the Thai banking sector from 1999 to 2008 by using the data envelopment analysis (DEA) method. The results indicate that inefficiency in the sector stems mainly from scale rather than pure technical efficiencies. The findings suggest that small banks are most efficient, while medium-sized banks have been the le