Background: The mudskipper (P. schlosseri) belongs to the Periophthalmin spp. within the family Gobiidae. They live in the mangrove swamps and intertidal habitats which are found only in tropical and subtropical regions. In some countries, the mudskipper provides a valuable source of protein throughout the Asian and African regions. Objective: The

We performed a cross-sectional study of the demography, clinical and laboratory features of patients with systemic sclerosis patients followed up in our centre from 1984 to 2007. There were 23 cases with the majority of them (96%) being female. They have a mean age of 50.3 years and a mean disease duration of 6.02 (SD 5.82) years. Our patients comp

Malaysia upholds the constitutional supremacy as per Article 4(1) of the Federal Constitution. The constitution provides for the three main organs of the State, namely, the executive, the legislature and the judiciary pursuant to Articles 39, 44 and 121, respectively. The doctrine of separation of power serves as a check against the abuse of power.

The recent revolutionisation of the courtrooms with digitalization such as live-streaming or broadcasting of the court’s proceedings would undeniably allow the public virtual entry into the courtrooms. Hence, this article highlights the need for the law faculties and law schools to embrace the remote communication technology in the teaching and l

There are many Malaysian workers hired by foreign embassies and consulates all over the country on fixed term contract basis and the question arises whether they are protected against dismissal without just cause or excuse. This issue was recently raised in Subramaniam a/l Letchimanan v The United States of America and another appeal where the appe

This article discusses the above issues with reference to workers in the private sector. At this juncture, it is noteworthy that an employee’s right to decline vaccination need to be balanced against the employer’s obligation to provide a safe and healthy work environment. In this regard, workers who refuses vaccination otherwise than the pre-e

In general, employers are not keen to hire or retain persons with disabilities by giving various reasons. On the other hand, it is a universally recognised principle that all persons must be given equal opportunity to engage in gainful employment and this should include the disable persons. In view of that many jurisdictions across the globe passed

This article discusses on the issue of whether preventing a female Muslim employee from wearing a headscarf (hijab) at work amounts to discrimination and whether such refusal constitutes a valid ground for termination from employment. It is observed that there have been few incidents in Malaysia where women, particularly those working in customer s

In this paper, a computation method is proposed using fully linguistic variables in conflicting bifuzzy sets. The linguistic terms was defined briefly associated with the triangular fuzzy number and labeling system in early stages. Then, the conflicting negation operator was introduced and employs the bifuzzy approaches to derive the linguistic equ

The Malaysian Federal Constitution was drafted by ‘The Reid Commission’ headed by Lord William Reid, a distinguished Lord of Appeal in ordinary in the House of Lords, with other constitutional law experts, namely, Sir. Ivor Jennings (the United Kingdom), Sir. William McKell (Australia), Mr. Justice B. Malik (India), and Mr. Justice Abdul Hamid