Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Kulliyyah of Allied Health Sciences -- IIUM Summary: Treating articular cartilage defect remains a major orthopaedic predicament. Being a simple structure that is avascular and aneural, articular cartilage has little ability to repair itself when damaged. Cartilage tissue engineering provides an alternati

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Biomedical Sciences -- IIUM Summary: Articular cartilage has little capacity for repair, thus making it an area of focus for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine (TERM) research. The use of Sox9 gene transfer in facilitating chondrocytes differentiation is becoming more common since i

Subject(s): Atherosclerosis -- Treatment | Herbs -- Therapeutic use | Dissertations, Academic -- Kulliyyah of Medicine -- IIUM Summary: Cardiovascular (CV) disease, which is characterized by atherosclerosis, is known as the main cause of increased morbidity and mortality worldwide. Hypertension and hyperlipidemia are known risk factors for the

Subject(s): Fatty liver | Fatty liver -- Treatment | Liver -- Diseases | Honey -- Therapeutic use | Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Basic Medical Sciences -- IIUM Summary: Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) is a common chronic liver disease that may progress to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Currently, there is limited thera

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Basic Medical Sciences -- IIUM Summary: Currently, there is an increasing pattern of methamphetamine abuse among opioid users and yet there is no pharmacological treatment approved by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat methamphetamine dependence. Since kappa-opioid receptor has been

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology -- IIUM Summary: Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS) is a worldwide problems and it is a highly prevalent, varies by geography and culture. It influences the quality of life and social implication. Objective of this study is to determine the prevalence and associate

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Kulliyyah of Science -- IIUM Summary: The theory of quadratic stochastic operator (QSO) on finite state space is well developed to the study of the limiting behaviour and ergodic properties of trajectories of QSO. Thus, it motivates us to extend and introduce the theory of QSO on infinite state space. In t

Subject(s): Drug delivery systems | Thin films -- Materials | Pyrroles Holdings: ,Thesis,Indera Mahkota Campus Library,THESES,Close Access Shelf,t RS 199.5 E24P 2011,Not for loan,11100340764

Holdings: ,Thesis,Indera Mahkota Campus Library,THESES,Close Access Shelf,t RM 225 N822D 2010,Not for loan,11100340766

Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Biomedical Sciences -- IIUM Summary: Monopterus albus is one of the terrestrial animal sources that is widely consumed by the local people, who believe in the medicinal properties offered by the species. However, there is not many research has been done on the species to prove the claims. The