Introduction: Thyroid enlargement is one of the common surgical presentations in the Department of Surgery, Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM). Among them, benign non-toxic multinodular goiter constitutes one third (30%) of patients who underwent thyroidectomy. Common complications of thyroidectomy include recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) inj

This paper evaluates the performance of two simple packet scheduling algorithms for real-time traffic in the third generation partnership project long term evolution (3GPP LTE) system. These algorithms, known as Algorithm 1 and Algorithm 2 for this paper, were proposed to support real-time traffic in orthogonal frequency division multiple access (O

Dural exposure may occur during the course of thinning the tegmen tympani and tegmen mastoideum in mastoid procedure. If large area of dura is exposed or lacerated, cerebrospinal fluid and brain herniation may enter the mastoid cavity. We report a case of a patient with injured dura mater and tegmen mastoideum during mastoidectomy for chronic suppu

Physical distance is essential during COVID-19 pandemic as one of the protective measures. Many organizations around the world are advising their employees to work from home. However, final year students are deprived of getting work experience before they graduate due to this pandemic. Internship program for students require hands on training and f

Strata properties law in Malaysia came into existence in 1985 and was governed by the Strata Titles Act 1985 (“STA”). In furtherance to that, the Building and Common Property (Maintenance and Management) Act 2007 (“BCPA”) was introduced to regulate matters related to strata properties inter alia on the management and maintenance of common p

This chapter examines the possible relationship between the Circular Economy and Islamic (economics and finance). The fundamental idea at the base of this article is that the circular economy, with all its limitations, does present a different model of decision-making, i.e., one that sees decisions being made not based on a narrow individual self-i

The study purposes to investigate the factors that influence Muslim consumers’ purchase behaviour on halal food products in Turkey. Based on the extended TPB model; halal food awareness among Muslim consumers, their religious level, social factors, intention to purchase and actual behaviour towards halal food products are investigated. 152 valid

Vinegar is one of the oldest condiments used to this day. The Muslim community considers vinegar a halal product because the Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) used it as a condiment. However, the ruling of vinegar is not explicitly mentioned in the al-Quran and al-Hadith and even the al-Quran does not specifically mention vinegar, unlike the khamr in which

: The efficacy of biologic agents had been shown by many clinical trials and it had been widely used in developed countries in treating various rheumatologic diseases. But it is not universally effective in all patients and it comes with a relatively high economic burden. The experiences with biologic agents are quite limited in developing countrie

This chapter offers an exposition of compact and precise juristic attempts in assimilating local norms and customs into their reading in the process of applying both specific and general principles of revealed laws into day-to-day matters of family affairs. The lessons drawn from this study can be of paramount significance to the contemporary disco