Introduction: Eight positive COVID-19 cases were reported in Pasir Puteh between March and August 2020. All these cases were related to a religious gathering in Kuala Lumpur. Objective: To describe the clinical characteristic of patients in Pasir Puteh district of Kelantan, Malaysia, infected with the 2019 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavi

Background The Quality of Life Impact Refractive Correction (QIRC) questionnaire is a Rasch-validated instrument to assess the quality of life of ametropes with refractive correction. The original QIRC was validated in the United Kingdom. This study aimed to validate the Malay version of the QIRC among refractive correction wearers in Malaysia usin

The rapid advancement in pattern recognition via the deep learning method has made it possible to develop an autonomous medical image classification system. This system has proven robust and accurate in classifying most pathological features found in a medical image, such as airspace opacity, mass, and broken bone. Conventionally, this system takes

Multiple research has shown that deep artificial neural networks (ANN) can assist physicians in diagnosing a patient with greater accuracy and sensitivity. Nonetheless, the grand march of success by ANN is only possible by the availability of an open medical dataset. However, at the time of writing, there is no open medical dataset from the Malaysi

Antimalarial drug resistance is a threat to the worldwide effort to control and eliminate malaria and warrants the need to discover new drugs for malarial infection. Thus, this study aims to evaluate the antimalarial activity of Diplazium esculentum aqueous extract in Plasmodium berghei-infected mice. Forty-two mice were divided into seven groups a

Background: It has long been debated among audiologists whether pure tone and warble tone can be used interchangeably in clinical settings to quantify the amount of hearing threshold. The disputes on this issue inspired this study to investigate the differences in hearing threshold between pure tone and warble tone in audiometry testing. Materials

Conventional construction materials are considered as exploitation to natural resources. Thus, numerous alternative materials using natural or waste materials are proposed for concrete production as a response for greener, renewable and biodegradable environments with regard to sustainability. Natural fibre such as bamboo has been rapidly proposed

This book is designed to equip students with English communication skills that are required for their future careers. Whether they are active job seekers or aspiring job creators, great communication skills would pave way for success in any career or industry. Effective communication is crucial in the 21st century professional world as good communi

Writing a research article in order to publish it in a high-impact journal is a crucial part of making sure your research is worthy and has an impact outside your organization. There are, however, systematic steps for writing a quality scientific research manuscript that can lead to successful publication without rejection. It’s not difficult to

This book is designed to equip students with English communication skills that are required for their future careers. Whether they are active job seekers or aspiring job creators, great communication skills would pave way for success in any career or industry. Effective communication is crucial in the 21st century professional world as good communi