Plasma cell leukemia (PCL) is a rare plasma cell disorder. It is the leukemic variant of multiple myeloma. A 52-year-old man with an atypical presentation of primary plasma cell leukemia is reported. The patient presented with paraparesis which progressively worsened to paraplegia. MRI of the spine showed an extradural mass causing cord compression

Rhinocerebral mucormycosis is an invasive fungal sinusitis with a high mortality rate, especially in immunocompromised patients. A 70-year-old woman, with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes mellitus, presented with a one-month history of non-specific headaches associated with progressive swelling of her left eye. Computed tomography of the brain and orbi

The distribution of hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes is well documented in many countries. However, reliable data are still lacking with respect to the frequency of the different HCV genotypes in Malaysia. This study aim to identify HCV genotypes and associated risk factors in a group of HCV infected patients from two tertiary hospitals.59 Med J M

Although medicines are beneficial in improving health status, they are associated with inescapable risks. Adverse drug reactions are one of the major limiting factors associated with medicine use. 1 A strategy used to minimise adverse drug reactions is educating health professionals on risk minimisation and early detection of adverse drug reaction

Throughout its educational system and intellectual teachings, Islam provides certain themes and methods to improve human capacity of economic production and growth. Based on textual and analytical methods, this paper aims to expose horizons and methods of human capital development through which the Islamic perspective of the economic growth is pres

The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of culture on self-directed learning readiness among international students. Comparison is made based on four Hofstede cultural dimensions; namely power distance, individualism, masculinity, and uncertainty avoidance. This study adopted the Self-Directed Learning Readiness Scale (SDLRS) develope

INTRODUCTION The World Bank has identified that corruption is as the single greatest obstacle to economic and social development. This is because it distorts the rule of law and weakens the institutional foundation on which economic growth depends. Given its serious implications, the issue of corruption has now become the main agenda at internation

Meaningful hybrid e-training experience provides a coherent purpose for strategic educational change through lifelong education and the creation of a knowledge society. A close examination of new hybrid e-training programs however, has indicated a critical gap between rapidly developing technology and sound pedagogical models to determine program q

Seorang daripada pemikir Melayu pada kurun lalu yang sehingga akhir hayatnya memikir dan membicarakan bagaimana untuk memajukan bangsa Melayu ialah Allahyarham Za'ba. Pemikiran Za'ba boleh disoroti menerusi buku Adnan Haji Nawang yang bertajuk Za'ba Patriot dan Pendeta Melayu. Buku ini diterbitkan oleh Yayasan Penataran Ilmu pada 1994.

Muslims and Muslim societies are more frequently challenged today by many internal and external threats. Externally they are threatened with globalization, modernity, non-Islamic cultures and values particularly from the West, post-modernity and liberalism and recently to all kinds of Islamophobia. Internally, they are suffering from a crisis of va