Background: The purpose of the linguistic validation of the Wisconsin Smoking Withdrawal Scale (WSWS) was to produce a translated version in Malay language which was "conceptually equivalent" to the original U.S. English version for use in clinical practice and research. Methods: A seven-member translation committee conducted the translatio

An interview with Anwar Ridhwan that investigates the different aspects and facets of Malaysian literature and culture, especially literature in the Malay language.ASIATIC, VOLUME 4, NUMBER 1, JUNE 2010 Asiatic, Vol. 4, No. 1, June 2010 87 An Interview with Anwar Ridhwan: A Malaysian National Laureate Nurul Fateha Aziz and Mohammad A. Quayum1 Inter

Background: Sufficient evidence concludes that tobacco smoking is strongly linked to tuberculosis (TB). It was suggested that a considerable proportion of the global burden of TB may be attributable to smoking. This study aimed to document the prevalence of smoking among newly diagnosed TB patients and to learn about their tobacco use knowledge and

Zakat being the fifth pillar of Islam tends to be discussed among the Muslims from the general collection and distribution aspects. The collection and disbursement functions of zakat appear to be straight forward cases. As with any funds, the zakat fund will naturally accumulate as a result of payments from eligible Muslims, and after disbursement,

Riqab (slavery) is one of the standard categories of Zakat expenditure sanctioned by Islam. Unlike in the old days where the incidence of slavery was common, modern life might find cases of slavery alien, almost non-existent. This study attempts to revisit the particular category as being managed by one of the Bait al-Mal’s in Malaysia. Objective

Background: Intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) is the most disabling and least treatable form of stroke. Its risk factors include old age, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hypercholesterolaemia, smoking and high alcohol intake, which are also associated with arterial stiffness. The aim of the present study was to determine the prognostic value of high

Healing is a mysterious process. It may come instantly or gradually, or it never happens. Healing may come in the simplest forms, such as a smile, specific words, love etc. It can also come through many mediums or techniques. disease can be defined as the state of not being at ease, and not beiing in alignment. According to one Al-Hadith "Every

Objective To implement and determine the effectiveness of an objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) to assess fourth-year pharmacy students' skills in a clinical pharmacy course. Design A 13-station OSCE was designed and implemented in the 2007-2008 academic year as part of the assessment methods for a clinical pharmacy course. The br

Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) has grown over the last few decades from a novelty to a mainstream anufacturing process. Though, EDM process is very demanding but the mechanism of the process is complex and far from completely understood. It is difficult to establish a model that can accurately predict the performance by correlating the proces

In this paper, a new reliable algorithm based on an adaptation of the standard homotopy-perturbation method (HPM) is applied to the Chen system which is a three-dimensional system of ODEs with quadratic nonlinearities. The HPM is treated as an algorithm in a sequence of intervals for finding accurate approximate solutions to the Chen system.We shal