Piper aduncum L., commonly known as ‘spiked pepper’, has various uses in traditional medicine that include treating wounds, skin boils, infections, and diarrhoea. Its properties as an anti-parasitic, antimicrobial, insecticidal, antitumor, and anticancer agent indicates that it could have further therapeutic potential in treating infections and

The book’s chapters attempt to provide a collective treatment of the theme of colonialism in the Malay Archipelago from the as yet little explored perspective of civilisational encounters. The centuries-long Western colonial presence in the Archipelago had generated both peaceful and violent quarters that were to prove consequential on the civili

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), a major worldwide cause of morbidity and mortality is mainly due to lifestyle factors and genetics. Physical and psychological stresses contribute to the development of hyperglycemia in the setting of T2DM. Sleep is essential for life. Glucose metabolism can be affected adversely by poor quantity of sleep. Excessive

The tentative antioxidative constituents from stem and leaves extracts of Leea indica which traditionally known as Mali-mali had been investigated. Three different polarities of crude extracts of each part was prepared using consecutive soaking with petroleum ether, dichloromethane and methanol. Screening of antioxidants of each extract on TLC was

The COVID-19 pandemic forced the Deans’ Council of Public Malaysian Medical Faculties to tackle the issue of examinations in the face of movement control orders (MCO). A task force decided that final professional examination is necessary and three recommendations have been proposed. Online examination is among the best option with strict adherenc

A real-time impedance-based electrochemistry assay was used for assessing the cytotoxicity effect of water extract Hibiscus Rosa-Sinensis on Vero cell line. In this study, H. rosa-sinensis was extracted by using the water extraction with three different concentration which were 200, 100 and 50 µg/mL. The phytochemical compounds in the extract were

يسعى هذا البحثُ إلى دراسة معرفية تأصيلية لمصطلح "الفتنة" الذي غدا من أكثر الكلمات دورانًا على الألسنة منذ بداية الثورات العربية سنة 2011، وقد تلبّسه الغموضُ بسبب تداخل دلالاته اللغوية والشر

This paper provides a critical response to Pervez Hoodbhoy’s article that first appeared in Dawn, Pakistan’s leading newspaper in April 2020. Hoodbhoy, a well-known physicist in the country and a former associate of the Nobel laureate Abdus Salam, titled the article ‘Corona – Our Debt to Darwin.’ The article’s main contention is that co

This chapter provides an overview of Islam's historical experiences in interreligious dialogue through highlights of its 'golden ages' in this particular domain of multicultural societal living within its civilization. It examines these golden ages in interreligious dialogue in three notable geo-cultural and historical settings--Muslim-

Introduction: As a government policy, Sinicization of foreign religions has been promulgated and enforced during several different periods of China’s history. From China’s traditional perspective, only two of its religions are acknowledged as indigenous, namely Taoism and Confucianism.1 These two religions were born in China, Taoism in the sixt