Previous study found that microRNA-101 (miR-101) and microRNA-744 (miR-744) were deregulated in head and neck cancers and were implicated in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) carcinogenesis. Thus, this study aimed to determine the expression of miR-101 and miR-744 in NPC and analyse the utility of these microRNAs (miRNAs) as diagnostic biomarkers. Tot

The term Cloud computing is not new in computing technology. This form of computing technology previously considered only as marketing term, but today Cloud computing not only provides innovative improvements in resource utilisation but it also creates a new opportunity in data protection mechanisms where the advancement of intrusion detection tech

A tunable, passively Q-switched fiber laser using titanium dioxide (TiO2 ) as saturable absorber (SA) is proposed and demonstrated. The TiO2 SA has an insertion loss and modulation depth of 2.6 dB and 19.1 % respectively. The generated laser output has a repetition rate of 83.3 kHz and pulse-width of 0.08 μs at a maximum pump power of 270.0 mW. On

The purpose of this study is to examine whether corporate governance mechanisms affect the audit process in terms of audit fees in Islamic banking institutions in Malaysia. The governance mechanisms are the characteristics of board of directors (size and independence), the characteristics of audit committee (size, expertise, independence and meetin

A semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) based linear cavity L-band dual wavelength fiber laser (DWFL) with a switchable output is proposed and its operation demonstrated. The DWFL is configured as a linear cavity, with a 1 × 24 arrayed waveguide grating together with two optical switches providing channel spacing tunability. An L-band SOA, with a

Introduction: Patients using CAPD are commonly associated with peritonitis. Peritonitis is a significant cause of morbidity, mortality and permanent transfer to haemodialysis in these patients. However, little is known about the utilization of antibiotic for the treatment of peritonitis in patients using CAPD. Objectives: This study aimed to evalua

The integrated bacterial mixed culture consortium with disproportionate oxygen demand was discovered to mutually cooperate with one single biofilm in oxidizing sulfide at different concentration. The present work was carried out to verify the potential of bacterial mixed culture (BMC) in developing a predictive optimum condition for sulfide oxidati

Flow of Casson fluid in Darcy-Forchheimer porous medium near a stagnation point over a stretching sheet with Newtonian heating effect is investigated in this paper. The boundary-layer equations are solved numerically for f"(0) and θ(0) using the Keller-box method for some values of Casson fluid parameter (β), porous media parameter (κ1), ine

The palm oil industry generates significant amounts of solid wastes. The solid wastes, also known as oil palm biomass, includes the trunk (OPT) and fronds (OPT) from the plantation, and empty fruit bunch (EFB), mesocarp fibre (MF) and palm kernel shell (PKS) from the processing mills. Oil palm biomass is not effectively recycled for other applicati

Tourism is an important component of social and economic development . It is a means of communication between peoples and their cultures, as well as a means of self - recreation and refinement, especially if the tourist destination is for religious reasons. There is no doubt that the economic importance of tourism activity and its role in achieving