A quasi-intervention study was conducted to identify the patterns of antimicrobial use and to assess the effectiveness of an interactive training programme on antimicrobial prescribing for physicians in medical wards of a tertiary care hospital in Pahang, Malaysia. The period of data collection was four months in each of the pre-intervention and th

Abstract: To ascertain the pattern of antimicrobial use and to analyze the selected core drug use indicators – prescribing indicators – a prospective study was conducted in 2008 in medical wards of a tertiary care hospital in Malaysia. Every patient in the medical wards of the selected hospital who was being treated with antimicrobial(s) during

Machining of hard materials at high cutting speeds produces high temperatures in the cutting zone, which affects the surface quality. Thus, developing a model for estimating the cutting parameters and optimizing this model to minimize the cutting temperatures and surface roughness becomes utmost important to avoid any damage to the quality surface.

The present research investigated the role of the self in steering different forms of shame, with distinct behavioural outcomes in contemporary Malay culture. The findings of this study are consistent with those of mainstream research indicating that shame is detrimental. However, the findings departed sharply from previous research in distinguishi

The prosperous of rural tourism development is rely not only on the local community participation but, it is depending on the effectives of leader to navigate the group and the followers to achieve certain objectives. However, there is a little empirical study has been done on this area by the scholars. Thus, this conceptual research undertaking on

The present study suggested a new method of stress recognition using photopletysmogram (PPG) signal incorporating gen-der and age variability. PPG devices are using in this study due to its advantages such as low cost solution, portable, low power consumption and also easy to handle. Mainly, this study involves a total of 30 subjects from different

Apart from the highly sought agarwood resin primarily for perfumery industry, agarwood or gaharu (Aquilaria spp.) in general has been one of basic components in traditional medicine including Ayurvedic, Traditional Chinese Medicine and other communities in the Asian region. While the resin is formed in infected trees, this present study reported th

This paper demonstrates a simplified procedure for the preparation of a nylon-6 microfibers based support for the immobilization of Candida rugosa lipase via covalent attachment to enhance the stability and reusability of lipase. The preparation of the support was done by radiation induced graft copolymerization (RIGC) of vinyl benzyl chloride (VBC

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is among the five most common malignancies in Malaysia. Most NPC patients are diagnosed at late stages of the disease which complicates the clinical management of the patients. Identification of new reliable biomarker is crucial to improve early diagnosis of NPC and increase the survival rate of patients. Recent study

Aim: Circumcision is a common procedure with indications ranging from medical to non-medical reasons. Elective circumcision (EC) in this context refers to a circumcision done on a non-diseased penis as part of cultural or religious purposes, as recommended by the Islamic religion. The number of EC performed is high in the Muslim predominant countri