Objectives/Research Problem: Degenerative joint disease normally affects older population which eventually disturb patient’s mobility. Current available prescriptions and surgical procedures are incapable to cure the disease completely due to the nature of avascular cartilage. Gene transfer and tissue engineering have emerged as promising approac

Glycosaminoglycan (GAG) is a major component of cartilage matrix. This essential polysaccharide has the capacity to attract water molecules. Such capacity is important in cartilage primarily because it absorbs shock and provides lubrication in joint. Cartilage degeneration is often a normal ageing change. Along the process, the cartilage cell; chon

Purpose: To evaluate the formation of in vitro 3D tissue constructs engineered from the SOX9 and TERT genes post-transfected chondrocytes seeded on poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid)(PLGA) based scaffolds. Methods: With the approval of Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC,IIUM), the post-transfected rabbits’ chondrocytes were seeded on t

Objective: Refeeding hypophosphataemia (RH) is characterised by acute electrolyte derangement following the start of nutrition. Complications associated with this syndrome include heart failure, respiratory failure, paraesthesia, seizure and death. We aim to assess its incidence, risk factors, and outcome in our local intensive care unit (ICU). Met

The expression product of VASA gene is widely conserved germ line marker and participates in regulating the development of reproductive system and spermatogenesis in healthy man. Azoospermic is a condition which cannot produce sperm cells for reproduction activity. In Islam, seeking knowledge is an obligatory to each Muslim in order to solve proble

Suraus at petrol stations along the highways in Klang Valley have facilitated Muslims in performing their obligatory prayers (salat) especially during the peak hours while commuting home from their workplace. Given that a surau is a simpler form of a masjid, whereby the later denotes a much more elaborate treatment to the facilitation of salat requ

Information could be power if most technological approach engaged in the era of IT. Web based text mining is one of the approach that could be analyzed in many ways through soft-computing methods and techniques. The analytical result has shown that different methods of text mining have several advantages with the gap of knowledge that is required t

Text mining methods and techniques have disclosed the mining task throughout information retrieval discipline in the field of soft computing techniques. To find the meaningful information from the vast amount of electronic textual data become a humongous task for trading decision. This empirical research of text mining role on financial text analys

Private secondary schools that want to gain competitive edge need to search for effective and creative ways to attract, retain and foster stronger relationships with students. The decision of selecting a school by the parents for their kids is based on a multitude of factors that differ from one society to another depending on its culture, economic

Performance measurement is a process of comparing what transpired with what was planned. Performance measurement assists users to know where they are making progress, where they are slowing down and where they are moving. Due to increasing global competition, both public and private institutions regularly measure their performance levels based on o