Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease is defined as a preventable and treatable respiratory disorder largely caused by smoking, which is characterised by progressive, partially reversible airflow obstruction and lung hyperinflation with significant systemic manifestations and co-morbid conditions. (Management of COPD Clinical Practice Guidelines, S

Paracetamol (or more fondly known as Panadol in Malaysia) was discovered accidentally in the 1880s. It was first marketed in 1955 as an anti-pyretic (for relief of fever) and analgesic (for relief of pain). Paracetamol is recommended for use, either alone or in combination with stronger painkillers to treat mild, moderate and severe pain (WHO analg

The increasing awareness amongst the society on medico-legal issues as well as the growth of consumerist attitude towards the provision of medical services has caused the medical profession to be subjected to vociferous criticism if they do not meet rising expectations of the society. Substandard services have not been well tolerated and paternalis

Eating disorders among children may be attributed to the range of complications associated with feeding problems; from mild (e.g., missed meals) to total food rejection. Many early feeding problems can be diagnosed and corrected either by medical interventions, therapies or behavioural modification. Parents might use reward system in persuading the

Currently, customers increasingly choose the websites to search and purchase flight tickets. This paper attempts to investigate the website quality in terms of e-CRM features that support online transactions for the purchase of flight tickets in Malaysia. The focus is on the features that support pre-purchase, purchase and post-purchase activities

Background: The measures related to personality in Islam have yet extended their domains to Nubuwwa (prophethood) and self component. In addition, these measures are solely Islamic sources, not studied the integration with Western perspective . Objective: The purpose of this study is to identify the major domains of Islamic personality using the We

The good governance in Iraq can only be achieved when the corruption in the public sector is eliminated. This can be achieved only when there is an equality at work among the public servants in order for them to achieve job satisfaction in terms of their salaries and job description. It was found that job satisfaction is the main factor that contri

With the growing awareness of the need to integrate modern psychological approaches with Islamic values and practices, there is a need among Muslim psychologists and other behavioral scientists for an instrument capable of capturing the major elements of the Islamic personality. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to develop and take the first

Andrographis paniculata (Hempedu Bumi) is an important therapeutical herb that tends to be affected by salinity stress, leading to reduction of plant productivity and growth. This study aimed to study the effects of salt stress on the morpho-physiology, selected macronutrients uptake, as well as intensity and localization of reactive oxygen species

This paper presents the feasibility study of Acceleration Plethysmogram (APG) based biometric identification system. APG signals are obtained from the second derivative of the Photoplethysmogram (PPG) signal. It has been reported from previous literature that APG signals contain more information as compared to the PPG signal. Thus, in this paper, t