This systematic review sought to determine whether preclinical biological and mechanistic evidences of agarwood materials reported at multiple carcinogenic stages are significant to support plausibility of agarwood materials as potential therapeutics for cancer. Agarwood materials have been reported to have pre-clinical (in vitro and in vivo) evide

Since I completed my PhD at Portsmouth, I have undertaken a number of meaningful research projects and published many works with presses in the east and west. Had Bronwen and Alex been lenient with me regarding the quality of my work and had I navigated through my doctoral journey with relative ease, perhaps my PhD thesis would have remained the ma

Background Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn remains a challenging problem in neonates. Some cases may be severe and not responsive to conventional respiratory support. Inhaled nitric oxide and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation have improved outcome, but these modalities are expensive and unavailable at most hospitals in Malaysia.

In this paper, active disturbance rejection control (ADRC) and a control method combining ADRC with input decoupling transformation (ADRC-IDT) are proposed to improve ride comfort of a non-linear full-car with active suspension system. Simulation of the model in frequency domain as well as time domain with three types of road profile – speed hump

Surrogacy and infertility treatment are closely related, yet these two practices are different in some aspects. This is so because, infertility treatment is often sought by the infertile married couples, who wish to have children through artificial insemination, and in some cases by means of in-vitro fertilization (IVF). For infertile married coupl

Abdul Quadir (1906-84) was a poet-prosodist, essayist, editor, journalist, literary critic, bibliophile and collector of literary works. He came from Araisidha – the village where I was born – in the district of Brahmanbaria, so I feel a special affinity with him. The homes where he and I spent our childhoods are within 200 metres of each other

Transmitting qur’anic and hadithic messages through literature: a study of rumi’s “love poems”.Transmitting Qur’anic and Hadithic Messages through Literature: A study of Rumi’s “Love Poems” DELL Research Seminar Wadi Budi, IIUM 19 August 2019 Md. Mahmudul Hasan Department of English Language and Literature KIRKHS, IIUMPolitics �

There are certainly great men and women in every corner of Bangladesh to whom we owe the foundation of our literary and cultural life. Commemorating their lives and reading their work can help us regain our cultural confidence and independence and establish our national pride once more. Deciphering their origins and journeying through their writing

Among all the places that inspired Dickens’ work, Rochester High Street is perhaps the most remarkable for the intensity of its association with the novelist. Fortunately, modernisation has not been able to encroach upon High Street to eliminate the pristine nature of Dickensian memorabilia, as buildings in the area largely remain as they were du

It seems that the majority of Muslims are far away from the correct teachings of Islam and have reduced their religion to a set of rituals and ceremonies that may smack of religiosity but are devoid of substance. This suggests that people who deliver speeches on Islam on a regular basis have a responsibility to touch on down-to-earth issues and off