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The Impact of Home Medication Review in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Living in Rural Areas of Kuantan
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Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Pharmacy Practice -- IIUM Summary: Approximately 1-in-5 Malaysians over the age of 30 have Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM). Anti-diabetics are the most utilized prescription drugs and its expenditure is the second highest in Malaysia. Therefore it is vital to have a health program such as hom

Osteomyelitis Treatment in New Zealand White Rabbit Using Hydroxyapatite or Calcium Sulphate Containing Gentamicin
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Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Orthopaedic -- IIUM Summary: Treatment of osteomyelitis is still a major problem in orthopaedic field. New Zealand White rabbit is acceptable experimental model described to develop effective local delivery of antibiotics for osteomyelitis treatment as it can mimics the disease process in hum

Periodic Cellular Automata : Entropy, Simulations and Applications
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Subject(s): Cellular automata | Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Computational and Theoretical Sciences -- IIUM Summary: Cellular automata have been captured the attention of researchers with its interesting behavior. This model is discussed mostly in one-dimensional array since its simple work can imitate complex behavior. Specifically

In Vitro Evaluation of Nigella sativa-Based Colloidal Drug Carriers for Delivery Across blood-Brain Barrier
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Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology -- IIUM Summary: Nigella sativa (N. sativa) oil is known to have neuroregenerative effect while contributing to lipophilicity of either the formulation or of the therapeutic carrier system. The aim of this study was to evaluate the in vitro effect of Nigella sativa-b

Preparation, Characterization, and Swelling Behaviour of Superabsorbent Hydrogel from semi-Refined Kappa Carrageenan Crosslinked with Acrylic Acid
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Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Biotechnology -- IIUM Summary: This study was carried out to use a natural-based material, semi-refined κ-carrageenan which is easier to produce as compared to refined κ-carrageenan in the preparation of superabsorbent polymer (SAP) hydrogel. The production of semi-refined and refined κ-ca

Antihypertensive Potential of Thymoquinone in Normal and l-Name Induced Hypertensive Rats
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Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Basic Medical Sciences -- IIUM Summary: Introduction: Hypertension is one of the leading causes of death due to stroke and heart diseases, Nigella sativa “black cumin” seeds have been widely used in traditional medicine for diseases treatment including hypertension. Thymoquinone (TQ) is o

Characterization of Palm olein-In-water Emulsion as a Vehicle for Tropical Drug Delivery of Betamethasone 17-valerate
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Subject(s): Palm oil -- Therapeutic use | Pharmaceutical technology | Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology -- IIUM Summary: Palm olein, the major commodity of Malaysia, is inexhaustible and contains natural surfactants with the potential to be used widely in pharmaceutical formulations. However, there is little da

Fomulation of Malaysian Tualang Honey for Intraarticular Injection in Osteoarthritis
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Subject(s): Osteoarthritis -- Alternative treatment | Honey -- Therapeutic use | Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Basic Medical Sciences -- IIUM Summary: Current pharmacological treatments for osteoarthritis (OA) are analgesics and viscosupplements such as intraarticular injection of hyaluronic acid (IAHA). It has viscoelastic property

Effects of Ibuprofen and Celecoxib as Neuroprotective Agents in Chronic Cerebral hypoperfusion-Induced Neurodegeneration in Rats
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Subject(s): Nervous system -- Degeneration | Neuroprotective agents | Ibuprofen | Celecoxib | Dissertations, Academic -- Department of Basic Medical Sciences -- IIUM Summary: Neurodegeneration is a term that describes the progressive loss of structure or function of neurons. Common neurodegenerative diseases are Alzheimer's disease, Parkins

Ising Model with Competing Interactions on Cayley Tree of Order Four : an Analytic Solution
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Subject(s): Dissertations, Academic -- Kulliyyah of Science -- IIUM Summary: In this research, we investigate an Ising model with two restricted competing interactions (nearest neighbors, and one-level neighbors) on the Cayley tree of order four. We derive recurrent equation for the Cayley tree of order k. We found an analytic solution for a gi

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