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Conventional Methods and Future Trends in Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

Antimicrobial susceptibility testing is an essential task for selecting appropriate antimicrobial agents to treat infectious diseases. Constant evolution has been observed in methods used in the diagnostic microbiology laboratories. Disc diffusion or broth microdilution are classical and conventional phenotypic methods with long turnaround time and

Antimicrobial Resistance: a Growing Serious Threat for Global Public Health
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

Antibiotics are among the most important discoveries of the 20th century, having saved millions of lives from infectious diseases. Microbes have developed acquired antimicrobial resistance (AMR) to many drugs due to high selection pressure from increasing use and misuse of antibiotics over the years. The transmission and acquisition of AMR occur pr

Application of Blockchain Technology in the Management of Waqf Institutions: Concepts, Challenges and Recommendations
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

Existing studies on performance aspects of waqf institutions have mainly focused on quantitative aspects, including financial ratios, with no inclusion of other alternative analysis tools such as qualitative measurement. To the best of our knowledge, research effort in this area has been lacking. Moreover, there is a literature gap in the adoption

Exploring the Problems and Needs of Repeaters in Learning ESL Writing: a Case Stduy
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

The purpose of this research was to find out the problems faced by repeaters in learning writing in English in a pre-sessional course at an international university. The case study involved two students who had repeated the same writing course in three consecutive semesters. The research had two main objectives. One was to explore the challenges th

Can Articulation Index Better Estimate Speech Intelligibility on Adult Cochlear Implant Users Compared to Aided Pure Tone Thresholds?
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

Introduction and objective: Aided pure-tone audiometry is often performed on cochlear implant (CI) users to evaluate speech sound accessibility. This study examines the relationship of speech recognition thresholds (SRT) of CI users using 1) Bisyllabic Malay Speech Audiometry (BMSA) and 2) Malay Matrix Sentence Test (MMST) with pure-tone audiometry

The Potential Utilization of ultra-High Performance Concrete for Bridge Construction in Malaysia
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

Ultra-High Performance Concrete (UHPC) is considered to be quite a new technology in Malaysia and it is still in the early stage of implementation as far as bridge design and construction in this country is concerned. Bridge Design Division, Public Works Department (PWD) has taken the initiative to study and to begin utilising UHPC in designing a 3

Assessment of Perceived Barriers on Online Health Information Seeking Activities Among University Students: Case Study of Malaysia
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

Due to the overgrowth of the information over the internet, concept of information needs and seeking behaviors of various group of people has been raised and highlighted to be studied. Understanding user needs and behaviors can wipe half of the solving time in providing information-services. Information seeking behavior becomes the major issue high

Tiba Masa Tamatkan Polemik Ranking
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

KEBELAKANGAN ini semakin kuat kedengaran dan kerap saranan supaya tidak terlalu taasub dengan sistem ranking yang menentukan kedudukan sesebuah universiti. Terkini pada 19 Oktober lalu, dalam Majlis Sambutan Ulang Tahun Ke-40, Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM), peringatan yang disampaikan oleh Menteri Pendidikan Tinggi, Datuk Seri Mohamed K

non-Communicable Disease Risk Factors Among Orang Asli in Tasik Chini, Pahang.
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

Introduction: The health status of Orang Asli (OA) in Malaysia often lag behind other races with under-nutrition and communicable diseases remain significant. While there is an upward trend of non-communicable diseases (NCD) in this country due to modernisation of lifestyle, how this change affecting OA is a public health interest. Materials and me

Identification of Subgingival Periodontopathogen in Subjects with Chronic Periodontitis
Research Output | Dar Al-hikmah Library | IIUM Only

Objective: The aim of this study was to identify the presence of subgingival periodontopathogen in subjects diagnosed with chronic periodontitis among patients attending International Islamic University Malaysia, Kulliyyah of Dentistry Polyclinic, Kuantan, State of Pahang. Materials and Methods: Fifty systemically healthy Malaysian subjects were en

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