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Early Childhood Caries, Dietary Habits And Nutritional Status Of Toddlers : An Intervention Study In Kelantan / Ruhaya Hasan, Ruhaya Hasan Jan 2012

Early Childhood Caries, Dietary Habits And Nutritional Status Of Toddlers : An Intervention Study In Kelantan / Ruhaya Hasan, Ruhaya Hasan

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The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of a health promotion intervention program (TIPTOP package) in preventing early childhood caries (ECC), to improve nutritional status and dietary habits among toddlers. The study design was an intervention prospective study and conducted in Tumpat and Pasir Mas districts in Kelantan. The intervention group was 2-3 year old toddlers in Tumpat and received the TIPTOP package, while the control group was in Pasir Mas and received the normal toddlers’ oral health program under the MOH. Baseline information on a proxy population of 527 preschool children (5-6 years old) showed that …

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Effect Of Sperm And Oocyte Factors On Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (Icsi) Performance In Mice And Goats / Nor Farizah Abdul Hamid, Nor Farizah Abdul Hamid Jan 2012

Effect Of Sperm And Oocyte Factors On Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (Icsi) Performance In Mice And Goats / Nor Farizah Abdul Hamid, Nor Farizah Abdul Hamid

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Selected sperm and oocyte factors related were evaluated in ICSI experiments involving mouse and goat species in the present study. The mouse oocyte collection was conducted through oviduct retrieval, while the goat oocytes were retrieved via LOPU technique. The effectiveness of sperm capacitation chemical treatment (Heparin and Theophylline) for 1 hour and sperm movement (Rapid and Slow) were identified in both species. For oocyte factors, the effects of post-hCG injection durations (13-15 hours and 16-18 hours) in mice were studied. LOPU cycles (OR1, OR2 and OR3) and IVM durations (18-21 hours and 22-25 hours) were investigated in goats. In Experiments …

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Comparison Of Physical Parameters At 2 Selected Mangrove Areas In Carey Island / Siti Suraya Mansor, Siti Suraya Mansor Jan 2012

Comparison Of Physical Parameters At 2 Selected Mangrove Areas In Carey Island / Siti Suraya Mansor, Siti Suraya Mansor

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This study is a comparison between physical parameters and soil characteristics of two mangrove habitats on Carey Island. Selected parameters were conducted at three stations in mangrove habitat (Site 1) along the Langat River which contain a good community of mangrove forest. Similar study was also conducted in a degraded mangrove habitat along eroding sea line (Site 2). In Site 1; the water parameters featured high and almost constant salinity, high water temperature, high conductivity but relatively low dissolved oxygen concentration and high TDS. On the other hand, Site 2 recorded high in salinity but lower water temperatures. Site 2 …

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The Development Of Single-Chain Variable Fragment (Scfv) Antibodies Against Toxoplasma Gondii By Phage-Display / Sherene Lim Swee Yin, Sherene Swee Yin Lim Jan 2012

The Development Of Single-Chain Variable Fragment (Scfv) Antibodies Against Toxoplasma Gondii By Phage-Display / Sherene Lim Swee Yin, Sherene Swee Yin Lim

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The obligate intracellular protozoan parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, is the etiologic agent of an opportunistic infection affecting mainly immunocompromised patients, infants and neonates with immature immune system. There is a need for alternative antiparasitic treatment for toxoplasmosis due to the associated toxicity and teratogenicity of the current drug treatment regime. To investigate a potential alternative strategy, we have used the phage-display system and developed a novel biopanning procedure to isolate single-chain Fv (scFv) antibodies probed against tachyzoites – the rapidly replicating form of T. gondii responsible for acute disease. The resulting scFv antibody library (complexity of 1.62 X 104 independent transformants) …

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Genetic And Phenotypic Characterisation Of Clinical Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus In A Malaysian Hospital / Lim King Ting, King Ting Lim Jan 2012

Genetic And Phenotypic Characterisation Of Clinical Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus In A Malaysian Hospital / Lim King Ting, King Ting Lim

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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is one of the main bacterial pathogens responsible for a variety of nosocomial infections ranging from soft-tissue infections to bacteremia. Since most MRSA is often resistant to multiple antibiotics, this has raised a concern over the limited choice of antimicrobial-agents for treatment of life-threatening cases. The objectives of this study were to determine the antimicrobial resistance profiles, presence of resistance and virulence genes, to investigate the molecular epidemiology of MRSA and their evolution over a six-year period. The antibiograms of 188 MRSA strains isolated from UMMC were analyzed by disk-diffusion test and minimum inhibitory concentrations. The …

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Environmental Economic Evaluation Of Landfills In Malaysia / Zhang Chen, Chen Zhang Jan 2012

Environmental Economic Evaluation Of Landfills In Malaysia / Zhang Chen, Chen Zhang

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A Preliminary Study On Automated Freshwater Algae Recognition And Classification System / Hayat Mansoor Abdullah, Hayat Mansoor Abdullah Jan 2012

A Preliminary Study On Automated Freshwater Algae Recognition And Classification System / Hayat Mansoor Abdullah, Hayat Mansoor Abdullah

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Freshwater algae can be used as indicators to monitor freshwater ecosystem condition because algae react quickly and predictably to a broad range of pollutants. Research reported that Algae can provide early signals of worsening environment. This study was carried out to develop a computer-based image processing technique with artificial neural network (ANN) approaches to automatically detect, recognize, and identify algae genera from the divisions of Bacillariophyta, Chlorophyta and Cyanobacteria in Putrajaya Lake. Based on literature review, automated identification of tropical freshwater algae is even non-existent yet, and this study is designed to fill this gap.The development process of the automated …

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Evaluation Of Risk Caused By Wastewater Discharges From The Petrochemical Special Economic Zone (Petzone) To The Musa Bay (Persian Gulf-Iran) / Ghazaleh Monazami Tehrani, Ghazaleh Monazami Tehrani Jan 2012

Evaluation Of Risk Caused By Wastewater Discharges From The Petrochemical Special Economic Zone (Petzone) To The Musa Bay (Persian Gulf-Iran) / Ghazaleh Monazami Tehrani, Ghazaleh Monazami Tehrani

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This study investigated the presence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and total petroleum hydrocarbon (TPH) in the wastewater effluents of PETZONE and sediments of the Musa Bay (around the PETZONE coastal area) from Jun 2009 to Jun 2010. The primary objectives of this study were to evaluate the sources of pollutants and each pollutant‘s distribution, concentration and contamination degree, as well as to assess the biological response to these stressors based on the ecological risk. The levels of TPH concentration in the study area were found to be relatively moderate (with an average value of 48.98 μg/g) compared to the …

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Development Of Intra- And Interspecies Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer Protocols Using Ear Fibroblast Cells As Donor Karyoplasts For Production Of Cloned Caprine Embryos / Kwong Phek Jin, Phek Jin Kwong Jan 2012

Development Of Intra- And Interspecies Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer Protocols Using Ear Fibroblast Cells As Donor Karyoplasts For Production Of Cloned Caprine Embryos / Kwong Phek Jin, Phek Jin Kwong

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In Malaysia, the application of various assisted reproductive technologies (ART), particularly reproductive cloning, in goat production system, is still at the infancy stage. Thus, this pioneering study was conducted with the aim to produce cloned caprine embryos through intraspecies somatic cell nuclear transfer (intraspSCNT) and interspecies somatic cell nuclear transfer (interspSCNT) techniques using caprine ear skin fibroblast cell as donor karyoplast as well as developing a protocol for caprine SCNT (intraspSCNT and interspSCNT). The caprine intraspSCNT and interspSCNT (caprine karyoplast-bovine cytoplast) studies were carried out using caprine and bovine oocytes obtained from the abattoir-derived ovaries or via laparoscopic ovum pick-up …

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Isolation And Purification Of Glutathione S-Transferases (Gsts) From Orbicularia Orbiculata / Marini Binti Ibrahim, Marini Ibrahim Jan 2012

Isolation And Purification Of Glutathione S-Transferases (Gsts) From Orbicularia Orbiculata / Marini Binti Ibrahim, Marini Ibrahim

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Glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) in bivalves which belong to the phase II detoxification metabolism, have an advantage to be used as biomarkers of aquatic pollution. The preliminary study was to isolate and purify the GSTs from Malaysian bivalve, Orbicularia orbiculata or locally known as Siput Lala. The GST enzyme was purified by using two different matrices of affinity chromatography which were GSTrapTM HP and GSH-agarose (C3). Total proteins attained from both eluates were 0.24±0.003mg and 0.12±0.07mg for GSTrapTM HP column and GSH-agarose (C3) column, respectively. Of the enzyme activity, 18% was retained on the GSTrapTM HP column and gave purification factor …

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Chemical Constituents Of Goniothalamus Tapisoides / Rosalind Kim Pei Theng, Rosalind Pei Theng Kim Jan 2012

Chemical Constituents Of Goniothalamus Tapisoides / Rosalind Kim Pei Theng, Rosalind Pei Theng Kim

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Goniothalamus tapisoides Mat Salleh, a plant from Annonaceae family, has been studied. Collected from Sarawak, the bark of this plant were dried and grounded before phytochemical study was performed. The chromatographic separation on the dichloromethane extracts of the bark gave eleven compounds – six known and five new. Six known compounds were identified as goniothalamin 1, pterodondiol 164, liriodenine 114, 9-deoxygoniopypyrone 15, benzamide 161 and cinnamic acid 155. Five new compounds are goniomicin A 157, goniomicin B 158, goniomicin C 159, goniomicin D 160 and tapisoidin 162.

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Systematics And Biogeography Of Shrews (Soricomorpha: Soricidae) In Peninsular Malaysia / Hasmahzaiti Omar, Hasmahzaiti Omar Jan 2012

Systematics And Biogeography Of Shrews (Soricomorpha: Soricidae) In Peninsular Malaysia / Hasmahzaiti Omar, Hasmahzaiti Omar

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total of 122 samples were examined in this study were trapped by using pitfall traps, except for Suncus murinus species, which was caught with a rat trap. The 14 skull characters of seven species measured from the past and present studies were subjected to principal component analysis. Although Crocidura negligens was never trapped in this study, earlier studies indicated that this species was distinct from other Crocidura species. Currently, Crocidura monticola are commonly found in Peninsular Malaysia and widely distributed in Sundaland. Previous studies indicated that Crocidura fuliginosa was dominant species in this region. Meanwhile, the smallest shrew Suncus malayanus …

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Characterisation Of Quorum Sensing And Quorum Quenching Soil Bacteria Isolated From Malaysian Tropical Montane Forest / Chong Teik Min, Teik Min Chong Jan 2012

Characterisation Of Quorum Sensing And Quorum Quenching Soil Bacteria Isolated From Malaysian Tropical Montane Forest / Chong Teik Min, Teik Min Chong

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Quorum sensing (QS) describes bacterial cell density dependent signaling mechanisms through autoinducers that are involved in mediation of bioluminescence, biofilm development, antibiotic production and virulence factor expressions. Attenuation of quorum sensing signals termed as quorum quenching (QQ) have been identified in a range of living organisms, including bacteria and eukaryotes. The production and degradation of QS compound N-acyl homoserine lactones (AHL) by bacteria isolated from Malaysian montane forest soil were assessed in this study. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that these isolates were distinct members of genera of Arthrobacter, Bacillus and Pseudomonas. Biosensor screening and liquid chromatography mass spectrometry analysis have revealed …

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Chemical Constituents Of Aglaia Exima / Loong Xe-Min, Xe-Min Loong Jan 2012

Chemical Constituents Of Aglaia Exima / Loong Xe-Min, Xe-Min Loong

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A preliminary study on the chemical constituents of Aglaia exima was performed. The leaves of Aglaia exima was extracted in three different solvents: hexane, dichloromethane and methanol. The fractionation of the hexane extract of the leaves of Aglaia exima collected in Terengganu led to the isolation of one new cycloartane triterpenoid; cycloart-24-ene-26-ol-3-one 203 and seven known compounds, which are four cycloartane triterpenoids; 24(E)-cycloart-24-ene-3β,26-diol 199, vaticinone 200, schizandronic acid 201, 24(E)-3β-hydroxycycloart-24-ene-26-al 204, one dammarane triterpenoid; cabraleahydroxylactone 202 and two steroids; β-sitosterol 205 (sterol) and stigmast-5-ene-28-one 207 (sterol). The structures of compounds were analyzed and elucidated by using spectroscopic methods; 1D and …

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Identification Of Bcl-Xl Induced Micrornas Involved In The Apoptotic Properties Of Human Lung Adenocarcinoma Cells, A549 / Norahayu Othman, Norahayu Othman Jan 2012

Identification Of Bcl-Xl Induced Micrornas Involved In The Apoptotic Properties Of Human Lung Adenocarcinoma Cells, A549 / Norahayu Othman, Norahayu Othman

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Bcl-xL is an anti-apoptotic protein that is frequently found to be overexpressed in lung adenocarcinoma leading to an inhibition of apoptosis and associated with poor prognosis of this disease. Recently, the roles of microRNAs (miRNAs) in regulating apoptosis and cell survival during tumorigenesis have become evident, with cancer cells showing perturbed expression of various miRNAs. In this project, we utilized miRNA microarrays to determine if miRNA dysregulation in bcl-xL silenced A549 lung adenocarcinoma cells could be involved in apoptotic behavior. Data from qRT-PCR and Western blotting indicated that a siRNA-based transfection induced a decrease of bcl-xL expression in A549 cells …

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Identification And Characterization Of Micrornas Involved In The Invasion And Migration Properties Of Lung, Prostate And Breast Cancer Cells / Yap Seow Hui, Seow Hui Yap Jan 2012

Identification And Characterization Of Micrornas Involved In The Invasion And Migration Properties Of Lung, Prostate And Breast Cancer Cells / Yap Seow Hui, Seow Hui Yap

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Primary cancer is often treatable by radiation therapy, chemotherapy or surgery, but tumour invasion and metastasis still remains the most challenging problem to cancer patients, causing death through organ damage or treatment complications. Past researches have focused on these issues, but no major breakthroughs have been achieved to prevent tumour metastasis. Dysregulation in the expression of short non-protein coding microRNAs (miRNAs) found contributes toward the initiation and progression of cancer through their capability to regulate multiple target genes. In this study, four pairs of high and low invasiveness sub-cell lines distinct in invasion and migration properties were established from their …

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Antimicrobial Activity Of Mesophilic And Psychrotropic Microfungi Isolates From: King George Island And Greenwich Island, Maritime Antarctica / Wessam Mansour Filfilan, Mansour Filfilan Wessam Jan 2012

Antimicrobial Activity Of Mesophilic And Psychrotropic Microfungi Isolates From: King George Island And Greenwich Island, Maritime Antarctica / Wessam Mansour Filfilan, Mansour Filfilan Wessam

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This research was made to study the antimicrobial activity of fungal isolates from different regions of maritime, Antarctica, namely, King George Island and Greenwich Island (Barrientos Island, Dee Island and Ambato point). A total of 17 isolates composed of 7 mesophilic and 10 psychrotrophic fungi were tested in-vitro against Gram-positive, Gram-negative bacteria and yeast human pathogens. Initial antimicrobial activity screening of Antarctic isolates was made using plug assay method. Five test-microorganisms namely Candida albicans, Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis, Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa were used. Only five (out of 17) fungal isolates showed inhibition potency against the test-microorganisms and majority …

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Information And Communication Technology Innovation As A Tool For Promoting Sustainable Agriculture: A Case Study Of Paddy Farming In West Malaysia / Zakirah Othman, Zakirah Othman Jan 2012

Information And Communication Technology Innovation As A Tool For Promoting Sustainable Agriculture: A Case Study Of Paddy Farming In West Malaysia / Zakirah Othman, Zakirah Othman

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Sustainable agriculture refers to the farm’s ability to maintain production and giving benefits based on maintaining nature and the ecosystem indefinitely. Malaysia aims to transform current agricultural activities into advanced, innovative and sustainable practices. In the recently announced Third National Agricultural Policy, there are many issues highlighted to promote the sustainability of agricultural practices. However, this is not an easy task because there are basic problems that the farmers will encounter, especially with regards to their understanding of sustainable agriculture. As an alternative solution, introducing Information and Communication Technology (ICT) applications is a novel way to increase awareness and promote …

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Lake Bera And Lake Chini Water Quality Monitoring Using Support Vector Machine / Siti Fatihah Asy Syura Mat Jubit, Siti Fatihah Asy Syura Mat Jubit Jan 2012

Lake Bera And Lake Chini Water Quality Monitoring Using Support Vector Machine / Siti Fatihah Asy Syura Mat Jubit, Siti Fatihah Asy Syura Mat Jubit

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Water quality monitoring is very important to control the quality of water. Lake Bera and Lake Chini which are known as a very important wetland are used to apply SVM method to predict its water quality. The output used to predict the classification of high medium and low is the dissolved oxygen according to the standard provided by the Interim National Water Quality Standard of Malaysia and Department of Environment. The training and test data is divided to 80% for training data and 20% for testing data. The SVM is implemented using R software package kernlab which used ksvm as …

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A Survey On Plant Resource In Home Gardens In Peninsular Malaysia / Mohd Raznan Ramli, Mohd Raznan Ramli Jan 2012

A Survey On Plant Resource In Home Gardens In Peninsular Malaysia / Mohd Raznan Ramli, Mohd Raznan Ramli

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This study was carried out to describe and characterize uses of plants that are tended or cultivated in home gardens in Peninsular Malaysia. A survey through floristic inspection of home gardens and semi-structured interviews with home garden owners were carried out at 94 home at various villages in Peninsular Malaysia from June through December of 2008. A total of 120 species of plants were encountered of which food plants namely Cocus nucifera L., Nephelium lappaceum L., Musa paradisiacal L., Durio zibethinus Murr and Mangifera indica L were found in most of the home gardens. Most of the species of plants …

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Ecology And Physiology Of Selected Mangrove Species Under Elevated Sea Level / Mariyam Zarana Rasheed, Mariyam Zarana Rasheed Jan 2012

Ecology And Physiology Of Selected Mangrove Species Under Elevated Sea Level / Mariyam Zarana Rasheed, Mariyam Zarana Rasheed

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Climate change components such as sea level rise and increased atmospheric carbon dioxide is likely to affect plant communities at various scales. Mangrove ecosystems are highly threatened by the sea level rise as a result of prolonged waterlogging. Four sets of experiments were set up to study the ecology and physiology of Avicennia alba, Avicennia marina and Bruguiera parviflora under simulated sea level rise. In elevated sea level, A. alba and B. parviflora indicated similar responses with initial height increments, decreased stem diameter and leaf formation; and increased leaf fall. The total biomass and relative growth rates (RGR) also decreased. …

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Analysis Of Anthocyanin Colour Stability From Fruits Of Ixora Siamensis / Nur Amirah Binti Mat Nor, Nur Amirah Mat Nor Jan 2012

Analysis Of Anthocyanin Colour Stability From Fruits Of Ixora Siamensis / Nur Amirah Binti Mat Nor, Nur Amirah Mat Nor

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This studies are to identify the potential of fruits from Ixora siamensis (“pokok jejarum”) as a new source of antocyanin natural colourant and to evaluate the suitability of the anthocyanin natural colourant with ferulic acid (FA) stabilizing agent when blended with poly(vinyl) alcohol (PVA) to form a coating system. Furthermore, the aim is to analyse colour stability of anthocyanin colourant in a coating system in terms of pH and co-pigmentation under UV-B exposure by CIE colour system. The natural anthocyanin colourant from Ixora siamensis was extracted by using acidified methanol for crude extraction. Further purification of crude extraction was performed …

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Analysis Of Anthocyanin Colour Stability From Fruits Pulp Of Melastoma Malabathricum / Norkasmani Binti Aziz, Norkasmani Aziz Jan 2012

Analysis Of Anthocyanin Colour Stability From Fruits Pulp Of Melastoma Malabathricum / Norkasmani Binti Aziz, Norkasmani Aziz

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The aim of this dissertation is to evaluate suitability of anthocyanin from M. malabathricum as potential natural colourant for coating system and also to evaluate the colour stability of anthocyanin colorant with and without Ferulic acid (FA) stabilising agent in a polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) binder coating system. Besides that the purpose for this project is to analyse the colour stability of potential natural colourant in a coating system in terms of percentage of FA and pH toward UV-B irradiation using CIE system. The anthocyanin colourant from M.malabathricum using acidified methanol for crude and purified colourant. Purification was performed by liquid-liquid …

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Evaluation Of Ecological Risk Based On The Sediment And Water Quality In Klang Strait, Malaysia / Seyedeh Belin Tavakoly Sany, Seyedeh Belin Tavakoly Sany Jan 2012

Evaluation Of Ecological Risk Based On The Sediment And Water Quality In Klang Strait, Malaysia / Seyedeh Belin Tavakoly Sany, Seyedeh Belin Tavakoly Sany

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Sediment and water monitoring was performed from Nov. 2009 to Oct. 2010 to assess and evaluate the spatial and temporal distribution of physical and chemical parameters and biological variables such as PAHs, trace metals (Hg, Cd, Pb, Cu, Mn, Zn, Cr, Ni, V, and Fe), the structure of the benthic community in the sediment, nutrients and chlorophyll a in the water. Sediment and water samples were collected from 22 stations, which covered three coastal ports (North Port, West Port and South Port) and a control point. The primary objectives of this study were to evaluate the sources of pollutants and …

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Effect Of Elevated Carbon Dioxide Levels On Growth And Biochemical Composition Of Selected Microalgae / Saraswathy D/O Ramachandran, Saraswathy Ramachandran Jan 2012

Effect Of Elevated Carbon Dioxide Levels On Growth And Biochemical Composition Of Selected Microalgae / Saraswathy D/O Ramachandran, Saraswathy Ramachandran

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The fixation of carbon dioxide by microalgae plays a major role in mitigation of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere as it can reduce the “Greenhouse” effects. In this study, ten strains of microalgae from the University of Malaya Algae Culture Collection (UMACC) were used for selection of potential strains with high biomass, lipid, protein and carbohydrate productivity. The microalgae screened included freshwater and marine strains including one isolated from palm oil mill effluent (Chlorella UMACC 275). The microalgae strains were grown in flask cultures for 12 days in batch culture with continuous aeration from an aquarium air-pump. Of the microalgae …

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Studies On Forensically Important Entomological Specimens Recovered From Monkey Carrion Exposed To Different Ecological Habitats / Chen Chee Dhang, Chee Dhang Chen Jan 2012

Studies On Forensically Important Entomological Specimens Recovered From Monkey Carrion Exposed To Different Ecological Habitats / Chen Chee Dhang, Chee Dhang Chen

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Little information was available on the forensically important specimens collected from carcasses in indoor and different ecological habitats in Malaysia. This study was attempted to determine the arthropod succession on carcasses (1) placed in different ecological habitats, such as lowland forested area, coastal area and montane forested area; (2) placed in indoor and outdoor conditions; and (3) carcasses being incinerated, submerged in freshwater river, and treated with insecticide and its effect on post mortem interval (PMI) estimation. Carcasses placed outdoor and indoor underwent 5 decomposition stages namely, fresh, bloating, decay, advanced decay and remains/dry. Decomposition duration on carcasses placed in …

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Growth And Biochemical Composition Of Selected Algae In Palm Oil Mill Effluent / Lalitha A/P Maniam, Lalitha Maniam Jan 2012

Growth And Biochemical Composition Of Selected Algae In Palm Oil Mill Effluent / Lalitha A/P Maniam, Lalitha Maniam

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The palm oil industry in Malaysia is one of the largest producers of agroindustrial wastewater known as Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME). POME is highly organic in content which is acidic, thick, dark in colour, with high levels of chemical oxygen demand, ammonical nitrogen, orthophosphate, nitrate, nitrite, total suspended solids, and total solids. Due to high organic load, the raw POME has to be digested anaerobically to reduce the pollutant level, in order to meet the effluent discharge standard for palm oil mills. The objective of the present study is to investigate the potential of selected microalgae to grow in …

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Proteomic Analysis Of Urinary Proteins From Patients With Ovarian Cancer And Cervical Cancer / Siti Suhana Binti Abdullah Soheimi, Siti Suhana Abdullah Soheimi Jan 2012

Proteomic Analysis Of Urinary Proteins From Patients With Ovarian Cancer And Cervical Cancer / Siti Suhana Binti Abdullah Soheimi, Siti Suhana Abdullah Soheimi

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Diagnosis of ovarian carcinoma is in urgent need for new complementary biomarkers for early stage detection. In order to find an alternative procedure to replace an uncomfortable conventional method in detecting cervical cancer, a proteomic approach in screening the urinary proteins were employed. Proteins that are aberrantly excreted in the urine of cancer patients are excellent biomarker candidates for development of new non-invasive protocol for early diagnosis and screening purposes. In the present study, urine samples from patients with ovarian carcinoma and cervical cancer were analysed by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE) and the profiles generated were compared to those similarly …

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Isolation And Characterisation Of Carotenoid And Genes Involved In The Carotenoid Biosynthetic Pathway From Ipomoea Leaves / Hue Seow Mun, Seow Mun Hue Jan 2012

Isolation And Characterisation Of Carotenoid And Genes Involved In The Carotenoid Biosynthetic Pathway From Ipomoea Leaves / Hue Seow Mun, Seow Mun Hue

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This study focussed on the extraction and characterisation of carotenoid pigments and genes from the carotenoid biosynthetic pathway in I. batatas leaves. Six different local I. batatas varieties were studied namely, I. batatas var. Batu Kelantan (BK), I. batatas var. Batu Biasa (BB), I. batatas var. Oren (Oren), I. batatas var. Indon (Indon), I. batatas var. Vitato (Vitato) and I. batatas var. Biru Putih (BP). The different I. batatas varieties were distinguished based on the morphological variations in their leaves and storage roots. General screening of the β-carotene and lutein levels conducted across the different developmental stages among the different …

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Mesej Dakwah Dan Metode Al-Maw'izah Al-Hasanah Dalam Filem My Name Is Khan Dan Jodhaa Akbar / Nursyazrin Binti Nazee Mudeen, Nursyazrin Nazee Mudeen Jan 2012

Mesej Dakwah Dan Metode Al-Maw'izah Al-Hasanah Dalam Filem My Name Is Khan Dan Jodhaa Akbar / Nursyazrin Binti Nazee Mudeen, Nursyazrin Nazee Mudeen

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Filem merupakan antara metodologi penyampaian dakwah masa kini yang boleh dimanipulasi penciptaannya. Menerusi filem, trend dan perkembangan pemikiran sesebuah masyarakat dapat difahami. Melihat kepentingan fungsinya ini, pendakwah tidak boleh terlepas peluang menjadikan filem sebagai antara metode untuk menyampaikan dakwah. Penerbitan filem dakwah terutamanya di Malaysia belum mencapai suatu standard yang membanggakan. Corak perkembangan filem di Malaysia yang dipengaruhi oleh karya-karya dari produksi luar negara terutamanya daripada Bollywood sejak awal kedatangannya di Tanah Melayu memberi kesan terhadap penghasilannya. Namun, fenomena yang berlaku ini perlu dipandang dari sudut positif. Formula-formula yang digunakan dalam penghasilan filem Bollywood yang berjaya menarik minat masyarakat Malaysia …

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