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Factors Influencing Responsible Behaviour Related To Safety And Health On Mountains: A Case Study Of Climbers On Mount Kinabalu, Malaysia / Mahdi Esfahani, Mahdi Esfahani Jan 2014

Factors Influencing Responsible Behaviour Related To Safety And Health On Mountains: A Case Study Of Climbers On Mount Kinabalu, Malaysia / Mahdi Esfahani, Mahdi Esfahani

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In mountaineering tourism, safety and health are pertinent aspects for both climbers and service providers. The climbers’ behaviours largely determine the favourable or unfavourable outcomes of their activity. Using the Theories of Planned Behaviour and Expectation Disconfirmation, this study examines the relationships between personality, spirituality, satisfaction, attitude towards behaviour, norms and perceived behavioural control with responsible behaviour and loyalty intention among climbers on Mount Kinabalu in Borneo. The questionnaire comprised of six sections which are demographic profile, responsible mountaineering behaviour, attitude, subjective norm, perceived behavioural control, satisfaction, loyalty intention, personality and spirituality. A panel of experts established the content validity …

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Citizen Suits And The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: An Assessment Of Multidistrict Litigation And The Fifth Circuit Court Of Appeals' Decision In Center For Biological Diversity, Inc. V. Bp America Production Co., Johnathan Ashton Jan 2014

Citizen Suits And The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: An Assessment Of Multidistrict Litigation And The Fifth Circuit Court Of Appeals' Decision In Center For Biological Diversity, Inc. V. Bp America Production Co., Johnathan Ashton

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The Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010 brought numerous environmental lawsuits in the United States as a result of the destruction of local economies whose livelihood relied on the now damaged ecosystems. Due to negligence by two of the highest-ranking supervisors, BP pled guilty to criminal charges brought against them. Their actions resulted in the deaths of eleven men working on the rig when it exploded, as well as the resulting oil spill into the Gulf of Mexico. This plea resulted in four billion dollars of fines and penalties. However, this case proved that private citizens need a way to …

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Extrinsic Evidence, Parol Evidence, And The Parol Evidence Rule: A Call For Courts To Use The Reasoning Of The Restatements Rather Than The Rhetoric Of Common Law, Timothy Archer, Shalayne Davis, David G. Epstein Jan 2014

Extrinsic Evidence, Parol Evidence, And The Parol Evidence Rule: A Call For Courts To Use The Reasoning Of The Restatements Rather Than The Rhetoric Of Common Law, Timothy Archer, Shalayne Davis, David G. Epstein

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This article is an example of what Professor Richard Epstein would call "Contracts small." According to Professor Richard Epstein, "'Contracts small' relates to contract law at the doctrinal level; it focuses on the rules of contract formation and performance; the everyday 'stuff of lawyer's law.' "This article looks to the Restatement of Contracts (hereafter "Restatement") and the Restatement (Second) of Contracts (hereafter "Restatement Second") for answers to the questions raised by the two problems. The Restatements generally have both been praised and condemned for their focus on doctrinal issues-on what Richard Epstein calls the "everyday stuff of lawyer's law." As …

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Missing The Forest For The Trees: Gender Pay Discrimination In Academia, Melissa Hart Jan 2014

Missing The Forest For The Trees: Gender Pay Discrimination In Academia, Melissa Hart

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Women in virtually every job category still make less than men. Academia is no exception. This Article will explore some of the structural explanations for this continued disparity and the continued resistance to seriously confronting those structural barriers to equality. Using the still-unfolding story of a charge of discrimination filed against a university, this Article examines the script that has become all-too-familiar in discussions about the gender pay gap, whether in academia or elsewhere. The basic storyline in pay discrimination litigation is this: Evidence is presented about the existence of a gap between men's earnings and women's earnings. The response …

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Health Care, Title Vi, And Racism's New Normal, Dayna Bowen Matthew Jan 2014

Health Care, Title Vi, And Racism's New Normal, Dayna Bowen Matthew

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Constitutional Concern, Membership, And Race, Sarah Krakoff Jan 2014

Constitutional Concern, Membership, And Race, Sarah Krakoff

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American Indian Tribes in the United States have a unique legal and political status shaped by fluctuating federal policies and the over-arching history of this country’s brand of settler-colonialism. One of the several legacies of this history is that federally recognized tribes have membership rules that diverge significantly from typical state or national citizenship criteria. These rules and their history are poorly understood by judges and members of the public, leading to misunderstandings about the “racial” status of tribes and Indian people, and on occasion to incoherent and damaging decisions on a range of Indian law issues. This article, which …

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Developing Building Handover Checklist For Condominium Buyers : Case Study Of Kuala Lumpur / Lim Swee Meng, Swee Meng Lim Jan 2014

Developing Building Handover Checklist For Condominium Buyers : Case Study Of Kuala Lumpur / Lim Swee Meng, Swee Meng Lim

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In the new millennium century, a lot of property developments are being extended throughout the Malaysia territory. Purchasers of properties encounter numerous problems whenever vacant possession is delivered to them by developers. Besides that, public want to know whether have other building quality assessment as a guideline for them to inspect the properties. The aim of this dissertation is to produce a procedure and a guideline or checklist for the condominium purchaser. Besides that, this dissertation would access building construction quality on the vacant possession during the handover and post-handover process. The research is limited to residential buildings which are …

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The Effects Of Sex-Steroids And Menstrual Cycle/Oestrous Phases On Knee Ligament Laxity In Humans And Rodents / Firouzeh Dehghan, Firouzeh Dehghan Jan 2014

The Effects Of Sex-Steroids And Menstrual Cycle/Oestrous Phases On Knee Ligament Laxity In Humans And Rodents / Firouzeh Dehghan, Firouzeh Dehghan

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The incidence of non-contact knee injury was reported higher in female than male. In female, the occurrence of this injury was related to different phases of the menstrual cycle. In view of this, we investigated the followings: (i) changes in knee laxity in rodent model under different sex-steroid influence; (ii) mechanisms underlying changes in knee laxity, which involves differential expression of relaxin receptors and (iii) correlation between knee laxity and serum levels of sex-steroids and relaxin at different phases of the menstrual cycle. In first part of the study, ovariectomized WKY rats were divided into different treatment groups (n=6 per …

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Evaluation Of 151-Hydroxypurpurin-7-Lactone (G2) Derivatives, Boron Dipyrromethene (Bodipy) And Rosamine Analogues As Photosensitisers For Photodynamic Cancer Therapy / Lim Siang Hui, Siang Hui Lim Jan 2014

Evaluation Of 151-Hydroxypurpurin-7-Lactone (G2) Derivatives, Boron Dipyrromethene (Bodipy) And Rosamine Analogues As Photosensitisers For Photodynamic Cancer Therapy / Lim Siang Hui, Siang Hui Lim

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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a therapeutic strategy that utilises the administration of a photosensitiser along with light irradiation to generate reactive singlet oxygen that destruct pathological lesions. However, the current clinically approved photosensitisers for the treatment of cancer present several limitations such as a lack in ideal photophysical and photochemical properties, poor solubility and adverse effects i.e. prolonged photosensitisation or pain following PDT. Therefore, it is necessary to discover and develop new classes of photosensitiser with more ideal properties. From our earlier data, we had shown that 151-hydroxypurpurin-7-lactone dimethyl ester (G2), a semisynthetic cyclic-tetrapyrrole, was a potent photosensitiser. In this …

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Investigation Of Lipid-Lowering Mechanism Of Tamarindus Indica Fruit Pulp In Hepg2 Cells Using Proteomic And Transcriptomic Approaches / Ursula Chong Rho Wan, Ursula Rho Wan Chong Jan 2014

Investigation Of Lipid-Lowering Mechanism Of Tamarindus Indica Fruit Pulp In Hepg2 Cells Using Proteomic And Transcriptomic Approaches / Ursula Chong Rho Wan, Ursula Rho Wan Chong

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Tamarindus indica (T. indica), or tamarind, is an edible fruit widely used in many applications including culinary, industrial, and medicinal purposes. It has been shown to exhibit hypolipidaemic effects in hamsters and humans. Previous studies have also shown that the methanol extract of T. indica fruit pulp regulated genes related to lipid metabolism. However, the lipid-lowering mechanism of the fruit has not been fully understood. The objective of this present study is to determine the lipid-lowering mechanism of T. indica fruit pulp using proteomic and transcriptomic approaches. Proteomic analyses were first performed to formulate a hypothesis on the hypolipidaemic action …

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Immunomodulatory, Gastroprotective And Wound Healing Potential Of Malaysian Medicinal Plants (Phaleria Macrocarpa And Tinospora Crispa) / Walaa Najm Abood, Walaa Najm Abood Jan 2014

Immunomodulatory, Gastroprotective And Wound Healing Potential Of Malaysian Medicinal Plants (Phaleria Macrocarpa And Tinospora Crispa) / Walaa Najm Abood, Walaa Najm Abood

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Phaleria macrocarpa (Scheff.) Boerl and Tinospora crispa (L.) are considered im-portant traditional medicines commonly used in Malaysia and South East Asian coun-tries. In this study, the ethanol extracts of P. macrocarpa fruit and T. crispa stems were evaluated for their immunomodulatory, gastroprotective and wound healing potential. In addition, acute toxicity and antioxidant activities were investigated using DPPH and FRAP values as well as the total phenolic and total flavonoid contents. The findings of this study suggest that the high antioxidant activity that was found in P. macrocarpa and T. crispa was due to the high-level of phenol and flavonoid content. …

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The Role Of Rosette Formation In Pathogenesis Of Vivax Malaria / Lee Wenn Chyau, Wenn Chyau Lee Jan 2014

The Role Of Rosette Formation In Pathogenesis Of Vivax Malaria / Lee Wenn Chyau, Wenn Chyau Lee

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Rosette formation is one of the unique biological phenomena that have been linked to pathobiology of malaria. It is believe to be associated with the severe outcomes of falciparum malaria. Most of the knowledge about rosetting is obtained from in-depth studies conducted on Plasmodium falciparum. However, the rosetting phenomenon and pathobiology of vivax malaria is not well studied. This research project aimed at deciphering the unknown aspects behind rosetting phenomenon of P. vivax, and investigating the role of rosette formation in pathobiology of vivax malaria. In total, 121 fresh P. vivax isolates, 48 cryopreserved P. vivax isolates, 122 fresh P. …

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Hepatoprotective Role Of Vitex Negundo And Caesalpinia Sappan In Thioacetamide-Induced Liver Injury In Rats / Farkaad A.Abdul Kadir, Abdul Kadir Farkaad A. Jan 2014

Hepatoprotective Role Of Vitex Negundo And Caesalpinia Sappan In Thioacetamide-Induced Liver Injury In Rats / Farkaad A.Abdul Kadir, Abdul Kadir Farkaad A.

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Researchers focused on developing herbal therapies as pharmacological medicines to treat liver cirrhosis that is accompanied by distortion in liver functions. This study evaluated the mechanisms of the hepatoprotective activity of Vitex negundo (VN) and Caesalpinia sappan (CS) ethanolic extracts on thioacetamide (TAA)-induced liver cirrhosis in male rats. A computer-aided prediction of hepatoprotective activity was primarily performed with prediction activity spectra of substances (PASS) program. The antioxidant properties of the crude extracts of VN and CS were evaluated by 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP), total phenolic content (TPC) and total flavonoid content (TFC) assays. The hepatoprotective effects of …

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Antigenic Evolution Of Dengue Virus In Malaysia / Mohammed Bashar Danlami, Mohammed Bashar Danlami Jan 2014

Antigenic Evolution Of Dengue Virus In Malaysia / Mohammed Bashar Danlami, Mohammed Bashar Danlami

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Neutralization escape mutant has played an important role in antigenic evolution of various virus-causing diseases. DENV, the causative agent of dengue has been shown to escape antibody neutralization, thereby causing an epidemic outbreak. The pattern through which DENV escape neutralization that leads to antigenic evolution, however, has not been thoroughly investigated in hyper endemic countries. It is hypothesized that, the highly susceptible DENV demonstrates a clear pattern of antigenic evolution from being minor strains (less frequent during an outbreak) to dominant strains (very frequent during an outbreak). This suggests that the minor strains may act as a springboard for the …

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Genomic And Proteomic Characterisation Of Primary Colorectal Tumours In The Malaysian Population / Lau Tze Pheng, Tze Pheng Lau Jan 2014

Genomic And Proteomic Characterisation Of Primary Colorectal Tumours In The Malaysian Population / Lau Tze Pheng, Tze Pheng Lau

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Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a multifactorial disease whereby gene-gene and gene-environment interactions contribute to its development and progression. It is also polygenic in nature, hence a large number of genetic alterations, each conferring a small genotypic risk, determine the individual’s susceptibility to this disease. Therefore, it is of clinical importance to identify potential CRC susceptibility gene candidates for improvement of future CRC screening and surveillance. This can be achieved by screening low-penetrant genetic variants via case-control studies across populations worldwide. Here, we investigated the association between several genetic variants and CRC susceptibility, i.e., the NOD2, XRCC1, EGF and VEGF genes, …

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The Effectiveness Of Applying Different Permissible Exposure Limits In Preserving Hearing Threshold Level Among Automobile Industry Workers: An Intervention Study / Balachandar A/L S. Sayapathi, S.Balachandar Sayapathi Jan 2014

The Effectiveness Of Applying Different Permissible Exposure Limits In Preserving Hearing Threshold Level Among Automobile Industry Workers: An Intervention Study / Balachandar A/L S. Sayapathi, S.Balachandar Sayapathi

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Introduction The occurrence of occupational noise-induced hearing loss has doubled from 120 million to 250 million in a decade. Countries such as Malaysia, India and the US are adopting 90 dBA as the permissible exposure limit. The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of applying 85 and 90 dBA in preserving hearing thresholds and preventing the development of temporary threshold shifts. Methodology In this intervention study, 203 participants from two factories in an automobile industry were exposed to noise levels above the action level of 85 dBA in Factory 1 and 80 dBA in Factory 2, where …

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The Impact Of The Applied Progressive Muscle Relaxation Training On The Levels Of Depression, Anxiety, Stress And Health-Related Quality Of Life Among Prostate Cancer Patients / Mohamad Rodi Bin Isa, Mohamad Rodi Isa Jan 2014

The Impact Of The Applied Progressive Muscle Relaxation Training On The Levels Of Depression, Anxiety, Stress And Health-Related Quality Of Life Among Prostate Cancer Patients / Mohamad Rodi Bin Isa, Mohamad Rodi Isa

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Introduction The main aim of this study was to determine the impact of the applied progressive muscle relaxation training (APMRT) on the levels of depression, anxiety, stress and general health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among prostate cancer patients. Methodology A quasi-experimental trial with repeated measurements conducted at two tertiary medical centres in Kuala Lumpur with a follow up period for six months. The intervention group comprised patients who were being followed up at University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) and the comparison group were patients who were followed up at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre (UKMMC). Baseline information on socio-demographic characteristics, …

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Development Of A Multiplex Pcr Detection System And Identification Of Binding Peptides For Human Plasmodium Species / Chew Ching Hoong, Ching Hoong Chew Jan 2014

Development Of A Multiplex Pcr Detection System And Identification Of Binding Peptides For Human Plasmodium Species / Chew Ching Hoong, Ching Hoong Chew

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Malaria is one of the most serious global health challenges. Approximately 3.3 billion people live in malaria-endemic areas and the disease threatens the lives of more than one-third of the world’s population. Malaria is caused by an eukaryotic protozoa Plasmodium and transmitted through the bite of female Anopheles mosquito. The known causative agents of human malaria include Plasmodium vivax, P. falciparum, P. malariae, P. ovale, and recently included P. knowlesi which is recognized as a zoonotic parasite. Malaria is a treatable disease, however the disease can become severe, leading to morbidity if untreated, especially for infections by two potential fatal …

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A Legal Analysis On Law And Policy On Conservation Of Forest In Peninsular Malaysia / Adzidah Binti Yaakob, Adzidah Yaakob Jan 2014

A Legal Analysis On Law And Policy On Conservation Of Forest In Peninsular Malaysia / Adzidah Binti Yaakob, Adzidah Yaakob

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Forest performs multiple functions and requires a diligent commitment to its conservation. This green cover in Peninsular Malaysia, although accounting for only a small percentage of the land area, shelters a unique range of biodiversity living within it. Nonetheless, this natural resource of Peninsular Malaysia appears to be dwindling, mostly as a result of the actions of humankind, even though this green cover is governed by sets of laws. The protected area, a status secured by the law, is apparently easily excised from the government gazette, and the status of permanent forest use is changed to non-permanent forest use, for …

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The Microrna Deregulation In Colorectal Cancer / Yong Fung Lin, Fung Lin Yong Jan 2014

The Microrna Deregulation In Colorectal Cancer / Yong Fung Lin, Fung Lin Yong

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Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the carcinoma of the colon and rectum in the gastrointestinal system. CRC is the third most common cancer in men and the second in women worldwide. The limitations of the currently available biomarkers and technologies for CRC screening and surveillance have highlighted the necessity of finding novel biomarkers. Recently, microRNA (miRNA)-based studies have rendered remarkable contribution in the elucidation of mechanisms of carcinogenesis. miRNAs are short, non-coding RNA molecules that act as regulators of gene expression through messenger RNA (mRNA) degradation or translational inhibition. Blood miRNA expression profiles offer great potential as non-invasive biomarkers. In the …

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The Washback Effect Of Iranian National University Entrance Exam (Inuee) On Pre-University English Teaching And Learning / Leila Mahmoudi, Leila Mahmoudi Jan 2014

The Washback Effect Of Iranian National University Entrance Exam (Inuee) On Pre-University English Teaching And Learning / Leila Mahmoudi, Leila Mahmoudi

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Washback effect of a test generally refers to the effect of a test on teaching and learning. Washback is generally known as being either negative or positive (Taylor, 2005). The washback effect of high-stakes tests has been approached and investigated from various perspectives in different contexts and countries. The aims of the current study are: 1. To examine the washback effect of the INUEE on English language teaching as perceived by the teachers. 2. To examine the washback effect of the INUEE on English language learning as perceived by the learners. 3. To examine the washback effect of the INUEE …

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Bone Age Assessment Using Hand And Clavicle X-Ray Images / Marjan Mansourvar, Marjan Mansourvar Jan 2014

Bone Age Assessment Using Hand And Clavicle X-Ray Images / Marjan Mansourvar, Marjan Mansourvar

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Bone age assessment (BAA) is a method for evaluating the level of skeletal maturity to estimate the actual age of a person. It is usually performed manually by comparing an X-ray image of a left hand-wrist with an atlas, which contains a collection of images of known persons in the clinical procedure. The manual methods are based on analyzing special regions of the images of the hand bones or the whole bones of the images. Both approaches are prone to observation variability, time-consuming, and decision made on bone age is subjective. As a result, there is a pressing need to …

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The Role Of Cell Surface Heparan Sulfate In Enterovirus A71 Infections And The Development Of Antiviral Agents Targeting Viral Attachment And Rna Translation Initiation / Tan Chee Wah, Chee Wah Tan Jan 2014

The Role Of Cell Surface Heparan Sulfate In Enterovirus A71 Infections And The Development Of Antiviral Agents Targeting Viral Attachment And Rna Translation Initiation / Tan Chee Wah, Chee Wah Tan

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Enterovirus A71 (EV-A71) is the main causative agent of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD). Recent EV-A71 outbreaks in Asia-Pacific were not limited to mild HFMD, but were associated with neurological complications including aseptic meningitis, brainstem encephalitis and deaths. The absence of licensed therapeutics for clinical use has intensified research into anti-EV-A71 development. Since virus-host receptor interaction is the first essential event during virus infection, inhibitors that block this event could act as potential therapeutics. EV-A71 VP1 capsid protein is involved in viral-host receptor interactions and carries multiple receptor binding sites. Screening of 95 overlapping peptides covering the entire EV-A71 …

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The Influence Of Family Communication, Television Viewing And Peer Communication On The Orientation Of Materialism Among Young Adult Consumers / Eric Vincent Bindah, Vincent Bindah Eric Jan 2014

The Influence Of Family Communication, Television Viewing And Peer Communication On The Orientation Of Materialism Among Young Adult Consumers / Eric Vincent Bindah, Vincent Bindah Eric

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Materialism among today’s youth has received strong interest among educators, parents, consumer activist and government regulators. Although materialism has long been of interest to consumer researchers, it is not clear whether specific socialization agents in general, and communication environment in particular, can instil materialism in people. The overall objectives of this study are to analyze the effect of family communication, television viewing, and peer communication on young adults’ orientation towards materialism. The theoretical foundation of this study lies on several established theories, which include consumer socialization theory, social comparison theory, social learning theory, cultivation theory, self-determination theory, Maslow’s human need …

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Development And Evaluation Of Health Education Learning Package (Help) To Control Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis Among Orang Asli School Children In Lipis, Pahang, Malaysia / Ahmed Khalaf S. Al-Delaimy, Al-Delaimy Ahmed Khalaf S Jan 2014

Development And Evaluation Of Health Education Learning Package (Help) To Control Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis Among Orang Asli School Children In Lipis, Pahang, Malaysia / Ahmed Khalaf S. Al-Delaimy, Al-Delaimy Ahmed Khalaf S

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Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections, also known as soil-transmitted helminthiasis, are highly prevalent among Orang Asli communities in Peninsular Malaysia. This study was carried out to develop a health education package for STH infections, and to evaluate what impact such a package could have in terms of reducing the incidence and intensity of STH infections among Orang Asli schoolchildren in Pahang, Malaysia. To identify the key risk factors of STH in Orang Asli communities, we applied an extensive mixed methods approach which relied on PRECEDE-PROCEED and Health Belief models and involved an intensive literature review, as well as community-based discussions with …

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The Influences Of Shading, Fruit Thinning, Plant Growth Promoter And Inhibitor On Malaysian Wax Apple (Syzygium Samarangense) Fruit Development And Quality / Abdullah Issa Alebidi, Issa Alebidi Abdullah Jan 2014

The Influences Of Shading, Fruit Thinning, Plant Growth Promoter And Inhibitor On Malaysian Wax Apple (Syzygium Samarangense) Fruit Development And Quality / Abdullah Issa Alebidi, Issa Alebidi Abdullah

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Currently, there are limited documented reports on effects of shading and thinning horticultural practice and plant growth regulators (PGRs) on wax apple (Syzygium samarangense) var. ‘jambu air madu’ growth, development, and quality. PGRs and horticultural practices are important means used in fruit production throughout the world. These means regulate several physiological and biochemical aspects of growth, development, yield and nutritional quality of fruits. In this study, five experiments were conducted to improve the potential of wax apple fruits as follows; applications of gibberellic acid (GA3) (30, 60 and 90 ppm) applied via xylem injection (an innovative method), application of naphthalene …

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Demand Side Influences On The Consumption Of Alcohol, Tobacco And Physical Activity In Malaysia / Cheah Yong Kang, Yong Kang Cheah Jan 2014

Demand Side Influences On The Consumption Of Alcohol, Tobacco And Physical Activity In Malaysia / Cheah Yong Kang, Yong Kang Cheah

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In light of alarming evidence of non-communicable diseases and solvable health risk factors, the aim of this study is to examine the relationship between health affecting variables, and demand for alcohol, tobacco and physical activity among adults in Malaysia. Data from the Third National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS III) consisting of 30992 respondents and detailed information on individual’s socio-demographic, health and lifestyle profiles is deployed for this purpose. Logit models are applied to examine the factors that influence individuals’ likelihood of consuming alcohol, tobacco and being physically active. The results show that age, income, gender, ethnicity, education, marital status, …

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Platelet-Rich Plasma (Prp) For The Treatment Of Muscle Injury / Mohamad Shariff A Hamid, A Hamid Mohamad Shariff Jan 2014

Platelet-Rich Plasma (Prp) For The Treatment Of Muscle Injury / Mohamad Shariff A Hamid, A Hamid Mohamad Shariff

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Muscle injury particularly the hamstring group is the most common type of sports related injury among athletes. Despite its frequent occurrence, the best treatment for hamstring injury is not known. Athletes affected by muscle injury often need considerable amount of time to recover. Recently autologous biological products are being used for treatment of soft tissue injury including that of muscles. Off recent, an autologous platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy is one of the ‘hot topics’ discussed in literatures. A systematic review of the available literatures on PRP therapy showed evidences to support PRP use for rotator cuff injury, lateral epicondylitis (tennis …

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A Lightweight Heterogeneous Hybrid Mobile Cloud Computing Framework For Compute-Intensive Mobile Applications / Zohreh Sanaei Moghaddam, Zohreh Sanaei Moghaddam Jan 2014

A Lightweight Heterogeneous Hybrid Mobile Cloud Computing Framework For Compute-Intensive Mobile Applications / Zohreh Sanaei Moghaddam, Zohreh Sanaei Moghaddam

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The state-of-the-art Mobile Cloud Computing (MCC) paradigm has gained a momentous ground to mitigate mobile devices’ shortcomings (i.e., computing and energy) by outsourcing resource-intensivemobile tasks to the cloud. Researchers have proposed solutions for compute-intensive mobile applications by leveraging varied types of cloud-based resources, particularly coarse, medium, and fine granular cloud resources. Coarse-grained cloud resources feature high scalability and low locality that originates communication latency, fine-grained resources offer low scalability and high locality that leads to computation latency, and medium-grained resources provide medium scalability and locality breeding communication and computing latency. Such communication and computation latencies negatively impact on energy efficiency …

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Induction Of Labour: Facilitation Of Labour Onset, Prediction Of Success And Improving The Induction Process / Tan Peng Chiong, Peng Chiong Tan Jan 2014

Induction Of Labour: Facilitation Of Labour Onset, Prediction Of Success And Improving The Induction Process / Tan Peng Chiong, Peng Chiong Tan

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Labour is induced in about 25% of pregnancies demonstrating its importance in contemporary obstetric practice. The papers forming the thesis are grouped as follows surrounding the central theme of inducing labour: 1) Coitus as a home remedy and membrane sweeping as an office procedure to facilitate onset of labour The works on coitus provide important lessons about human studies. The initial promise from an observational study demonstrating an association of coitus with earlier labour onset was not supported by the findings of two subsequent clinical trials on coitus as an intervention. The secondary data analysis of the first trial also …

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