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Effects of various drying processes on Malaysian brown seaweed, sargassum polycystum pertaining to antioxidants content and activity
No full textEffectiveness of practice in mind program on standing shot and jump shot performance in elite netball players
No full textAbstract
Practice in Mind (PIM) training help to resolve physical and psychological problem in sport skills performance. Therefore, the present study was done to investigate the effectiveness of PIM training on netball standing shot and jump shot performances. Twenty state level netball shooters with 3 to 5 years playing experiences participated in this experimental study. Participants were randomly assigned into PIM training group and control group with 10 participants for each group. Both groups completed 18 training sessions in 3 times a week for 6 weeks intervention program. Pre, post, and retention test were conducted prior to the 10 standing and jump shooting task. The results revealed that there was significant different of PIM training group versus control group for both standing shot (p < .05) and jump shot (p<.05) after 6 weeks. However, no significant different was observed after retention (week 12) for both groups. Based on the finding, it is suggested this present study will be beneficial to the athletes in terms of educating them about the importance of systematic imagery training to increase shooting performance in netball and for further improvement on their shooting techniques. Future studies are warranted to explore potential benefits of PIM training by focusing on a larger exposure and other netball specific motor-abilitie
Knee tuberculosis: a challenge in diagnosis and treatment
No full textTuberculosis (TB) is an ancient disease dated back from ancient Greece time. Once rare in developed countries, now it has re-emerged due to immigration and secondary immunodeficiency. A 27-year-old lady had left knee pain for the past 4 years, went for knee diagnostic arthroscopy procedure, and diagnosed as pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS) of the left knee. Despite regular analgesics and physiotherapy, patient symptoms worsen. Two years after the initial treatment, the patient went for a further workout and diagnosed as knee tuberculosis, commenced on anti-TB treatment, the patient still left complicated with a stiff knee and fixed flexion deformity. Identification of knee tuberculosis during the initial phase is crucial as late diagnosis and treatment will leave the patient with debilitating complications
Changes in the urinary metabolites in losartan-treated spontaneously hypertensive rats
No full textIntroduction: This study examined the association of losartan induced changes in urinary
metabolomic profile with the changes in blood pressure (BP) and renin-angiotensinaldosterone system (RAAS) in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). Methods: Male SHR
were administered with either 0.5 mL of distilled water (control group, n=6) or 10 mg.kg-1 of
losartan (group 2, n=6) daily by oral gavage for 4 weeks. Body weight, BP, food and water
intake were measured weekly. At week 4, urine was collected for urinary electrolyte analysis
and metabolite profiling, after which the animals were euthanised by decapitation and blood
was collected for analysis of components of RAAS and electrolyte concentrations. Urine
metabolite profile of SHR was determined using proton nuclear magnetic resonance (
1H-NMR)
spectrometry combined with multivariate data analysis. Results: At week 4, losartan-treated
SHR had significantly lower BP than non-treated SHR. There were no differences in water
and food intake, body weight, serum and urinary electrolyte concentrations or in their urinary
excretions between the two groups. No differences were evident in the components of RAAS
except that the angiotensinogen level was significantly higher in losartan-treated SHR
compared to non-treated SHR. Orthogonal partial least squares discriminant analysis (OPLSDA) showed clear separation of urinary metabolites between control and losartan-treated
SHR. Losartan-treated SHR group was separated from the control group by changes in the
intermediates involved in glycine, serine and threonine metabolism. Conclusion:
Antihypertensive effect of losartan in SHR seems to be associated with changes in urinary
metabolite profile, particularly involving the metabolism of glycine, serine and threonine
A rare presentation of solitary ocular sarcoidosis
No full textOcular sarcoidosis leads to inflammation of the eye, manifesting as uveitis, scleritis and
conjunctivitis with granuloma formation. It can involve any part of the eye and its adnexal
tissues, and may result in complications like glaucoma and cataract. Ophthalmic
manifestations of sarcoidosis can be isolated, or it may be associated with other organs of the
body. The clinical presentation in ocular sarcoidosis is quite varied. Multi-disciplinary modality
of treatment is required for both ocular and systemic manifestations of the disease. We report
a rare presentation of solitary ocular sarcoidosis in a 42-year-old woman, who presented with
complaints of painless left inner canthus swelling and blurry vision for 1 month
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No full textPemerkasaan pelaksanaan sulh dalam kes tuntutan hartanah orang Islam di mahkamah syariah di Malaysia
No full textSulh telah menjadi alternatif kepada proses litigasi sejak tahun 2002 di Malaysia. Dalam kes yang melibatkan tuntutan hartanah, mahkamah syariah menghadapi beberapa cabaran semasa pelaksanaan sulh. Punca utama cabaran ini ialah bidang kuasa yang terhad, di samping isu pentadbiran yang lain. Penulisan ini dilakukan dengan objektif untuk menganalisis kaedah pelaksanaan sulh di mahkamah syariah dari aspek hartanah di mahkamah syariah. Kajian ini juga mengemukakan saranan penambahbaikan bagi pemerkasaan penyelesaian kes secara sulh di mahkamah syariah. Kajian ini merupakan penyelidikan kualitatif, iaitu data dikumpulkan menerusi kajian perpustakaan dan temu bual dengan pihak-pihak yang terlibat secara langsung dengan proses sulh. Data yang dikumpulkan seperti penghakiman kes dan temu bual dianalisis secara deskriptif kandungannya. Kajian ini mendapati cabaran pelaksanaan sulh berpunca daripada isu pentadbiran. Cabaran perundangan dan bidang kuasa yang terhad tidak banyak memberikan kesan terhadap pelaksanaan tersebut. Hal ini dikatakan demikian kerana pihak mahkamah menggunakan budi bicara untuk melaksanakannya secara fleksibel terhadap undang-undang dan peraturan termasuk prosedur sulh yang sedia ada mengikut kesesuaian. Perkara ini banyak bergantung pada komitmen dan kemahiran pegawai sulh terlatih dan berpengetahuan dalam aspek perundangan dan pengendalian kes. Bagi mengelakkan pertembungan antara peraturan dengan amalan yang berasaskan budi bicara, beberapa langkah penambahbaikan perlu dilakukan. Penambahbaikan ini melibatkan semakan dan penyelarasan undang-undang serta peraturan sulh sedia ada. Implikasi daripada kajian ini dapat membantu memantapkan pelaksanaan sulh dalam bidang hartanah di mahkamah syariah, terutamanya melalui penambahbaikan tersebut
Fair and fit resource allocation algorithm for network-controlled device-to-device (D2D) communication
No full textDevice-to-device (D2D) communication is a promising new feature for next generation cellular networks. However, enabling D2D communications in a cellular network presents a challenge in resource allocation due to the spectrum sharing with the cellular users which cause interference. The previous works in D2D resource allocation focused on improving the throughput of the overall network while completely ignoring the fairness aspect. Therefore, such issues can be managed if radio resource is assigned intelligently with the coordination from the eNodeB (eNB). In this paper, a Fair and Fit Resource Allocation (FFRA) algorithm is proposed which exploits the path loss experienced by the potential D2D user equipments (UEs) when choosing the communication path. Then, D2D UEs were scheduled using proportional fair (PF) packet scheduler. PF scheduler was developed to improved on the throughput and guarantees fairness among the flows. The FFRA scheme was applied in two communication scenarios, namely in a single D2D UE and multiple D2D UEs. OMNET++ discrete event simulator together with INET and SimuLTE framework are the platforms used to conduct the simulation. Simulation results show that, the FFRA algorithm outperform Max C/I and RR with 32.73% and 38.67% increased in total throughput while achieving excellent performance of fairness as the number of D2D UEs increases in the networks. In addition, the FFRA algorithm contributes to the lowest delay and packet loss amongst the algorithms