BACKGROUND Cardiovascular disease (CVD) related deaths is not only the prime cause of mortality in the world, it has also continued to increase in the low and middle income countries. Hence, this study examines the relationship between CVD risk factors and socioeconomic variables in Malaysia, which is a rapidly growing middle income nation undergoing epidemiologic transition. METHODS Using da...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between hope and resilience with work engagement. A total of 422 staff nurses working in three public hospitals in Peninsular Malaysia participated in this study. Statistical results using regression analysis revealed that hope and resilience were positively related to work engagement. Possible reasons for these findings, as well as ...

Forest fragmentation results in a loss of forest interior and an increase in edge habitat. We studied how understorey bird community composition and habitat variables changed along an edge-to-interior gradient in a 1248-ha lowland rainforest patch in peninsular Malaysia. Birds and environmental variables such as vegetation structure and litter depth were detected within a 25-m radius of each of...

IT is found that the attendance of preschool children aged one to six years is generally unsatisfactory in government clinics in Malaysia, compared to that of infants. Reports on Maternal and Child Health Services in various States of Malaysia (1979) showed that in 1978 the attendance of children aged one to four years ranged from 4.5% to 18% in all the States in Peninsular Malaysia except in M...

Melioidosis is an infectious disease caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei and endemic in Southeast Asia. One hundred and forty six clinical isolates of B. pseudomallei from different states in Malaysia were obtained and molecular typing was carried out using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). Overall, nine clusters were successfully identified. Burkholderia pseudomallei isolates used in th...

Flash floods are known as one of the common natural disasters that cost over billions Ringgit Malaysia throughout history. Academically, an extreme rainfall model is effective in modelling to predict and prevent occurrence flash floods. This paper compares four probability distributions, namely, exponential distribution, generalized value gamma Weibull with data 10 stations peninsular Malaysia....

309 INTRODUCTION Malaysia is a multiethnic country with a population of 29.5 million people . The indigenous Orang Asli, also known as the original peoples of the Malay Peninsular consist of various aboriginal tribes and make up about 1% of the Malaysian population. The Orang Asli can be grouped into three major ethno-linguistic groups namely Negrito, Senoi and Proto-Malays. Within these major ...

The concordance between endoscopic and histological gastritis was determined in 52 patients referred for upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. The study was conducted in Northeastern Peninsular Malaysia, an area with a low background prevalence of H. pylori infection. Endoscopic and histological gastritis were assessed in accordance with the Sydney System. The results showed poor concordance betwee...