©2017 Turkish League Against Rheumatism. All rights reserved. ABSTRACT Objectives: This study aims to determine the predictors of poor sleep quality in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Patients and methods: This was a monocentric, cross sectional, case-control study which was conducted at the Putrajaya Hospital, Malaysia. We recruited 46 patients with RA (3 males; 43 females; mean age 48.15±14.96) an...

Due to its significance and prominence in Malaysian culture, English is taught learned as a second language. Along with transforming the education system towards better, innovative teaching approaches are necessary assist learners learning their language schools. In this study, flash card game was designed developed encourage primary school learn vocabulary improve reading skills. It inspired b...

Organisations have shifted from traditional beliefs to the incorporation of agile methods for attaining high levels performance through its established goals and objectives. Emotional intelligence (EI) is envisaged contribute achievement higher performance. With current global economic crisis pandemic situation, it has become very critical achieve with limited resources. Countries confront chal...

-We presents in this paper a novel fish classification methodology based on a combination between robust feature selection ,image segmentation and geometrical parameter techniques using Artificial Neural Network and Decision Tree. Unlike existing works for fish classification, which propose descriptors and do not analyze their individual impacts in the whole classification task and do not make ...

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease and despite the improvement in the survival in the past few decades, the morbidity due to disease damage remains significant. The objectives of this study were to investigate the disease damagepattern and determine the associated factors of damage in the multi-ethnic Malaysian SLE patients. We consecutively 424SLE patients who a...

Background/Objective Our study aimed to assess the effects of physical activity interventions via standing banners (point-of-decision prompt) and aerobics classes to promote physical activity among individuals with metabolic syndrome. Methods We conducted a cluster randomized controlled intervention trial (16-week intervention and 8-week follow-up). Malaysian government employees in Putrajaya...