Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Orthodontics, Melaka-Manipal Medical College, Bukit Baru, Malaysia Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Melaka-Manipal Medical College, Bukit Baru, Malaysia Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Oral Medicine, Melaka Manipal Medical College, Melaka, Malaysia Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, College of Dental Surgery, Davangere...

1 National Center for Cell Science, Ganeshkhind, Pune 411007, MS, India. 2 Division of Tissue Engineering and Regeneration Technologies, BMT Wing, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Poojappura, Thiruvananthapuram 695012, Kerala, India. 3 Stempeutics Research Malaysia SDN BHD, Technology Park Malaysia, Bukit Jalil, 57000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Address corresponde...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE Demand for health care service has significantly increased, while the quality of healthcare and patient safety has become national and international priorities. This paper aims to identify the gaps and the current initiatives for optimizing the quality of care and patient safety in Malaysia. DESIGN Review of the current literature. Highly cited articles were used as the...

The "rings" belonging to the genus Ypthima are amongst the most common butterflies in Peninsular Malaysia. However, the species can be difficult to tell apart, with keys relying on minor and often non-discrete ring characters found on the hindwing. Seven species have been reported from Peninsular Malaysia, but this is thought to be an underestimate of diversity. DNA barcodes of 165 individuals,...

Introduction In Malaysia, work on case mix based on DRG (Diagnostic Related Groups) was initiated in 1996 with the establishment of a case-mix research team consisting of representatives from the Ministry of Health, the University of Malaya, the University of Kebangsaan Malaysia, and the University of Science Malaysia. This team conducted a research project involving 12 public hospitals in Mala...

This study provides estimates of the private returns of tertiary non-conventional education (NCE) for management graduates in Malaysia. The term ‘non-conventional education’ used in this research refers to distance learning and part-time management degree program graduates. We evaluate the private returns using basic concept of educational cost and benefit analysis. The data used were derived f...

1. School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Minden, Pulau Penang, Malaysia. TEL: +60164849551; Email: muthana_albuldawy(at)yahoo.com 2. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. 3. Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia Abstract Palm oil esters are high molecula...

Entrepreneurs in Malaysia are playing an important role for the economic development of the country. Due to the potential benefits of e-commerce, entrepreneurs of Malaysia have the opportunity to expand their market in the world. The purpose of the study is to find out the extent of the effect of entrepreneurial personality traits towards the e-commerce adoption in the context of small and medi...

This paper as a whole will discuss the entrepreneurship development in Malaysia. The 21 century promises a world of challenges and opportunities to all the nations in the world. Malaysia has launched the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) to spearhead Malaysia’s challenges in the new millennium. In line with Malaysia’s objective to produce world class Information Technology (IT) –savvy-working for...

BACKGROUND Tourism, combined with the phrase medical, seems to be a new form of tourism which has gained huge popularity in recent decades. Though, a number of literatures available with regard to the tourism industry and the competitiveness of the destination, however, the major aspects which determine the satisfaction of medical tourists are hardly focused specifically on Malaysia. There is a...