The prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder among landslide victims

Malaysia has been prone to both natural and man-made disasters such as droughts, flood, landslides, haze and others. These disasters affect livelihoods, destroy infrastructure, cause food shortages and health problems. People exposed to natural disasters have a greater risk of experiencing mental health problems, including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This must have been a terrible experience with psychological consequences. The purpose of this study to investigate the prevalence of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) among public that involved or have been a victim of landslides and to study the symptoms of trauma recovery by landslide for the benefit of well being.We assessed PTSD by using The Post-traumatic stress disorder checklist and Post Traumatic Growth Inventory for 500 respondent from five areas that hit by landslides. The post–traumatic stress disorder checklist, it is to test emotional trauma such as depression, psychological stress, fear, anxiety and others. The Post-traumatic Grow Inventory that test positive changes and development of the symptoms of trauma. The scale appears to have utility in determining how succesful individuals, coping with the aftermath of trauma, are in reconstructing or strengthening their perceptions of self, others and the meaning of events. We are using mix methods for this research uses purposive and snow ball sampling. The result show, some of public who experience hit by landslide had been a trauma. The location of study that most highest trauma victims is Bukit Antarabangsa 16.4% and Paya Terubong 13.25. But most of them are back to normal after trauma were 55.2%. Although traumatic or distressing events can cause long-lasting psychological symptoms but, they may report an increased interest in spritual matter, increased maturity, improved social relations or a new and healthier lifestyle after a traumatic event

Travel Time Patterns of Students with Special Needs to Special Education Integrated Program-based Schools in Johor Bahru, Malaysia: An Initial Finding

Education for all has been a global priority to ensure that all students have equal access to high-quality education regardless of disability or minority status. In Malaysia, the special education integrated programme (SEIP) is designed to close the inequality gap by integrating special education into existing government and vernacular schools. Numerous studies examine the travel patterns of regular students to school, resulting in a dearth of research on the travel patterns of special needs students to formal school. Thus, this paper uses spatial analysis to demonstrate the travel patterns of students with special needs to SEIP schools. This paper demonstrated that the majority of SEIP schools in the Johor Bahru district can be reached within a 5 to 10 minute drive. Individual travel time analyses between origin (home) and destination (current versus ideal school) indicate that the majority of secondary school students attend their ideal neighbourhood schools, but not primary school students. The average travel time is 12 minutes, with 89 percent of them travelling by car. The travel time clustering analysis revealed that the majority of students who commute to school live within a radius of 2 to 10 km and within a time range of 10 to 20 minutes. However, a small group of these special students commutes to school for 20 to 25 minutes each day. The preliminary findings can be improved and may aid in the design of carpool and transit schedules, as the majority of these students heavily rely on their cars for transportation. The effects of the lengthy commute to school could be further investigated, as these children are vulnerable and any negative impact on their mental, emotional, or physical development must be addressed

Media dan literasi kesihatan: pemilihan susu tumbesaran kanak-Kanak dalam kalangan ibu

Pemilihan susu tumbesaran oleh ibu bapa adalah penting bagi menjamin kesihatan yang baik dan membantu dalam proses tumbesaran anak-anak. Walaubagaimanapun, terdapat lambakan maklumat mengenai susu tumbesaran di media dan kebanyakan maklumat ini berkemungkinan tidak tepat, terutamanya jika ia datangnya dari sumber yang menjana keuntungan. Kajian ini memfokuskan kepada literasi kesihatan dalam kalangan ibu tentang khasiat susu tumbesaran anak-anak mereka. Ini melibatkan akses, pemahaman, penilaian dan aplikasi maklumat berkaitan kesihatan terhadap aspek tumbesaran anak yang mempengaruhi pemilihan susu tumbesaran anak mereka. Kajian ini bersifat kualitatif dan menggunakan temubual fokus ke atas 25 orang ibu sebagai responden. Kajian ini juga melihat bagaimana media memainkan peranan dalam pembentukan literasi kesihatan golongan ibu terutamanya dalam aspek susu tumbesaran kanak-kanak. Model Literasi Kesihatan Sorensen digunakan dalam kajian ini bagi memandu pengkaji dalam mendalami aspek literasi kesihatan. Media pula dimasukkan dalam kajian untuk melihat bagaimana ia boleh memainkan peranan dalam pembentukkan literasi kesihatan ibu. Hasil kajian mendapati media berupaya menyumbang kepada pemahaman golongan ibu terutama melalui maklumat yang dipaparkan. Namun begitu, kebolehan responden untuk mengakses, memahami dan menilai maklumat kesihatan dalam media dengan baik tidak menjamin guna kait maklumat tersebut dalam tingkah laku kesihatan

CUBE Enterprise / Nurul Afiqah Ismail... [et. al].

This business is based on partnership where it consists of four (4) members. The members consist of the General Manager cum Administration Manager, Marketing Manager, Operational Manager and Financial Manager. The business capital is amounted to RM 50, 602. We also take loan from bank amounted to RM 75,000. CUBE Enterprise is a company related to the sweet corn based product. Our market focus is to introduce a new style of healthy fast-food to the public. The uniqueness of our product is it has variety of flavor, friendly-use container, and been accompanied with several types of toppings. Our business will be expected to commence on January 2013 and our vision is to make our company a well-known producers of healthy fast-food that satisfied our worldwide customer. This will be realized by the full cooperation and efforts among the partners to promote this company. Based on the objectives above, we are venturing into the fast-food industry. Healthy fast-food has the potential of being a profitable business if it's done in modern and unique way that may attract customer at different age or gender. We will expect that our business will become more developed in the near future because the demand for the healthy fast-food is high and yet now this kind of business is started to grow. This will give more advantages for us to make our product more profitable and stabile in the long run

Langkah kecil bersama BioGreen Week

SERDANG- Seramai 86 orang pelajar dari Universiti Putra Malaysia dan 20 orang peserta awam telah menyertai program BioGreen Week 1.0 2020 yang bertujuan membantu menyebarkan kesedaran untuk melindungi alam sekitar dalam kalangan masyarakat dengan melibatkan diri dalam pelbagai aktiviti

COMPARATIVE ANTIOXIDANT PROPERTIES OF METHANOLIC EXTRACT OF RED AND WHITE DRAGON FRUITS

Objective: Dragon fruits, comes in two varieties; Hylocereus undatus (white dragon fruit) and Hylocereus polyrhizus (red dragon fruit). This fruit is also called as pitahaya and can be found naturally in Malaysia, Vietnam, Central America, Colombia and Nicaragua. Methods: In the present study we carry out the comparative antioxidant activity of methanolic extract of both dragon fruits by using DPPH method. Results: The results showed that the methanolic extract of red dragon fruits showed better antioxidant activity than the methanolic extract of white dragon fruits. Conclusion: In conclusion, the red dragon fruit is a good candidate for further investigation

High-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation at dorsolateral prefrontal cortex for migraine prevention: A protocol for a systematic review of controlled trials

Migranya; Estimulació magnètica transcranial; Escorça prefrontalMigraña; Estimulación magnética transcraneal; Corteza prefrontalMigraine; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Prefrontal cortexBackground Migraine may lead to a negative impact on the patients’ quality of life with a subsequent substantial burden to society. Therapy options for treatment and prevention of migraine have progressed over the years and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is one of the promising non-pharmacological options. It induces and alters electric current in the brain via repetitive non-invasive brain stimulation in high frequency. In migraine patients, two common stimulation sites are the M1 cortex and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC). The mechanism on how rTMS exerts therapeutic effects on migraine is not fully established, but the main postulation is that the neuromodulation via high-frequency rTMS (hf-rTMS) might inhibit pain perception. However, evidence from studies has been conflicting, thus the usefulness of hf-rTMS as migraine preventive treatment is still uncertain at this moment. Methods This is a systematic review protocol describing essential reporting items based on the PRISMA for systematic review protocols (PRISMA-P) (Registration number: CRD42020220636). We aim to review the effectiveness, tolerability, and safety of hf-rTMS at DLPFC in randomised controlled trials (RCTs) as migraine prophylactic treatment. We will search Scopus, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature Plus, PubMed, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and Biomed Central for relevant articles from randomised controlled clinical trials that used hf-rTMS applied at DLPFC for the treatment of migraine. The risk of bias will be assessed using the version 2 “Risk of bias” tool from Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions Version 6.1. We will investigate the evidence on efficacy, tolerability and safety and we will compare the outcomes between the hf-rTMS intervention and sham groups. Discussion This systematic review will further determine the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of hf-rTMS applied at DLPFC for migraine prophylaxis. It will provide additional data for health practitioners and policymakers about the usefulness of hf-rTMS for migraine preventive treatment.This work is funded by Research Management Centre of Universiti Putra Malaysia under research grant number GPB/2017/9585500

Analysis of homocysteine metabolism enzyme gene polymorphisms in non-syndromic congenital heart disease patients among Malaysians

Congenital heart disease (CHD) mainly is caused by the incomplete development of the heart during the first 6 weeks of pregnancy. Chromosomal and genetic abnormalities in the child and high levels of homocysteine in the blood are some of the risk factors related to CHD. Several studies in various populations have been done to determine the candidate genes in the predisposition to CHD with contradictory results, but there have been no studies that had been found in Malaysian CHD patients on homocysteine gene polymorphisms. Hence, this study was conducted to determine the allelic and genotypic analysis of the polymorphisms in candidate genes of the homocysteine enzymes; Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (MTHFR), Cystathionine-b-synthase (CBS), Methionine Synthase (MTR) and Methionine Synthase Reductase (MTRR) genes. Based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria, buccal or blood samples were collected from 150 Malaysian non-syndromic CHD patients and 150 samples from healthy subjects as controls with no matching of age, genders and race between cases and controls. Genomic DNA was extracted from the samples using commercially available kits and the genotyping analysis for C677T MTHFR, A1298C MTHFR, A66G MTRR, A2756G MTR and 844ins68 CBS gene polymorphisms were analyzed using PCR-RFLP analysis. There was a significant difference observed in MTHFR A1298C gene polymorphism between cases and controls (P=0.008). However, there was no significant difference was observed for MTHFR C677T, MTRR A66G, MTR A2756G and CBS 844ins68 gene polymorphism. The association of MTHFR A1298C with the development of CHD in this study emphasis the role of MTHFR gene in the pathogenesis of non-syndromic CHD in Malaysian subjects

Impact of Photoperiod on the Carbon Metabolic Pathways of Chlorella Vulgaris for Biomass Production and Nutrient Removal in Treating Nutrient-Rich Wastewater

Cultivation of Chlorella vulgaris has been done in different photoperiod to study the effect of photoperiod cycles on the on the carbon metabolic pathways of the microalgae species in order to enhance its biomass and lipid productions. Autotrophic, heterotrophic and three different photoperiod cycles of mixotrophic growth mode were evaluated for its biomass growth, carbon and nutrient uptakes and lipid yield. The studied photoperiods for mixotrophic growth are 16:8, 12:12 and 8:16 h (light:dark hours). Heterotrophic condition produced much lower microalgal biomass and lipid yield compared to microalgae grown under autotrophic and mixotrophic condition. There is no significant difference in microalgal biomass yields observed under continuous illumination between 16:8 h, 12:12 h and 8:16 h photope�riods. All studied parameters showed a near complete removal of COD on the second day of cultivation. Higher nitrogen removal was observed at longer photoperiod condition

Maverick Enterprise : Anti Rust Spray / Fakhrul Azfar Ahmad Husni ...[et al.]

As for the business, we are producing anti rust spray for Malaysian. People nowadays want something that simple, easy to use and act effectively but also at reasonable price. We made our rust remover in liquid form to reduce our cost and market price and also easy to use. We use strong alkaline powder and strong acid to maximize the effect. Through our long term research and observation, we had planned to set up this business because we can see wider prospect of this sector in the future. Apart from that, we have observed that there are a few competitors that involves in this business. So, we take these opportunities to expand our business because we are qualified with skills