The Relationship between Time Spent on Facebook and Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) Among Third Year Biomedical Science Students in Faculty Health Sciences, UKM

AbstractSocial networking site Facebook is the latest online avenue for social interactions. Facebook commands a lot of popularity among the students. This study was conducted to determine the relationship between time spent on Facebook and the Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of third year Biomedical Science students in the Faculty Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. A cross sectional study was carried out and the tools to collect information were close ended questionnaire. The study found that there was no significant correlation between time spent on Facebook and students CGPA; r= 0.152, p= 0.185.There is no significant difference CGPA between gender p>0.05 and there is significant difference between race p<0.05. It can be concluded that the FSK student's CGPA achievement was not significantly associated with the time spent on Facebook

Antibacterial activity of andrographis paniculata and euphorbia hirta methanol extracts

Two species of plants, Andrographis paniculata and Euphorbia hirta were screened for antibacterial activities against three Gram positives and Gram negatives. The leaves from both plants were extracted by methanol extraction. The antibacterial activity was detected with spread plate well diffusion method. The extracts of both plants demonstrated inhibitory activity against both Gram negatives and positives bacteria. Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis, Streptococcus epidemidis, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) determination using micro dilution method showed that the MIC of A. paniculata for the tested bacteria were 1.56mg/ml (Staph. aureus), 3.13mg/ml (BAcillus subtilis), 3.13mg/ml (Strept. epidemidis), 1.56mg/ml (Escherichia coli), 12.50mg/ml (Klebsiella pneumoniae) and 3.13mg/ml (Pseudomonas aeruginosa)respectively. The MIC value for E. hirta was 6.25mg/ml (Staph. aureus) and 3.13mg/ml (BAcillus subtilis), 3.13mg/ml (Strept.Epidemidis), 3.13mg/ml (Psedomonas aeruginosa), 12.5mg/ml (Escherichia coli), and 6.25mg/ml (Klebsiella pneumoniae). Both plants represent a potential for pharmaceutical and agricultural applications and are worthy of further study