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https://read.qxmd.com/read/37860092/morphometrics-and-structural-changes-of-terung-asam-sarawak-solanum-lasiocarpum-dunal-during-growth-and-development
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Albert Ting Koon Soon, Phebe Ding, Shiamala Devi Ramaiya
"Terung asam" Sarawak ( Solanum lasiocarpum Dunal) is an underutilised fruit vegetable. Information on the fruit growth is very lacking. Thus, this study was conducted to characterise fruit growth pattern based on physical characters and cellular structures. Data were recorded weekly from fruit set until senescence. All the morphological growth of "terung asam" fruit exhibits a single sigmoid growth pattern that fitted well to logistic model. There are three distinct phases of growth, i.e., S1, S2 and S3. At S1, the size of fruit cells was small without intercellular spaces...
September 2023: Tropical Life Sciences Research
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37823107/physiochemical-properties-of-sarawak-s-adapted-liberica-coffee-silverskin-utilizing-varying-solvents
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Nick Laurence Buyong, Elexson Nillian
This study aimed to investigate the physiochemical properties of Sarawak's adapted Liberica coffee silverskin (CS) using multiple solvents (distilled water, methanol, and ethanol) and its impact on the total phenolic content (TPC), total flavonoid content (TFC), and antioxidant activities of the CS. The results showed that the highest TPC was observed in the methanol extract (15.24 ± 0.65 mg GAE/g), while the highest TFC was recorded when extracted with ethanol (25.14 ± 0...
October 2023: Food Science & Nutrition
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37814287/spatial-analyses-of-plasmodium-knowlesi-vectors-with-reference-to-control-interventions-in-malaysia
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Sandthya Pramasivan, Romano Ngui, Nantha Kumar Jeyaprakasam, Van Lun Low, Jonathan Wee Kent Liew, Indra Vythilingam
BACKGROUND: Malaria parasites such as Plasmodium knowlesi, P. inui, and P. cynomolgi are spread from macaques to humans through the Leucosphyrus Group of Anopheles mosquitoes. It is crucial to know the distribution of these vectors to implement effective control measures for malaria elimination. Plasmodium knowlesi is the most predominant zoonotic malaria parasite infecting humans in Malaysia. METHODS: Vector data from various sources were used to create distribution maps from 1957 to 2021...
October 9, 2023: Parasites & Vectors
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37775489/parental-affordability-and-willingness-to-pay-for-universal-masking-amongst-government-school-students-in-kuching-sarawak
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A T Su, J W Kuan, M Shanat, O S Baderin, M Haalah
INTRODUCTION: Financial affordability to purchase commodities for disease prevention is an important public health issue. The objective of this paper is to report the financial affordability and willingness to pay amongst the parents of government students for their children's nonmedical mask use, using a newly created Household Face Mask Affordability Questionnaire (MAQ). MATERIALS AND METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study involving the parents or guardians of 50...
September 2023: Medical Journal of Malaysia
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37775479/noise-induced-hearing-loss-among-manufacturing-factory-workers-in-kuching-sarawak-prevalence-and-associated-risk-factors
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I Halim, I Azizul, C C H David, A Hanis, B Hafiz, R Naiemy, H J Hibatul, A Azila, Z S Huam
INTRODUCTION: Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) is a common problem worldwide. Increased globalisation, as well as industrialisation, gives rise to an increase in the incidence of NIHL worldwide. Malaysia is not spared from this problem, either. The objectives were to determine the prevalence of NIHL and its associated factors among manufacturing factory workers. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was done in Kuching, Sarawak, involving 173 randomly selected respondents among manufacturing factory workers...
September 2023: Medical Journal of Malaysia
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37771256/correction-to-emergence-of-equine-like-g3-and-porcine-like-g9-rotavirus-strains-in-sarawak-malaysia-2019%C3%A2-%C3%A2-2021
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October 2023: Journal of Medical Virology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37719695/postpartum-health-of-working-mothers-a-prospective-study
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Anak Janting Majorie Ensayan, Whye Lian Cheah, Hazmi Helmy
INTRODUCTION: Most working women experience poor physical and mental health during their postpartum period. This prospective study aimed to describe the physical and mental health issues faced by working mothers during their postpartum period. METHODS: Respondents were recruited using the proportional sampling method among mothers who attended the Maternal and Child Health Clinic in the Kuching division in Sarawak, Malaysia. Face-to-face interview was conducted using a questionnaire that consisted of items on socio-demographic data as well as perinatal, prenatal and postpartum factors, and the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale and a checklist of 28 specific postpartum symptoms were used during the first 6 weeks and after 12 weeks of childbirth...
2023: Malaysian Family Physician
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37705719/the-sarawak-myelofibrosis-samy-experience-demographics-and-outcome-of-myelofibrosis-patients-in-sarawak-malaysia
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Andy Sing Ong Tang, Tze Shin Leong, Qi Ying Wong, Xin Yee Tan, Ching Tiong Ko, Kok Yew Ngew, Erik Kah Jin Teh, Lee Ping Chew
Introduction: Myelofibrosis is a rare disease. There is currently no published data reporting the demographics and outcome of myelofibrosis patients in Malaysia. We aimed to study the demographics, clinical characteristics, and outcome of our patients in Sarawak. Materials and methods : This non-interventional, retrospective, and multi-center study was conducted on secondary data of medical records collected at four Sarawak Public Hospitals. All adult myelofibrosis patients diagnosed between January 2001 and December 2021 were included...
2023: SAGE Open Medicine
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37701201/microwave-assisted-extraction-of-bioactive-compounds-from-sarawak-liberica-sp-coffee-pulp-statistical-optimization-and-comparison-with-conventional-methods
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Joel Ching Jue Wong, Elexson Nillian
Coffea liberica , commonly known as Liberica coffee, is a kind of coffee that originated in Liberia, a West African country. It is considered a less-known coffee bean variety, which accounts for less than 2% of commercially produced coffee worldwide. In this study, the influences of optimization of microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) on the total phenolic content (TPC), total flavonoid content (TFC), and total carbohydrate content (TCC) of bioactive compounds extracted from Sarawak Liberica sp. coffee pulp were studied...
September 2023: Food Science & Nutrition
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37666566/case-of-human-rabies-despite-post-exposure-prophylaxis-pep-and-complete-recovery-after-intrathecal-rabies-immunoglobulin-rig
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Shan Kai Ing, Benjamin Ng Han Sim, Yih Hoong Lee, Tiing Yun Ling
Rabies, a fatal viral zoonotic disease, has become a public health concern in Sarawak, Malaysia. Despite pre-exposure and post-exposure prophylaxis being available, there has been limited progress in developing treatments for rabies, emphasising the pressing need for productive solutions. We present a laboratory-confirmed human rabies case in which the patient survived without neurological sequelae after receiving intrathecal rabies immunoglobulin.
September 4, 2023: BMJ Case Reports
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37658663/detection-of-novel-coronaviruses-from-dusky-fruit-bat-penthetor-lucasi-in-sarawak-malaysian-borneo
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Sultana Parvin Habeebur-Rahman, Vaenessa Noni, Faisal Ali Anwarali Khan, Cheng-Siang Tan
BACKGROUND: Sarawak has one of the highest diversity of fruit bats species (family Pteropodidae) in Malaysia, with 19 species described. Most coronavirus (CoV) studies have mainly focused on insectivorous bats, resulting in a lack of information on CoVs present in frugivorous bats. In addition, bat CoV surveillance activities are lacking in Malaysia. OBJECTIVES: Our study focuses on determining the presence of bat CoVs in dusky fruit bat (Penthetor lucasi). METHODS: Guano samples belonging to P...
September 2, 2023: Veterinary Medicine and Science
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37655155/depression-level-and-its-associated-factors-among-postpartum-working-women-in-kuching-sarawak-a-cross-sectional-study
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Janting Majorie Ensayan, Whye Lian Cheah, Helmy Hazmi
BACKGROUND: Postpartum depression (PD) among women, if left untreated, may result in long-term health and social consequences for them and their families. This cross-sectional study aimed to determine the factors contributing to PD among working mothers in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. METHODS: Systematic sampling was used to recruit working mothers who attended Kuching's maternal and child health clinics. They were interviewed with a validated translated questionnaire to obtain data on sociodemographics, health profiles, and Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) and postpartum symptoms...
August 2023: Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences: MJMS
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37642069/epidemiology-of-nasopharyngeal-carcinoma-in-sarawak-east-malaysia
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Kung Yee Wong, Hashimah Basri, Yieng Ling Wong, Mastulu Wahab, Nurshaline Pauline Haji Kipli, Ignatius Niap, Choo Huck Ooi
OBJECTIVES: This analysis provides an epidemiological update for nasopharyngeal carcinomas the state of Sarawak and an analysis of the trend over a 20 years period. METHOD: Data between 1996 to 2015 from a population-based cancer registry in Sarawak Malaysia was analyzed. Crude incidence rates and age-standardized rates (ASR) were calculated and compared between ethnic groups and locations (administrative division) and Joinpoint regression analysis was done to analyze trends...
August 1, 2023: Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention: APJCP
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37624318/in-silico-analysis-reveals-high-levels-of-genetic-diversity-of-plasmodium-knowlesi-cell-traversal-protein-for-ookinetes-and-sporozoites-pkceltos-in-clinical-samples
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Md Atique Ahmed, Pratisthita Baruah, Ahmed Saif, Jin-Hee Han, Mohammed Al-Zharani, Syeda Wasfeea Wazid, Saad Alkahtani, Saurav J Patgiri, Mohammed S Al-Eissa, Fu-Shi Quan
The cell-traversal protein for ookinetes and sporozoites (CelTOS), expressed on the surface of ookinetes and sporozoitesin Plasmodium species , is a promising malaria vaccine candidate. CelTOS is essential for parasite invasion into mosquito midgut and human hepatocytes, thereby contributing to malaria transmission and disease pathogenesis. This study explores the genetic diversity, polymorphisms, haplotypes, natural selection, phylogenetic analysis, and epitope prediction in the full-length Plasmodium knowlesi CelTOS gene in clinical samples from Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo, and long-term laboratory strains from Peninsular Malaysia and the Philippines...
July 26, 2023: Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37623197/from-toybox-study-to-etoybox-advancing-childhood-obesity-reduction-in-malaysian-kindergartens
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Sue Reeves, Bee Koon Poh, Yi Ting Chong, Julia Ai Cheng Lee, Whye Lian Cheah, Yatiman Noor Hafizah, Georgia Nelson, Abd Talib Ruzita, Denise Koh, Carolyn Summerbell, Cecilia A Essau, Edward Leigh Gibson
Prevention and treatment of childhood obesity is a global concern, and in Malaysia, it is considered a national public health priority. Determinants of childhood obesity are multifactorial and include factors that directly and indirectly influence energy balance-related behaviours, including energy intake and energy expenditure. Interventions to address childhood obesity that have multiple components at different levels have been shown to be the most influential. The ToyBox-study is a childhood obesity intervention aimed at preschool-aged children and their families that had been shown to be effective in several European countries and so was chosen for adaption for the Malaysian setting...
August 20, 2023: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37610982/rock-art-and-frontier-conflict-in-southeast-asia-insights-from-direct-radiocarbon-ages-for-the-large-human-figures-of-gua-sireh-sarawak
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Jillian Huntley, Paul S C Taçon, Andrea Jalandoni, Fiona Petchey, Emilie Dotte-Sarout, Mohammad Sherman Sauffi William
Gua Sireh, located in western Sarawak (Malaysian Borneo), is known for its rock art. The cave houses hundreds of charcoal drawings depicting people, often with headdresses, knives and other accoutrements. Here, we present direct radiocarbon dates and pigment characterizations from charcoal drawings of two large (>75 cm), unique Gua Sireh human figures (anthropomorphs). To our knowledge, these are the first chronometric ages generated for Malaysian rock art, providing insights into the social contexts of art production, as well as the opportunities and challenges of dating rock art associated with the Malay/Austronesian diasporas in Southeast Asia more generally...
2023: PloS One
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37550752/serosurveillance-of-sars-cov-2-in-companion-animals-in-sarawak-malaysia
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Cheng Siang Tan, Davies Belayong Bandak, Sultana Parvin Habeebur-Rahman, Lee Tung Tan, Li Li Andrea Lim
SARS-CoV-2 is a zoonotic betacoronavirus that was first reported at the dawn of 2019 in Wuhan, China and has since spread globally, causing an ongoing pandemic. Anthroponotic transmission was reported early, with confirmed infections reported in 26 species to date, including dogs and cats. However, there is a paucity of reports on the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to companion animals, and thus, we aimed to estimate the seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in dogs and cats in Sarawak, Malaysia. From August 2022 to 2023, we screened plasma samples of 172 companion animals in Sarawak, Malaysia, using a species-independent surrogate virus neutralization test...
August 7, 2023: Virology Journal
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37518752/revision-of-alpheus-euphrosyne-de-man-1897-anda-microrhynchus-de-man-1897-with-description-of-three-new-species-and-taxonomic-remarks-on-several-other-morphologically-and-ecologically-similar-snapping-shrimps-malacostraca-decapoda-alpheidae
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Arthur Anker
Alpheus euphrosyne De Man, 1897 and A. microrhynchus De Man, 1897, two taxonomically challenging snapping shrimps without extant original type material, are rediagnosed based on recently collected and older museum material and adhering closely to their original descriptions. Two male specimens from Java and Kalimantan are designated as neotypes for A. euphrosyne and A. microrhynchus, respectively. Alpheus tirmiziae Kazmi, 1974 is placed in the synonymy of A. euphrosyne. The distributional range of A. euphrosyne extends from the South China Sea through the Sunda Shelf to the northern Arabian Sea...
May 9, 2023: Zootaxa
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37501648/emergence-of-equine-like-g3-and-porcine-like-g9-rotavirus-strains-in-sarawak-malaysia-2019-2021
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Ahmad Syatir Tahar, Eng Joe Ong, Andy Rahardja, Dewi Mamora, Khwang Thong Lim, Kamruddin Ahmed, Dorothy Kulai, Cheng Siang Tan
Rotavirus is the leading causative viral agent of pediatric acute gastroenteritis globally, infecting mostly children 5 years old and below. Data on rotavirus prevalence in Malaysia is scarce, despite the WHO's recommendation for continuous rotavirus surveillance, and has underestimated the need for national rotavirus vaccination. Characteristics of the current rotavirus strains in Malaysia have to be determined to understand the rotavirus epidemiology and vaccine compatibility. This study sought to determine the genetic relatedness of Sarawak rotavirus strains with global strains and to determine the antigenic coverage and epitope compatibility of Rotarix and RotaTeq vaccines with the Sarawak rotavirus strains via in silico analysis...
August 2023: Journal of Medical Virology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/37478524/association-of-underlying-untreated-cardiovascular-risk-factors-with-mortality-and-functional-outcome-in-ischaemic-stroke-patients
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Teck Long King, Lee Len Tiong, Zariah Abdul Aziz, Wan Chung Law
OBJECTIVES: The study aimed to determine the prevalence of untreated pharmacologically modifiable cardiovascular risk factors (PMRF) among patients with ischaemic stroke and the association with in-hospital mortality and functional outcome. METHODS: We analysed the data from ischaemic stroke cases admitted to Sarawak General Hospital between June 2013 and June 2021. We matched the underlying PMRFs with prior medications and categorised them as treated, untreated, or no PMRF...
July 19, 2023: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases: the Official Journal of National Stroke Association
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