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Cureus, Feb 6, 2023

Ting Yih Ling et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative C... more Ting Yih Ling et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 4.0., which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Since the past few decades, numerous modifications and innovations have been done to design the o... more Since the past few decades, numerous modifications and innovations have been done to design the optimal corneal biomatrix for corneal epithelial cells (CECs) or limbal epithelial stem cells (LESCs) carriers. However, researchers have yet to discover the ideal optimization strategies in the development of corneal biomatrix design and its effects on cultured CECs or LESCs. This review further discusses and summarizes recent optimization strategies to develop an ideal collagen biomatrix and its interaction with CECs and LESCs. Using PRISMA guidelines, the articles published from June 2012 to June 2022 were systematically searched using Web of Science (WoS), Scopus, PubMed, Wiley, and EBSCOhost databases. The literature search identified 444 potential relevant published articles, with 29 relevant articles selected based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria after the screening and appraising processes. The current paper highlights the physicochemical and biocompatibility (in vitro and...

… : ASEAN Journal of …, 2011

Objektif kajian ini adalah untuk melihat tahap kawalan kepercayaan pembelajaran (control of learn... more Objektif kajian ini adalah untuk melihat tahap kawalan kepercayaan pembelajaran (control of learning beliefs) dalam kalangan pelajar kursus bahasa Arab sebagai bahasa ketiga dalam konteks kemahiran lisan di Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Shah Alam. Kajian campuran antara kuantitatif dan kualitatif ini menggunakan satu instrumen soal selidik yang diubah suai daripada skala The Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) serta temu bual. Bagi data kuantitatif, seramai 297 orang sampel dipilih dengan menggunakan teknik persampelan rawak berstrata (stratified random sampling). Manakala bagi data kualitatif pula, ia melibatkan 21 siri temu bual bersama pelajar dan pensyarah. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan bahawa secara keseluruhan, kawalan kepercayaan pembelajaran pelajar berada pada tahap yang tinggi. Oleh itu, kajian ini mencadangkan agar dalam pembelajaran kemahiran lisan bahasa Arab, aktiviti dan amalan pembelajaran yang boleh menggalakkan autonomi pelajar dapat digunakan secara intensif bagi membina tahap kawalan kepercayaan pembelajaran pelajar.

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Retinitis pigmentosa is one of the risk factors for intraocular lens dislocation post cataract su... more Retinitis pigmentosa is one of the risk factors for intraocular lens dislocation post cataract surgery which can lead to many complications. A 64-year-old Chinese female with bilateral pseudophakia and retinitis pigmentosa was referred for the continuation of care in 2009 with baseline visual acuity of hand movement bilaterally due to the retinitis pigmentosa. The cataract surgeries with posterior chamber intraocular lens (PCIOL) implantation in her early 50s were uneventful. In 2011, her right eye PCIOL dislocated anteriorly into the anterior chamber spontaneously and touched the cornea. It was complicated with bullous keratopathy and corneal decompensation. Intraocular pressure (IOP) was normal. PCIOL explantation, anterior vitrectomy and surgical peripheral iridotomy were performed. However, the cornea remained decompensated postoperatively. Her left eye was stable until 2019 when she developed acute angle closure secondary to complete anterior dislocation of PCIOL with pupillary block glaucoma. She underwent left eye PCIOL explantation, anterior vitrectomy and surgical peripheral iridotomy when IOP was optimised medically. Finally, both eyes were left aphakic due to poor prognosis with light perception (PL) vision, IOP was stable on single topical antiglaucoma and bilateral decompensated corneas were maintained with topical hypertonic saline. This case highlights the different serious sequelae of bilateral eyes in an unfortunate retinitis pigmentosa patient.

African Journal of Business Management, Sep 30, 2011

This paper discusses the need for social scientists to not only react to events, but to follow a ... more This paper discusses the need for social scientists to not only react to events, but to follow a four-step model to ensure the effectiveness of their roles. The discussion centers around the case of the Rumah Panjang KTM, one of the most badly affected areas during the ethnic clash in Kampung Medan. Adopting the PINTAS model, it is imperative that concerned social scientists follow through a four-step model to achieve an integrated nation and to reduce conflict between its members. Furthermore, these two elements were intricately linked to the survival and displacement of elites within the ruling system. However, there has recently been a transformation of the government and its policies. The Malaysia's 2008 12 th general election witnessed a major political transformation and the rise of political blogging and other manifestations of the non-mainstream media in Malaysia. The Malay, Chinese and Indian tended to stick within their beneath the tranquility surface of Malaysian society, tensions of the potential for violence still lurks. The data regarding the socio-political tension plays significant impact and tremendous changes in Malaysia reflect relative political hegemony of the Malaysian democracy.

Cureus, 2022

Introduction: Cataract is the main cause of preventable blindness worldwide and as such, it is im... more Introduction: Cataract is the main cause of preventable blindness worldwide and as such, it is important to identify these patients early before complications develop. Cataracts may progress to become intumescent (phacomorphic) or hypermature (phacolytic). This can lead to lens-induced glaucoma, which may subsequently cause permanent optic nerve damage. Objective: To report on lens-induced glaucoma (LIG) of cataract cases treated in Hospital Sultanah Nur Zahirah, Kuala Terengganu (HSNZKT), Malaysia. Method: National Eye Database (Malaysia) data from 2011 till 2017 were collected and analysed. Results: A total of 81 (1.08%) cases of lens-induced glaucoma were calculated from 7468 cataract cases treated during the seven years of the study period. The number of cases showed an increasing trend with 0.78% in 2011 to 1.26% in 2017. Most of the patients were in the age group of 70-79 years (44.30%), followed by 60-69 years (34.18%), 50-59 years (11.39%), 80-89 years (7.59%), 40-49 years, and 90-99 years (1.27%). Most of the cases are female (57%). The majority of them (79.75%) underwent cataract operation for the first eye. Conclusion: Overall, this study was able to highlight the significant association between the incidence of LIG and increasing age as well as surgery series (either first or second eye). Therefore, more outreach programs should be conducted in the future to enable younger elderly patients from all areas to receive treatment. More online education and talk series can be organized to increase the community's awareness and acceptance of cataract operations.

2020 IEEE-EMBS Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Sciences (IECBES), 2021

Studies have shown some correlations between retinal vessel morphologies and multiple systemic di... more Studies have shown some correlations between retinal vessel morphologies and multiple systemic diseases. While this could pave the way to timely diagnosis of such diseases by examining vessels from fundus images, practical application of measuring and quantifying changes in vessel width over time remains a challenge. In this study, we propose a semi-automated estimation method to efficiently summarize vessel width characteristics from fundus images. The method consists of retinal vessel segmentation, optic disc (OD) localization and vessel width parameters estimation. The proposed method is validated using a public database of high-resolution fundus images called HRF, where the significance of obtained vessel width parameters in differentiating the three image groups in the database are analysed. Results indicate that the obtained parameter using the method that summarises the ratio between width of veins to arteries, AVR (Artery-Vein Ratio) can be used to differentiate images from patients with Diabetic Retinopathy against healthy and glaucomatous patients.

International Medical Journal, 2017

2021 IEEE Symposium on Industrial Electronics & Applications (ISIEA), 2021

Ocular diseases are becoming more common these days, especially the ones directly related to diab... more Ocular diseases are becoming more common these days, especially the ones directly related to diabetes such as diabetic retinopathy (DR). This can be attributed to the steady increase in the number of diabetic cases worldwide. DR can be treated if diagnosed early enough to prevent further damages to retina which could lead to total blindness if left untreated. Automatic segmentation of retinal blood vessels from fundus image is useful towards development of an efficient and accurate computer-assisted retinal diagnosis system. In this study, we propose a combination of B-COSFIRE filter and background normalization methods to segment the retinal blood vessels (RBVs) from fundus image. By performing background normalization on B-COSFIRE filter output and combining it with the original B-COSFIRE output, the segmentation performance can be improved in terms of Sensitivity. Validation of the proposed method on two public databases, namely DRIVE and STARE shows comparable segmentation performance to published methods with improved Sensitivity. The method achieves Sensitivity values of 78.33% and 81.04% and Specificity values of 96.51% and 95.69% for DRIVE and STARE database, respectively.

Journal of Glaucoma, 2019

Ocular pyogenic granuloma is a benign tumor seen after ocular insult secondary to ocular surgerie... more Ocular pyogenic granuloma is a benign tumor seen after ocular insult secondary to ocular surgeries, trauma or infection. Although benign, intervention is sometimes necessary. Previous authors have reported pyogenic granuloma formation following oculoplastic surgeries. We report a pyogenic granuloma after an Ahmed glaucoma valve implantation. A 65-year-old gentleman presented with right eye redness associated with pain and swelling~2 months after Ahmed glaucoma valve implantation. Examination found a sessile growth on the tube extruding puss with signs of endophthalmitis. The glaucoma drainage device was explanted and culture results grew Staphylococcus aureus. This article discusses the formation of pyogenic granuloma on a glaucoma drainage device and its management.

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, 2018

Purpose Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) patients are at risk of glaucoma but the risk inc... more Purpose Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) patients are at risk of glaucoma but the risk increases if they have higher intraocular pressure (IOP) while sleeping. We aim to evaluate the postural effect of upright and prolong supine positions on IOP in these patients. Methods This is a cross-sectional study involving 27 patients with symptoms of OSAS seen at a tertiary institutional center and 25 normal controls performed between June 2015 and June 2016. All patients and controls underwent a polysomnography (PSG) test and were diagnosed with OSAS based on the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI). Patients are those with OSAS symptoms and had AHI > 5, whereas controls are staffs from the ophthalmology clinic without clinical criteria for OSAS and had PSG result of AHI < 5. IOP was measured 10 min after sitting, immediately and at 30 min on supine position and immediately after resuming sitting position. The main outcome measures were the changes in mean IOP in different positions. Results The increase in mean IOP when changing from sitting to supine position was significantly higher in OSAS patients in both the right eye (RE) (1.01 ± 1.14 vs 0.44 ± 0.41 mmHg, p = 0.033) and left eye (LE) (1.20 ± 1.26 vs 0.48 ± 0.62 mmHg, p = 0.044). After 30 min supine, the IOP in OSAS patients showed a further increase in IOP than controls (RE 1.20 ± 1.79 vs 0.12 ± 0.66 mmHg, p = 0.001 and LE 0.59 ± 2.00 vs 0.15 ± 0.78 mmHg, p = 0.246). Higher IOP when sitting post supine is associated with higher IOP on supine position. Conclusion IOP increase is significantly more in OSAS patients on prolong supine position.

ABSTRACT manuscript number: CABR 211-1125

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye, 2015

The Malaysian journal of medical sciences : MJMS, 2012

Medicine & Health, 2017

Pengenalpastian jenis organisma dalam kes jangkitan ulser kornea adalah sangat penting supaya raw... more Pengenalpastian jenis organisma dalam kes jangkitan ulser kornea adalah sangat penting supaya rawatan antibiotik yang sesuai dapat diberikan kepada pesakit. Kaedah konvensional dengan menggunakan kultur plat tidak memberi hasil kajian yang memberangsangkan. Percubaan kami dengan teknik yang diubahsuai menggunakan campuran cecair BACTEC untuk mengenal pasti organisma dalam tiga kes jangkitan ulser kornea memberi keputusan cemerlang 100%.

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2011

This study investigates the value level in learning oral Arabic among students at Universiti Tekn... more This study investigates the value level in learning oral Arabic among students at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Malaysia and its correlation with the use of resource management strategies. The concept of value and resource management strategies is derived from the self-regulated learning framework. Value consists of three main components, namely intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation and task value. Meanwhile, resource management strategies consist of four components, namely time and study management, effort regulation, peer learning and help seeking. The purposes of this study are to investigate (1) the value level among overall students, (2) the correlation between students' value and their use of resource management strategies, and (3) the differences in the use of resource management strategies between students with different level of value. The sample of this study comprised of 455 students and the data were collected through a questionnaire adapted from The Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ). The study reveals that (1) the value level of students is high; (2) there are significant correlations between value and the use of resource management strategies among students; and (3) the high value group of student uses significantly higher in all components of resource management strategies than the moderate group. This study has some classroom implications. It suggests that value components should be nurtured among students by selecting appropriate learning activities. Collaborative learning activities should also involve students of mixed value level which can be assessed through their prior learning experience and gender.

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The Arabic course in Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Malaysia is an elective course offered to f... more The Arabic course in Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Malaysia is an elective course offered to first degree students. The objective of this study was to investigate students' test anxiety in learning oral Arabic at UiTM. It was a mixed method of quantitative and ...

Journal of Medical Microbiology, Jul 19, 2022