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Health beliefs about osteoporosis in a Malaysian population. [Abstract]

Yeap SS, Goh EML, Das Gupta E, Lee JK

APLAR Journal of Rheumatology, 2006;9 Suppl 1:A125-A126.

DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8077.2006.00199_20.x

Aims: The aim of this study was to determine the depth of knowledge about osteoporosis (OP) among the public in Malaysia. Methods: A self-administered questionnaire was distributed to attendees of selected health-related public forums in the Klang Valley and Seremban between the months of May to October 2005. Results: 483 questionnaires were returned from 600 given out (80.5%). There were 139 (28.8%) male, 338 (70%) female respondents and 6 (1.2%) not stated. 87.1% respondents had heard of OP. Significantly more women than men had heard of OP (p = 0.015). Mean age was 50.15 ± 14.6 years, 56.7% in the range of 45-64 years. There was no significant difference in the ages of those who had heard of OP and those who had not. 180/338 (53.3%) were postmenopausal females. Those with >10 years of schooling were more likely to have heard of OP (p RM 1000/month (US$270) were more likely to have heard of OP (p =0.022). 22.6% had a positive family history of OP. 63.1% exercised regularly at an average of 4.26 ± 2.78 hours/week. 4.8% were smokers with a median of 10 cigarettes/day. 24.4% drank alcohol with a median of 1 drink/week. However, 70.9% of respondents said that OP led to falls. 89.6% were concerned about osteoporosis. 90.7% agreed that osteoporosis would make daily activities more difficult. The majority obtained their information about osteoporosis from the printed word; newspapers 55.7%, magazines 46.4%, posters/brochures 30.2%, followed by public talks 30%, relatives 29.6%, television 22.8%, medical clinic 22.6% and internet 11.4%. The majority would ask for more information on osteoporosis from their general practitioner 30.6%, followed by other medical specialists such as orthopaedic surgeons 28.4%, hospital specialists 23.8%, rheumatologists 22.4%, followed by friends 15.9%, relatives 14.3% and pharmacists 11.4%. In this self-selected population, knowledge of OP was better among women, the better educated and those earning a higher level of income. Almost 90% of respondents were concerned about getting OP. Their knowledge of OP was obtained from the printed word, which is an important consideration when considering health promotion activities. General practitioners and orthopaedic surgeons need to have a good knowledge of OP.

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Non-syndromic craniosynostosis treated by frontal orbital advancement: A case report

Khoo KW, Arman Zaharil MS, Mohd Ali MZ

Med J Malaysia, 2018 12;73(6):423-424.

PMID: 30647221

Craniosynostosis is a premature pathologic fusion of one or more cranial vault sutures leading to abnormally-shaped skull. It can occur in isolated event (non-syndromic), or it can occur in conjunction with other anomalies in welldefined patterns (syndromic). The diagnosis rests on clinical examination and confirmation is generally on the computed tomography scan. The need for surgery is both for cosmetic and functional reasons. Here we describe a case of nonsyndromic craniosynostosis that was treated with frontal orbital advancement (FOA). The potential benefits of FOA need to be carefully weighed against the potential complications when deciding for any surgical intervention.

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Impact of the Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling Special Issue on Women in Computational Chemistry

Mazzolari A, Nunes-Alves A, Wahab HA, Amaro RE, Cournia Z, Merz KM

J Chem Inf Model, 2020 07 27;60(7):3328-3330.

PMID: 32623887 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.0c00636

In this Viewpoint, we provide a commentary on the impact of the Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling Special Issue on Women in Computational Chemistry published in May 2019 and the feedback we received.

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The COVID-19 pandemic: Theoretical and practical perspectives on children, women and sex trafficking

Asongu SA, Usman UM

Health Care Women Int, 2020 12 08;41(11-12):1384-1397.

PMID: 33290191 DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2020.1849219

We provide theoretical and practical perspectives on children, women, and sex trafficking during the COVID-19 pandemic. Process tracing is employed as a primary research instrument. It is an analytical technique used for either theory-building or theory-testing purposes that is employed to elucidate causation and change as well as to develop and evaluate extant theories in social sciences. We illustrate that a policy is needed that will strengthen the capacity of existing structures in the fight against the underlying trafficking so that these attendant structures are efficiently used to stop the trafficking and avoid the corresponding threats to public health safety.

Matched MeSH terms: Female

Estimates of genetic parameters of certain characters in Hevea brasiliensis

Tan H, Mukherjee TK, Subramaniam S

Theor Appl Genet, 1975 Jan;46(4):181-90.

PMID: 24419927 DOI: 10.1007/BF00281668

Heritability estimates of five quantitative characters, namely, yield, girth, girth increment, virgin bark and renewed bark thickness, of the breeding Phase III Hevea families have been obtained by variance component analyses. In general, the combined heritability estimates for various characters were low to moderate. The heritabilities of these characters based on female variance components, however, were high, suggesting that considerable improvement of each of the characters could be achieved in properly designed experiments.Estimates of heritability for average yields (Range: 0.11-0.34) over different years showed that the first three years' yield was adequate for predicting estimates of genetic variance for the average of five years' yield.Correlation studies on yield with other characters indicated considerable influence of environment, with genetic correlations accounting for about 0.07 to 0.36 in the characters studied.Expected direct response to selection in yield and correlated response in yield to selection for girth at opening and virgin bark thickness have been calculated using three arbitrary values of selection intensity. The efficiency of the correlated response was found to be approximately half that of the direct response. However, the indirect selection for yield using virgin bark thickness appeared to be more favourable than that using the girth at opening favoured by earlier workers.

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Description of the larva of a firefly species, Pygoluciola dunguna Nada (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)

Nada B, Ballantyne LA, Jusoh WFA

Zootaxa, 2021 Feb 02;4920(4):zootaxa.4920.4.4.

PMID: 33756646 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4920.4.4

Pygoluciola dunguna Nada, 2018 was described from Peninsular Malaysia, using males and reliably associated females. This paper details description of the larva which has been conclusively identified as Pygoluciola dunguna based on DNA barcoding technique and uses morphology, brief habitat and behavioural data. A total of 70 larval specimens were measured and their main features described. The larvae exhibit a riparian or semi-aquatic behaviour, observed crawling on the sandy edge of shallow streams. The stake-like projections along the length of the body suggest a form of defensive mechanism from falling prey to aquatic predators.

Matched MeSH terms: Female

Cyana fossi, a new species from Vietnam (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini)

Volynkin AV, Ivanova MS

Zootaxa, 2021 Mar 03;4938(5):zootaxa.4938.5.7.

PMID: 33756963 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4938.5.7

Cyana Walker, 1854 is one of the most species-rich Erebiidae genera within the tribe Lithosiini Billberg of the subfamily Arctiinae Leach. The genus is widespread from Sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar through southern and eastern Asia to New Guinea and Australia with a diversity hot spot in South East Asia. A striking species with contrasting red and orange wing pattern, C. bellissima (Moore, 1878) was described from northern India and recorded from the Himalayas, China and Indochina (Fang 2000; Černý Pinratana 2009; Singh et al. 2020). Another closely related species, C. stresemanni (Rothschild, 1936) (= bellissima inouei Kishida, 1993) is distributed in the Peninsular Malaysia (Rothschild 1936; Kishida 1993; Bucsek 2012). During examination of extensive unsorted Lithosiini materials housed in the MWM/ZSM and the private collection of the senior author, a series of peculiar specimens from southern Vietnam provisionally identified as 'C. bellissima' was found. These specimens, however, display certain external differences from other populations of C. bellissima and C. stresemanni, suggesting the presence of a further taxon related to C. bellissima. The examination of the male and the female genitalia of the southern Vietnamese specimens has confirmed their specific distinctness and they are described in this paper as a new species.

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A new Occidozyga from Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo (Anura: Dicroglossidae)

Matsui M, Nishikawa K, Eto K, Hamidy A, Hossman Y, Fukuyama I

Zootaxa, 2021 Feb 10;4926(4):zootaxa.4926.4.4.

PMID: 33756730 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4926.4.4

We found a uniquely colored dicroglossid frog of the genus Occidozyga from western Sarawak, East Malaysia. It is divergent from other congeners in morphology and mtDNA sequences. In a molecular phylogeny, this species is the sister lineage to the continental species O. lima and O. martensii with weak support. The species is small with SVL 16-18 mm in males and 18-19 mm in females, without dorsolateral fold but with transverse wrinkles on dorsum, tips of fingers lacking disks but of toes with disks, only first and second toes webbed to disks, and orange-brown dorsum with dark brown band. We thus describe it as a new species.

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Description of the male of Tanyxiphium harriet (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), with new distribution records and synonymy

Triapitsyn SV, Aishan Z, Huber JT

Zootaxa, 2020 Dec 18;4896(1):zootaxa.4896.1.5.

PMID: 33756875 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4896.1.5

Tanyxiphium longissimum Huber, syn. n. (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) is synonymized under T. harriet (Zeya) based on examination of specimens from Hainan Island and Yunnan Province in the Oriental part of China, Sulawesi Island in Indonesia, Peninsular Malaysia, and Thailand. These are new country distribution records except for Thailand. The previously unknown male of T. harriet is described from Sulawesi Island, and the female is redescribed and illustrated based on non-type material examined.

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The Association Between Female Sexual Dysfunction and Sexual Dysfunction in the Male Partner: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Chew PY, Choy CL, Sidi HB, Abdullah N, Che Roos NA, Salleh Sahimi HM, et al.

J Sex Med, 2021 01;18(1):99-112.

PMID: 33303390 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2020.10.001

BACKGROUND: The field of study addressing the relationship between FSD and male sexual dysfunction (MSD) represents a pivotal worldwide health issue as interrelationship between FSD and MSD studies are still inconclusive.

AIM: To review the interrelationship between FSD and MSD and to conclude whether there is a definitive risk of men developing sexual dysfunction when his partner is suffering from FSD.

METHODS: The investigation was conducted following the standard practice for conducting and reporting the findings of systematic reviews and meta-analyses comprising of 4 electronic databases, that is, Embase, PsycInfo, Cochrane Library and Ovid (Medline) from inception to December 2019. Search strategies were developed based on relevant keywords with appropriate truncation and Boolean operators' approach. The quality of studies was employed using the McMaster Critical Review Form for Quantitative Studies and were assessed by independent reviewers. The levels of evidence of the included studies were also determined.

OUTCOMES: MSD who had been exposed to FSD.

RESULTS: From more than 8,000 studies searched, 26 studies were finally included, and most included studies have reasonable quality. Meta-analysis found a significant sexual dysfunction in men who are partnered with women with FSD. It found a consistent correlation between FDS and sexual dysfunction in men with a significant 3-fold increase in MSD who are partnered with women with FSD (odds ratio = 3.011, 95% confidence interval: 1.856-4.885, P =

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Fulltext Rare morphology of the third maxillary molar and potential complications in its extraction

Siti Mazlipah Ismail, Firdaus Hariri

Ann Dent, 2020;27(1):66-68.

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There is a wide variation in the morphology of third maxillary molar which can be difficult to be identified radiographically. We present a case of a 26 year-old Yemeni female patient presented with difficult extraction of her left maxillary third molar. The extracted tooth showed a rare variation of root morphology, having four roots with three roots curving palatally at the apices. This report emphasized the potential complex morphological variation of maxillary third molar which may lead to the difficulty of a routine straight forward procedure thus needing careful extraction maneuvering to prevent any complications.

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Periodic weakness of the diaphragm as the sole manifestation of bulbar onset myasthenia

Finsterer J, Scorza CA, Scorza FA, Fiorini AC

Med J Malaysia, 2020 07;75(4):409-410.

PMID: 32724005

No abstract provided.

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A case of Takayasu Arteritis presenting with young stroke

Cheo SW, Mohd Zamin H, Low QJ, Tan YA, Chia YK

Med J Malaysia, 2020 11;75(6):745-747.

PMID: 33219190

Stroke is a debilitating disease as it carries significant morbidity especially when it affects the younger population. There are various etiologies of young stroke, namely arterial dissection, cardioembolism, thrombophilia, inherited genetic disorder and vasculitis. Young patient with stroke should undergo complete evaluation to identify the underlying etiology in order to prevent recurrence of stroke. Here, we would like to illustrate a case of Takayasu arteritis presenting as young stroke in a 17-years-old lady with no known medical illness.

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A review of Megalogomphus sumatranus (Krüger, 1899) and its allies in Sundaland with a description of a new species from Borneo (Odonata: Anisoptera: Gomphidae)

Dow RA, Price BW

Zootaxa, 2020 Sep 04;4845(4):zootaxa.4845.4.2.

PMID: 33056753 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4845.4.2

Megalogomphus sumatranus (Krüger, 1899) and its allies in Sundaland are reviewed. The accessory genitalia of the males of this genus, hardly considered previously, are found to be taxonomically informative. The taxon from Borneo previously treated as M. sumatranus is described from both sexes as M. buddi sp. nov. (holotype ♂ Sungai Datai, Nanga Bloh, Lanjak Entimau Wildlife Sanctuary, Kapit Division, Sarawak, Malaysia, 22 viii 2013, leg. J. anak Awan M. anak Adau; deposited at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, the Netherlands). Megalogomphus borneensis (Laidlaw, 1914), described as a subspecies of M. icterops (Martin, 1903) and subsequently relegated to the synonymy of that species, is considered to be a distinct species. Megalogomphus icterops is however considered to be a junior synonym of M. sumatranus. A re-description of the holotype of Megalogomphus borneensis is provided as is the first description of the female. Descriptive notes with illustrations of Megalogomphus sumatranus are given.

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Fulltext Penciptaan Hawa Menurut Kitab Tafsir dan Fakta Sains

Rosmalizawati Ab. Rashid, Nurul Asyiqin Yusof, Roszara Roslan

AL-QIYAM International Social Science and Humanities Journal, 2018;1(1):11-22.

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Often people hear the expression 'women are made from the ribs of the prophet Adam' in religious lectures or writings related to women and girls. However, to what extent these truths must be analysed and clarified so that they can clear up misunderstandings and negative stereotypes about Muslim women as if they were second-class creations. This is because, most of the people feel that it is part of the essence of the Quran and the Hadith, even though it is taken from the scriptures that you have heard, but its source is not explained every time it is mentioned or written. Therefore, this paper aims to identify its source and focus its discussion on its content from a scientific perspective and in line with scientific findings on the issue. It is hoped that through a paper based on the study of libraries in two areas, the science of revelation and science can contribute knowledge that is beneficial to the community in general and the Islamic world in particular.

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Estimation of age in Asiatic girls

Cameron JAP

Journal of the Malaya Branch of the British Medical Association, 1938;2:19-23.

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Fulltext A contribution to the study of fever

Galloway DJ

Journal of the Straits Medical Association, 1892;3:15-9.

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Observations on dysentery and its treatment on an isolated rubber estate

Patwardhan VT

Malayan Medical Journal, 1937;12:91-2.

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Management strategies in Graves' hyperthyroidism

Tan CE, Tan KT, Khoo D, Wang KW

Family Physician, 1991;3:42-45.

Antithyroid drugs, radioiodine and surgery are lhe three modalities of treatment for Graves' hyperthyroidism. The treatment strategy depends on a clear understanding of the relative advantages and disadvantages of each mode of treatment as well as the individual patient's preference. Recent studies favour the use of high dose antithyroid drugs with thyroxine supplementation to induce a higher rate of remission. Radioiodine is likely to be favoured as the definitive form of treatment. Surgery still has a place particularly for young female patients with large goitres. Keywords: Antithyroid drugs, radioiodine, thyroidectomy.

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Family Medicine Case Conference: A medical dilemma

Teng CL

Family Physician, 1994;6:21-2.

Matched MeSH terms: Female

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