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  1. Fulltext AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE PERFORMANCE OF THE MULTILAYER PERCEPTRON ARCHITECTURE OF DEEP LEARNING IN FORECASTING STOCK PRICES
    ASSUNTA MALAR PATRICK VINCENT, HASSILAH SALLEH
    UMT Journal of Undergraduate Research, 2021;3(2):61-68.
    MyJurnal
    A wide range of studies have been conducted on deep learning to forecast time series data. However, very few researches have discussed the optimal number of hidden layers and nodes in each hidden layer of the architecture. It is crucial to study the number of hidden layers and nodes in each hidden layer as it controls the performance of the architecture. Apart from that, in the presence of the activation function, diverse computation between the hidden layers and output layer can take place. Therefore, in this study, the multilayer perceptron (MLP) architecture is developed using the Python software to forecast time series data. Then, the developed architecture is applied on the Apple Inc. stock price due to its volatile characteristic. Using historical prices, the accuracy of the forecast is measured by the different activation functions, number of hidden layers and size of data. The Keras deep learning library, which can be found in the Python software, is used to develop the MLP architecture to forecast the Apple Inc. stock price. The developed model is then applied on different cases, namely different sizes of data, different activation functions, different numbers of hidden layers of up to nine layers, and different numbers of nodes in each hidden layer. Then, the metrics mean squared error (MSE), mean absolute error (MAE) and root-mean-square error (RMSE) are employed to test the accuracy of the forecast. It is found that the architecture with rectified linear unit (ReLU) outperformed in every hidden layer and each case with the highest accuracy. To conclude, the optimal number of hidden layers differs in every case as there are other influencing factors.
    Matched MeSH terms: Food Hypersensitivity
  2. Fulltext Food Allergy and Helicobacter pylori Infection: A Systematic Review
    Ma ZF, Majid NA, Yamaoka Y, Lee YY
    Front Microbiol, 2016;7:368.
    PMID: 27047479 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00368
    Based on the hygiene hypothesis, a low prevalence of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection may explain the recent high prevalence of allergic diseases including food allergy. However, there are very few studies that investigate the relationship between H. pylori and food allergy.
    Matched MeSH terms: Food Hypersensitivity
  3. Fulltext The effects of light and height of building in attracting Paederus fuscipes curtis to disperse towards human residential areas
    Sufian Maryam, Nik Fadzly, Wan Fatma Zuharah
    Trop Life Sci Res, 2016;27(11):95-101.
    MyJurnal
    Paederus fuscipes Curtis is a nocturnal insect. The attractiveness of artificial
    light sources from residential premises eventually causes the risk of severe dermatitis
    effect, once Paederus is in contact with human skin. The objective of this study is to
    investigate whether the light and height factors of residential buildings and its’ association
    to rice cultivation phases are primary reasons for P. fuscipes’s mass dispersal into human
    residential areas. The study site was located in residential premises that were built
    adjacent to rice field areas (≈ 32–60 m and 164 m) north of the rice field located in Teluk
    Air Tawar, mainland of Pulau Pinang. Overall, both light sources and rice cultivation
    phases caused a significant effect for P. fuscipes beetles dispersal flight to invade human
    settlements. More P. fuscipes were captured near the bright light source with the highest
    number of beetles found during harvesting stage. Whereas, significantly higher number of
    P. fuscipes were captured at level 2 and 3 compared to ground and level 1 of the
    apartment building and P. fuscipes was also found significantly affected by the rice
    cultivation phases at different elevation levels. This indicates that bright light sources and
    higher elevation levels are the main factors in attracting P. fuscipes beetles to disperse
    and causes infestations in residential areas. This finding could create awareness among
    the public on P. fuscipes dispersal pattern.
    Matched MeSH terms: Food Hypersensitivity
  4. Severity and extent of upper small bowel mucosal damage in cow's milk protein-sensitive enteropathy
    Iyngkaran N, Yadav M, Boey CG, Lam KL
    J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr, 1988 Sep-Oct;7(5):667-74.
    PMID: 3183870
    A series of 31 infants, 28 with cow's milk protein sensitive enteropathy (CMPSE) and 3 controls, was studied for severity and extent of mucosal damage of the upper small bowel in relation to the development of clinical symptoms. Following challenge with the offending cow's milk, 18 infants (Group 1) developed severe mucosal changes at both the proximal and distal small bowel mucosa and all of these infants presented with clinical symptoms. The other 10 infants (Group 2) who did not develop clinical symptoms following the challenge had less severe damage to the distal small bowel mucosa as compared to the proximal region. The histological score of both the proximal and distal postchallenge biopsies were significantly lower in Group 2 as compared to Group 1 infants. The mucosal disaccharidase and alkaline phosphatase levels were depleted in both the proximal and distal biopsies following challenge but the depletion was greater in the proximal than the distal biopsies. It is suggested that the extent and severity of mucosal damage to the proximal duodenum and jejunum have a critical bearing on the development of clinical symptoms.
    Matched MeSH terms: Food Hypersensitivity/complications; Food Hypersensitivity/enzymology; Food Hypersensitivity/etiology; Food Hypersensitivity/pathology*
  5. Identification of tropomyosin as major allergen of white squid (Loligo edulis) by two-dimensional immunoblotting and mass spectrometry
    Yadzir ZH, Misnan R, Murad S
    Southeast Asian J. Trop. Med. Public Health, 2012 Jan;43(1):185-91.
    PMID: 23082569
    IgE-mediated allergic reaction to squid is one of the most frequent molluscan shellfish allergies. Previously, we have detected a 36 kDa protein as the major allergen of Loligo edulis (white squid) by immunoblotting using sera from patients with squid allergy. The aim of this present study was to further identify this major allergen using a proteomics approach. The major allergen was identified by a combination of two-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE), immunoblotting, mass spectrometry and bioinformatics tools. The 2-DE gel fractionated the cooked white squid proteins to more than 50 different protein spots between 10 to 38 kDa and isoelectric point (pI) from 3.0 to 10.0. A highly reactive protein spot of a molecular mass of 36 kDa and pI of 4.55 was observed in all of the patients' serum samples tested. Mass spectrometry analysis led to identification of this allergen as tropomyosin. This finding can contribute to advancement in component-based diagnosis, management of squid allergic patients, to the development of immunotherapy and to the standardization of allergenic test products as tools in molecular allergology.
    Matched MeSH terms: Food Hypersensitivity/immunology*
  6. Fulltext Atopic sensitization of children with rhinitis in Malaysia
    Gendeh BS, Mujahid SH, Murad S, Rizal M
    Med J Malaysia, 2004 Oct;59(4):522-9.
    PMID: 15779586 MyJurnal
    Atopy is defined as the genetic propensity to develop immunoglobulin E antibodies in response to exposure to allergens and assessed by skin prick test (SPT) responses to common allergens, which may contribute to the development of the clinical disorders (phenotype). Although it is generally agreed that atopy is an important risk factor for allergic diseases such as asthma, rhinitis, and eczema, the extent to which atopy accounts for these diseases is controversial. One hundred forty one children (up to 12 years) were skin prick tested to evaluate 16 foods common to the Malaysian diet and 4 common aeroallergens. Eighty-five percent of patients had positive SPT reactivity. The most commonly implicated aeroallergen and food allergen was house dust mite (HDM) and Prawn. Seventy percent had positive SPT reactivity results to HDM and 24.8% to prawns. Fifty five percent were positive to more than one allergen and 17.7% positive to single aeroallergen. The prevalence of atopy in children with history of eczema was 90%. The incidence of HDM and food allergy especially crabs and prawns, is significantly greater in Malaysian Children with rhinitis symptoms.
    Matched MeSH terms: Food Hypersensitivity/immunology
  7. Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice of food allergies among food handlers in the state of Penang, Malaysia
    Shafie AA, Azman AW
    Public Health, 2015 Sep;129(9):1278-84.
    PMID: 25931434 DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2015.03.016
    Food handler's knowledge, attitude and practice regarding food allergies are important to prevent debilitating and sometimes fatal reactions. This study aimed to assess their food allergy knowledge, attitude and practice, which could help to maintain the safety and hygiene of food consumed by the public.
    Matched MeSH terms: Food Hypersensitivity*
  8. Food and asthma symptoms in Malaysian children
    Chan PWK, Debruyne JA, Goh AYT
    J Trop Pediatr, 1999 Jun;45(3):184.
    PMID: 10401205 DOI: 10.1093/tropej/45.3.184
    Study site: not reported.
    Matched MeSH terms: Food Hypersensitivity/complications*
  9. Dietary patterns in childhood and their effect on gut microbiota-an Asian perspective on atopy risk
    Ismail IH, Lay C, H A Majid N, Lee WS, Lee BW, Abdul Latiff AH, et al.
    J Allergy Clin Immunol, 2020 11;146(5):1005-1007.
    PMID: 32860819 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2020.05.057
    Matched MeSH terms: Food Hypersensitivity/epidemiology*
  10. Fulltext Knowledge and practice of Malay children and adult towards food allergy in Negeri Sembilan. [Tahap pengetahuan dan amalan pengambilan makanan terhadap alergi makanan di kalangan kanak-kanak dan dewasa Melayu di Negeri Sembilan]
    Nur Zakiah Mohd Saat, Sazlina Kamaralzaman, Nurul Izzati Abu, Norjan Yusof
    Jurnal Sains Kesihatan Malaysia, 2010;8(2):51-57.
    MyJurnal
    A cross-sectional study was conducted among 200 Malays in Kuala Pilah, Tampin, Bahau, Gemencheh and Seremban towards food allergy in Negeri Sembilan. Questionnaire were used to determine demographic data, allergy symptom, practice and knowledge of respondents towards food allergy. Majority of the respondents that have food allergy were children 44% and shrimp was the most common allergen among children (25%). Family history is found to be associated with the age group and place of residents (p < 0.05). Common symptom that manisfested by respondents includes rashes (35%). Furthermore, the study showed that the respondents were concerned about their food allergy and 96% of the respondents reduced the intake of food that caused allergy. The level of knowledge related to food allergy was found to be associated with age group (p < 0.05). In conclusion, the study found that shrimp is the most common food allergy for all age group. Response towards food allergy is that they reduce the intake of food that cause allergy and the knowledge
    towards food allergy is associated with age group. Therefore, early screening should be conducted to identify types of alergy so that appropriate treatment can be given to the patients. Health education on allergy is also important to improve knowledge and patients’ compliance towards treatment.
    Keywords: Food; allergy; Malay; attitude; knowledge
    Matched MeSH terms: Food Hypersensitivity*
  11. Identification of major and cross-reactive allergens of local freshwater snail (Pila polita) and the impact of thermal and non-thermal food processing on allergen stability
    Misnan R, Kamarazaman NA, Sockalingam K, Yadzir ZHM, Bakhtiar F, Abdullah N, et al.
    J Sci Food Agric, 2023 Sep;103(12):5819-5830.
    PMID: 37092326 DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.12659
    BACKGROUND: Snail allergy is rare but can be fatal. Pila polita, a freshwater snail, was considered as a popular exotic food, particularly in tropical countries, and consumed in processed forms. Thus, the purpose of this study was to identify the major and cross-reactive allergens of P. polita and to determine the impact of food processing on the allergen stability.

    RESULTS: Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis fractionated raw snail extract to approximately 24 protein bands, between 9 and 245 kDa. The prominent band at 33 kDa was detected in all raw and processed snail extracts. Immunoblotting tests of the raw extract demonstrated 19 immunoglobulin E (IgE)-binding proteins, and four of them, at 30, 35, 42 and 49 kDa, were revealed as the major IgE-binding proteins of P. polita. Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry identified the 49 and 42 kDa major allergens as actin, whereas the 30 and 35 kDa major allergens were identified as tropomyosin. Immunoblotting revealed that the raw snail had more allergenic proteins than the processed snail. The degree of allergenicity in decreasing order was raw > brine pickled> boiled > roasted > fried > vinegar pickled. The presence of cross-reactivity between P. polita and the shellfish tested was exhibited with either no, complete, or partial inhibitions.

    CONCLUSION: Actin and tropomyosin were identified as the major and cross-reactive allergens of P. polita among local patients with snail allergy. Those major allergens are highly stable to high temperatures, acidic pH, and high salt, which might played a crucial role in snail allergy in Malaysia. © 2023 Society of Chemical Industry.

    Matched MeSH terms: Food Hypersensitivity*
  12. Fulltext Exotic food anaphylaxis and the broken heart: sago worm and takotsubo cardiomyopathy
    Yew KL, Kok VS
    Med J Malaysia, 2012 Oct;67(5):540-1.
    PMID: 23770880 MyJurnal
    There is increasing consumption of exotic food in Malaysia. Animals such as insects, worms and wild life animals also form part of the staple food of the local population. This practice may lead to more incidence of food allergy and anaphylaxis. We report a non-indigenous man who developed food anaphylaxis after consuming fried sago worms and consequently Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. We postulate that certain food allergy and anaphylaxis could be another causative trigger for Takotsubo cardiomyopathy.
    Matched MeSH terms: Food Hypersensitivity
  13. Fulltext Physical and mechanical properties of thin paper sheets made from onion peels (Allium cepa)
    Mohammad Harris M. Yahya, Normala Hassim, Mohd Rozi Ahmad
    Journal of Academia Universiti Teknologi MARA Negeri Sembilan, 2020;8(2):15-21.
    MyJurnal
    The present work deals with the production of paper materials from onion peels (Allium Cepa) fibers
    as an alternative potential non-wood fiber. The onion peels were obtained from a local small and
    medium food industry. The onion peels were cooked at 120, 150 and 180 minutes. The peels were
    grinded and poured in a set of mould and deckle for the formation of a thin sheet of paper. The
    physical, mechanical, morphological characteristics and water rise capillary values (KLEMM
    Method) were evaluated to determine its suitability for a paper material. The results show that the
    increase in cooking time from 120 to 180 minutes resulted in an increase in the tensile index from
    32.28N*m/g to 42.13N*m/g and tear index from 9.80mN*m2
    /g to 15.62mN*m2
    /g. The bonding
    strength increased due to higher number of fibers, finer fiber size, and increase in the fiber contact
    area and fiber distribution. The high porosity area affects the performance of water rise capillary
    values of the paper sheets. The onion peels fiber gave impressive handsheets characteristics when
    compared with other sources of non-wood fibers.
    Matched MeSH terms: Food Hypersensitivity
  14. Fulltext Paddy leaf disease recognition system using image processing techniques and support vector machine
    Hayatun Syamila Mamat, Nur Azwani Zaini, Suhaila Abd Halim
    ESTEEM Academic Journal, 2020;16(2):41-50.
    MyJurnal
    Paddy is a crucial agroculture sector since rice is the staple food for the majority of the world's population. However, the production of paddy is slower and less productive since many factors have affected the growth of the paddy. The existence of disease in paddy component affects the quality of rice produced. Hence, the recognition of the disease at the beginning stage is crucial as the initial approach for prevention purposes. In this study, a system is developed to detect the paddy leaf disease such as bacterial leaf blight, brown spot and leaf smut. All the processes involved are implemented and compiled using MATLAB R2020a. A set of 105 image data with disease is converted to binary image using thresholding. 6 features from all the data are extracted and divided to testing and training set before the classification process. A cubic support vector machine is used for the classification process. Lastly, accuracy, precision, and misclassification for each disease are calculated for performance evaluation. Results show that the average performance of the diseases on accuracy, precision, and misclassification are 88.57%, 82.97%, and 11.43% respectively. The use of the processes act as assistance to the paddy farmer to identify the existence of the paddy leaf disease. This could improve the quality of the paddy produced by reducing the process of manual disease checking.
    Matched MeSH terms: Food Hypersensitivity
  15. Fulltext Effects of Grafting on Morphophysiological and Yield Characteristic of Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) Grafted onto Wild Relative Rootstocks
    Musa I, Rafii MY, Ahmad K, Ramlee SI, Md Hatta MA, Oladosu Y, et al.
    Plants (Basel), 2020 Nov 15;9(11).
    PMID: 33203189 DOI: 10.3390/plants9111583
    Grafting is regarded as an integral component of sustainable vegetable production. It is important in the management of soil-borne diseases, and reports suggest that grafting with viable rootstocks can enhance crop growth and yield. This research was conducted using splices and cleft grafting techniques to investigate graft compatibility among varieties of high yielding eggplant scion (MCV1, MCV2, CCV1, CCV2, CCV3, NCV, and TCV) grafted onto wild rootstocks (MWR, BWR, and TWR) to study their morphophysiological and yield characteristics. High yielding scions grafted onto wild relative rootstocks were compared with two controls including self-grafted and non-grafted. All the scion had a high rate of germination (≥95%) and remarkable graft success (100%) was recorded in MCV1, MCV2, and TCV using the cleft techniques. Generally, the use of rootstocks resulted in higher total and marketable fruit yield compared to the non-grafted and self-grafted scion plants, respectively. In particular, MWR and TWR rootstock conferred the highest vigour to the scion, resulting in the highest values recorded for total and marketable fruit yield, number of fruits per plant and average fruit weight. A similar result was obtained in fruit length and diameter, where long and wide fruits were observed in scions grafted onto MWR and TWR rootstocks, respectively. Grafting of high yielding eggplant scion onto resistant MWR, BWR and TWR eggplant rootstock was found to be beneficial for eggplant cultivation. The remarkable compatibility and vigour of the rootstock with scion led to the improvement in total and marketable yield of the fruits. As such, it can be concluded that the use of wild relative rootstocks of eggplant species can be a valuable method of improving eggplant production.
    Matched MeSH terms: Food Hypersensitivity
  16. Rectal mucosa in cows' milk allergy
    Iyngkaran N, Yadav M, Boey CG
    Arch Dis Child, 1989 Sep;64(9):1256-60.
    PMID: 2817945
    Eleven infants who were suspected clinically of having cows' milk protein sensitive enteropathy were fed with a protein hydrolysate formula for six to eight weeks, after which they had jejunal and rectal biopsies taken before and 24 hours after challenge with cows' milk protein. When challenged six infants (group 1) developed clinical symptoms and five did not (group 2). In group 1 the lesions developed in both the jejunal mucosa (four infants at 24 hours and one at three days), and the rectal mucosa, and the injury was associated with depletion of alkaline phosphatase activity. Infants in group 2 were normal. It seems that rectal injury that develops as a direct consequence of oral challenge with the protein in reactive infants may be used as one of the measurements to confirm the diagnosis of cows' milk protein sensitive enteropathy. Moreover, ingestion of such food proteins may injure the distal colonic mucosa without affecting the proximal small gut in some infants.
    Matched MeSH terms: Food Hypersensitivity/complications; Food Hypersensitivity/enzymology; Food Hypersensitivity/pathology*
  17. Fulltext Pathotype Identification of Rice Blast Pathogen, Pyricularia oryzae Using Differential Varieties in Peninsular Malaysia
    Siti Norsuha Misman, Latiffah Zakaria
    Trop Life Sci Res, 2019;30(2):181-190.
    MyJurnal
    Seven pathotypes of Pyricularia oryzae were differentiated from blast disease samples collected from 2014–2016, using eight Malaysian differential rice varieties. Pathotype P7.0 is the dominant pathotype identified (33.9%) followed by P0.0, P1.0 and P9.0 which are currently become more abundant in the field with frequency of 20.0% for P0.0, and 15.4% for both P1.0 and P9. Pathotype P7.0 was mostly isolated from MR220CL2, MR263 and MR219 rice varieties which are popular variety planted by farmers in Peninsular Malaysia. Interestingly, new emergence of pathotype P0.2 has been identified, which was isolated from a new released variety, MR284 as well as blast isogenic line IRBL 20 carrying Pi5(t) blast resistance gene. Prolong planting of more than 20 planting seasons and large scale planting of MR219 and MR220 with current varietal coverage areas of more than 90% in Peninsular Malaysia are suspected as possible reason for P7.0 become dominant. Varietal coverage of MR220CL2 and MR263 has reached about 50% might be the cause of changes in blast pathogen pathotype dominancy to P0.0, P1.0 and P9.0.
    Matched MeSH terms: Food Hypersensitivity
  18. In situ transesterification of solid coconut waste in a packed bed reactor with CaO/PVA catalyst
    Talha NS, Sulaiman S
    Waste Manag, 2018 Aug;78:929-937.
    PMID: 32559988 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2018.07.015
    In this study, solid coconut waste and CaO/PVA was used as raw material and catalyst respectively to produce biodiesel through in situ transesterification. Both, raw material and catalyst were packed in a packed bed reactor. The reaction was fixed for 3 h and the mixing was kept constant at 350 rpm. The highest biodiesel yield of 95% was obtained at reaction temperature of 61 °C with catalyst loading (CaO/PVA) of 2.29 wt% and methanol to solid ratio of 12:1. CaO-waste derived catalyst has been successfully proven to be utilized as heterogeneous base catalyst for the production of biodiesel from solid coconut waste.
    Matched MeSH terms: Food Hypersensitivity
  19. A contemporary review of seafood allergy
    Hajeb P, Selamat J
    Clin Rev Allergy Immunol, 2012 Jun;42(3):365-85.
    PMID: 22045217 DOI: 10.1007/s12016-011-8284-9
    Seafood is common item in the world diet; Asian countries have the highest rates of fish consumption in the world, which is higher than world average. Several studies have been conducted on the epidemiology and clinical characteristics of seafood allergy in different countries, and some of the fish and seafood allergens unique to those regions have been characterized. Review on published data showed that seafood allergy is very ubiquitous in some regions of the world. Fish and shellfish are the most common seafood that cause adverse allergic reactions among nations; the symptoms ranged from oral allergy syndromes to urticaria and anaphylaxis. The major identified allergens are parvalbumin in fish and tropomyosin in shellfish. Nevertheless, such studies are lacking from some regions with high fish and seafood consumption. Furthermore, the published data are mostly from small groups of populations, which large-scale epidemiological studies need to be performed.
    Matched MeSH terms: Food Hypersensitivity/diagnosis; Food Hypersensitivity/epidemiology*
  20. Identification of major allergens of wildflower honey
    Yadzir ZH, Misnan R, Abdullah N, Arip M, Murad S
    Southeast Asian J. Trop. Med. Public Health, 2011 Mar;42(2):370-5.
    PMID: 21710860
    The aim of this study was to identify the major allergens of wildflower honey in local patients with atopic disease. SDS-PAGE revealed ten protein bands of 25 to 110 kDa, with a heavy cluster in region of 40-75 kDa. Immunoblotting demonstrated seven IgE-binding bands of 39 to 110 kDa. The 60 kDa protein had the highest frequency of IgE-binding (100%) followed by 54 kDa protein (95%), thus identified as the major allergens of wildflowerhoney. Our findings indicate that the allergen extract used for diagnosis of honey allergy contains both the 54 kDa and 60 kDa proteins.
    Matched MeSH terms: Food Hypersensitivity/blood; Food Hypersensitivity/immunology*
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