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  1. Binns C, Low WY
    Asia Pac J Public Health, 2015 Jan;27(1):5-6.
    PMID: 25573842 DOI: 10.1177/1010539514565740
    Matched MeSH terms: Terminology as Topic*
  2. Maruta T, Matsumoto C
    Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci, 2019 Jun;28(3):262-264.
    PMID: 30370893 DOI: 10.1017/S2045796018000598
    The movement towards renaming of schizophrenia in Japan started in 1993 upon receipt of a letter by The National Federation of Families with Mentally Ill in Japan addressed to the board of Japanese Society of Psychiatry of Neurology (JSPN), requesting to rename schizophrenia as the then-official term for the condition, Seishin-Bunretsu-Byo, or 'mind-splitting disease', was humiliating. A committee was established within JSPN to address the issue, public comments were collected, a new name 'Togo-Shitcho-Sho' ('disintegration disorder') was approved in 2002, and in 2005, the new name was adopted in the Revised Mental Health and Welfare Act. This paper describes the process of renaming, and also the current situation in Korea, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong and Malaysia, where Chinese characters are used. Also, it presents alternative names for schizophrenia that have been suggested in the process of two research projects conducted by the authors and also additional candidates suggested by others.
    Matched MeSH terms: Terminology as Topic*
  3. Kesharwani P, Tekade RK, Jain NK
    Drug Discov Today, 2015 May;20(5):497-9.
    PMID: 25578746 DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2014.12.015
    Matched MeSH terms: Terminology as Topic*
  4. Nagendrababu V, Dilokthornsakul P, Jinatongthai P, Veettil SK, Pulikkotil SJ, Duncan HF, et al.
    Int Endod J, 2020 Feb;53(2):232-249.
    PMID: 31520403 DOI: 10.1111/iej.13217
    A systematic review aims to answer a focussed research question through a structured review of the evidence, using a predefined methodology, which often includes a meta-analysis. A meta-analysis is a statistical method used to combine the effect estimates from the individual studies included in a systematic review. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses are positioned at the highest level in the hierarchy of clinical evidence. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement was introduced in 2009 to help authors improve the quality and reliability of systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Recently, the volume of systematic reviews and meta-analyses in the field of Endodontology has increased; however, the quality of the published manuscripts has been reported to be sub-optimal, which does not take account of the systematic reviews that were rejected because of more obvious deficiencies. The aim of this paper is to present a comprehensive glossary of terminology commonly used in systematic reviews and meta-analyses in an attempt to provide easily understood definitions and explanations to assist authors when reporting systematic reviews and meta-analyses and to allow those wishing to read them to become better informed.
    Matched MeSH terms: Terminology as Topic*
  5. Kyaw K
    Singapore Med J, 1998 Jan;39(1):30-1.
    PMID: 9557102
    This is a case report of an 11-year-old boy with left mesocolic hernia. This condition is very similar to peritoneal encapsulation and a literature review of both conditions is done. Confusion among authors in naming them accordingly is addressed.
    Matched MeSH terms: Terminology as Topic*
  6. Chew M, Abdul Rahim A, bin Haji Ross O
    PLoS One, 2014;9(6):e99072.
    PMID: 24914642 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099072
    A new anthurid isopod from dead coral rubble and stones in the intertidal area of Pulau Tinggi, Johor, Malaysia, is described. It is placed in a new genus and species, Tinggianthura alba. Tinggianthura is characterized by: (1) subtriangular carpus shape of pereopods 4-7, (2) pereopod 1 propodus palm without prominent tooth or steps and (3) maxillipedal palp 2-articled.
    Matched MeSH terms: Terminology as Topic*
  7. Akram A, Hamid AH, Razak J, Hock TT
    Int Dent J, 2011 Feb;61(1):31-6.
    PMID: 21382031 DOI: 10.1111/j.1875-595X.2011.00006.x
    To design a new tooth notation system to record and communicate dental and periodontal problems around the world.
    Matched MeSH terms: Terminology as Topic*
  8. Akram A, Salam A, Bashir U, Maarof N, Meerah SM
    J Dent Educ, 2012 Dec;76(12):1691-6.
    PMID: 23225689
    This article describes a new tooth notation system designed to be implemented for educational purposes in dental schools in Malaysia and Pakistan for identification of teeth and subsequently dental communication for wellness of dental patients. Its format is constructed as a lesson plan to present an uncomplicated tooth notation system by first letter of each tooth class (I-incisor, C-canine, P-premolar, and M-molar) to describe and communicate dental information. The new system is a promising and potential educational lesson that is innovative in its contents, easily understandable, and usable in dental charting as indicated by the results of a pilot study. However, further studies are required to investigate the strength of this new system.
    Matched MeSH terms: Terminology as Topic*
  9. Harwant S
    Med J Malaysia, 2004 Dec;59 Suppl F:82-3.
    PMID: 15941173
    Matched MeSH terms: Terminology as Topic*
  10. Khalid Y, Malina O, Rofiah A, Latinah M, Thahirahtul AZ, Zaridah MS, et al.
    Med J Malaysia, 1994 Sep;49(3):209-11.
    PMID: 7845267
    Description of the chest pain of angina pectoris by patients is commonly used in the diagnosis, evaluation and monitoring of ischaemic heart disease. Whilst certain descriptive terms have been identified as describing angina and not other causes of chest pain, these terms have not been systematically evaluated among local Malaysian patients. Reliance on a translation of the description used by Western patients may not be totally correct in the local context. Seventy-one Malay patients with documented ischaemic heart disease were asked, by questionnaire and by interview, to identify the descriptive terms they used for their angina pectoris. Common terms used by these patients were sempit (constrictive) [56.3%], mencuck (pricking) [54.9%], berat (heavy) [53.5%], panas (burning) [50.7%], menekan (pressing) [46.4%], and pedih (smarting) [43.7%]. Other less common descriptions used were tajam (sharp), mencengkam (strangulating), hempap (compressive), ngilu, hiris (knife-like), lengoh (aching). Two-thirds of the patients used more than three terms to describe their angina pectoris. Direct translation of the description of angina may not only be inaccurate but could also be misleading. It is suggested that the actual words used by the patients in Bahasa Malaysia be recorded in the patient's notes rather than a translation of these. More studies are required to determine whether the terms used by the patients in this study are related to local dialect (in this case Terengganu) or are actually common in Malaysia. Further, similar studies among Chinese and Indian patients are also required.
    Matched MeSH terms: Terminology as Topic*
  11. Mujtaba G, Shuib L, Raj RG, Rajandram R, Shaikh K
    J Forensic Leg Med, 2018 Jul;57:41-50.
    PMID: 29801951 DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2017.07.001
    OBJECTIVES: Automatic text classification techniques are useful for classifying plaintext medical documents. This study aims to automatically predict the cause of death from free text forensic autopsy reports by comparing various schemes for feature extraction, term weighing or feature value representation, text classification, and feature reduction.

    METHODS: For experiments, the autopsy reports belonging to eight different causes of death were collected, preprocessed and converted into 43 master feature vectors using various schemes for feature extraction, representation, and reduction. The six different text classification techniques were applied on these 43 master feature vectors to construct a classification model that can predict the cause of death. Finally, classification model performance was evaluated using four performance measures i.e. overall accuracy, macro precision, macro-F-measure, and macro recall.

    RESULTS: From experiments, it was found that that unigram features obtained the highest performance compared to bigram, trigram, and hybrid-gram features. Furthermore, in feature representation schemes, term frequency, and term frequency with inverse document frequency obtained similar and better results when compared with binary frequency, and normalized term frequency with inverse document frequency. Furthermore, the chi-square feature reduction approach outperformed Pearson correlation, and information gain approaches. Finally, in text classification algorithms, support vector machine classifier outperforms random forest, Naive Bayes, k-nearest neighbor, decision tree, and ensemble-voted classifier.

    CONCLUSION: Our results and comparisons hold practical importance and serve as references for future works. Moreover, the comparison outputs will act as state-of-art techniques to compare future proposals with existing automated text classification techniques.

    Matched MeSH terms: Terminology as Topic*
  12. Eytan A
    Rev Med Suisse, 2019 Sep 18;15(663):1671-1674.
    PMID: 31532119
    The expression « To run amok » describes bouts of murderous madness. This clinical entity was originally described in the Malay Peninsula. Associated with a form of exoticism, literary and historical descriptions are available. For about twenty years, amok has been included in psychiatric classifications as a culture-bound syndrome. In the last quarter of the 20th century, some parallels were observed between amok and mass shootings. Although the weapon of choice has changed from dagger to gun, common traits are clearly identifiable. Anger, feelings of prejudice and paranoid thoughts -dominate the picture. The absence of an ideological claim distinguishes the mass shooter from the terrorist. The psychiatrist may have a role in prevention, but these acting outs -remain difficult to anticipate.
    Matched MeSH terms: Terminology as Topic
  13. Hadi H, Wilkinson CM
    J Cosmet Dermatol, 2017 Jun;16(2):180-185.
    PMID: 28145033 DOI: 10.1111/jocd.12305
    Ensuring uniformity in the nomenclature standardization of facial creases is important to enable the scholarly community to follow and debate the advancements in research. This review highlights the prevailing disparity in the nomenclature that refers to the same facial crease by researchers and laypeople, and suggests uniform names for the facial creases based on available literature. The previous and current trends in facial crease classification are also discussed. The nomenclature of the facial creases considered for this review include the following: the nasolabial fold, corner of the mouth lines, upper and lower lip creases around the mouth region, the mandibular folds, the bifid nose, the transverse nasal line, the vertical glabellar line, chin crease, the mental crease, four type of creases around the eyes, forehead creases, and periauricular creases. A figure illustrating the above facial creases is included as reference. It is hoped that the proposed standardization of nomenclature would ensure a more scientific referencing of facial creases enabling more effective scientific interaction among the scholarly community as well as the laypeople interested in the research and application of facial creases.
    Matched MeSH terms: Terminology as Topic
  14. Kitaoka S
    PMID: 6677835
    Five new species, Culicoides cheahi , C. cameronensis , C. perakensis , C. jefferyi and C. fadzili , were described in West Malaysia. They were added to many new candidates for species of the genus Culicoides to be published by Wirth and Hubert from that country, as a part of Southeast Asia, in near future.
    Matched MeSH terms: Terminology as Topic
  15. Fix AG, Baer AS, Lie-Injo LE
    Hum Genet, 1982;61(3):250-3.
    PMID: 7173868 DOI: 10.1007/bf00296452
    Hereditary ovalocytosis/elliptocytosis occurs in polymorphic frequencies among several Malaysian populations and also in Melanesia. Although the condition has been described as an autosomal dominant, Melanesian family studies suggest that it is inherited recessively. Based on 75 Orang Asli families, it is shown that the Malaysian form of elliptocytosis is most likely inherited as an autosomal dominant. It appears, therefore, that either the inference of recessive inheritance in Melanesians is incorrect or that the ovalocytosis/elliptocytosis phenotypes are due to distinct genetic entities in the two regions.
    Matched MeSH terms: Terminology as Topic
  16. Shamsudin N, Fleischer AB
    J Drugs Dermatol, 2010 Oct;9(10):1221-6.
    PMID: 20941946
    BACKGROUND: A topical comparison in a randomized controlled trial (RCT) should correctly be termed a vehicle rather than a placebo as the vehicle in a dermatologic drug product enhances delivery and efficacy of the active compound.

    OBJECTIVES: To conduct a systematic review of RCTs involving topical drugs published in the Archives of Dermatology, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology and British Journal of Dermatology for correct classification of studies as vehicle versus placebo-controlled.

    METHODS: RCTs involving topical drugs published in the Archives of Dermatology, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology and British Journal of Dermatology from January 1999 to November 2008 were identified through PubMed, supplemented by citation lists from the individual journals' web pages. Only original studies that involved using a topical control or used the term topical "vehicle" or "placebo" were selected. The studies were examined for correct classification as vehicle-controlled, the year of publication, country of origin, sample size, funding source and nature of study center.

    RESULTS: Out of 132, 64 (49%) correctly classified their studies as vehicle-controlled. Pharmaceutical-funded studies (55%, P=0.01) were significantly associated with the use of correct classification.

    LIMITATIONS: As only three peer-reviewed dermatology journals were studied, findings may not be generalized to other dermatology journals and other types of publications.

    CONCLUSION: This systematic review highlights a common pitfall in the reporting of studies of topical dermatology drugs.

    Matched MeSH terms: Terminology as Topic
  17. Aljunid SM, Rodrigues JM, Best L, Ahmed Z, Reeza Mustaffa H, Trombert B, et al.
    PMID: 26262389
    Casemix grouping using procedures classifications has become an important use case for health care terminologies. There are so many different national procedures classifications used for Casemix grouping that it is not possible to agree on a worldwide standard. ICHI (International Classification of Health Interventions) is proposing an approach that standardises only the terminologies' model structure. The poster shows the use of the ICHI alpha to replace ICD9 CM Volume 3 in the UNU-CBG International Casemix grouper.
    Matched MeSH terms: Terminology as Topic*
  18. Sharma RS, Rigby MC, Sumita S, Sani RA, Vidyadaran MK, Jasni S, et al.
    Syst Parasitol, 2002 Sep;53(1):19-28.
    PMID: 12378130
    We redescribe the camallanid nematode Serpinema octorugatum (Baylis, 1933) from the box turtle Cuora amboinensis (Daudin) collected in Malaysia. In this redescription, we amend the original description by noting that there are only four cephalic papillae and that there are five pairs of post-anal papillae, and propose that the name of this species be corrected from S. octorugatus to S. octorugatum. Additionally, we removed the tissues overlying the buccal capsule and have used SEM studies to show that the peribuccal shields extend laterally from the buccal capsule, forming a surface possibly used in muscle attachment. Furthermore, we show that the supposedly non-cuticularised cylinder connecting the buccal capsule to the oesophagus in the Camallanidae is part of the buccal capsule and is, therefore, likely to be cuticularised. We also examine morphological measurements of taxonomic interest for correlations with total body length and find that many characters traditionally used for inter- and intra-specific comparisons are correlated with total body length in adult female worms. This suggests that comparisons between samples of adult female worms that do not account for the potential effect of total body length may be misleading. However, we show that some features of taxonomic interest are not correlated with total body length.
    Matched MeSH terms: Terminology as Topic*
  19. Dengler R, de Carvalho M, Shahrizaila N, Nodera H, Vucic S, Grimm A, et al.
    Clin Neurophysiol, 2020 07;131(7):1662-1663.
    PMID: 32354605 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2020.03.014
    Modern neuromuscular electrodiagnosis (EDX) and neuromuscular ultrasound (NMUS) require a universal language for effective communication in clinical practice and research and, in particular, for teaching young colleagues. Therefore, the AANEM and the IFCN have decided to publish a joint glossary as they feel the need for an updated terminology to support educational activities in neuromuscular EDX and NMUS in all parts of the world. In addition NMUS has been rapidly progressing over the last years and is now widely used in the diagnosis of disorders of nerve and muscle in conjunction with EDX. This glossary has been developed by experts in the field of neuromuscular EDX and NMUS on behalf of the AANEM and the IFCN and has been agreed upon by electronic communication between January and November 2019. It is based on the glossaries of the AANEM from 2015 and of the IFCN from 1999. The EDX and NMUS terms and the explanatory illustrations have been updated and supplemented where necessary. The result is a comprehensive glossary of terms covering all fields of neuromuscular EDX and NMUS. It serves as a standard reference for clinical practice, education and research worldwide.
    Matched MeSH terms: Terminology as Topic*
  20. Premsenthil M, Salowi MA, Siew CM, ak Gudom I, Kah T
    BMC Ophthalmol, 2012;12:64.
    PMID: 23241197 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2415-12-64
    To report a case of spontaneous malignant glaucoma in an Asian female. To propose the term "positive vitreous pressure glaucoma" to reflect the pathophysiology, treatment and prognosis of the condition.
    Matched MeSH terms: Terminology as Topic
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