Introduction: The movement control order (MCO) imposed by the government during the COVID-19 pandemic has caused several changes for all individuals including the university students. Some of the changes include lifestyle, physical activity and sleep quality that influence mental health especially the anxiety level of university students.
Wen Shean Mak, Hip Seng Yim, Hui Suan Ng and Shashikala Sivapathy
Faculty of Applied Sciences, UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
He & Ni Academy, The Boulevard Mid Valley City, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Centre for Research and Graduate Studies, University of Cyberjaya, Cyberjaya, Malaysia.
*Corresponding author email: shashikala@ucsiuniversity.edu.my (SS) / hsyim@booyaholdings.com (HSY)
ABSTRACT
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the implementation of the Movement Control Order (MCO) in Malaysia since March 2020. This had led to major lifestyle disruptions including university students, influencing the way they perceive stress and their psychological well-being, which in turn prompted a shift in their behaviour towards food.
Rafidah Bahari, Norfaizatul Shalida Omar and Atikah Abdul Latiff
Faculty of Medicine, University of Cyberjaya, Cyberjaya, Malaysia.
*Corresponding author email: rafidahbahari@cyberjaya.edu.my
ABSTRACT
Introduction: First Year MBBS students usually face a difficult time adjusting to the tough medical curriculum eve without the pandemic. Recently in the University of Cyberjaya, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of students performing poorly at the recent Year 1 end of course examinations.
.Zainol Akbar Zainal, Nurul Adilla Hayat@Jamaluddin, Fariza Fadzil and Nurul Ain Natasha Shah Rizan
Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Cyberjaya, Cyberjaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Family Health Development Division, Ministry of Health, Wilayah Persekutuan Putrajaya, Malaysia
Pharmacy Department, Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia
*Corresponding author email: zainol.akbar@cyberjaya.edu.my
ABSTRACT
Introduction: Dengue is one of the leading public health concerns in Malaysia which could lead to health complications and fatalities. Selangor has had the highest cases of dengue for the past few years. Up until June 2022, Sepang was reported as the district with 5th highest dengue cases in Selangor.
Zakuan Kamil Khazali, Ahmad Rashidi Mohamed Tahir and Aina Yazrin Ali Nasiruddin
Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Cyberjaya (UoC), Cyberjaya, 63000, Selangor, Malaysia
Islamic Medical Association of Malaysia (IMAM) Response an Relief Team (IMARET), 55100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
*Corresponding author email: rashidi@cyberjaya.edu.my
ABSTRACT
Introduction: Good storage practice (GSP) is one of the guidelines that needs to be implemented in a pharmaceuticalbased warehouse to ensure the safety, efficacy and quality of pharmaceutical products stored as well as inventory movement. Globally, World Health Organisation (WHO) has established their Annex 9 World Health Organisation Guide to Good Storage Practices for Pharmaceutical Products to be adopted and adapted by local authority of each country. In Malaysia, National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA) is the local authority under Ministry of Health Malaysia has established local Good Distribution Practice Guidelines that includes the GSP elements based on the guideline from the WHO guideline.
Zainol Akhbar Zainal
Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Cyberjaya, 63000 Cyberjaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Introduction
The existence of pathogens are detected by the immune system’s components when the immune cells mobilized to the site of an infection. The function of immune system is to recognize the nature of pathogen, its strength for interrelated cells and molecule for combating it efficiently (Alberts et al., 2002). Pathogens can be remembered by immune system to which it has been exposed one time, can create a more efficient response when its re-exposure occurs. For survival against pathogens, necessary things are, Pathogen recognition, specific immune response, its power of amplification, its withdrawal and recalling. It can classify into two parts as either innate immune system and adaptive immune system. Innate immune system is always present in the body and it protects human body against all pathogens without specialization on particular pathogen, while adaptive immune response stores information about infections occurred in past and it provides pathogen specific defence to the body (Lu et al., 2020)
Suraiya Abdul Rahman, Wan Rosalina Wan Rosli, Ahmad Rashidi Mohamed Tahir, Siti Nor Amirah Mohd Isa, Mohamed Awang, Amrahi Buang, Mohd Halim Khalid, Mohd Adlan Adnan, Syazfeeza Salleh, Zhari Ismail
Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Cyberjaya, Cyberjaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Faculty of Pharmacy, University College MAIWP International, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Malaysian Pharmacists Society, Puchong, Selangor, Malaysia
Pharmacy Branch, Health Services Division, Malaysian Armed Forces HQ, Ministry of Defense, Malaysia
Department of Pharmacy, Tuanku Mizan Armed Forces Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
*Corresponding author email: suraiya@cyberjaya.edu.my
ABSTRACT
Introduction: Muslim consumers and patients are showing a growing interest on the halal (permissible) status of pharmaceuticals. This descriptive study was done to explore the halal status of selected respiratory and immunological products, and vaccines available in 2 government hospitals in Malaysia
Nur Aliah Binti Mustaffa Kamal, Ahmad Rashidi Mohamed Tahir, Wan Rosalina Wan Rosli
Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Cyberjaya, Cyberjaya, Selangor, Malaysia
*Corresponding author email: rosalina@cyberjaya.edu.my
ABSTRACT
Introduction: Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) remains a major disease in the world. As CAD often presents suddenly with little warning, identification of early cardiac disease could allow intervention that may be effective in slowing the progression. To this end, characterization of patients would be useful to aid healthcare practitioners to plan the best care needed by individual patients.
