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Abdullah Z, Taip F, Mustapa Kamal S. Comparative analysis of nutritional composition and droplet size of coconut
milk due to dilution and emulsification. Food Res 2022. [DOI: 10.26656/fr.2017.6(6).763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
The high-fat content of coconut milk leads to instability of the emulsion and becomes the
major limitation for its application in the food and beverage industries. It is also high in
calories, which becomes a major debate among the consumers. Dilution and
emulsification are important processes that are used to reduce the effect of high fat during
the preservation process. In this study, water, sodium caseinate, and maltodextrin were
added to the coconut milk. A sonicator and a high-shear homogenizer were used to
homogenize the droplet. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of dilution and
emulsification on the nutritional quality and stability of the emulsion. The nutritional
composition was determined using proximate analysis. The stability of the emulsion was
determined based on the properties of the droplets via particle size and microscopic
analyses. The dilution process reduced the fat content; however, the addition of additives
altered the nutritional quality of the emulsion, especially protein and carbohydrate content.
It was also found that the emulsification process improves the particle size of the droplet
as it creates a uniform size of the droplet and reduces the primary particle size to less than
6 μm. However, only the sonicated coconut milk has high stability with a creaming index
of 0%.
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Bellio M, Abdullah Z, Steward D, Khan A, Xu X, Shapiro G, Mitrani A, Mitrani M. MicroRNA sequencing of amniotic fluid derived exosome cargo reveals a therapeutic potential for the treatment of osteoarthritis. Cytotherapy 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcyt.2020.03.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Maziah Wan Ab Razak W, Alia Syed Baharom S, Abdullah Z, Hamdan H, Ulfa Abd Aziz N, Ismail Mohd Anuar A. Academic Performance of University Students: A Case in a Higher Learning Institution. KSS 2019; 3:1294. [DOI: 10.18502/kss.v3i13.4285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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Latif A, Ghafoor A, Wali A, Fatima R, Ul-Haq M, Yaqoob A, Abdullah Z, Najmi H, Khan NM. Did diabetes mellitus affect treatment outcome in drug-resistant tuberculosis patients in Pakistan from 2010 to 2014? Public Health Action 2018; 8:14-19. [PMID: 29581938 DOI: 10.5588/pha.17.0098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2017] [Accepted: 01/11/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Settings: All hospitals managing drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) according to national guidelines in Pakistan. Objectives: To assess the effect of diabetes mellitus (DM) and factors associated with unfavourable outcomes in DR-TB. Methods: A cross-sectional study based on a retrospective record review of patients enrolled on DR-TB treatment from 2010 to 2014 in Pakistan. DR-TB data reported to Pakistan's National TB Control Programme on a monthly basis were used for the study. Result: Among 5811 patients enrolled on second-line drugs, 8.8% had DM. Overall, 68.9% had favourable outcomes. No association was found between DM and DR-TB treatment outcomes (risk ratio 0.90, 95%CI 0.74-1.05). Unfavourable outcomes were more frequent among DR-TB patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) co-infection (OR 11.58, 95%CI 2.20-60.72), extensively drug-resistant TB patients (OR 5.36, 95%CI 1.00-28.72), patients with exposure to both first-line and second-line anti-tuberculosis drugs (OR 2.45, 95%CI 1.21-4.97) and those with a previous history of treatment in the private sector (OR 1.53, 95%CI 1.16-2.02). Conclusion: Although there were limitations to correctly measuring DM and its management, DM appears not to be a risk factor for unfavourable outcomes in DR-TB patients in our study. DR-TB and HIV co-infection, second-line drug resistance and history of treatment in the private sector were nevertheless more frequently associated with adverse outcomes.
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- A Latif
- National Tuberculosis Control Programme, Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- National Tuberculosis Control Programme, Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Provincial Tuberculosis Control Programme, Balochistan, Quetta, Pakistan
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- National Tuberculosis Control Programme, Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- National Tuberculosis Control Programme, Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- National Tuberculosis Control Programme, Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Sukh Initiative, Aman Health Care Services, Aman Foundation, Karachi, Pakistan
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- National Tuberculosis Control Programme, Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Jalil MMA, Ismailov A, Rahim NHA, Abdullah Z. The Development of the Uzbek Stemming Algorithm. adv sci lett 2017; 23:4171-4174. [DOI: 10.1166/asl.2017.8332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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- M. M. Abdul Jalil
- School of Informatics and Applied Mathematics, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia
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- School of Informatics and Applied Mathematics, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia
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- School of Informatics and Applied Mathematics, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia
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- Faculty of Entrepreneurship and Business, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Malaysia
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Ismailov A, Jalil MA, Abdullah Z, Rahim NA. A comparative study of stemming algorithms for use with the Uzbek language. 2016 3rd International Conference on Computer and Information Sciences (ICCOINS) 2016. [DOI: 10.1109/iccoins.2016.7783180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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Differentiation between malignant and benign pheochromocytomas of the adrenal gland traditionally relies on the presence of clinically detectable metastases. The PASS system for differentiating between benign and malignant pheochromocytomas is based on defined morphological criteria, of which some are related to tumour cell proliferation and survival. Immunohistochemical markers for important events in the cell cycle were explored in order to characterise differences in apoptosis, G1 checkpoints, and S phase in more detail. A panel consisting of p53, tenascin, bcl-2, pRb, cyclin D1, mcm2, and p27 was employed. Only for pRb a statistically significant difference between PASS 3 and less and PASS 4+ tumours was detected, indicating qualitative differences in the mitotic cycle, probably immediately before early S phase. These results are discussed in relation to similar studies in recent literature.
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- E Carlsen
- Department of Pathology, Barts and the London NHS Trust, London, UK.
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Ibrahim MN, Abdullah Z, Healy L, Murphy C, Yousif IY, Martin MJ. Comparison of survival rates in carcinoma in situ of the breast treated with total mastectomy to breast-conserving surgery and radiotherapy. J Clin Oncol 2007. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2007.25.18_suppl.519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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519 Background: Carcinoma in situ (CIS) of the breast is a precancerous lesion with the potential to progress to invasive cancer. In 2003, CIS accounted for 19% of all newly diagnosed invasive and non-invasive breast lesions combined in the United States. Current treatment options are mastectomy ± tamoxifen, and breast-conserving surgery with radiotherapy ± tamoxifen. As there are no randomized comparisons of these 2 treatments, data from the Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) database was used to compare their survival rates. Methods: 88,285 patients were identified with CIS from 1988 - 2003. Of these, 27,728 patients were treated with a total mastectomy, and 25,240 patients received breast-conserving surgery with radiotherapy. Kaplan-Meier survival analyses and Cox proportional hazards regression were used to compare overall survival and disease specific survival at 5 and 10 years. Results: Kaplan-Meier analyses demonstrated 5 year overall survival rates for total mastectomy vs. breast conserving surgery with radiotherapy of 95.46% vs. 97.59% respectively (Log-rank P < 0.0001). The 5 year rates for disease specific survival were 99.16% vs. 99.72% respectively (Log-rank P < 0.0001). At 10 years the overall survival rates had fallen to 91.96% vs. 96.09% respectively (Log-rank P < 0.0001). The 10 year disease specific survival rates were 98.61% vs. 99.50% respectively (Log-rank P < 0.0001). Cox proportional hazards regression demonstrated a relative risk of 0.847 (95% confidence interval (CI) 0.790 - 0.907) and 1.110 (95% CI 0.931 - 1.324) for 5 year overall survival and disease specific survival respectively, when total mastectomy was compared with breast conserving surgery and radiotherapy. At 10 years, the relative risks were 0.865 (95% CI 0.820 - 0.913) and 1.035 (95% CI 0.900 - 1.190) for overall survival and disease specific survival respectively. Conclusions: Overall, when looking at disease-specific survival rates by multi-variate analysis, there does not appear to be a significant difference between total mastectomy and breast-conserving surgery with radiotherapy in the treatment of CIS. No significant financial relationships to disclose.
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- Sligo General Hospital, Sligo, Ireland
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- Sligo General Hospital, Sligo, Ireland
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Le Ru BP, Ong'amo GO, Moyal P, Ngala L, Musyoka B, Abdullah Z, Cugala D, Defabachew B, Haile TA, Matama TK, Lada VY, Negassi B, Pallangyo K, Ravolonandrianina J, Sidumo A, Omwega CO, Schulthess F, Calatayud PA, Silvain JF. Diversity of lepidopteran stem borers on monocotyledonous plants in eastern Africa and the islands of Madagascar and Zanzibar revisited. Bull Entomol Res 2006; 96:555-63. [PMID: 17201973 DOI: 10.1017/ber2006457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Surveys were completed in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda and Zanzibar to assess the lepidopteran stem borer species diversity on wild host plants. A total of 24,674 larvae belonging to 135 species were collected from 75 species of wild host plants belonging to the Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Typhaceae. Amongst them were 44 noctuid species belonging to at least nine genera, 33 crambids, 15 pyralids, 16 Pyraloidea species not yet identified, 25 tortricids and three cossids. The noctuid larvae represented 73.6% of the total number of larvae collected, with 66.3, 3.5 and 3.8% found on Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Typhaceae, respectively. The Crambidae, Pyralidae, Tortricidae and Cossidae represented 19.8, 1.9, 2.5 and 0.1% of the total larvae collected, respectively, with 90.4% of the Crambidae and Pyralidae collected from Poaceae, and 99.7% of the Tortricidae collected from Cyperaceae. The lepidopteran stem borer species diversity in the wild host plants was far more diverse than previously reported.
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- B P Le Ru
- Unité de Recherche IRD 072, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi, Kenya.
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Nontak MA, Ahmad S, Maheendran KK, Abdullah Z. A double-blind study with oral labetalol (Trandate)--a new hypotensive agent. Singapore Med J 1980; 21:474-8. [PMID: 6994236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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