The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has had a great impact on the world, affecting all countries and requiring the enforcement of lockdowns to curb the spread of the virus. The phenomenon has caused fear and concern among individuals. Consequently, people are spending more time on traditional media compared to social media to seek health information during the pandemic. Few studies have systematically reviewed the use and impacts of social and traditional media for health information purposes during the COVID-19 outbreak. Hence, this study examined the topic by integrating multiple research designs based on the publication standard involving the established guidelines and protocol for a review. Articles were chosen using two prominent databases, Scopus and Science Direct. The thematic analysis has yielded four major themes: a) information source, b) type of information, c) psychological impact, and d) health literacy, which are divided into eight secondary themes. The study also makes .....

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OBJECTIVE: Self-Care of Heart Failure Index (SCHFI) v6.2 Chinese is an instrument used to assess the ability of self-care behaviour among heart failure patients. It has been validated in Taiwan; however it is yet to be validated in Malaysia. As a multi-ethnic country, Chinese language has been one of the major languages in Malaysia. Therefore, this study was conducted to examine the reliability of Self-Care of Heart Failure Index (SCHFI) v6.2 Chinese among Malaysian population. DESIGN: A successive independent sample design was used throughout a 4-months data collection period. SETTING: Eighty heart failure patients from University of Malaya Medical Centre and National Heart Institute were recruited through purposive sampling. The two hospitals were chosen because they have specialized heart clinics that eased the data collection. The out-patients were screened by the cardiologists for their eligibility to participate in this study. MEASURES: The samples were administered with SCHFI v6.....

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The aim of this study was to examine the validity and reliability of badminton special speed training method (BSSTM) test instrument on success score and time perception predictive skills performance among elite badminton players. Thirty elite badminton players had participated for the purpose of this study. Expert's evaluation with content validity analysis were used to determine validity. Test-retest method were used to determine the reliability of the success score and the time perception predicting skill performance of badminton players. The BSSTM scoring sheets which consisted of three parts of assessment scoring methods (Part A, B and C) were evaluated part by part by experts. Participants also performed two separated yet similar testing sessions where the BSSTM scoring methods sheets used to evaluate their performance. Results of the analysis indicated high content validity for all Part A, B and C (? = .963, ? = .956, ? = 956 respectively) with high reliability also recorded (r .....

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The purpose of this study is to find if the mobility of the body effect on the Olympic lifting technique performing. Participants of this study involved 22 males and 22 females students Faculty of Sport Science and Coaching aged 20-24 years old. Participants were instructed to perform 3 repetitions of overhead squat mobility performance first, using only their own bodyweight without any equipment at all. Finished with that, participants were then instructed to performed 3 repetitions of snatch technical performance and proceed to the clean and jerk technical performance using the custom-made plastic pipe bar or 20-kg Olympic bar without plate. Result showed that all students had 'Good"quality of mobility required for the technical performance of snatch, clean and jerk, however practical test indicated a mastery or quality of the technical performance for the snatch was just considered as 'Fair' for the male, with the female students scores dip into the 'Poor' level of performance. For .....

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The aim of this study is to determine the concentration of particulate matter and airborne microorganism and to evaluate the relationship between particulate matter and airborne microorganism in goat farm of Pasir Akar, Terengganu, Malaysia. Aeroqual 500 series sensor was used to collect particulate matter, while DRF e-MAS was used to catch the airborne microorganism. The collected airborne microorganism was incubated in laboratory and the colony forming unit (cfu) of airborne microorganism was determined using Omeliansky's formula based on colonial observation formed after incubation. The data were analysed using descriptive analysis to gain parameter concentration and regression analysis to gain significance difference and correlation to assess the relationship between particulates and airborne microbes. As a result, any particulate matter changes will affect airborne microorganism population. ? Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd...

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This study aimed to investigate the relationship between Leg Dynamometer (LD) with squat and deadlift one repetition maximum (1RM) test scores. Participant of this study involved 50 male university athletes who were recreationally active (aged between 21-25 years old). Participants performed LD and one repetition maximum for squat and deadlift test. The score of LD were tested for relationship with the 1RM squat and deadlift. Pearson correlation were conducted to test the relationship. Results showed that there was a significant correlation at high level (r = 0.88, p = 0.000, p ..

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The aim of current study is to investigate the impact of financial technology on the performance of Bahraini banks. The results indicates that the total level of applying financial technology by Bahraini banks was 70.51%, and it has a significant positive relationship with the financial performance. The study recommends that Bahraini banks to include more information about financial technology in the financial statements, and to indicate the level of resources invested in. ? 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG...

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This work presents the effect of erbium oxide in tellurite glass on the intensity parameters, emission and upconversion to be used as laser glass. We select 0.04�mol fraction of erbium oxide in tellurite glass as it gives the optimum results for glass stability, luminescence and intensity parameters. The structural arrangement of glass matrices was revealed by XRD analysis. The amorphous structural arrangement was found and there was no crystalline structure existed in the glass matrix. The FTIR analysis revealed the existence of TeO3 non-bridging oxygen which has important role in the shifting of the optical parameters. The Judd?Ofelt analysis (intensity parameters, ?? = 2, 4, 6) were studied by applying nine transition states obtained from UV?Vis-NIR absorption spectrum which were 4G11/2 + 2H9/2 + 4F5/2 + 4F7/2 + 2H11/2 + 4S3/2 + 4F9/2 + 4I9/2 + 4I11/2. The obtained results for the intensity parameters were in accordance by the following trends ?2 > ?4 > ?6. A broad red emission at.....

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The research aim's is to produce distinguishable shapes of red blood cells (RBC) by utilizing partial differential equations (PDE). This work employs the solution of a fourth-order elliptic PDE in alliance with a group of boundary conditions as a technique to design the shapes, known as the PDE method. This method can generate various surfaces based on a boundary representation with fewer parameters. Furthermore, it is easy to modify the shape of PDE-based surfaces because it is characterized by data scattered around the boundaries. The findings showed that the PDE method is suitable in designing a normal RBC's shape. In addition, two equations have been obtained from the data regarding the normal RBC's radius and height. These equations can be utilized to transform the parametric design of RBC to abnormal cells by changing the value of some parameters. In conclusion, the PDE method is capable to create smooth parametric surface representations of any given blood cells shape, as well a.....

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Background: Rebaudioside A is one of the major diterpene glycosides found in Stevia had been reported to possess anti-hyperlipidemic effects. In this study, we explore the potential cholesterol-regulating mechanisms of Rebaudioside A in the human hepatoma (HepG2) cell line in comparison with simvastatin. Methods: Cells were incubated with Rebaudioside A at several concentrations (0-10 ?M) to determine the cytotoxicity by the MTT assay. Cells were treated with selected dosage (1 and 5 ?M) in further experiments. Total cellular lipid was extracted by Bligh and Dyer method and subjected to quantitative colorimetric assay. To illustrate the effect of Rebaudioside A on cellular lipid droplets and low-density lipoprotein receptors, treated cells were subjected to immunofluorescence microscopy. Finally, we investigated the expression of experimental gene patterns of cells in response to treatment. Results: In this study, cytotoxicity of Rebaudioside A was determined at 27.72 ?M. Treatment of .....

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