The Internet nowadays has become an important and major information search channels for travelers looking for accommodation and services provided by hotels. Hotels’ managers have adopted the Internet as one of their primary marketing channels to attract customers while website development has become one of their business infrastructures for online bookings and transactions. On the other hand, h...

* Author for correspondence: K.P. Chong, School of Sustainable Agriculture, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, 88999, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, Tel: +6088-320000 Fax: +6088320278, [email protected]. Abstract. Rice blast disease, caused by Pyricularia oryzae Cav. is the most serious fungal disease in rice crop, and this disease has caused significant yield losses worldwide. Sakuranetin which is a...

Abstract New zircon U-Pb geochronology from a peridotite suite near Ranau and the Telupid ophiolite in Sabah, eastern Malaysia, contradict previous studies, which assumed that Sabah mafic-ultramafic rocks are largely ophiolitic Jurassic–Cretaceous age. We show these formed during magmatic episode Miocene (9.2–10.5 Ma), is interpreted to reflect infiltration of melts melt-rock reaction subcontin...

Abstract Three-dimensional seismic reflection data, well and analogues from areas with extensive shale tectonics indicate that the enigmatic deepwater “shale nappe or thrust sheet” region of northern offshore Sabah, Malaysia, now referred to as North Sabah–Pagasa Wedge (NSPW), is actually a major mobile activity characterized by mini-basins mud pipes, chambers, volcanoes. A short burst volcano ...

One hundred and fourteen species belonging to 29 genera of Araceae are recorded from Sabah: Aglaonema Schott, Alocasia (Schott) G.Don, Amorphophallus Blume ex Decne., Amydrium Anadendrum Arisaema Mart., Bucephalandra Colobogynium Colocasia Cryptocoryne Fisch. Wydler, Cyrtosperma Griff., Epipremnum Gamogyne N.E.Br., Homalomena Lasia Lour., Lemna L., Nabalu S.Y.Wong & P.C.Boyce, Ooia Phym...

Background: Escherichia coli sequence type 131 (ST131) has emerged among bacteria causing urinary tract infection (UTI) in the previous decade. This ST contains multiple drug resistant (MDR) genes together with genes encoding many virulence factors. As a result, this strain of uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC) gives rise to treatment failure with consequent prolonged stay in a hospital. Therefore, e...

PURPOSE To study the validity and reliability of the Malay version of the Specific Thalassemia Quality of Life Instrument (STQOLI) in Sabah's adult thalassemia patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS This cross-sectional study was done at Thalassemia Treatment Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Sabah, Malaysia. Eighty-two adult thalassemia patients who fulfilled the inclusion and exclusion criteria w...