The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between hope and resilience with work engagement. A total of 422 staff nurses working in three public hospitals in Peninsular Malaysia participated in this study. Statistical results using regression analysis revealed that hope and resilience were positively related to work engagement. Possible reasons for these findings, as well as ...

A new genus and species of the tribe Protosternini, Sphaerocetum malayanum gen. & sp. n., is described from the peninsular Malaysia (Perak). A detailed description is provided along with habitus photographs, line drawings and SEM micrographs of relevant diagnostic characters. Although clearly belonging to the Protosternini, the new genus varies in several characters previously considered as uni...

BACKGROUND Plasmodium knowlesi is a simian malaria parasite that has been reported to cause malaria in humans in Southeast Asia. This parasite invades the erythrocytes of humans and of its natural host, the macaque Macaca fascicularis, via interaction between the Duffy binding protein region II (PkDBPαRII) and the Duffy antigen receptor on the host erythrocytes. In contrast, the P. knowlesi gam...

Technical Appendix Technical Appendix Figure 1. Places of residence in Peninsular Malaysia (left) of the schistosomiasis-infected Orang Asli from the 1970s. The origin of the patient from the current report is marked with a red X in a circle; previous cases are marked with green Xs without circles. Three cases in persons also infected with Schistosoma japonicum–like eggs in Sabah, Malaysian Bor...

The risk of HBV infection by blood transfusion remains moderate due to the prevalence of HBV carriers in the general population of Peninsular Malaysia ranging from 3 to 6%. 23% of multitransfused thalassaemics showed HbsAg and 31% have been exposed to HBV infection. I Hepatitis B vaccination should be carried out at the start of blood transfusion in all thalassaeI mics destined to be transfusio...

Caperonia A.St.-Hil. is a new genus record for Peninsular Malaysia, with the species of palustris (L.) This paper will provide description, distribution, habitat, and colour plates species.

Soil contaminated with helminth eggs and protozoan cysts is a potential source of infection and poses a threat to the public, especially to young children frequenting playgrounds. The present study determines the levels of infection of helminth eggs in soil samples from urban and suburban playgrounds in five states in Peninsular Malaysia and identifies one source of contamination via faecal scr...

Most tropical mammal species are threatened or data-deficient. Data collection is impeded by the traditional monitoring approaches which can be laborious, expensive and struggle to detect cryptic diversity. Monitoring approaches using mammal DNA derived from invertebrates are emerging as cost- and time-effective alternatives. As a step towards development of blowfly-derived DNA as an effective ...

One of the available tools for mapping the geographical distribution and potential suitable habitats is species distribution models. These techniques are very helpful for finding poorly known distributions of species in poorly sampled areas, such as the tropics. Maximum Entropy (MaxEnt) is a recently developed modeling method that can be successfully calibrated using a relatively small number o...