Publications by authors named "Ahmad Faris"

Water- and food-related health issues have received a lot of attention recently because food-poisoning bacteria, in particular, are becoming serious threats to human health. Currently, techniques used to detect these bacteria are time-consuming and laborious. To overcome these challenges, the colorimetric strategy is attractive because it provides simple, rapid and accurate sensing for the detection of spp.

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Study Objective: The purpose of this investigation was to determine if a slower speed of spinal anaesthesia injection would reduce the incidence of hypotension.

Study Design: Randomised controlled trial.

Setting: Tertiary level hospital in Malaysia.

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This cross-sectional study was designed to determine the socio-demographic characteristics and prevalence of overweight/obesity and self-reported diabetes mellitus, hypertension and heart disease among the population in Pulau Kundur, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia. This study was conducted in September 2005. We randomly selected 120 of 240 households in Pulau Kundur, Kota Bharu, Kelantan.

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