Which Statistic Test to Use

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Just want to share with you all.
Choose Tests
Scroll down to the last part to see the table. Hope it helps us understand.

P/S: Who copied the table of tests that day? (the one Dr Jamal talked about Superman snd Spearman) Please share with us. May Allah bless us all.

Environmental Health DSL

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Solid Waste Management
Sewage Management

Happy DSL! :D

With LOTS of LOVE,
from ACAD the AWESOME.

Zenith Bureau List for Y2 2011/2012

Check it out, yo.

Click here

Alternative link

Dr Niza's NOTES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fresh and steamy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Land and Water Pollution

Air Pollution

Noise

Environment, Ecosystem & Health

Introduction to Environmental Health

Timetable for week 4

Click on the image (with love and kindness) to make it grow.

Interesting to share

Social Research Methods

This one looks interesting.

Group D survey

Salams,


This is a representative from group D. We would like your cooperation to assist us in completing our research. So, we hope that you can answer our questionnaire honestly ^_^.


B4 you answer, make sure that you have your EBE results conveniently stored in your memory or next to you.


Please answer after 9.00pm, 20th May 2011 and before 9.00pm 22nd May 2011


This is the link to our survey


Group D Mini Research


Please answer completely, and answer only ONCE.


Lastly, may Allah bless your efforts in helping your fellow colleagues, and may He reward you.

Saw it somewhere

"The zina of the eyes is the gaze (at that which is unlawful, eg. Nudity); the zina of the ears is to listen (to talks of nudity which excites the carnal desire); the zina of the tongue is to speak (what is evil); the zina of the hand is to touch (the female which is unlawful to you); the zina of the feet is to walk (towards immorality); the zina of the heart is to desire (what is unlawful), and it is the private parts which either commits or shuns the actual act of fornication."

Muslim 4/1397, no. 6421, 6422

Stress Assessment Survey

Stress Assessment Survey

Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh,

Dear brothers and sisters of Zenith, we from Group C would like you to spend some of your precious time to answer our survey. This survey is necessary for our research regarding Stress and Stressors among IIUM Medical students.

This form consists of 3 parts. Do not take your time too much answering any one of these question. You are expected to spend about 10 minutes to complete this survey. Please be willing to complete this form. Your kindness and cooperation is truly appreciated. May Allah bless you all.

CLICK HERE TO START THE SURVEY

If the link above does not work, please GO HERE and click SAS to begin the survey.

Please complete the questionnaire before 22 May 2011, Midnight. The deadline has been postponed to 24 May 2011, Tuesday.

Please answer as truthfully and honestly as possible. Thank you very much =)

Mouthful of Risks and Ratios

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This block we learnt a lot about all kinds of risks and ratios. I get confused. So I'd like to share the following with those who are as confused as I am. They're just explanations that makes you understand. Don't quote me in the exams... :P (definitions are from Wiki, so... hehehehe...)


Relative risk and attributable risk


Relative risk (RR):
Relative risk (RR) is the risk of an event (or of developing a disease) relative to exposure. Relative risk is a ratio of the probability of the event occurring in the exposed group versus a non-exposed group.
It's like, group A smoke and group B don't smoke. In the end, group A with lung cancer vs group B with lung cancer, the ratio is measured. Of course la group A is more right? So if the RR is greater than 1.0, it indicates a positive association. If RR is smaller than 1.0, it indicates a protective effect.


Attributable risk: 
Attributable risk is the difference in rate of a condition between an exposed population and an unexposed population.
It's like, [the incidence of lung CA in group A] - [the incidence of lung CA in group B]. Note that this time it's minus (tolak, whatever you call it in BM), not RATIO wor...


Absolute and Relative Risk


Absolute risk:
It's like, hmmm, just plain risk. Like, if you eat Nasi Lemak, the risk of you falling asleep in class is 90%. Something like that. Just plain risk, not much comparison.


Odds ratio:
This is a bit odd. You see the equation is like "ad/bc" WTH? It is the ratio of the ratio of two outcomes. WTH again. Simple actually.
First you have that D+ D- and E+ E- table right? (the 2 by 2 or conventional table). First you have the diseased group, both exposed and not exposed. OK, find the ratio between Exposed : Not Exposed, under this Disease group. Then you have the no-disease group, find the ratio of Exposed : Not Exposed again. Now you have two ratios, one for each outcome right? OK, then, you find the ratio between these two outcomes.
To make it simple (if you still can't understand...), use the table in our notes that has the letters a b c d:
First ratio I told you to find [ a : c ]
Then I told you to find [ b : d ]
Then, for Odds Ratio, you're supposed to find [ a : c ] : [ b : d ]
I know it looks different from the original formula, ad/bc; so [ a : c ] : [ b : d ] can be simplified into:
[a : c] : [b : d]
= ( a / c ) / ( b / d )
= ( a / c ) x ( d / b )
= ( a d ) / ( c b )          [it's from the notes laa...]


I'll add more if I found any.

MED 1407 Course Outline

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Note: Do not believe the method of evaluation. It is not confirmed yet. Everything else is fine.

Family Medicine Notes

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* The files are big! It will take some time to download.

~Academic Lujnah~

Week 3

and here is the subject list, from senior,

Y1B4 Compilation

Assalamualaikum,

As promised, the compilation file is posted here because we cannot get the printed @ physical copy early enough.

Y1B4 Compilation

Do not wait for the preview on Google Docs to finish loading (it is going to take a loooooooong time. seriously) Simply click on 'download' immediately.

That's all, thanks a lot. All the best to everyone for the minitest! XD

~Academic Lujnah~

EpiInfo

http://wwwn.cdc.gov/epiinfo/

Dr suggested this thingy but I can't download. Anyone interested? Help?

Statistics

Assalamualaikum. In the name of Allah the Most Beneficent the Most Merciful.

If you want to revise Statistics back, hmmm, because I did A Levels, I'd like to share this:

A Level Statistics

I took only S1 during my course so I'm not clear about the rest. However, no harm exploring them.

Hope that helps. And sorry for posting so many stuff here, hope these stuff are useful for all of us.

P/S: I still don't get it what's so funny about Dr Samsul's "sisters should start sharing" joke. =.="

Science news related to our knowledge again

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Engineers Patch a Heart: Tissue-Engineering Platform Enables Heart Tissue to Repair Itself

Malaria Mosquitoes Accurately Find Their Way to Smelly Feet

Stress May Make You Itch (you may want to check out what LFA is, if you've forgotten Dr Imad's lectures)

Insight Into HIV Immunity May Lead to Vaccine (to recall what ADCC is all about, you may go here)

Why More Species Live in Amazon Rainforests: Evolution of Treefrogs Sheds Light on the Mystery (not for Medic students, but this is a question I've been thinking, interesting to know)

Last but not least, thanks to PBL group 9 and 10 for making my day. You guys are really awesome. :D Love you all!!!

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This is cute!

Week 2

template report for SCS

Participants               :  PBL Group________

Event                        :

Community group

that is being served   :

Venue                      :

Time/Date                :

Activities                  :

1.

2.

3.

Conclusion______________________________________________________________

 

Watch this

Assalamualaikum. In the name of Allah the Most Beneficent the Most Merciful.

Sis Aminah suggested me this video, and we think it's worth sharing. Instead of listening to unnecessary songs, why don't we see something like this:

The Blue Gold


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Briefing on Mini Research

A.How to select topic for mini research?

(1)Develop the research questions

(2)List few topics 

(3)Timelines: 5 weeks

(4)Supervisor’s interest

B.Group works’ dates:

On 6,9,13,19,27, & 30^th May, we gonna have group works (up to 6 times) and 0n 3^rd June is mini research presentation.

**Study place:inside IIUM

**Target population: student, workers (even pekerja yg bina bangunan pun boleh!),clients

C.Study Tools

Eg of tools The Dept has are:

1.sphygmomanometer

2.weighing scale

3.body fat analyzer

4.harper-den skinfold caliper

5.spirometer

6.purdue pegboard

7.dosimeter

8.Sound level meter

9.electromyogram

10.neurometer

11.simple reaction meter

12.Standardized validated questionnaire :

a.International Physical Activity Questionnaire, IPAQ

b.Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS) Questionnaire

D.What is in research paper?

Basically, this is what ur research paper should contain:

1.rationale and importance of study

2.objectives of study

3.literature review and problem statement

4.Methodology: study design, sample size, sampling techniques, data collection, statistical analysis,

5.Definition of variables: independent, dependents, constants

6.Data analyses: Dummy tables

7.Results: analyse and present using demographic data and taking into accounts of hierarchy according to research objectives

8.Discussion: compare with previous studies (why same or not same; confounding, bias ; efforts to reduces etc); conclude and propose some recommendations based on results

E.Presentation:

30 minutes presentation (20 minutes present paper + 10 minutes Q&A)

**a scientific presentation

**email softcopy to respective supervisors

#These are what I managed to salin, any additions,feel free to add :), hope it can help you all!

Too lazy to create a title

Assalamualaikum. In the Name of Allah the Most Beneficent the Most Merciful.
Too lazy to create a name for this link
Note after reading:
Nelfinavir is a protease inhibitor. Now let's revise our Pharmacology a bit - Oh c'mon it won't hurt a bit.
Here's the mnemonics (don't pronounce it as "pneumonics" please...) for protease inhibitors:
Nenek (Nelfinavir) India (Indinavir) pakai Sari (Saquinavir) naik LoRi (Lopinavir + Ritonavir) pagi-pagi (AM - amprenavir).

OK. That's all for today. See you all folks next time, same time, same place... InsyaAllah. x)

Hadith

The Prophet (sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam) said: “Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, says, ‘O son of Adam, as long as you call on Me, I shall forgive you of what you have done, and think nothing of it. O son of Adam, even if your sins were to reach up to the clouds in the sky, and then you were to ask for My forgiveness, I would forgive you and think nothing of it. O son of Adam, even if you were to come to Me with sins nearly as great as the earth, and then you were to meet Me after death, not worshipping anything besides Me, I would bring you forgiveness nearly as great as the earth.’”

[Tirmidhi]

Epidemiology Practical 1

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e-Learning

http://elearn.iium.edu.my/

User: matric no
Pass: pin no


Credits to pakcik Luqman. But we have no idea what's inside. Looks mysterious. xD

Directed Self Learning Guidelines

Assalamualaikum,

DSL 1

DSL 2

Specially posted (with love XD) for those of you too lazy to take the files from the PC in our lecture hall.

Ok, byebye.

Position of structures according to vertebral levels

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Once upon a time I saw this in a book. So I copied it down. Now I'm spreading it to the whole World. Hopefully this is useful. InsyaAllah.

Position of structures according to vertebral levels

/ means in between the two levels

- means from that level to the next level

(Don’t understand? It’s because you haven’t seen what’s below)

Level	Structure
C1	-          Spinal root of accessory nerve crosses transverse process of atlas -          Open mouth and dens
C2	-          Superior cervical ganglion
C3	-          Body of hyoid bone
C4	-          Upper border of thyroid cartilage -          Bifurcation of common carotid arteries
C6	-          Cricoid cartilage -          Larynx becomes trachea -          Pharynx becomes esophagus -          Middle cervical ganglion -          Vertebral artery enters foramen transversarium of C6 vertebra
C7	-          First clearly palpable spinous process (vertebra prominens) -          Stellate/inferior cervical ganglion
T2	-          Superior border of scapula
T2/T3	-          Suprasternal notch
T3	-          Medial end of spine of scapula -          End of oblique fissure of lung posteriorly at spine of T3
T3/T4	-          Top of arch of aorta
T3-T4	-          Manubrium sterni
T4	-          End of arch of aorta -          Azygos vein enters superior vena cava
T4/T5	-          Manubriosternal angle of Louis -          Bifurcation of trachea -          Start of arch of aorta
T5	-          Thoracic duct crosses midline
T5-T8	-          Sternum
T6	-          Upper border of liver
T7	-          Inferior angle of scapula -          Accessory hemiazygos vein crosses midline to azygos vein
T8	-          Caval opening in diaphragm §  Inferior vena cava §  Right phrenic nerve -          Left phrenic nerve pierces diaphragm lateral to central tendon -          Hemiazygos vein crosses to right to join azygos vein
T8/T9	-          Sternoxiphisternal joint
T9	-          Superior epigastric vessels traverse diaphragm -          Xiphoid
T10	-          Esophageal opening in diaphragm §  Esophagus §  Borders of left gastric vessels §  Anterior and posterior vagi
T12	-          Aortic ‘opening’ in diaphragm posterior to median arcuate ligament §  Aorta §  Azygos & hemiazygos veins §  Thoracic duct -          Origin of coeliac axis (lower border of T12) -          Splanchnic nerves pierce crura of diaphragm -          Sympathetic trunk passes posterior to medial arcuate ligament -          Subcostal neurovascular bundle passes posterior to lateral arcuate ligament
L1	-          Transpyloric plane of Addison (halfway between suprasternal notch and symphysis pubis) §  Fundus of gallbladder §  Hila of kidneys §  Second part of duodenum §  Neck of pancreas §  Origin of superior mesenteric artery §  Origin of portal vein §  Pylorus §  Attachment of transverse mesocolon §  Hilum of spleen (spleen on ribs 9, 10, 11)
L1/L2	-          Origin of renal arteries -          Spinal cord ends in adults
L2	-          Subcostal plane §  Formation of azygos and hemiazygos veins §  Duodenojejunal flexure, ligament of Treitz (upper border of L2)
L3	-          Origin of inferior mesenteric artery
L3/L4	-          Umbilicus
L4	-          Supracristal plane (iliac crests) §  Bifurcation of aorta
L5	-          Formation of inferior vena cava
S2	-          Sacral dimple -          Midpoint of sacro-iliac joint -          Posterior superior iliac spine -          Dural sac ends
S3	-          Start of rectum
S4	-          Sacral hiatus -          End of vertebral canal
Co1	-          Filum terminale inserts

If you want a soft copy of this you can go here, below:

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P/S:

Once the new block starts I won't have much things to post here (so are my other blogs).

Last but not least, I'd like to apologize for all the mess I've made in the cyber world during the holiday - personal ones and public ones. Hope that you all can forgive me, and that we all can gain some benefit from the stuff I've posted on blogs.

See you all tomorrow folks, same time, same place. :D
InsyaAllah.

Random stuff

In the name of Allah the Most Beneficent the Most Merciful.

Holiday is all about reading random stuff. So happened I saw these, I think they're worth sharing (and revising).

Note: All these are quoted from the Infallible Online Free Encyclopedia aka: _i_ipedia!!!

LOLz. Sorry if you can't appreciate my sense of humor. I know I'm wicked. >.<

1. House fly

Housefly as a vector of disease

Mechanical transmission of organisms on its hairs, mouthparts, vomitus and feces:
- parasitic diseases: cysts of protozoa e.g. Entamoeba histolytica, Giardia lamblia and eggs of helminths
   e.g.: Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuros trichura, Haemenolypes nana, Enterobius vermicularis.
- bacterial diseases: typhoid, cholera, dysentery, pyogenic cocci, etc.
   House flies have been demonstrated to be vectors of Campylobacter and E. coli O157:H7 using PCR.
   House flies can be monitored for bacterial pathogens using filter paper spot cards and PCR
- Viruses: enteroviruses: poliomyelitis, viral hepatitis (A & E)..etc.

2. Cocktail

The word cocktail is sometimes used figuratively for a mixture of liquids or other substances. Such a use might be, for example: "120 years of industry have dosed the area's soil with a noxious cocktail of heavy metals and chemical contaminants."

A makeshift incendiary bomb consisting of a bottle of flammable liquid (usually gasoline) with a flaming rag attached is known as a "Molotov cocktail".

Combinations of antiretroviral drugs used as AIDS therapy are frequently referred to "drug cocktails" or "AIDS cocktails."

3. Try pronounce this word: Kawekaweau (Hahahahahahahahahaha...)

4. Madagascar hissing cockroach :O

5. Oh so THIS is a Phasmid... (you know sometimes you keep seeing this thing but you just don't know it's name)