A season in the olive grove by Arkomanis, Ektoras

“…This chapter describes how the author first encountered Eleonas and includes a collection of notes about work and migrations, taken as he made a film 'A Season in the Olive Grove', which began in 2014 and is still a work in progress.…”
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Short term load forecastiong using time seasonal autoregressive integrated moving average by Wan Abdul Razak, Intan Azmira, Majid, Md. Shah, Abd. Rahman, Hasimah, Hassan, Mohammad Yusri

Performance of the General Directorate of Civil Defense during the Hajj season in terms of emergency management by Ahmad Saad, Al-Ahmadi, Abas, Zakaria, Abdul Ghani, Abdullah

“…This study will highlight the major factors that assist and impede in performing the work and services of GDCD for encountering the crises and disasters in their various stages during the hajj season and, maintain the safety of pilgrims and their property.…”
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Modeling seasonal wind pattern from imaging and non-imaging data / Siti Noratiqah Mohamad Deros by Mohamad Deros, Siti Noratiqah

“…Short-term wind data insufficient to explain wind criteria by neglects the seasonality behavior of wind caused by different monsoon season. …”
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Transferring near infrared spectroscopic calibration model across different harvested seasons using joint distribution adaptation by Suarin, Nur Aisyah Syafinaz, Kim, Seng Chia

“…Near infrared spectroscopic (NIRS) data from different harvested seasons may consist of different feature spaces even though the samples have the same label values. …”
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Fruit culinary culture by Ab. Karim, Muhammad Shahrim, Abd Halim, Norhasmilaalisa, Ghazali, Hazrina

“…In Malaysia, fruits are cultivated throughout the year and some are based on the season. Fruits like banana, papaya, guava, starfruit, jackfruit, mangoes, ciku (sapodilla) and melons are available all year round. …”
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Rhythm of Pandanaceae by Qamaruz Zaman, Faridah, Arumugam, Ramitha, Samsudin, Suhaimi, Haron, Saleha

“…The quality of essential oil depends on the season, geographic location, method and duration of distillation, year the extract plant is grown, and the climate.…”
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Evaluating the performance of GPS survey methods for landslide monitoring at hillside residential area: Static vs rapid static by Zainon, Othman, Wan, A. W. A., Ahmad, Anuar

“…The landslide is considered as one of the worst natural disaster that continuously affecting many tropical countries, especially during the monsoon season. Landslides bring destructiveness and various losses to the human living. …”

Uncovering the relation between environmental damage and the rate of rainfall received through a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) study on potable water production in Malaysia. by Sharaai, Amir Hamzah, Mahmood, Noor Zalina, Sulaiman, Abdul Halim

“…Global warming causes the world's rainfall pattern to change including Malaysia. Today wet and dry season is very hard to be accurately predicted. Rainy season is getting more frequent and causing destruction to properties and halting economic growth of a nation. …”

Performance of externally bonded reinforced concrete structures using carbon fibre reinforced polymer in tropical climate by Mohd. Hashim, Mohd. Hisbany, Mohd.Sam, Abdul Rahman, Husin, Mohd.Warid, Abu Hassan, Shukur

“…It is crucial to study the tropical climate effect of using FRP and its matrix material in structures element in order to gain acceptance in a country which is experiencing tremendous wet and dry cycle through rain, moisture and dry season. This is essential because many of the applications of FRP as strengthening or repair materials are for outdoor environment. …”
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High frequency band communication application in Malaysia by Idrus, Sevia Mahdaliza, Abdul Razak, Mohammad Hafizul

“…However, suitability of this portion of the spectrum for such communication varies greatly with a complex combination of factors[1]: • Sunlight/darkness at site of transmission and reception • Transmitter/receiver proximity to terminator • Season • Sunspot cycle • Solar activity • Polar aurora • Maximum usable frequency • Lowest usable high frequency • Frequency of operation within the HF range…”
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Portable seawater desalination tank by Roslan, Muhammad Sufi, Abd Rahman, Misbahul Muneer, Azli, Wan Nur Hidayah, Zainudin, Muhammad Aiman, Ma’som, Nazmi

“…Thus, portable seawater desalination was developed using condensation concept and distillation methods to produce clean water sources for coastal visitors as well as the use of local residents as an alternative to the dry season.…”
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The comparison of various gas turbine inlet aircooling methods for various ambient condition trough energy and exergy analysis by Kaviri, A. Ganjeh, Mohd. Jaafar, Mohammad Nazri, Mat Lazim, Tholudin, Kaviri, H. Ganjeh

“…The strong influence of climate conditions on gas turbine behavior is well known. During the summer season the output of gas turbines falls to a value that is less than the rated output under high temperature conditions. …”

Health promoting properties of selected Malaysian underutilized fruits. by Azlan, Azrina, Ismail, Amin, Ibrahim, Mansor, Shakirin, Faridah Hanim, Khoo, Hock Eng

“…Underutilized tropical fruits are less popular, are grown in the wild, are highly seasonal, have under-exploited potential and are not ready for commercialization. …”

Cakar ayam shaping machine by Mohd Apandi, Muhammad Noorakmal, Azali, Muhammad Syafiq, Hassan, Mohd Fahrul, Omar, Nur Izzati, Ramli, Muhammad Shahrizzat, Emran, Muhammad Syahir

“…In fact, this cookie is considered a popular snack even outside the holiday season. The choice of the name of this cookie is more to shape actually resembles former chicken scratches made by the paw the ground while foraging. …”
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Copper removal from waste water by using rice husk activated carbon – a review by Hamidon, Nuramidah, Malik, Alia Farhana, Mohd Sunar, Norshuhaila, Muhamad, Mimi Suliza

“…The husk is made from hard materials including silica and lignin to protect the seed during rice season. The husk usually indigestible for humans. …”
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Adaptive management framework for evaluating and adjusting microclimate parameters in tropical greenhouse crop production systems by Shamshiri, Redmond R., Mahadi @ Othman, Muhammad Razif, Wan Ismail, Wan Ishak, Thorp, Kelly R., Ahmad, Desa, Che Man, Hasfalina

“…The presented framework can contribute to future studies for providing best management decisions such as site selection, optimum growing season, scheduling efficiencies, energy management with different climate control systems, and risk assessments associated with each task.…”
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Utilization of garcinia mangostana dyes for superhydrophobic oncotton textile application by Marsi, Noraini, Sum, Man Kent, Mohd Rus, Anika Zafiah, Mohd Harun, Dalila

“…Mangosteen or known as Garcinia mangostana is one of the fruits that can be found easily in Malaysia during monsoon season. So, the difficulty of getting these fruits are not very hard. …”
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Prototype development of PV powered barrier gate system by Ahmad Shukri, Ahmad Irfan, Salimin, Suriana

“…Averaging 4.96 kWh/m² annual solar irradiance and with the range of 4.8 to 6.3kWh/m² irradiance monthly except for December due to the monsoon season ...…”
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The effects of climate change on avian diversity in high altitude wetland habitats by Rajpar, Muhammad Nawaz, Zakaria, Mohamed

“…The current chapter indicates that climate change affects phenology, distribution, migration season (i.e., arrival and departure), and breeding ecology of avian species. …”
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