Impact of environmental and physiological parameters on antioxidant activity in Premna Serratifolia L. by Chua, Iris Yien Ping

“…On the other hand, leaf extracts collected at 12 noon had the highest TF and TP contents but the lowest DPPH antioxidant activity. …”
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Diurnal Periodicity of Spore Discharge in Ganoderma boninense Pat. from Oil palm in Malaysia by How, Y. W., Nawawi, A.

“…Spore sampling with a Hirst spore trap in an oil palm area infected with G. boninense 'showed that the concentration of G. boninense spores was low in the day especially from noon to 16.00 hr and was very high at night from 22.00 - 06.00 hr; the peak being around midnight. …”
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The microclimate benefits of street and park trees in Putrajaya by Zainurdin, Effa Mulia

“…Distance from urban park influenced the microclimate as the air temperature and solar radiation were increased with distance especially during solar noon due to canopy openness. These results showed that trees urban park provides better microclimate benefits than trees in the street due to greater canopy coverage in the park. …”
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Biology of Euphorbia prunifolia jacq. seeds by Chin, Hoong Fong, M. Ali, Sabudin

“…Polythene sheets placed on top of soil raised soil temperature from 40° C to 66° C at noon and prevented the germination of these seeds. …”
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Thermal comfort in technical school: assessment survey approach by Makhtar, Nor Kamilah, Ismail, Ahmad Rasdan, Jusoh, N.

“…The study was made on 4 different days from morning until noon. All the windows were left open for natural ventilation. …”
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Lightning related human casualties in Mongolia by Doljinsuren, Myagmar, Gomes, Chandima

“…Almost 100% of the deaths of which the time of incident is known has happened between noon and midnight. Almost all case of injuries have also been reported during the same period. …”
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The perception on human thermal comfort and microclimatic condition in a park with different landscape designs by Marikah @ Yusof, Siti Nadiah

“…In addition, the microclimate parameters were clearly greater during noon compared to evening due to heat released. The results from this study will be beneficial for the urban park managers and stakeholders with respect to landscape designs for example, by adding more trees to improve microclimate.…”
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Numerical simulation on the reflection characterisation and performance of a solar collector - a case study of UPM solar bowl by Ng, Khai Mun, Adam, Nor Mariah, Zakaria, Azmi

“…It was observed that solar flux density of collector substantially deteriorated during off solar noon hour, in which during 08:00 and 16:00 under clear sky of tropics, the percentage reduction of flux density is over 82% at all points of the receiver. …”
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Photovoltaic panel temperature and heat distribution analysis for thermoelectric generator application by Mohd Ariffin, Mohd Ruzaimi, Shafie, Suhaidi, Wan Hasan, Wan Zuha, Azis, Norhafiz, Ya'acob, Mohammad Effendy, Supeni, Eris Elianddy

“…From the experimental results, the highest temperature of the bottom PV panel surface panel recorded at 81.1°C during solar noon and expected to reach even higher during hot weather season. …”
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Assessing the influence of microclimate and vegetation structure on hymenoptera diversity and abundance by Azlan, Nurul Iffah Nadhirah

“…Environmental data was collected vegetation structure and microclimate was collected during solar noon. Overall, 440 Hymenoptera individuals belonging to 7 families (Vespidae, Sphecidae, Crabonidae, Megachilidae, Pompilidae, Braconidae and Ichneumonidae) were collected. …”
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Potential design parameters for enhancing thermal comfort in tropical terrace house: a case study in Kuala Lumpur by Sadafi, Nasibeh, Salleh, Elias, Lim, Chin Haw, Jaafar, Mohd Fakri Zaky

“…Comfort conditions mostly occurred during night hours while around noon hours could be considered as critical times. …”
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Assessment of solar radiation on diversely oriented surfaces and optimum tilts for solar absorbers in Malaysian tropical latitude by Ng, Khai Mun, Adam, Nor Mariah, Inayatullah, Othman, Ab Kadir, Mohd Zainal Abidin

“…Seven-year data of monthly average daily solar radiation on a horizontal surface in Bangi, Malaysia (latitude = 3°N) were adopted as input in the simulation programme and the results were compared with the local optimum tilt angle at solar noon and other solar radiation model. The contour mappings of solar irradiation at various orientations in 12 months were presented. …”
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Photosynthetic rates of four tree species in the upper canopy of a tropical rain forest at the Pasoh Forest Reserve in Peninsular Malaysia by Furukawa, Akio, Toma, Takeshi, Maruyama, Yutaka, Matsumoto, Yosuke, Uemura, Akira, Abdullah, Ahmad Makmom, Awang, Muhamad

“…In general, A increased with increasing photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) before noon, then declined. As well, a linear relationship was detected between gs and A, but no statistically significant correlation could be confirmed between these two factors for D. sublamellatus and P. caput-medusae in November and July. …”
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Tree species influence on street microclimatic conditions by Tan, Xiu Han

“…Microclimatic measurements such as air temperature, solar radiation, wind speed, and relative humidity were measured on pedestrian walkways below tree canopies and in open areas during solar noon time, 12pm – 2 pm on seven hot and sunny days. …”
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Characteristics and source apportionment of Black Carbon (BC) in a suburban area of Klang Valley, Malaysia by Ezani, Nur Eliani, Dhandapani, Sairam, Heal, Mathew R., Praveena, Sarva Mangala, Khan, Md Firoz, Ramly, Zamzam T. A.

“…BC and BCff show very strong diurnal cycles, which also show some weekday–weekend differences, with maxima during the night and just before noon, and minima in the afternoon. These patterns indicate strong influences on concentrations from both traffic emissions and boundary layer depth. …”

High efficiency portable solar generator utilizing optimum solar panel orientation by Shafie, Suhaidi, Ab Kadir, Mohd Zainal Abidin, Azis, Norhafiz, Mohd Radzi, Mohd Amran, Wan Hasan, Wan Zuha, Mustafa, Mohd Amrallah

“…The developed software is purposely to optimize the azimuth and altitude angles in which the calculation is from solar noon on designated date and time. It is an open loop system based on mathematical formula and it predicts the sun movement. …”
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Geometrical Characteristics of Fixed Mirror Distributed Focus Solar Concentrator, Serdang, Malaysia by Ng, Khai Mun

“…The results indicated that the concentration ratio and solar flux density of collector deteriorated substantially during the off solar noon hour. According to the simulation finding, during 08:00 and 16:00 solar time under clear sky of tropics, the percentage reduction of solar flux density was over 82% at all points of the receiver. …”
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Design Assessment of Thermal Comfort Using Computational Simulation of a Terrace House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia by Sadafi, Nasibeh

“…These evaluations revealed that suitable shading design will improve the thermal conditions, especially during noon hours when the house has the most penetration of the sun from the windows as well as highest internal temperature. …”
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Utilization of Solar Heat for the Control of Cowpea Seed Beetle, Callosobruchus Macilatus (Fabricius) (Coleoptera : Bruchidae) by Wessene, Mekasha Chichaybelu

“…Therefore, solar heating of infested adzuki bean seeds using the aforementioned box heater around noon for an hour can give effective control of C. maculatus.…”
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Eco-physiology and mesocosm study on microalgae in oligotrophic and mesotrophic municipal manmade lakes in different weather conditions by Alteerah, Munay Abdulqadir Omar Abdulqadir

“…Daily weather conditions monitored three times daily at morning (8.0-9.0), noon (12.0-13.0) and afternoon (16.0-17.0). The weather is classified into mix, wet and dry conditions based on weather scoring. …”
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