Tropical peat soil changes across successive oil palm generations in Sarawak, Malaysia by Ratai, Jicqueline, Teh, Christopher Boon Sung, Tan, Ngai Paing, Mohidin, Hasmah, Goh, Kah Joo, Sangok, Faustina Elfrida, Melling, Lulie

“…Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) was applied to examine the quality of the Soil Organic Matter (SOM), specifically the functional groups, humification index, Hydrophobicity Index (HI), and Degree of Degradation (DDI). …”
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Molecular detection of Aeromonas hydrophila from frozen fish; a food quality and safety concern by Kadum, Hana, Isa, Shu’aibu, Muhammad, Khairiyya

“…Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using specific ahh1 primer was employed to confirm the identity of A. hydrophila. …”
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Exploring the subjective well-being of elderly Orang Seletar indigenous people in Johor, Malaysia by Rosnon, Mohd Roslan, Abdul Razak, Muhammad Afiq, Jalaludin, Muhamad Luqmanudin, Dahamat Azam, Mohamad Naqiuddin

“…The subjective well-being (SWB) concept specific to the elderly Orang Asli is still vague, with limited research. …”
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Red flags in patients presenting with headache: Clinical indications for neuroimaging by Sobri, M., Lamont, A.C., Alias, N.A., Win, M.N.

“…Results were analysed using the Logistic Regression model. Sensitivity and specificity of red flags were analysed to establish the cut-off point to predict abnormal neuroimaging and a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve plotted to show the sensitivity of the diagnostic test. …”
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Shaping governance through social media: a review of Chinese government strategies and public engagement (2013-2023) by Chi, Jinglin, Kamarudin, Syafila, Abdul Rahman, Saiful Nujaimi

“…Content analysis further delineates these findings into specific themes: governance strategies and implementation, technological evolution, and the audience. …”
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Situational analysis on the antimicrobial resistance patterns among bacterial isolates from diseased small animals, livestock and wildlife by Haulisah, Nurul Asyiqin

“…Hence a situational analysis of AMR among the clinical cases received at a veterinary diagnostic laboratory was performed to describe the pattern of resistance demonstrated by clinical isolates. Specifically, this study describes the AMR pattern of clinically important pathogens from pets and livestock using retrospective laboratory data between 2015 and 2017, and determine the resistance patterns of selected pathogens of public health significance from domestic and wildlife between 2018 and 2019. …”
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Structural prowess in solar panel cleaning: a comparative study of robotic designs by Murshiduzzamana, ., As'Arry, A., Keong, L. W., Yussof, H., Wan Hasan, W. Z.

“…The results of this study highlight the crucial role of structural design in the context of solar panel cleaning robotics. Specifically, single axis robot is identified as a standout performer, exerting only 4% stress on PV panels among the considered 4 types of robots in comparison with the maximum stress applying robot and exhibiting the fastest cleaning motion of 38 seconds only for the specified panels which is 4 times faster than other compared robots. …”
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Electromagnetic wave effects on Mn-doped superparamagnetic iron oxide nanofluids: applications in enhanced oil recovery by Chan, Kar Tim, Beh, Hoe Guan, Hamid, Mohamad Amin, Hassan, Soleimani

“…DFT calculations indicated a preference for Mn dopants in specific lattice sites, while the experimental results showed that both DC- and AC-generated sinusoidal EM waves could reduce the IFT of the Mn-doped nanofluids, suggesting their improved EOR potential. …”
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Automatic paddy planthopper detection and counting using faster R-CNN by Khairunniza-Bejo, Siti, Ibrahim, Mohd Firdaus, Hanafi, Marsyita, Jahari, Mahirah, Ahmad Saad, Fathinul Syahir, Mhd Bookeri, Mohammad Aufa

“…Therefore, this research presents a comprehensive assessment of an object detection algorithm specifically developed to precisely detect and quantify planthoppers. …”
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Automated classification of collateral circulation for ischemic stroke in cone-beam CT images using VGG11: a deep learning approach by Ali, Nur Hasanah, Abdullah, Abdul Rahim, Mohd Saad, Norhashimah, Muda, Ahmad Sobri, Mhd Noor, Ervina Efzan

“…Results: Performance evaluation of the proposed approach demonstrates promising results, with the model achieving an accuracy of 58.32%, a sensitivity of 75.50%, a specificity of 44.10%, a precision of 52.70%, and an F1 score of 62.10% in classifying collateral circulation patterns. …”
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Analysis of hydraulic conductivity of tropical peat soil on sand and clay substratum in Pesisir Selatan, West Sumatra by Adrinal, ., Naspendra, Zuldadan, Gusmini, ., Kasim, Susilawati, Jamarun, Novesar, Sisca, Vivi

“…Interestingly, soil HC values did not correlate with pore characteristics in the peat layer but were significantly associated with those in the substratum layer. Specifically, substratum layer HC positively correlated with Aeration Pores (AP) (r=0.680) and Drainage Pores (DP) (r=0.031), and negatively correlated with Available Water Pores (AWP) (r=-0.817, p<0.047, r2=0.667). …”
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A quantitative measurement method for nuclear-pleomorphism scoring in breast cancer by Teoh, Chai Ling, Tan, Xiao Jian, Ab Rahman, Khairul Shakir, Bakrin, Ikmal Hisyam, Goh, Kam Meng, Siet, Joseph Jiun Wen, Wan Muhamad, Wan Zuki Azman

“…Results: The proposed HM model demonstrates promising performance metrics, including Accuracy, Recall, Specificity, Precision, and F1-score, with values of 0.97, 0.96, 0.97, 0.94, and 0.95, respectively. …”
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Unveiling the impacts of climate change and human activities on land-use evolution in ecologically fragile urbanizing areas: a case study of China's Central Plains Urban Agglomerat... by Jiang, Zhimeng, Li, Yan, Wu, Hao, Mohamed Shariff, Abdul Rashid, Zhou, Han, Fan, Kaixuan

“…These impacts, however, are predicted to diminish over time, with the strongest effects observed in areas with high ecological fragility. Specifically, increasing variability in climate conditions and intensifying human activities have resulted in cropland reduction at a rate of −260 km2/year and a simultaneous increase in built-up areas at a rate of 200 km2/year. …”
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Site suitability assessment for selected nature-based solution (NBS) in flood-prone area by Ibrahim, Balqis, Ash'aari, Zulfa Hanan, Zulkafli, Zed

“…Two NbS options, floodplain restoration and retention ponds, were chosen for further analysis with a more specific requirement. The results identified a total area of 126,798 hectares suitable for NbS implementation based on the general criteria. …”
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The effect of sports participation on the social identity of Chinese university students by Ji, Shuyu, Chen, Shuwei, Yang, Xiannan, Liu, Tongshang, Wang, Xiaolin

“…Conclusion: Sports participation significantly enhances the social identity of Chinese university students, and the specific mechanism of the enhancement varies across the social mentality and social identity conditions. …”
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Optimal dietary lipid requirement of hybrid lemon fin barb (Barbonymus gonionotus ♀× Hypsibarbus wetmorei ♂) larvae by Weerasingha, Rochana, Kamarudin, Mohd Salleh, Abd Karim, Murni Marlina, Ismail, Mohammad Fadhil Syukri

“…While hybrid larvae fed non-lipid diet showed lowered survival and growth, larvae fed FO12 diet increased (p <.05) in weight gain, total length gain, specific growth rate, and protein efficiency ratio after 20 days. …”

Quantifying canine tissue stiffness change patterns using shear-wave elastography: implications for time of death estimation by Ong, Wee Kee, Leong, Sook Sam, Azman, Raja Rizal, Md Shah, Mohammad Nazri, Vijayananthan, Anushya, Lau, Seng Fong

“…SWE was performed ante-mortem and up to 48-hours post-mortem at specific intervals. The Mann-Whitney U-test and Spearman correlation coefficient showed insignificant correlation between gender and weight with shear-wave velocity (SWV) in ante-mortem scans. …”

Basis risk reduction in weather index insurance for rice production in North-West Malaysia by Abdi, Mukhtar Jibril, Zulkafli, Zed, Raffar, Nurfarhana, Khairudin, Nurulhuda

“…These findings underscore the complex interplay between yield aggregation, rainfall interpolation, and basis risk, emphasising the need for context-specific approaches to designing effective weather index insurance products. © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to the International Society of Paddy and Water Environment Engineering 2024.…”

Recent insight into the advances and prospects of microbial lipases and their potential applications in industry by Eskandari, Azadeh, Thean, Chor Leow, Abdul Rahman, Mohd Basyaruddin, Oslan, Siti Nurbaya

“…These biocatalysts not only ensure sustainability and safety but also enhance process efficiency through their unique specificity. Lipases possess versatility as biocatalysts and find utilization in diverse bioconversion reactions. …”

Impacts of Butterworth post-filtering on absolute quantification of 99mTc SPECT/CT using nema phantom by Chi, Leah Tan Shin

“…Results: The results showed that the choice of Butterworth filter parameters, specifically the cutoff frequency (COF) and power, had a significant impact on image quality and quantitative accuracy. …”
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