An evaluation of LQR and fuzzy logic controllers for active suspension using half car model by Hasbullah, Faried, Faris, Waleed Fekry

“…Results show that the performance of the LQR controller is better than the FLC at the expense of control force. The performances of both active controllers are better than the passive system in terms of settling time.…”
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Bank-specific, industry-specific and macroeconomic determinants of bank efficiency: empirical evidence from the Thai banking sector by Sufian, Fadzlan, Habibullah, Muzafar Shah

“…Domestic banks have been relatively more efficient than their foreign bank peers, which can be attributed largely to a higher pure technical efficiency (PTE) level. …”
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Intelligent disturbance rejection for robust tracking performance of X-Y positioning system by Raafat, Safanah M., Akmeliawati, Rini

“…The developed controller is implemented experimentally, and a tracking performance of less than 1�m is achieved. Contouring error of less than 1���m is achieved as well. …”
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A novel Erbium-doped Fiber Laser source (EDFL) by Sellami , Ali, Al-Khateeb, Khalid A. Saeed, Billoui, Bouzid

“…The output power of the proposed laser system is more than 18 dBm at 1560 nm. The side mode suppression ratio (SMSR) in the output power in this experiment was also high, greater than 64 dB. …”
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Differential Scanning Calorimetry as tool in observing thermal and storage stability of recombinant Bromelain by Ismail, Nurul Azira, Amid, Azura

“…Recombinant bromelain is more stable than commercial bromelain at higher temperature but the stability reduced after 7 days of storage at 4oC. …”
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A deadlock-free routing algorithm using minimum number of virtual channels and application mappings for Hierarchical Torus Network by Rahman, M.M. Hafizur, Horiguchi, Susumu

“…We find that the dynamic communication performance of the HTN is better than that of the H3D-mesh, TESH, mesh, and torus networks. …”
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An experimental study of the magnetic linear birefringence and dichroism of liquids, solutions and dispersions by Batchelor, Peter John

“…The measurements were made using apparatus of greater sensitivity than any previously described; most results were new determinations. …”
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Centile estimation for a proportion response variable by Hossain, Abu, Rigby, Robert A., Stasinopoulos, Dimitrios, Enea, Marco

“…Applying these two models to (1-Y) rather than Y enables modelling of Y on the unit interval including 0 rather than 1. …”
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Grammatische Komplexität und semantische Transparenz in deutschen und englischen Satzstrukturen by Fischer, Klaus

“…Nevertheless, the findings in total suggest a smaller complexity difference between the two languages than generally assumed.…”
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Thresholds for vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials (VEMPs) produced by impulsive transmastoid acceleration. by Paillard, Aurore, Kluk, Karolina, Todd, Neil P. M.

“…Conclusion: VEMPs can be obtained at lower ITA stimulation levels than OVEMPs. Threshold values depend on the method used to defi ne response presence.…”
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Ionospheric critical frequency observation from ionosonde data for GPS positioning improvement over Malaysia by Nagarajoo, Karthigesu

“…Observation data in the form of Ionogram than was used to identify the fc and then the plotted using Matlab. …”
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Ionospheric critical frequency observation from ionosonde data for GPS positioning improvement over Malaysia by Nagarajoo, Karthigesu

“…Observation data in the form of Ionogram than was used to identify the fc and then the plotted using Matlab. …”
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Data Envelopment Analysis (Dea) approach In efficiency transport manufacturing industry in Malaysia by Abdullah, Mohd Fahmy, Abdul Talib, Basri

“…The results shown that the average efficiency score of the Banker, Charnes, Cooper - Variable Returns to Scale (BCC-VRS) model is higher than the Charnes, Cooper, Rhodes - Constant Return to Scale (CCR-CRS) model. …”

Antioxidant study of pulp and peel of dragon fruits: A comparative study by Ruzlan, Nurliyana, Kamarudin, Kamarul Rahim, Syed Osman Idid, Syed Zahir Idid, Mohamed Rehan, Aisyah, Koya, Mustapha Suleiman

“…Radical scavenging activity of the peels for both species was higher than the pulps. Both peels of Hylocereus species showed high percentage of scavenging activity that reached up to 87%. …”
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Earthquake prediction and monitoring using unusual animal behavior by Aibinu, Abiodun Musa, Astuti, Winda, Salami, Momoh Jimoh Emiyoka, Akmeliawati, Rini, Abdul Muthalif, Asan Gani

“…On the other hand, changes in magnetic field reported before earthquakes are less than one ten thousandth of the earth magnetic field, thus it is highly impossible for this to be the cause of unusual animal behavior. …”
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Tori-connected torus network and its derivative by Rahman, M.M. Hafizur

“…We found that the longest wire length of the FTTN is far lower than that of other networks considered in this paper while keeping good static network performance. …”
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Growth, condition factor, maturity, gonadal development and spawning of fork-tail threadfin bream (Nemipterus furcosus) in the Coastal Water of Pahang by Samad, Amira Farzana, Rahman, Mohammad Mustafizur, Saad, Shahbudin

“…The results showed that male threadfin bream was significantly more than female (2 = 108.05; p<0.05) in the population of Pahang coastal water. …”
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Medicines information provided by pharmaceutical representatives: a comparative study in Australia and Malaysia by Othman, Noordin, Vitry, Agnes I., Roughead, Elizabeth E, Ismail, Shaiful B, Omar, Khairani

“…More general practitioners in Malaysia (85%) than in Australia (60%) reported that pharmaceutical representatives should have mentioned contraindications, precautions for use, drug interaction or adverse effects spontaneously (P < 0.001). …”
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Antidiabetic efficacy of polar extracts of the leaves of tetracera indica merr. (dilleniaceae) in alloxanized rats by Ahmed, Qamar Uddin, Mat So'ad, Siti Zaiton

“…Background review: Plants are considered less toxic than synthetic drugs. Recently, the search for appropriate anti-diabetic agents has been focused on plants used in traditional medicine partly because of leads provided by traditional medicine to natural products that may be better treatments than currently used drugs responsible for serious side effects among diabetics. …”
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Household food insecurity in Malaysia: findings from Malaysian Adults Nutrition Survey by Selamat, Rusidah, Ahmad, Hasnan, Chong, Zhuo Lin, Zainuddin, Ahmad Ali, Mohd Shariff, Zalilah, Mohd Abu Bakar, Wan Azdie

“…This prevalence was significantly higher in East Malaysia (20.3%) than in Peninsular Malaysia (11.5%) and in rural areas (18.8%) than in urban areas (11.0%). …”
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