Vaporization characteristics of 1-propanol droplets at high temperatures by Saharin, Sanisah, Lefort, Benoite, Morin, Celine, Chauveau, Christian, Le Moyne, Luis, Kafafy, Raed

“…However, the potential is now extended and shifted on propanol, which has a better energy density and lower affinity with water than methanol and ethanol. A detailed description of the vaporization of an isolated droplet has been realized in this experimental study aimed at investigating another aliphatic alcohol, 1-propanol. …”
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Blending of supercritical carbon dioxide (SC-CO2) extracted palm kernel oil fractions and palm oil to obtain cocoa butter replacers by Sarker, Md. Zaidul Islam, Nik Ab Rahman, Nik Norulaini, Abd Kadir, Mohd Omar, R. L., Smith Jr.

“…In blend 1 (referred to f-PKO-3 and f-PKO-4 as blend components) where SMP was higher than commercial CB, thus, the SFC value did not drop to 0% at 37.5 �C. …”
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Smoking-related knowledge, attitude and perception among young girls by Mohamad Noor, Zaswiza, Kaur, Swinder Jit, Nik Mohamed, Mohamad Haniki

“…Result: Mean age is 17.85 ± 1.1 (range 16 to 19) years old. 56 (100%) respondents admitted to tobacco use. 53.6% were light smokers, 14.3% moderate and 32.1% heavy smokers. 32% of the subjects smoked more than 20 sticks, 50% smoked 2-20 sticks and 18% smoked less than 2 sticks per day. 40% of them smoked everyday. 78% bought cigarettes from convenient stores or restaurants. 18% also tried shisha, bidis, cigars and chewing tobacco.66% smoked at public area and 62.5% smoked without family acknowledgement. 21.4% believed will still smoke in the next 5 years. 69.6% agreed that quitting is difficult. 71.4% agreed smoking makes appearance less attractive. …”
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Randomized controlled trial of standard versus double dose cotrimoxazole for childhood pneumonia in Pakistan by Rasmussen, Zeba A., Bari, Abdul, Qazi, Shamim, Rehman, Gul, Azam, Iqbal, Khan, SherBaz, Aziz, Farida, Rafi, Sadia, Roghani, Mehr Taj, Iqbal, Imran, Nagi, Abdul Ghaffar, Hussain, Waqar, Bano, Nahida, van Latum, late J.C., Khan, Mushtaq

“…Using multivariate analysis we found that treatment was more likely to fail in children who were not given the medicine correctly (P = 0.001), in those younger than 12 months (P = 0.004), those who had used antibiotics previously (P = 0.002), those whose respiratory rate was  20 breaths/minute above the age-specific cut-off point (P = 0.006), and those from urban areas (P = 0.042). …”
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Reproductive medicine: infertility in Yemen, causes, diagnosis and outcome of assisted reproductive treatment by Allow, Ahmed Kaid Naji, Al-Kubaisi, Muna Khaleel Dheyab, M., Bracamonte, Abdulrazzaq, Saad Mohammed, Al-Muhia, Ibrahim

“…Seventy three per cent of infertile couples had duration of infertility less than or equal to 5 years (1902/2622), 19% have >5 to 10 years duration (5 02/2622) and only 8% of the couples had duration of infertility more than 10 years (208/2622), Fig 2. …”
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Validation of a new questionnaire assessing the health impact of divorce on women: An exploratory factor analysis by Abd. Aziz, Karimah Hanim, Abd. Aziz, Aniza, Salleh, Halim, Ambak, Nurul Jannah, Ab Rahman, Nor Hakimah, Oo, San San, Abed, Naghem Farouk, Husain, Rohayah

“…All the final three domains demonstrated Keiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) of more than 0.6, significant Bartlett’s test of Sphericity and Cronbach’s alpha of more than 0.80. …”
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Evaluation of thresholding techniques on 3d fractal dimension MRI images by Jamaludin, Iqbal, Che Azemin, Mohd Zulfaezal, Sapuan, Abdul HaliM, Abdul Majid, Zafri Azran, Musa, Liyana, A. Rahman, Nor Azlina, Ahmad, Azmir, Mohamed Sideek, Mohamed Arshad

“…There was a statistically significant difference between groups of thresholding techniques as determined by Friedman test with χ2(2)=48.667 and p-value was less than 0.001. Post-hoc Wilcoxon-Signed Ranked test with Bonferroni correction done where the p-value was set to 0.017. …”
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Light, electron microscopy and DNA sequences of the dinoflagellate Prorocentrum concavum (syn. P. arabianum) with special emphasis on the periflagellar area by Mohammad Noor, Normawaty, Moestrup, Ojvind, Daugbjerg, Niels

“…Cells kept in culture for nearly a decade now appeared symmetrical to asymmetrical in outline rather than asymmetrical as in the original description. …”
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Framework of lean manufacturing implementation for wood and furniture industry in Malaysia by Falah Abu

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Toxic species and particulate emissions from synthetic polymer fires by Mat Kiah, Hasimawaty, author, Phylaktou, Herodotos, thesis advisor, Andrews, Gordon, thesis advisor, Li, Hu, thesis advisor

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A framework of social-based learning interaction through social networking tool by Al-Dheleai, Yahya Mohammed Hashem

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Modelling of percent time spent following using spatial measurement approach for two-lane highways by Ibrahim, Muttaka Na’iya

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Woodpecker’s head inspired sandwich beam for improved impact resistance by Ali , Saddam Hussein

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Influence of composted food waste and sewage sludge on plant growth enhanced with magnetic fields by Ahmad, Noraziah

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Modelling of traffic control delays at priority junctions using artificial neural network by Mohammad Ali Sahraei

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Modelling and optimization of closed-loop supply chains with carbon policies under uncertainty by Fareeduddin, Mohammed

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Life cycle activity-based costing methodology for wastewater treatment using membrane system by Jiran, Nur Syamimi

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Mechanical, thermal and flammability properties of hybrid rice husk/nanofillers filled polypropylene nanocomposites by Ezenkwa, Obinna Emmanuel

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Downside deviation quadratic programming and heuristic approaches for shariah stock portfolio optimization by Muhammad Mussafi, Noor Saif

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Consolidation integrated buoyancy model for marine clay improvement using polyurethane foam by Che Lat, Diana

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