The factors affecting the performance of activated carbon prepared from oil palm empty fruit bunches for adsorption of phenol by Alam, Md. Zahangir, Ameen, Emad S.M., Muyibi, Suleyman Aremu, Kabbashi, Nassereldeen Ahmed

“…The EFB samples were first carbonized for 30 min using nitrogen gas followed by physical activation using CO2 to optimize best production conditions. …”
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Yam contributes to improvement of glucose metabolism in rats by Hashimoto, Naoto, Noda, Takahiro, Kim, Sun-Ju, Sarker, Md. Zaidul Islam, Yamauchi, Hiroaki, Takigawa, Shigenobu, Matsuura-Endo, Chie, Suzuki, Tatsuro, Han, Kyu-Ho, Fukushima, Michihiro

“…Insulin levels at 30 min and 60 min were significantly lower than those in the control group. …”
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Optimization of supercritical CO2 extraction of fish oil from viscera of African Catfish (Clarias gariepinus) by Sarker, Md. Zaidul Islam, Selamat, Jinap, Md. Ahsan Habib, Abu Sayem, Ferdosh, Sahena, Akanda, Mohamed Jahurul Haque, Md. Jaffri, Juliana

“…Optimum points were observed within the variables of temperature from 35 °C to 80 °C, pressure from 10 MPa to 40 MPa, flow rate from 1 mL/min to 3 mL/min and soaking time from 1 h to 4 h. …”
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Penerimaan pembelajaran berasaskan permainan digital dalam mempengaruhi motivasi belajar by Abdul Halim, F., Wan Muda, W.H.N., Azlinda, A. M.

“…Analisis data melibatkan analisis kekerapan, skor min, sisihan piawaian dan peratusan menggunakan perisian SPSS 20. …”
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Image quality and radiation dose comparison in medium and high kilovoltage for digital PA chest radiography by Moey, Soo Foon, Muhd Jaafar, Nur Farah Hani, Saidin, Nursyahirah

“…Conclusions: Medium kVp should be used to demonstrate pathological conditions as well structures composed of calcium like the rib, spine or calcified lesions. Otherwise, high kVp is the preferred choice due to its low radiation dose and overall image quality acceptability.…”
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Analysis re-entrant honeycomb auxetic structure for Lumbar vertebrae using finite element analysis by Zulkefli, Ai’man A’siqin, Mazlan, Muhammad Hazli, Takano, Hiromitsu, Abdullah, Abdul Halim, Jalil, Muhammad Hilmi, Mazlan, Mohammad Azeeb

“…In this study, FEA was applied using Mechanical Finder software (MF) to develop a 3D spine model lumbar vertebrae of the fourth and fifth lumbar vertebrae (L4 - L5) with the interbody cage design. …”
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Optimization and correlation of piper betle leaves extraction using supercritical carbon dioxide by Arsad, Nur Husnina

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The effect of palm oil diesel fuel contaminated lubricant on sliding wear of cast irons against mild steel by Masjuki, H.H., Maleque, Md. Abdul

“…This was done on three types of cast iron, namely spheroidal graphite, flake graphite and chilled cast iron against a mild steel disc configuration using a pin-on-disc type of friction and wear apparatus. …”
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Virtual simulation and remote desktop interface for CNC milling operation by Afzeri, Afzeri, Sutjipto, Agus Geter Edy, Muhida, Riza, Konneh, Mohamed, ., Darmawan

“…Capability of remote operation is supported by an auto setup attachment with a reconfigurable pin type setup free technology installed on the table of CNC milling machine to perform unattended machining process. …”
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Substrate integrated waveguide cavity backed frequency reconfigurable antenna for cognitive radio applies to internet of things applications by AL-Fadhali, Najib, A. Majid, Huda, Omar, Rosli, H. Dahlan, Samsul, Ashyap, Adel Y. I., M. Shah, Shaharil, A. Rahim, Mohamad K., F. Esmail, Bashar A.

“…Reconfiguration of frequency bands is achieved using PIN diodes. The antenna resonated at 2.624, 2.664, 2.720, 2.752, 4.304, 4.532, 4.556, 5.236, 5.304, 5.368, 5.332, and 5.392 GHz. …”
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Anticancer effects of medical Malaysian leech saliva extract (LSE) by Merzouk, Ahmed, Mohammad Ghawi, Abbas, M.Abdualkader, Abdualrahman, Abdullahi, Abubakar Danjuma, Alaama, Mohammed

“…Serial dilutions of LSE were added to the cell line SW 1271 media for testing the cytotoxic activities.Result revealed that the LSE has a cytotoxic activity against small cell lung cancer(SW 1271 cell line) with IC50 of 119.844 μg/ml compared with IC50 values of two reference standard drugs Irinotecan (5.81 μg/ml) and Carboplatin(18.754 μg/ml). …”
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Applying value stream mapping for productivity improvement of a metal stamping industry by Karim, A.N. Mustafizul, Jaafar, Abdul Azim, Abdullah, Muhammad Abdullah, Haque, Mahbubul, Ali, Mohammad Yeakub, Amri, Siti Amy Azline

“…Analysis of recorded videos and time studies were performed in order to figure out the scope of improvements in framing the future state map (FSM) in the context of cycle time reduction and line balancing efficiency. As observed from the FSM, the efficiency of production line is possible to be significantly increased from about 48% to more than 93% vis-à-vis a reduced batch completion cycle time. …”
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Fuzzy logic controlled miniature LEGO robot for undergraduate training system by Zainul Azlan, Norsinnira, Zainudin, F., Md. Yusof, Hazlina, Toha, Siti Fauziah, Yusoff, S. Z. S., Osman, N. H.

“…In the first part, an object sorter robot is built to perform pick and place task to load different colour objects on a fuzzy logic controlled line following robot which then carries the preloaded objects to a goal by following a white line. …”
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Predicting safe tonsillectomy for ambulatory surgery by Raja Lope Ahmad, Raja Ahmad Al'konee, Abdullah, Kahairi, Asha'ari, Zamzil Amin, Ab Rahman, Jamalludin

“…Significant increase in risk was observed for both primary haemorrhage (OR: 1.05, 95% CI 1.01–1.09 min, P = 0.020) and respiratory complications (OR: 1.08, 95% CI 1.01– 1.16 min, P = 0.024) by 4.5% and 8.3%, respectively, with every 1-min increase in length of surgery. …”
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Production of carrageenan from Malaysian seaweed by Jaswir, Irwandi, , Ainur Farhana, Jamal, Parveen

“…In this stage the highest gel strength \\'as 659.13 g/cm2 at condition of 6% \viv KOH concentration, 80LlC temperature and 65 min extraction time. …”
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Supercritical carbon dioxide fractionation of pithecellobium jiringan jack seed compositions using fast gas chromatography time of flight mass spectrometry by Nik Abdul Rahman, Nik Norulaini, Sarker, Md. Zaidul Islam, C. Y., Mohd Azizi, I., Zhari, M. N., Noramin, Ferdosh, Sahena, Abd Kadir, Mohd Omar

“…The extract was collected every 20 min and the yield was successively extracted into five fractions; thus, the total extraction time was 100 min. …”
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Supercritical enhancement for separation of lauric acid and oleic acid in palm kernel oil (PKO) by Sarker, Md. Zaidul Islam, Nik Ab Rahman, Nik Norulaini, Omar, Anuar, Abdul Kadir, Mohd. Omar

“…The extraction of dehulled ground palm kernel using supercritical carbon dioxide (SC-CO2) as a solvent at a temperature of 80 ◦C and pressures ranging from 27.6 to 48.3 MPa was studied for 30–60 min. At 27.6, 34.5, 41.4 and 48.3 MPa the sample was extracted for 60, 40, 30 and 30 min, respectively, and the total oil achieved 37.5, 38.35, 41.0 and 44.75%, respectively. …”
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Kinetics of cadmium adsorption by CNTs grown on PACs by Al-Mamun, Abdullah, Al-Saadi, Mohammed A., Muyibi, Suleyman Aremu, Alam, Md. Zahangir, Sopyan, Iis

“…Based on the kinetics study, the pseudo second order was the best fit with R2 of 0.996 and model constants were qe = 34.29 (mg/g) and K2 = 0.0013 (g/mg.min). Coefficients for the pseudo first order were qe= 21.145 (mg/g) and K1= 0.09 (min-1) with R2 of 0.936. …”
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Reduction of high content of free fatty acid in sludge palm oil via acid catalyst for biodiesel production by Hayyan, Adeeb, Alam, Md. Zahangir, Mirghani, Mohamed Elwathig Saeed, Kabbashi, Nassereldeen Ahmed, Hakimi, Noor Irma Nazashida, Siran, Yosri Mohd, Tahiruddin, Shawaluddin

“…An acid catalyzed esterification process was carried out to evaluate the low content of FFA in the treated SPO with the effects of other parameters such as molar ratio of methanol to SPO (6:1–14:1), temperature (40–80 °C), reaction time (30–120 min) and stirrer speed (200–800 rpm). The results showed that the FFA of SPO was reduced from 23.2% to less than 2% FFA using 0.75% wt/wt of sulphuric acid with the molar ratio of methanol to oil of 8:1 for 60 min reaction time at 60 °C. …”
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An evaluation of the association between anthropometric measurements and cardiorespiratory fitness using the forest service step and the Ruffier-Dickson Test by González-García, Ivan, McCarthy, H. David

“…Results: The VO2max values for these participants ranged between 35.15 and 67.32 mL∙min-1∙kg-1. Linear regression analysis showed a correlation (P<0.01) between measured VO2max (L∙min-1) and height (m), weight (kg), waist (cm) and BMI (kg/m²). …”
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