The distribution of harmful algal bloom (HAB) species in the east and west coasts of Sabah, Malaysia by Mohammad Noor, Normawaty, Al-Azad, Sujjat

“…At each site, two stations were chosen which are near the coastal area and 5 km away from the coastal area. Results showed that Pyrodinium bahamense var. compressum and Cochlodinium polykrikoides, the two important HAB species in Sabah were only found in the west coast of Sabah. …”
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Dehydration of Ethanol on Zeolite based media using adsorption process by R. H. Abdeen, Fouad, Mel, Maizirwan, Al-Khatib, Ma'an Fahmi Rashid, Azmi, Azlin Suhaida

“…Validation of the optimum set resulted in the production of ethanol of purity higher than 99.5% and with 91 % efficiency of recovery.…”
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Electron microscopic study of esophageal epithelium in non-erosive reflux disease by Myint, Yi Yi, Tun, Ye, Mohammad Amjad, Nasser, Mat Hassan, Mohd. Zailani, Abd. Rashid, Nor Linda

“…Specimens were taken 5 cm above the Z line during gastroduodenoscopy and then routinely processed for both SEM & TEM studies. …”
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Comparison studies among the methods used in isolating the GSH from baker yeast by Mohamed Salleh, Mohamad Ramlan, Farouk, Abd. Elaziem, Jamal, Parveen, Hashim, Yumi Zuhanis Has-Yun, Salleh, Rohani, Hasim, Haslinda

“…Among the three methods, Autolysis method produced the highest GSH concentration of 49.263 μmol mLG1 (15.14 g LG1) followed by Homogenizer method (18.33 μmol mLG1 or 5.63 g LG1) which is slightly higher than that of the Ultrasonic method (18.13 μmol m L G 1 or 5.57 g L G 1). …”
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Wideband Planar Array Antenna Based on SCRLH-TL for Airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar Application by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, Limiti, Ernesto

“…Maximum gain and radiation efficiency measured are 4.8 dBi and 79.5%, respectively, at 2.40 GHz. The antenna has a 3-dB axial-ratio bandwidth of 3.94 GHz from 144 MHz to 4.66 GHz. …”
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Study on isolation improvement between closely packed patch antenna arrays based on fractal MTM-electromagnetic bandgap structures by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, See, Chan, Abd-Alhameed, Raed, Ali, Ammar Hussein, Falcone, Francisco, Limiti, Ernesto

“…The proposed array covers the frequency range of 8-9.25 GHz for X-band applications, which corresponds to a fractional bandwidth of 14.5%. With the proposed method the edge-to-edge gap between adjacent antenna elements can be reduced to 0.5λ0 with no degradation in the antenna array’s radiation gain pattern. …”
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Super-Wide Impedance Bandwidth Planar Antenna Based on Metamaterial Concept for Microwave and Millimetre-Wave Applications by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, See, Chan, Abd-Alhameed, Raed, Falcone, Francisco, Limiti, Ernesto

“…The results show that the proposed MPA is useful for various communications existing and emerging systems such as ultra-wideband (UWB) communications, RFID systems, massive multiple-output multiple-input (MIMO) for 5G, and radar systems.…”
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High-Isolation Leaky-Wave Array Antenna Based on CRLH-Metamaterial Implemented on SIW with ±30o Frequency Beam-Scanning Capability at Millimetre-Waves by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, See, Chan, Abd-Alhameed, Raed, Falcone, Francisco, Limiti, Ernesto

“…Radiation gain in the backward (−30°), broadside (0°), and forward (+30°) directions are 8.5 dBi, 10.1 dBi, and 9.5 dBi, respectively. The decoupling slab is shown to have minimal effect on the array’s performance in terms of impedance bandwidth and radiation specifications. …”
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Overcome the limitations of performance parameters of on-chip antennas based on metasurface and coupled feeding approaches for applications in system-on-chip for THz integrated-cir... by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, See, Chan, Abd-Alhameed, Raed, Falcone, Francisco, Limiti, Ernesto

“…The antenna exhibits a large impedance bandwidth of 60GHz from 0.5THz to 0.56THz with an average radiation gain and efficiency of 4.58dBi and 25.37%, respectively. …”
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High‑isolation antenna array using SIW and realized with a graphene layer for sub‑terahertz wireless applications by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, Salekzamankhani, Shahram, Aïssa, Sonia, See, Chan, Soin, Navneet, Fishlock, Sam Jeffery, Abd-Alhameed, Raed, Huynen, Isabelle, McLaughlin, James, Falcone, Francisco, Limiti, Ernesto

“…The dimensions of the array were 20 × 13.5 × 0.125 mm3. Metallization of the antenna was coated with 500 nm layer of Graphene. …”
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Effect of small quantities of oxygen in a neon glow discharge by Mushtaq, Sohail, Steers, Edward B. M., Pickering, Juliet C., Weinstein, Viktoria

“…A clear trend of cascading for neon ionic lines with excitation energies about ∼56 eV and ∼53 eV could be observed in neon–oxygen mixtures. …”

Stryhnos potatorum and Pisum sativum as natural coagulant for meat food processing wastewater treatment: isotherm studies by Pahazri, Nor Fadzilah, Mohd Apandi, Najeeha, Radin Mohamed, Radin Maya Saphira, Ramathasan Nagarajah, Ramathasan Nagarajah, Mohd Apandi, Affah, Mohd Radzuan, Rosmawanie, Shamine S. Moganathan, Shamine S. Moganathan

“…Sativum, the optimum condition was observed at pH 8 with the dosage of 150 mg/L and 150 rpm mixing rate with the removal of turbidity, TSS, COD, O&G, and color 87.8%, 97.3%, 65.5%, 77.9% and 76.5% respectively. The Langmuir model was found to be the best fit (R2 > 0.95) for TSS, O&G and color removal from MFPW in both coagulants, compared to the Freundlich model for both natural coagulants. …”
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Dorsal Hand Vein Pattern Recognition: A Comparison between Manual and Automatic Segmentation Methods by Waheed Ali Laghari, Waheed Ali Laghari, Audrey Huong, Audrey Huong, Kim Gaik Tay, Kim Gaik Tay, Chang Choon Chew, Chang Choon Chew

“…Results: We obtained a good test accuracy (91.5%) using the model trained with manually segmented images. …”
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Stryhnos potatorum and Pisum sativum as natural coagulant for meat food processing wastewater treatment: isotherm studies by Pahazri, Nor Fadzilah, Mohd Apandi, Najeeha, Radin Mohamed, Radin Maya Saphira, Ramathasan Nagarajah, Ramathasan Nagarajah, Mohd Apandi, Affah, Mohd Radzuan, Rosmawanie, Shamine S. Moganathan, Shamine S. Moganathan

“…Sativum, the optimum condition was observed at pH 8 with the dosage of 150 mg/L and 150 rpm mixing rate with the removal of turbidity, TSS, COD, O&G, and color 87.8%, 97.3%, 65.5%, 77.9% and 76.5% respectively. The Langmuir model was found to be the best fit (R2 > 0.95) for TSS, O&G and color removal from MFPW in both coagulants, compared to the Freundlich model for both natural coagulants. …”
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Mechanical Properties of Bricks Containing Sago Fine Waste as Cement Replacement Material by Adnan, Suraya Hani, Abdul Wahab, Norhayati, Turiman, Ezatul Syazwana, Osman, Mohamad Hairi, Wan Jusoh, Wan Amizah, Mohd Yassin, Nurain Izzati, Mia Soejoso, Mia Soejoso, Wahee Anuar, Mohamad Nor Akasyah

“…For this study, the brick specimens were prepared using 0%, 1%, 3%, 5%, 7% and 9% of SFW with a water-cement ratio of 0.6 fixed at 1:3 sand cement ratio. …”
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Stryhnos potatorum and Pisum sativum as natural coagulant for meat food processing wastewater treatment: isotherm studies by Pahazri, Nor Fadzilah, Mohd Apandi, Najeeha, Radin Mohamed, Radin Maya Saphira, Ramathasan Nagarajah, Ramathasan Nagarajah, Mohd Apandi, Affah, Mohd Radzuan, Rosmawanie, Shamine S. Moganathan, Shamine S. Moganathan

“…Sativum, the optimum condition was observed at pH 8 with the dosage of 150 mg/L and 150 rpm mixing rate with the removal of turbidity, TSS, COD, O&G, and color 87.8%, 97.3%, 65.5%, 77.9% and 76.5% respectively. The Langmuir model was found to be the best fit (R2 > 0.95) for TSS, O&G and color removal from MFPW in both coagulants, compared to the Freundlich model for both natural coagulants. …”
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Dorsal Hand Vein Pattern Recognition: A Comparison between Manual and Automatic Segmentation Methods by Waheed Ali Laghari, Waheed Ali Laghari, Audrey Huong, Audrey Huong, Kim Gaik Tay, Kim Gaik Tay, Chang Choon Chew, Chang Choon Chew

“…Results: We obtained a good test accuracy (91.5%) using the model trained with manually segmented images. …”
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All-optical 2r regenerator based on self-phase modulation by Mat Yaacob, Siti Nurul Sharina

“…For NRZ-OOK, the maximum Q-factor before and after the regeneration stage are 3.751 and 5.859, respectively. The minimum bit error rate (BER) after the degradation stage is 10-5 and is further improved to 10-9 after the regeneration stage. …”
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Enhanced tribological and mechanical properties of polybutylene terephthalate nanocomposites reinforced with synthetic wollastonite nanofibers/graphene oxide hybrid nanofillers by Chan, Jia Xin, Wong, Joon Fatt, Hassan, Azman, Othman, Norhayani, Abd Razak, Jeefferie, Nirmal, Umar, Hashim, Shahrir, Chee Ching, Yern, Yunos, Muhamad Zaini, U. Gunathilake, T.M. Sampath

“…The incorporation of 1 phr SWN and 1.5 phr GO exhibited the highest enhancement in Young’s modulus (16 %), crystallization temperature (5.7 ◦C), thermal stability (17.1 ◦C), wear resistance (43 %) and anti-friction properties (34 %) among the hybrid nanocomposites. …”
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Life Cycle Cost and Evaluation of Performance between Steel Formwork and Plastic Formwork in Concrete Structure Building by Zamr, Irina Batrisyia, Balasbaneh, Ali Tighnavard

“…This research study aims to ease the process of selecting the suitable type of formwork by surveying 5 respondents in the related field of matter located in Malaysia on the two types of formworks and by evaluating their Life Cycle Cost (LCC). …”
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