Rapid authentication of leather and leather products by Mirghani, Mohamed Elwathig Saeed, Mohd. Salleh, Hamzah, Che Man, Yakoob, Jaswir, Irwandi

“…The study showed that the techniques developed are rapid, reliable, accurate and convenient to authenticate leather products made from pigskin or skin of other animal species. The result of this study could also be used to distinguish between leather and non-leather or imitation leather products.…”
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The diminution of capillary luminal area within dermal microcirculation and its association in diabetic foot ulcer patients by Mohd Radzuan, Hazulin, Myint, Yi Yi, Tun, Ye, Zulkifly, Ahmad Hafiz

“…The specimens were taken by using skin punch biopsy and were routinely processed for light microscopy. …”
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Isolation and characterization of pepsin-solubilized collagen from the integument of sea cucumber (Stichopus vastus) by Zainul Abedin, Md, A Karim, Alias, Ahmed, Faiyaz, A Latiff, Aishah, Chee-Yuen, Gan, Che Ghazali, Farid, Sarker, Md. Zaidul Islam

“…The peptide map of PSC digested by V8 protease was different from that of calf skin type I collagen. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy revealed that the triple helical structure was well preserved in isolated collagen. …”
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The effect of environmental treatments on fiber surface properties and tensile strength of sugar palm fiber-reinforced epoxy composites by Leman, Zulkiflle, Sapuan, Salit Mohd, Azwan, M., Ahmad, Megat Mohamad Hamdan Megat, Maleque, Md. Abdul

“…However, glass fiber can cause acute irritation to the skin, eyes, and upper respiratory tract. This study looked at the possibility of substituting glass fiber with natural fiber in composite materials. …”
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Hypoglycaemic activity of ethanolic extract of Garcinia mangostana Linn. pericarp in normoglycaemic and streptozotocyn-induced diabetic rat by Tg Zakaria, Tg Muhammad Faris Syafiq, Bakhtiar, M. Taher

“…Mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana Linn.) fruit hull has been proven for many years as traditional treatment for skin infection, wounds and inflammatory diseases diabetes?. …”
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Implementation of GLCM features in thermal imaging for human affective state detection by Abd Latif, Muhammad Hafiz, Md. Yusof, Hazlina, Sidek, Shahrul Na'im, Rusli, Nazreen

“…This work attempts to investigate the suitability and sensitivity of the thermal imaging technique for affect detection by analysingthe heat pattern on the facial skin. Four region of interests (ROIs), Supraorbital, Periorbital, Nasal and Mouth are looked into where the second order statistical features (Contrast, Correlation, Energy, and Homogeneity) are extracted and used to predict the emotional states.The findings of this study indicates that thermal imaging as an alternative, contactless and non-invasive method for appraising human emotional states.…”
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Nutritional status of school children aged 6-10 years old in Selangor by Kassim, siah, Mohamed Zainuddin, Norzila, Ab Rahman, Jamalludin, Zainal, Ramli, Abdullah, Ahmad Fadzil, Abdul Wahab, Norrashidah, Awang, Rusanida, Latif, Hasniah, Hussain, Shamsinah

“…Data collected include demographic, weight, height, biceps skin-fold thickness, neck circumference and waist circumference. …”
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Sensory analysis of texture and appearance lip balm containing olive oil by Ab. Hadi, Hazrina, Ab Salam, Mohd Ghazali

“…The main phenolic compounds of olive oil included hydroxytyrosol, tyrosol and oleuropein are believed to have higher antioxidant activity and have moisturizing properties towards skin. Due to beneficial effects of the olive oil, it has been used as the main ingredient in the developed lip balm. …”
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Deficient intakes of energy and macronutrients in Pakistani female students assessed by composite samples method by Ali Khan Khattak, Muhammad Muzaffar, Khan, M.N.

“…Age, weight, height and skin folds of the students were recorded on the day of the registration. …”
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Pattern and variations of the posterior interosseous artery of forearms in human adults by Thidar, Aye Mya, Shwe, Nilar, Aung, Htar Htar

“…The various anastomotic patterns of posterior interosseous artery are of great help clinically for applying the interosseous skin flaps in plastic and reconstructive surgery of the hand. …”
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Rapid analytical technique for non-Halal determination of leather and leather products by Mirghani, Mohamed Elwathig Saeed, Jaswir, Irwandi, Mohd. Salleh, Hamzah, Che Man, Yakoob

“…The study showed that the techniques developed are rapid, reliable, accurate and convenient to determine leather products made from pigskin or skin of other animal species. The result of this study could also be used to distinguish between leather and non-leather or imitation leather products.…”
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Defining employment discrimination in Malaysian legal context by Abdul Wahab, Harlida, Mahmod, Nik Ahmad Kamal

“…The grounds for discrimination are commonly owing to their 'physical appearance' such as sex, race, the colour of skin, faith or religion regardless of the capabilities and abilities to performing the job. …”
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Immunoglobulin G: structure and functional implications of different subclass modifications in initiation and resolution of allergy by Scott-Taylor, Timothy H., Axinia, Stefan-Claudiu, Amin, Sumeya, Pettengell, Ruth

“…IgE lodged on mast cells in skin or gut and basophils in the blood allows for the prolonged duration of allergy through the persistent expression of high affinity IgE receptors. …”
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Second generation South Asian Muslims' conceptualisations of religious and ethnic identity by Hai, Nadeem

“…I have used ethnographic techniques to 'get under the skin' of this group and give them a chance to describe their own lives and how they feel about being British, Asian and Muslim. …”
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A preliminary investigation into the use of amino acids as potential ion pairs for diclofenac transdermal delivery by Cristofoli, Mignon, Hadgraft, Jonathan, Lane, Majella E., Sil dos Santos, Bruno

“…Permeation studies using porcine skin were performed to test the efficacy of any selected counter ion. …”
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Sensitivity analysis on steady bionanofluid boundary layer flow by Chan, Sze Qi

“…Lastly, sensitivity analysis presented from Minitab18 is invoked to figure out the dependency of response on multivariate independent variables. The skin friction coefficient increases with suction showing positive sensitivity but decreases with slip representing negative sensitivity. …”
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Radiative MHD Boundary Layer Flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics of Fe-Casson Base Nanofluid over Stretching/Shrinking Surface by Memon, M. Asif, Jacob, Kavikumar, Lanjwani, Hazoor Bux, -, A. M. Obalalu, -, D. Nagarajan

“…Effects of certain physical parameters on skin friction coefficient and the local Nusselt number are illustrated graphically. …”
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A framework for integrating DBpedia in a multi-modality ontology news image retrieval system by M. Khalid, Yanti Idaya Aspura, Noah, Shahrul Azman

“…knowledge sharing communities like Wikipedia and automated extraction like DBpedia enable a large construction of machine processing knowledge bases with relational fact of entities. …”
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Practice of profit equalization reserve and investment risk reserve by Islamic banks by Htay, Sheila Nu Nu, Syed, Ahmed Salman

“…Although a few countries like Malaysia are facilitating Islamic banks, they are still influenced by the dominated conventional banking. …”
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Privatization of maritime security surveillance and enforcement: a compromise of state sovereignty by Syed Abdul Kader, Sharifah Zubaidah, Abdulrazaq, Abdulkadir. O.

“…In response to these challenges, some states have increased their strategy with the establishment of maritime security enforcement forces like the Coast Guard in U.S, the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) in Malaysia and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), to address the problem. …”
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