Speckle filtering techniques for different quality level of healthy kidney ultrasound images by Wan Kairuddin, Wan Nur Hafsh, Wan Mahmud, Wan Mahani Hafizah, Nazari, Ain

“…But on the downside, ultrasound imaging has a poor resolution of image compared with other medical imaging instrument like Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). US has wide spread application as a primary diagnostic aid of obstetrics and gynecology, due to the lack of ionizing radiation or strong magnetic fields. …”
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Indium tin oxide thin films: an ideal transparent and conductive oxides contact for solar cells application by Aliyu, Kabiru Isiyaku, Ali, Ahmad Hadi, Nayan, Nafarizal

“…Furthermore, the integration of different materials like metals, semiconductors, ceramics, plastics molecular and polymer organics into these devices have called for the provision of an improve TCO materials with required functional morphology, high performance and new processibility [5].…”
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Mathematical evaluation of a context transfer-based approach to improve handover in mobile multicast environment by Mohd Aman, Azana Hafizah, Hassan Abdalla Hashim, Aisha, Daoud, Jamal Ibrahim, Khalifa, Othman Omran, Hameed, Shihab A.

“…Mobile networking environments have been developing very rapidly in line with the increase demand of users. Multicast is defined as the delivery of data to a set of selected receivers. …”
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Malaysia’s palm oil exports: does exchange rate overvaluation and undervaluation matter? by Mohd Sidek, Noor Zahirah, Duasa, Jarita, Mat Ghani, Gairuzazmi, Yusoff, Mohammed

“…Hence, it is imperative that policy-makers avoid both overvaluation and undervaluation and keep the real exchange rate in line with the economic fundamentals.…”
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Accounting treatment for corporate zakat: a critical review by Adnan, Muhammad Akhyar, Abu Bakar, Nur Barizah

“…These inaccuracies, in one way or another, have not been in line with the true spirit of zakat in Islam. More worryingly, some unfavorable consequences may and in fact have already been implicated on the larger Muslim community as a result. …”
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A state-of-practice on teaching software verification and validation by Zakaria, Zulfa

“…Given this importance of software testing, educators face a significant challenge when teaching and equipping students with the testing methodologies, skills, and knowledge that are in line with industry needs. The aim of this paper is to examine the current state-of-practice with respect to teaching Software Verification and Validation (V&V) in the accredited Bachelor of Software Engineering (BSE) programs offered in Australian universities. …”
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The Malaysia IT Outsourcing industry skill-sets requirements of future IT graduates by Ahlan, Abdul Rahman, Arshad, Yusri, Suhaimi, Mohd Adam, Hussin, Husnayati

“…The four-member research team found that technical, soft and problem-solving skills are the main concerns raised by the key informants. This is in line with the literature review and also the present higher education policy concerns by the Malaysia government. …”
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Dilated intercellular spaces of esophageal epithelium in non- erosive reflux disease: Transmission electron microscopic (TEM) study by Myint, Yi Yi, Tun, Ye, Mohammad Amjad, Nasser, Mat Hassan, Mohd. Zailani, Abdul Rashid, Nor Linda

“…Specimens were taken 5 cm above the Z line during endoscopy. The biopsies were routinely processed for transmission electron microscopy (TEM). …”
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Sayyid Abul A'la Mawdudi’s views on ijtihad and their relevance to the contemporary Muslim society by Haque, Munawar

“…For Mawdudi, ijtihad is the concept, the process, as well as the mechanism by which the Shariah, as elaborated in the Qur’an and the Sunnah is to be interpreted, developed and kept alive in line with the intellectual, political, economic, legal, technological and moral development of society. …”
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A low-complexity, hardware architecture for a parametric, real-time LSF speech decoder by Mabrouk, Ahmed Hassan, Hassim, Norhidayah

“…The LP filter coefficients are calculated based on the Line Spectral Frequencies (LSF) parameters due to their excellent quantization characteristics. …”
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Are perceptions of organizational justice universal? an exploration of measurement invariance across thirteen cultures by Fischer, Ronald, Ferreira, Maria Cristina, Yu Jiang, Ding, Cheng, Bor-Shiuan, Achoui, Mustapha M., Wong, Corbin C., Baris, Gulfidan, Mendoza, Socorro, Meurs, Nathalie van, Hassan, Arif, Achmadi , Donna, Hassan, Arif, Zeytinoglu, Gunes, Dalyan, Figen, Harb, Charles, Darwish, Dania D., Assmar, Eveline M.

“…Perceptions of justice are more highly intercorrelated in power distant and collectivistic samples, in line with extensions of the relational model of authority. …”
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Bioconversion process for microbial treatment of palm oil mill effluent to produce citric acid by Jamal, Parveen, Alam, Md. Zahangir, Mohd Salleh, Mohammad Ramlan, Nadzir, Masrina M.

“…Fermentation media for citric acid biosynthesis should consist of substrates necessary for the growth of microorganism, primarily the carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus sources. In this line, POME is introduced as a cheaper raw material for citric acid production by microbial treatment with developed bioconversion process.…”
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H∞ robust controller for autonomous helicopter hovering control by Tijani, Ismaeel, Akmeliawati, Rini, Legowo, Ari, Budiyono, Agus, Asan Gani, Abdul Muthalif

“…Simulation study was conducted to evaluate the performance of the designed controller for robust stability to uncertainty, disturbance rejection, and time-domain response in line with ADS-33E level1 requirements. The results obtained show the effectiveness of the designed controller.…”
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Future direction of language education in Malaysia by Mat Daud, Nuraihan

“…The study was an investigation of how tertiary level language education evolved in Malaysian universities since 1966. In line with the National Higher Education Strategic Plan (2007), the study seeks to profile the range of languages, linguistics, and literature courses and their strengths and unique features across all language departments of different universities in Malaysia. …”
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A 1-Gbps IR-UWB pulse generator for 802.11a and WiMAX interference avoidance by Al-Khateeb, Khalid A. Saeed, Mohammed, Ahmed R.

“…The pulse generator uses a single two ports parallel coupled microstrip line as a bandpass filter (BPF). The same pulse generator can be used for Pulse Position Modulation (PPM) or On-Off Keying (OOK). …”
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Core crush criterion to determine the strength of sandwich composite structures subjected to compression after impact by Castanie, Bruno, Aminanda, Yulfian, bouvet, christophe, barrau, jean-jacques

“…The mechanism of failure of this kind of structure under post-impact compressive loading is due to interaction between three mechanical behaviors: geometrical nonlinearity due to the skin’s neutral line off-set in the dent area, nonlinear response of the core and damages to the skins. …”
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Teachers’ conception of assessment knowledge and their preferred assessment system by Ma’ruf , Amar

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Triple-band planar dipole antenna for omnidirectional radiation by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, Limiti, Ernesto

“…Located under the horizontal rectangular patch are two λ/2 long meander-line stubs symmetrically interfaced to the feedline. …”
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Quad notched-band UWB BPF based on quintuple-mode resonator by Borhani, Seyyed Jamal, Honarvar, M. Amin, Virdee, Bal Singh

“…The MMR is fed through asymmetric interdigital coupled-lines feed to produce controllable notched-band. …”
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Effect of manganese and nickel on the cleavage fracture strength of ferritic weld metal by Sandford, Andrew Robert Brian.

“…This was calculated by reference to slip line field theory from the fracture load at the test temperature where fracture was first coincident with general yielding. …”
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