Book review : Securing the sacred. Religion, national security, and the Western State by Robert Bosco, Ann Arbor by Haynes, Jeffrey

Patients transition: what is it like in the intensive care unit? discover the hidden realities from nurses’ perspective by Mohamed Ludin, Salizar, Arbon, Paul, Parker, Steve

“…Thus this paper presents what it’s like for the patients and their families to be in transition in the Malaysian ICU. …”
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'It's like a disguise': experiences of peer relationships and social camouflaging of autistic adolescent boys: an IPA analysis by Samoilis, Georgios

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Compact UHF RFID balun-like integrated tag antenna for long range detection of water bottles by Garg, Manoj, Sharma, Ashwani, Garcia Zuazola, Ignacio Julio, Gupta, Arjit

“…A compact, flexible, long-range, and impedance transformer balun-like integrated UHF RFID tag antenna is proposed for the detection of water bottles. …”
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Biomimetic bone-like apatite coating on anodised titanium in simulated body fluid under UV irradiation by Lee, T.C., Koshy, P., Abdullah, H.Z., Idris, M.I.

“…The findings of this study indicated that biomimetic bone-like apatite coating with assistance of UV irradiation is an effective method in accelerating the formation of bone-like apatite.…”
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Classification of electroencephalogram (EEG) for lower limb movement of post stroke patients using artificial neural network (ANN) by A. Rahman, Khairul Azlan

“…So the results proved that the ANN model developed was able to classify the post-stroke severity. …”
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Gel-like properties of MCM-41 material and its transformation to MCM-50 in a caustic alkaline surround by Saputra, Hens, Othman, Raihan, Sutjipto, Agus Geter Edy, Muhida, Riza, Ani, Mohd Hanafi

“…MCM-41 material, prepared by sol–gel method, reveals gel-like properties in a caustic alkaline environment, i.e., 6 M potassium hydroxide (KOH) electrolyte. …”
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A hybrid method using haar-like and skin-color algorithm for hand posture detection, recognition and tracking by Bilal, Sara Mohammed Osman Saleh, Akmeliawati, Rini, Salami, Momoh Jimoh Eyiomika, Shafie, Amir Akramin, Bouhabba, El Mehdi

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A wearable circulator‐like circularly polarised antenna for full‐duplex wireless body area network applications by Thakur, Ajeet, Sharma, Ashwani, Garcia Zuazola, Ignacio Julio

“…A circulator‐like high gain, unidirectional, dual circularly polarised (DCP) wearable antenna with a low specific absorption rate of 0.088 W/kg for 5.8 GHz industrial, scientific, and medical (ISM) band (5.725 − 5.875 GHz) full‐duplex wireless body area network (WBAN) applications is proposed. …”
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Study of multiple half blades effect on the performance of savonius rotor: Experimental study and artificial neural network (ANN) model by Al-Ghriybah, Mohanad, Çamur, Hüseyin, Zulkafli, Mohd Fadhli, Khan, Muhammad Abid, Kassem, Youssef, Esenel, Engin

“…Moreover, the measured data were predicted using Artificial Neural Network (ANN). Findings: The location of half blades effect the performance of the rotor. …”
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Enhancing Mechanical Characteristics of 6061-T6 with 5083-H111 Aluminum Alloy Dissimilar Weldments: A New Pin Tool Design for Friction Stir Welding (FSW) by Khalafe, Wazir Hassan, Sheng, Ewe Lay, Isa, Mohd Rashdan, Shamsudin, Shazarel

“…The experiment involved the welding of dissimilar aluminum alloys (AA5086-H111 to AA6061-T6) using a novel pin tool design with welding parameters such as holding time, pin tool length, tool spindle speed, and linear speed fine-tuned through a design of experiment (DOE) approach. …”
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Like the sea: living communityship as a form of participatory leadership within the creativity for learning in HE (#creativeHE) community by Nerantzi, Chrissi, Gillaspy, Emma, Sinfield, Sandra, Karatsiori, Marianthi, Burns, Tom, Hunter, Anna, Seat, Hannah, Tasler, Nathalie

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Does the police service need a values-based decision-making model: if so, what should that model look like? by Adams, Richard Falconer

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Supplementary data on virus-like particles in the brainstem of Parkinson's disease patients and controls [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Dourmashkin, Robert R., Locker, Peter, McCall, Sherman A., Hannah, Matthew J.

“…In the TEM images of the PD cases there were cytoplasmic inclusion bodies consisting of virus-like particles (VLP) 30 nm in diameter that were associated with endoplasmic reticulum membranes.  …”
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Increasing Surface Hardness and Corrosion Resistance of AISI 410 Stainless Steel by Forming a Diamond-Like Carbon Thin Film by Agung Setyo Darmawan, Agung Setyo Darmawan, Agus Yulianto, Agus Yulianto, Bambang Waluyo Febriantoko, Bambang Waluyo Febriantoko, Bibit Sugito, Bibit Sugito, Suprapto, Suprapto, Tjipto Sujitno, Tjipto Sujitno, Turnad Lenggo Ginta, Turnad Lenggo Ginta, Abdul Hamid, Abdul Hamid

“…The formation of diamond-like carbon was confirmed by the Raman Spectroscopy test. …”
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Optimizing strength of directly recycled aluminum chip-based parts through a hybrid RSM-GA-ANN approach in sustainable hot forging by M. Altharan, Yahya, Shamsudin, Shazarel, Lajis, Mohd Amri, Sami Al-Alimi, Sami Al-Alimi, Yusuf, Nur Kamilah Y, Mohammed Alduais, Nayef Abdulwahab, Atef M. Ghaleb, Atef M. Ghaleb, Wenbin Zhou, Wenbin Zhou

“…The experimental runs were designed using Full factorial and RSM via Minitab 21 software. RSM-ANN models were employed to examine the effect of factors and their interactions on response and to predict output, while GA-RSM and GA-ANN were used for optimization. …”
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Optimizing strength of directly recycled aluminum chip-based parts through a hybrid RSM-GA-ANN approach in sustainable hot forging by M. Altharan, Yahya, Shamsudin, Shazarel, Lajis, Mohd Amri, Al-Alim, Sami, Yusuf, Nur Kamilah, Mohammed Alduais, Nayef Abdulwahab, M. Ghaleb, Atef, Zhou, Wenbin

“…The experimental runs were designed using Full factorial and RSM via Minitab 21 software. RSM-ANN models were employed to examine the effect of factors and their interactions on response and to predict output, while GA-RSM and GA-ANN were used for optimization. …”
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Optimizing strength of directly recycled aluminum chip-based parts through a hybrid RSM-GA-ANN approach in sustainable hot forging by M. Altharan, Yahya, Shamsudin, Shazarel, Lajis, Mohd Amri, Al-Alimi, Sami, Yusuf, Nur Kamilah, M. Ghaleb, Atef, Zhou, Wenbin

“…The experimental runs were designed using Full factorial and RSM via Minitab 21 software. RSM-ANN models were employed to examine the effect of factors and their interactions on response and to predict output, while GA-RSM and GA-ANN were used for optimization. …”
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Melanocortin receptor-4 mediates the anorectic effect induced by the nucleus tractus solitarius injection of Glucagon-like Peptide-2 in fasted rats by Sun, Huiling, Meng, Kai, Hou, Lin, Shang, Lijun, Yan, Jianqun

“…Glucagon-like peptide-2 (GLP-2) is secreted from enteroendocrine L-type cells of the gut and also released from preproglucagonergic (PPG) neurons in the nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS) and adjacent medial reticular nucleus of the brain stem. …”
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Using Language Learning Methods to Teach Computer-Aided Design Review of Nancy Cheng (1997). Teaching CAD with Language Learning Methods.... by Johnston, Graham

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