Increasing project success in wellhead and Christmas tree manufacturing equipment through risk management culture by Hamid, Abdul, Baba, Ishak, Tamin, Norfauzi, Darmawan, Agung Setyo, Sani, Winardi

“…The study's data came from a post-survey and survey using a Google link form of companies with stock listed in Malaysia and Batam, Indonesia. …”
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Rapid determinations of moisture content in crude palm oil by fourier transform infrared spectroscopy by Che Man, Yakoob, Mirghani, Mohamed Elwathig Saeed

“…The study showed that midband FTIR spectroscopy combined with the PLS regression calibration technique is rapid and accurate for determination of moisture content of CPO samples with a total analysis time of less than 2 min and less than 2 mL of sample.…”
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Surface finish prediction models for precision grinding of silicon by Alao, Abdur-Rasheed, Konneh, Mohamed

“…Also, the results show large amounts of ductile streaks at depth of cut of 20 μm, feed rate of 6.25 mm/min, and spindle speed of 70,000 rpm with a 43-nm Ra. …”
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Adsorption behavior of PB(II) onto xanthated rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) leaf powder by Wan Mohd Khalir, Wan Khaima Azira, Megat Hanafiah, Megat Ahmad Kamal, Mat So'ad, Siti Zaiton, Wan Ngah, Wan Saime

“…Adsorption equilibrium was achieved in less than 60 min and followed the pseudo-second order model. …”
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Production of gelatin replacers from Malaysian tuberous plants by Jaswir, Irwandi, Kamalurudin, Nur Ain Zafirah, Mohd. Salleh, Hamzah

“…Conditions thai produced a high starch yield. low prOTein and high viscosily were 0.1% alkali concentration. 25°C temperature and 30min steep Time for bolh yam and sweet potaTO starch. …”
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Solubilization of Vitamin E in culture medium and its antioxidant activity by Jaswir, Irwandi, Sahul Hamid, Siti Fairus

“…Cellular uptake. antioxidative as well as possible prooxidam activilies of l'iTamin E in DMEM medium was determined under a wide range oflheir concemration, The aspeci thai concerol'd in Ibis project is the optimum process condition 10 yield Ihe highcst concentrations of vil3min E. The process conditions in tbis proje<:t are the concemration ofTetrahydrofuran (THf) and concentration of "ilamin E where the function ofTIif is to enhance the solubilization. …”
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In vitro elution and dissolution of tobramycin and gentamicin from calcium phosphate by Che Seman, Che Nor Zarida, Othman, Fauziah, Abdul Kadir, Arifah, Ahmad, Azfar Rizal, Mohd Yusof, Nazri, Zulkifly, Ahmad Hafiz, Mustaffa, Rusnah, Goriman Khan, Mohd Azam Khan, Saidi, Hasni Idayu

“…This study showed that incorporating tobramycin and gentamicin with calcium phosphate provided slow residual release of antibiotic from 30 min to 1344 h (8 weeks) and dissolution of calcium phosphate. …”
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Enzymatic hydrolysis of granular native and mildly heat-treated tapioca and sweet potato starches at sub-gelatinization temperature by Y. N., Shariffa, Al-Jashamy, Karim A., A., Fazilah, Sarker, Md. Zaidul Islam

“…Starches were hydrolyzed in native (granular) state and after heat treatment below gelatinization temperature (60 1C for 30min). The dextrose equivalent (DE) value of heat-treated starch increased significantly compared to native starch, i.e., 36–50% and 27–34% for tapioca and sweet potato starch, respectively. …”
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Investigation of the effects of machining parameters and air blowing on surface topography in high speed end milling of silicon by Amin, A. K. M. Nurul, Khalid, Noor Syairah, Mohd Nasir, Siti Nurshahida, Arif, Muammer Din

“…Spindle speed, depth of cut, and feed rate, ranges: 60,000 to 80,000 rpm, 10 to 20 μm, and 5 to 15 mm/min respectively, were considered as the independent machining parameters. …”
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Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Feed Rate and Negative Tool Rake Angle in High Speed Hard Turning by Al Hazza, Muataz Hazza Faizi, Adesta, Erry Yulian Triblas

“…The experiment was obtained with constant cutting depth (0.15 mm), constant cutting speed (325 m/min), four different feed rates (0.075 – 0.15 mm/rev) and three different tool rake angles (0o, - 6, -12o). …”
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Efficient performance of locally processed serum in vero cell culture by Ahmad Nor, Yusilawati, Jaafar, Nuhu Jaafar, Mel, Maizirwan

“…Serum collected was treated with ultraviolet radiation and heat inactivated for 30 min at 56 °C. Vero cells were cultured in 25 cm2 Tflasks with an initial cell seeding of 4.2 × 105 cells/mL. …”
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Effects of day and night on swimming, grazing and social behaviours of rohu Labeo rohita (Hamilton) and common carp Cyprinus carpio (L.) in simulated ponds by Rahman, Mohammad Mustafizur, Verdegem, Marc, Wahab, Md Abdul, Hossain, Md. Yeamin, Jo, Qtae

“…Fish behaviour was monitored during a full 24-h period, starting at 08:00 hourswith a15-min recording, which was repeated every 3 h. Rohu spent more time grazing during the day than at night. …”
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Sludge palm oil as a renewable raw material for biodiesel production by two-step processes by Hayyan, Adeeb, Alam, Md. Zahangir, Mirghani, Mohamed Elwathig Saeed, Kabbashi, Nassereldeen Ahmed, Mohd Hakimi, Noor Irma Nazashida, Mohd Siran, Yosri, Tahiruddin, Shawaluddin

“…The optimum conditions for pretreatment process by esterification were 0.75% (w/w) dosage of PTSA to SPO, 10:1 M ratio, 60 �C temperature, 60 min reaction time and 400 rpm stirrer speed. The highest yield of biodiesel after transesterification and purification processes was 76.62% with 0.07% FFA and 96% ester content. …”
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Extraction and evaluation of anti inflammatory activity of spathiphyllum cannifolium by Ahmad Raus, Raha, Abdullah, Norhayati, Ismail, Nurul Fakhriah, Shahbuddin, Munira

“…The results showed that the plant was positive for the anti inflammatory activity with IC50 6.3 µg/ml. Sonication for 60 min at 40°C using medium frequency was the optimum condition to carry out the extraction for bioactive compounds. …”
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Tool wear and surface roughness on milling carbon fibre reinforced plastic using chilled air by Muhamad Khairussaleh, Nor Khairusshima, Che Haron, Che Hassan, A. Ghani, Jaharah, Amin, A. K. M. Nurul

“…In this study the performance of solid carbide end tool and surface quality of CFRP composite during milling process was investigated at cutting speed of 160-200 m/min and feed rate of 0.025-0.05 mm/rev. It was found that the tool wear is high at higher feed rate and lower cutting speed. …”
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Removal of reduction of free fatty acid in sludge palm oil via acid catalyzed reaction for biodiesel production by Hayyan, Adeeb, Alam, Md. Zahangir, Mirghani, Mohamed Elwathig Saeed, Kabbashi, Nassereldeen Ahmed, Mohd. Hakimi, Noor Irma Nazashida, Mohd. Siran, Yosri, Tahiruddin, Shawaluddin

“…Esterification process of SPO was carried out to evaluate suphric acid as acid catalyst in dosage range (0.25-2.75% wt/wt), molar ratio of methanol to SPO (6:1-14:1), temperature (40-80o C), reaction time (30-120 min) and stirrer speed (200-800 rpm). The results showed that the FFA of SPO reduced from 23% to less than 2% FFA using 0.25% wt/wt of sulphuric acid, the molar ratio of methanol to oil was 8:1 at 60 minutes reaction time and 60 oC.…”
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Optimization of serum preparation in Vero cell culture using a statistical approach by Ahmad Nor, Yusilawati, Nuhu Jaafar, Jaafar, Mel, Maizirwan

“…Serum collected was treated with ultraviolet radiation and heat inactivated for 30min at 56oC. Vero cells were cultured in 25cm2 T flasks with an initial cell seeding of 4.2 x 105 cells/ml. …”
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A study of parameters relationship to backcutting phenomena during high speed end milling of AISI H13 by Adesta, Erry Yulian Triblas, Mohd Ali, Afifah, Agusman, Delvis, Muhammad, Riza, Suprianto, Mohamad Yuhan

“…Machining performed on the Vertical Milling Centre (VMC) high cutting speed from 150-250 m/min, feed rate 0.005-0.15 mm/tooth and depth of cut 0.1-0.5mm. …”
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Surface roughness of Carbides produced by abrasive water jet machining by Khan, Ahsan Ali, Awang, Mohd Efendee, Annuar, Ahmad Azwari

“…Minimum rate of abrasive flow that made it possible to cut carbide efficiently was 135 g min-I . It was found from the investigations that with increase in jet pressure the surface becomes smoother due to higher kinetic energy of the abrasives. …”
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Isolation of GSH from Baker Yeast by Ultrasonic method by Mohamed Salleh, Mohamad Ramlan, Jamal, Parveen, Salleh, Rohani, Hasim, Haslinda

“…The disrupted cells solution was centrifuged at 12,000 rpm for 20 min and the GSH content in the supernatant was analyzed by taking the OD value of the solution using Spectrophotometer at 412 nm. …”
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