Asia‐Pacific mussel watch: Monitoring of butyltin contamination in coastal waters of Asian developing countries by Sudaryanto, Agus, Takahashi, Shin, Monirith, In, Ismail, Ahmad

“…In addition, relatively high concentrations of BTs were observed in mussels from aquaculture areas in Hong Kong and Malaysia, as it has been reported in Thailand. With the recent improvement in economic status in Asia, it is probable that an increase in TBT usage will occur in aquaculture. …”
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Predicting and modeling the effects of turbines noise on operator’s mental task performance in AL-DORA power plant by Mosa, Ali I., Al-Sadawi, Laith A., Attia, Osam H., Adam, Nor Mariah

“…Furthermore, the results showed that the efficiency of the workers depends on the noise level and exposure duration. It has been confirmed that a medium noise level can influence workers’ performance over a medium exposure time to a certain degree. …”
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Jaya algorithm hybridized with extreme gradient boosting to predict the corrosion-induced mass loss of agro-waste based monolithic and Ni-reinforced porous alumina by Dele-Afolabi, T.T., Jung, D.W., Ahmadipour, Masoud, Azmah Hanim, M.A., Adeleke, A.O., Kandasamy, M., Gunnasegaran, Prem

“…In this work, the non-linear predictive power of a hybridized machine learning prediction model, specifically Jaya-XGBoost to predict the corrosion-induced mass loss of monolithic and nickel-reinforced porous alumina ceramics has been examined. This study demonstrates the mass loss of monolithic and Ni-reinforced porous alumina developed using rice husk and sugarcane bagasse in acidic and alkaline corrosive media. …”
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Undergraduates' attitudes of writing and views towards mind-mapping as a pre-writing strategy by Roslim, Norwati, Abdullah, Muhammad Hakimi Tew, Mohd Razali, Nornadiah, Mirza, Akhmad Ali, Nimehchisalem, Vahid

“…Several writing strategies have been posed to tackle the challenges faced by lecturers, teachers and students. …”
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Post-activation performance enhancement of countermovement jump after drop jump versus squat jump exercises in elite rhythmic gymnasts by Yang, Chengbo, Shi, Lin, Lu, Yanan, Wu, Hongli, Yu, Dawei

“…However, the acute effects of DJ and SJ on countermovement jump (CMJ) performance have not been investigated. This study aimed to verify the post-activation performance enhancement (PAPE) responses induced by DJ and SJ with optimal power load and evaluate the relationship between peak PAPE effects and strength levels. …”
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Investigating the influence of elements in pocket parks on the psychological restoration of young people: a study from Guiyang and Chongqing in Southwest China by Ma, Geng, Pellegrini, Paola, Ma, Jiaqi, Shi, Linfeng

“…Furthermore, there has been a lack of systematic analysis to quantify the impact of both natural elements and activities in pocket parks on their restorative effects. …”
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Pathogenic bacteria, antimicrobial susceptibility and ultrasonographic features of feline lower urinary tract disease by Mazda, Delna

“…Internationally, there has been an increase in the rate of FLUTD caused by urinary tract infections (UTI). …”
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Heavy metals distribution in mangrove leaves in various sudanese coastal zones at the red sea by Mohammad Khalil, Rabha Khalil, Solangi, Kashif Ali, Alhassan, Abdullahi Bala, Khan, Waseem Razzaq, Aljahdali, Mohammed Othman

“…The heavy metal accumulation typical of a mangrove species, Avicenna marina L.,(A. marina) leaves and soluble salts in sediments have not been studied on the Red Sea coast of Sudan. The present study investigates the two nutrients calcium (Ca) and iron (Fe) and heavy metals such as barium (Ba), titanium (Ti), and strontium (Sr) in the mangrove species A. marina in the leaves of six different locations in the Red Sea coastal area, as follows: (Hamasyat (HM) Keligo (KG), and Enkfel (EK) of the Gulf of Dunnabeb, and three sites were selected in the south of the Sudanese coast as follows: (Amarat Island (AM), Ibn Abbas Island (BN), and Ras Kassar (RK). …”
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Efficient top-k continuous query processing over sliding window model (SWM) method on uncertain data stream by Wahab, Raja Azhan Syah Raja, Rum, Siti Nurulain Mohd, Ibrahim, Hamidah, Ishak, Iskandar

“…It appears that there have been limited studies conducted on the issue of UDS using the Sliding Window Model (SWM). …”
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Potential of non-flat solar sail for higher characteristic acceleration by Santos Lula Barros, Letícia, Hiraki, Koju, Assis da Silveira, Marcelo, Chak, Yew Chung, Abdullah, Amirul Fiqri, Varatharajoo, Renuganth

“…Although non-flat solar sails have traditionally been considered less efficient in generating thrust, altering the sails’ design to a non-flat configuration can enhance structural stability, allowing for thinner sail films and reducing overall mass. …”
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A new countermeasure to combat the embedding-based attacks on the Goldreich-Goldwasser-Halevi lattice-based cryptosystem by Mandangan, Arif, Nazaruddin, Nazreen Syazwina, Asbullah, Muhammad Asyraf, Kamarulhaili, Hailiza, Che Hussin, Che Haziqah, Olayiwola, Babarinsa

“…Recently, an improved version of the GGH cryptosystem, namely the GGH-MKA cryptosystem, has been proven immune to the embedding-based attacks. …”
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CSQUiD: an index and non-probability framework for constrained skyline query processing over uncertain data by Lawal, Ma'aruf Mohammed, Ibrahim, Hamidah, Mohd Sani, Nor Fazlida, Yaakob, Razali, Alwan, Ali A.

“…Uncertainty of data, the degree to which data are inaccurate, imprecise, untrusted, and undetermined, is inherent in many contemporary database applications, and numerous research endeavours have been devoted to efficiently answer skyline queries over uncertain data. …”
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Potential utilisation of solar-assisted kiln dryer in bamboo drying by Zafhian, Zahidah, Muhammad Roseley, Adlin Sabrina, Shing, Sik Huei, Beng, Ong Chee, Rabidin, Zairul Amin

“…The drying time of G. levis culm has been reduced to about 40 days compared to the conventional air drying of 70 days using the solar-assisted kiln dryer. …”
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Response surface methodology for controlling the release of anthocyanin from sago starch films by Che Hamzah, Nurul Husna, Khairuddin, Nozieana, Muhamad, Ida Idayu, Sarbini, Shahrul Razid

“…The use of anthocyanin as a natural colorant in the food industry has been widely established because it is non-toxic. …”

Wavelet-based compression of medical images: Filter-bank selection and evaluation by Saffor, A., Bin Ramli, A.R., Ng, K.H.

“…However, no systematic study has been performed to evaluate the coding performance of wavelet filters on medical images. …”

Relationship between personality traits, parental attachment, locus of control and acculturation with psychological well-being of Iranian adolescents in Malaysia by Mobarakeh, Mohammad Reza Vakili

“…Factors influencing adolescent psychological well-being have always been the basic issues in adolescent adjustments. …”
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Fabrication of electrochemically reduced grapheme oxide composite based electrochemical sensor for the detection of 3-nitrophenol by Muhammad, Nafiu

“…In this research electrochemical sensor for the detection of 3-nitrophenol has been successfully developed based on electro-reduced graphene oxide (ERGO) functionalized with cyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) and electro-reduced graphene oxide functionalized with poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) on screen printed carbon electrode (SPCE). …”
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Fiber optic technique for determination of moisture content in honey by Mohamad Ibrahim, Nursakinah

“…Calibration equations have been established to predict moisture content in honey based on absorption measurement. …”
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Scene illumination classification based on histogram quartering of CIE-Y component by Hesamian, Mohammad Hesam

“…On the other hand classification is appropriate for applications like photography when most of the images have been captured in a small set of illuminants like scene illuminant. …”
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Assessment of phagocytosis and cytokine secretions by monocytes in the presence of plasmodium falciparum by Xuan, Keh Min

“…Though monocytes are crucial for clearance of malaria infection, they also have been shown to cause adverse clinical outcomes. The objective of this study was to determine the morphology of P. …”
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