Growth characteristics and root tensile strength’s variability in selected potential shrub species for slope bio-engineering applications by Mohamad Edri Aznan, Siti Norhafizah Tarmidzi, Zulfahmi Ali Rahman, Wan Mohd Razi Idris, Tukimat Lihan, Aeslina Abdul Kadir

“…Root diameter influences mechanical properties of tensile force and stress which can be best presented by power-law equation. TD species has the strongest root for tensile stress, followed by species HR, PC, and SC. …”
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Leveraging transfer learning for spatio-temporal human activity recognition from video sequences by Muneer Butt, Umair, Aman Ullah, Hadiqa, Letchmunan, Sukumar, Tariq, Iqra, Hafinaz Hassan, Fadratul, Wei Koh, Tieng

“…Six state-of-the-art pre-trained models are exploited to find the best model for spatial feature extraction. For temporal sequence, this study uses dense optical flow following the two-stream ConvNet and Bidirectional Long Short TermMemory (BiLSTM) to capture longtermdependencies. …”
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Structural investigation, computational analysis, and theoretical cryoprotectant approach of antifreeze protein type IV mutants by Eskandari, Azadeh, Leow, Thean Chor, Abdul Rahman, Mohd Basyaruddin, Oslan, Siti Nurbaya

“…The primary, secondary, and 3D modeling analysis showed the best model for a redesigned antifreeze protein (AFP1mb, with afp1m in place of the fourth AFPIV helix) with a QMEAN (Swiss-Model) Z score value of 0.36, a confidence of 99.5%, a coverage score of 22%, and a p value of 0.01. …”

Effects of vr-based interactive interior design on the emotional and mental health of office worker by Xiang, Jialing, Mansor, Noranita, Azmi, Athira

“…From the perspective of the evolution of the concept of health, the purpose of mental health is to achieve better living conditions, higher adaptability and development level, and also the best combination of physical and mental well-being and social well-being. …”
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The response of Pinus caribaea mor. var. Hondurensis seedlings to nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium fertilizers by Srivastava, P.B.L., Naruddin, Abang, Zainorin, B.Abang

“…The absolute height increment under the best treatment combination (N1P3K1) was about threefolds (25.7cm) compared to 8.8 cm in the control. …”
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Development and characteristics of stackable cassava (Manihot esculanta Crantz) chips by Ismail, Nur `Aini

“…The results show that there are 6 shapes of fried chips produced after frying in which curvy shape was chosen by the panelists as the best shape as it delivered the same characteristics as the control. …”
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Knowledge and practice on exclusive breastfeeding and association with work-related factors among mothers in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia by Rosdi, Nur Hanim Natasha Mohd

“…During the first six months of a baby's life, this approach is advised entirely to provide the essential nutrients, antibodies, and immune support needed for the best possible growth and development. In addition to decreasing the risk of infections, it strengthens the link between mother and child, improving long-term health. …”
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A study on the application of discrete curvature feature extraction and optimization algorithms to battery health estimation by Goh, Hui Hwang, An, Zhen, Zhang, Dongdong, Dai, Wei, Kurniawan, Tonni Agustiono, Goh, Kai Chen

“…The results indicate that the average MAE for SSA-LSSVM, LSTM, CNN, PSO-LSSVM, and GPR in Experiment 1 and Experiment 2 are 1.11%, 1.82%, 2.02%, 2.04%, and 12.18% respectively. The best prediction results are obtained by SSA-LSSVM.…”
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Oversampling and undersampling for intrusion detection system in the supervisory control and data acquisition IEC 60870-5-104. by Syamsul Arifin, M. Agus, Deris Stiawan, Deris Stiawan, Bhakti Yudho Suprapto, Bhakti Yudho Suprapto, Susanto Susanto, Susanto Susanto, Salim, Tasmi, Idris, Mohd Yazid, Budiarto, Rahmat

“…Three popular techniques for handling class imbalance, that is, random over-sampling, random under-sampling, and synthetic minority oversampling, are implemented to select the best dataset for the experiment. Gradient boosting, decision tree, and random forest algorithms are used as classifiers for the intrusion detection system models. …”
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Ethylene-vinyl acetate/poly (propylene carbonate) nanocomposites: effects of graphene oxide on microstructure, shape memory, and mechanical characteristics by Azizli, Mohammad Javad, Vafa, Ehsan, Parham, Somayeh, Rezaeeparto, Katayoon, Azizli, Fatemeh, Mohammad Hashemi, Mohammad Hashemi, Kamyab, Hesam, Chelliapan, Shreeshivadasan, Mohammad Amani, Ali, Honarkar, Hengameh, Mokhtary, Masoud

“…Finally, the obtained shape fixity of 98.7% and shape recovery of 95.9% for the synthesized samples are the best shape memory characteristics for the hybrid nanocomposites.…”

Insight into copper and iron ion sequestration from liquid-phase environment by microcrystalline cellulose biosorbent: experimental and modelling analyses by Abdullah, Mohammad, Abdullah, Luqman Chuah, Adeyi, Abel Adekanmi, Md. Jamil, Siti Nurul Ain, Choong, Thomas Shean Yaw, Abd. Majid, Rohah

“…Pseudo-second-order model best describes the copper and iron kinetic data, signifying the dominance of chemisorption adsorption relation between the negatively charged MCC and adsorbates. …”

Influence of machining parameters and tool geometry on tool wear during cobalt chromium-molybdenum micro drilling by Abdul Patar, Mohd. Affifudin, Suhaimi, Mohd. Azlan, Sharif, Safian, Amrifan S. Mohruni, Amrifan S. Mohruni, Hisam, Muhammad Juzaili, Shaharum, Mohd. Sallehuddin

“…The results indicate that the combination of a 140° point angle and an 80 m/min cutting speed yielded the best performance, exhibiting the lowest force, torque, and tool wear values. …”
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Target interception by mobile robots in a wireless sensor network (I) by Lin, Zhenxing.

“…To fully utilize resources, an automated mobile robots system has been proposed. Various techniques and methods have been explored, including communication protocols, robot localization and navigation, interception and obstacle avoidance. …”
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Impact of renewable power penetration on power market operation by Zhao, Qian

“…The existing theories and methods to evaluate reliability performances and electricity prices have been studied. Renewable energy penetrations in deregulated power systems have been investigated. …”
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Development of liquid crystalline polymer blends for the electronic industry by Hu, Xiao, Tam, Kam Chiu, Yue, Chee Yoon

“…The main objectives of the research project have been achieved. A proper understanding of the factors that have a significant influence on the capacity for the LCP phase in LCP-based polymer blends to form strong in situ fibres during processing have been established. …”
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Our Tethered Skates / by Naadhira Zahari, author 655828, Naadhira Zahari, editor 655828

“…Layla has been living in the shadow of her sister who mysteriously disappeared ten years ago. …”

Classifying vulnerability to sleep deprivation using baseline measures of psychomotor vigilance by Kwoh, Chee Keong, Gooley, Joshua J., Patanaik, Amiya, Chua, Eric C. P., Chee, Michael W. L.

“…Measurements and Results: In both datasets, DDM measures, number of consecutive reaction times that differ by more than 250 ms, and two wavelet features were selected by the model as features predictive of vulnerability to sleep deprivation. Using the best set of features selected in each dataset, classification accuracy was 77% and 82% using fivefold stratified cross-validation, respectively. …”
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Design and simulation of silicon optoelectronic integrated circuits by Win, Khine Thandar.

“…Advances in optical data storage technology have been so rapid over the past several decades for a wide range of PC and consumers electronics applications. …”
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Essays on merchant-generated contents and merchant-to-merchant spillovers in e-commerce platform by Zhang, Xueli

“…In the model, an online retailer offers a product with both vertical and horizontal attributes, sets a price, and displays quality to consumers. …”
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Study and design of a resonant inductive coupling based magnetic stimulator by Ma, Qiang

“…With the growing trend of using stimulation therapy to relieve diseases or ease pain, various methods or technologies has been created and put into clinical use. Among these stimulation modalities which are capable for non-invasive or minimally invasive treatment, magnetic stimulation has been proved to be both an effective and promising treating method by using time varying magnetic flux to drive currents and generate electric field in the human body tissue. …”
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