Off-farm employment and spatial distribution of paddy farmers in integrated agricultural development area in north-west Selangor determined using GIS by Lokman, Eleanor Daniella

“…They usually get involved in agriculture activities including oil palm plantation, fisheries, fruits plantation, working with the government and doing own job.Spatially, the results indicated that most of the paddy farmers involved in off-farm job lives near to the town which in Kuala Selangor, as is less than ten (10) kilometres away from their house and paddy lot. …”
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Application of smartphone-based biophotonic instrumentation for glucose sensing using photometric method by Aziz, Nur Anis Huda

“…The photonic device constructed consists of a 940 nm near-infrared light-emitting diode (NIR LED) as an emitter, a BPW34 photodiode as a detector, a Raspberry Pi Pico microcontroller board acts as a digital interface to convert the receiving data into output voltage, and an Android app; Scoppy as a digital oscilloscope to display the output voltage value on a smartphone. …”
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A Review of Genetic Algorithm: Operations and Applications by Md Isa, Faizatulhaida, Ariffin, Wan Nor Munirah, Jusoh, Muhammad Shahar, Erni Puspanantasari Putri, Erni Puspanantasari Putri

“…By facilitating the discovery of optimal or near-optimal solutions within large solution spaces, GA proves its mettle in scenarios where traditional methods fall short. …”
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Mechanics of fracture and flexure in Antarctic ice sheets and ice shelves by Zhang, H

“…</p> <br> <p>In Chapter 5, I focus on calving and flexure near the shelf edge. By using a viscoelastic flexure model, I investigate different mechanisms that cause flexure near the calving front, and how the flexure evolves due to viscous creep and leads to calving events.…”

Evaluation of carbon nanotubes-phthalocyanine composite coatings as thermal camouflage materials by Yap, Soon Hao

“…Absorbance in ultraviolet, visible, near-infrared regions was also significantly increased, with a maximum absorbance for the 2 wt% CNT coating. …”
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Capacities of cross-junction and roundabout in Nanyang Technological University by Choo, Ping Ling.

“…The comparison is made between cross junction near NTU Graduate Hall and roundabout near NTU School of Art, Design and Media. …”
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Bulk inversion asymmetry effect on band structure and optical transition of a new class all-inorganic cubic perovskite nanoplatelet by Fan, Wei Jun

“…The band structures at near the R point of all-inorganic cubic CsSnBr3 perovskite nanoplatelets (NPLs) are investigated by using an 8-band k·p method. …”
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Electrode modification by diazonium chemistry : studies on the effect of steric bulk on film thickness, and modified activated carbon cloths for energy storage by Subrata, Arnold

“…One key disadvantage of grafting by diazonium chemistry is the inherent tendency of the grafted film to bear multilayers of organic molecules, which is not desired in most applications requiring modified electrodes. …”
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Multiuser detection and code timing estimation for CDMA systems by Li, Zhengyu.

“…It covers two different research areas: near-far resistant multiuser detection and robust code timing estimation.…”
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Observation of Frenkel and charge transfer excitons in pentacene single crystals using spectroscopic generalized ellipsometry by Qi, Dongchen, Su, Haibin, Bastjan, M., Jurchescu, O. D., Palstra, T. M., Wee, Andrew T. S., Rübhausen, M., Rusydi, A.

“…We report on the emerging and admixture of Frenkel and charge transfer (CT) excitons near the absorption onset in pentacene single crystals. …”
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A numerical simulation study on vortex-ring collisions upon arbitrary solid boundary by Leong, Sheng Yuan

“…In this study, vortex behaviour near to complex geometry was investigated experimentally and numerically by studying the collision of a Re 2000 vortex ring upon V-shaped plates with 30, 60, 90 degrees vertices. …”
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Structure of mushy layers grown from perfectly and imperfectly conducting boundaries. Part 1. Diffusive solidification by Hitchen, JR, Wells, AJ

“…Low concentration ratio leads to low porosity throughout most of the mushy layer, except for a high-porosity boundary layer localised near the mush–liquid interface. We identify scalings for the boundary-layer thickness and mush growth rate. …”

Brewers’ spent grains as potential novel functional food ingredients for food security by Tan, Yong Xing

“…BSG are residues generated as side streams from beer production. Currently, BSG are used as animal feed or disposed in landfills and these massive amount of BSG generated annually are causing significant environmental, economic, and climatic issues. …”
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Consumer's perceptions of private labels by Acharigae, Shaminta, Chong, Lian Chiu, Quek, Ying Ying

“…Findings will help define the direction in which local retailers should take Private Labels in the near future and the manufacturers’ role in this initiative.…”
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Practical forming die design and manufacture for sheet metal stainless steel precision parts by Cheung, Thomas Wing Lau.

“…This project deals with precision stainless steel sheet metal forming which produces parts in the regime of near net shape. The stamping parts concerned are backs for watches which can be of various profiles and sizes.…”
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Mach 3.5 Compression Corner Control Using Microvortex Generators by Gochenaur, Daniel C., Williams, Rhys D., Sabnis, Kshitij, Babinsky, Holger

“…Inverted vanes tend to generate large areas of near-wall low-momentum flow that locally increase separation length, making standard vane configurations more effective at reducing separation size. …”
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Achieving High Performance and Low Cost: Development of a High-Performing Passive Prosthetic Knee for Emerging Markets by Reddie, Madison, Bedi, Saloni, Vaidya, Manasi, Griffin, Amari, Petelina, Nina T, Winter, Amos G

“…The load paths and functional componentry were critically analyzed to identify opportunities to streamline the design while maintaining strength and the near-able-bodied kinematics offered by the original design. …”
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Centering Indigenous Voices and Resisting Colonialism In Space Exploration: An Overview Of The Ongoing Webinar Series By Space Enabled by Tavares, Frank, Harvey, Alvin Donel, Lombardo, Seamus, Reynolds-Cuéllar, Pedro, Newman, Dava, Wood, Danielle

“…Centering these issues highlights both near-term policy questions around lunar exploration as well as longer term questions about how to envision interactions with potential extraterrestrial life and sustained human communities on other worlds. …”
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Hole array enhanced dual-band infrared photodetection by Suo, Fei, Tong, Jinchao, Chen, Xiren, Xu, Zhengji, Zhang, Dao Hua

“…The enhancement factors of responsivity at room temperature under zero-bias are 1.12 and 1.33 for the near- and mid-infrared, respectively, and they are increased to 1.71 and 1.79 when temperature drops to the thermoelectric cooling temperature of 220 K. …”
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Radiation and energy budget dynamics associated with a floating photovoltaic system by Yang, Peipei, Chua, Lloyd H. C., Irvine, K. N., Imberger, Jorg

“…Shortwave radiation, longwave radiation, photovoltaic (PV) panel, air and near-surface water temperature data were measured for a floating PV system installed in a shallow tropical reservoir. …”
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