Thin surface layers of iron-based alloys deposited by TIG hardfacing by Sakiru, Adeleke, Md. Abdul, Maleque, Shahjahan, Mridha

“…A maximum microhardness value of 630 HV 0.5 kgf was found on the surface layer processed with lower speed which was 2.5 to 3.5 times higher than the base material. …”
Get full text

Comparison study on characteristics of Microfibrillated Cellulose (MFC) extracted from cocoa pod husk and sugarcane bagasse by Jimat, Dzun Noraini, Zailani, Ima S.A., ., Aviceena

“…Both sieved lignocellulosic materials were treated with 2% w/v sodium hydroxide (NaOH) for 5h at 80oC followed by bleaching with aqueous dilution of hydrogen peroxide at 75oC. …”
Get full text

Study of Pb adsorption by carbon nanofibers (CNFs) grown on powdered activated carbon by Ahmed, Yehya M., Al-Mamun, Abdullah, Muyibi, Suleyman Aremu, Al-Khatib, Ma'an Fahmi Rashid, Jameel, Ahmed Tariq, Al-Saadi, Mohammed A.

“…The maximum sorption capacity of the heavy metal onto the adsorbent was achieved at initial pH of 5.5. The effects of initial lead ions concentration were examined and the results showed that the adsorption capacities of the carbon nanofibers to uptake the heavy metal increased from about 16 to 89 mg g-1 with increasing the initial lead concentration from 5 to 70 mg L-1. …”
Get full text

In vitro antimicrobial activity of mangrove plant Sonneratia alba by Saad, Shahbudin, Bakhtiar, M. Taher, Darnis, Deny Susanti, Qaralleh, Haitham, Awang, Anis Fadhlina Izyani

“…P aeuginosa and C. albicans appear to be not sensitive to the concentrations tested since no inhibition zone was observed. E coli (17.5mm) appears to be the most sensitive strain followed by S. aureus (12.5 mm) and B. cereus (12.5 mm). …”
Get full text

Improved adaptive impedance matching for RF front‑end systems of wireless transceivers by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, Shukla, Pancham, See, Chan, Abd-Alhameed, Raed, Falcone, Francisco, Limiti, Ernesto

“…At 1.4, 2.3, 3.4, 4.0, and 5.0 GHz bands the proposed AQGA is on average 75%, 49.2%, 64.9%, 54.7%, and 52.5% faster than conventional genetic algorithms, respectively. …”
Get full text

Efficient metasurface for electromagnetic energy harvesting with high capture efficiency and a wide range of incident angles by Abdulrahman Ahmed Ghaleb Amer, Abdulrahman Ahmed Ghaleb Amer, Sapuan, Syarfa Zahirah, Adel Y. I. Ashyap, Adel Y. I. Ashyap

“…In order to verify the simulation results, a 5×5 cell array of the proposed MS harvester is fabricated and tested. …”
Get full text

PERFORMANCE OF BEAM CONTAINING BAMBOO ASH IN CONCRETE MIXTURE by Adnanl, Suraya Hani, Mohd Satti, Siti Nadia Syuhada, Jamelil, Mohammad Ikhmal, Osman, Mohamad Hairi, Jamellodin, Zalipah, Alisibramulisi, Anizahyati

“…The study's findings indicated that bamboo ash was capable of improving compressive strength performance at a replacement percentage of 5% for the BACR5 sample, and nearly the same trend happened for flexural testing at the same percentage. …”
Get full text

Efficient metasurface for electromagnetic energy harvesting with high capture efficiency and a wide range of incident angles by Ahmed Ghaleb Amer, Abdulrahman, Sapuan, Syarfa Zahirah, Adel Y. I. Ashyap, Adel Y. I. Ashyap

“…In order to verify the simulation results, a 5×5 cell array of the proposed MS harvester is fabricated and tested. …”
Get full text

Efficient metasurface for electromagnetic energy harvesting with high capture efficiency and a wide range of incident angles by Abdulrahman Ahmed Ghaleb Amer, Abdulrahman Ahmed Ghaleb Amer, Sapuan, Syarfa Zahirah, Adel Y. I. Ashyap, Adel Y. I. Ashyap

“…In order to verify the simulation results, a 5×5 cell array of the proposed MS harvester is fabricated and tested. …”
Get full text

Central aortic systolic pressure and biochemical profile of young hypertensives in rural Malaysia by Abdullah, Aszrin, Abdul Razak, Tariq, Mohd Noor, Noriah

“…The mean age were 32.74 ± 5.78 versus 31.05 ± 5.45 years (p=0.151), mean values for arterial pressure 102.10 ± 7.37 versus 82.24 ± 6.11 mmHg (p<0.001), total cholesterol 5.82 ± 0.96 versus 5.46 ± 0.97 (p=0.076), low-density lipoprotein 3.73 ± 0.86 versus 3.28 ± 0.86 (p=0.015), fasting blood sugar 4.67 ± 0.75 years versus 4.35 ± 0.42 (p=0.013), body mass index 28.72 ± 5.24 versus 23.18 ± 3.96 (p<0.001) and CASP 122.83 ± 9.58 versus 100.28 ± 6.94 mmHg (p<0.001). …”
Get full text

Arsenic removal with iron(II) and iron(III) in waters with high silicate and phosphate concentrations by Roberts, Linda C., Hug, Stephen J., Reuttimann, Thomas, Billah, Md. Morsaline, Khan, Abdul Wahab, Rahman, Mohammad Tariqur

“…In simulated groundwater (8.2 mM HCO3 -, 2.5 mM Ca2+, 1.6 mM Mg2+, 30 mg/L Si, 3 mg/L P, 500 ppb As(III), or As(V), pH 7.0 ( 0.1), addition of Fe(II) clearly leads to better As removal than Fe(III). …”
Get full text

Skin prick test reactivity to common airborne pollens and molds in allergic rhinitis patients by Wan Leman, Wan Ishlah, Gendeh, Balwant Singh

“…Among the molds extracts, Fusarium was observed to have the highest prevalence of SPT reactivity (23.5%), followed by Aspergillus flavum (21.2%), Dreselera orysae (18.8%), Alternaria sp (17.6%), Curvularis eragrostidis (17.6%), Penicillium oxa (16.5%), Pestolotriopsis gtuepini (16.5%), Rhizopphus arrhi (16.5%), Aspergilluls nigus (15.3%). …”
Get full text

Current status of coronary risk factors among rural Malays in Malaysia by Khan, Rahmattullah, Nawawi, Hapizah, Nor, Idris, Noor, Ismail, Karim, Norimah, Arshad, Fatimah, Yusoff, Khalid

“…Results The prevalence of hypercholesterolemia for total cholesterol concentrations of ≥ 5.2, ≥6.5 and ≥7.8 mmol/l were 67.3, 30.5 and 11.8% respectively. …”
Get full text

The effectiveness of inhaled ginger essential oil in improving dietary intake in breast-cancer patients experiencing chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting by Zakaria, Noor Salihah, Mamat, Nik Mazlan, Lua, Pei Lin

“…Results: Sixty women completed the study (age=47.3 +/- 9.26 years; receiving highly emetogenic chemotherapy=86.7%; BMI=25.5 +/- 5.4 kg/m2). Energy intakes were significantly higher after patients were treated with ginger EO than ginger FO at day 3 (P=0.015) and day 5 (P=0.002). …”
Get full text
Get full text

Performance of different photovoltaic cells operating under the meteorological conditions of Singapore by Hawlader, Mohammad Nurul Alam, Seng, Lee Poh, Kiang, Chua Kok

“…For a day with a maximum irradiation of about 760Wm-2, analyses of data to determine the performance of solar cells revealed an average efficiency of mono crystalline, poly crystalline and tandem cells of about 10.4%, 9.5% and 8.8%, respectively. The maximum efficiencies recorded were 14.5% for mono-crystalline, 13.5% for polycrystalline and 11% for tandem cells. …”
Get full text

Bending mechanism for piezoelectric transducer footstep energy harvesting using piezoelectric tile by Mohd Asry, Anis Maisarah

“…The full-wave bridge rectifier rectified the output from the piezoelectric tile before being stored in a supercapacitor. The 5.5 V, 1.5 F supercapacitor can be used to charge up to 10.48 V when 60 kg subject pressed the piezoelectric tile with an increment of 60 steps. …”
Get full text
Get full text
Get full text

Production of zinc iron phosphate glasses by microwave and conventional processing methods by Mohd Farhadi, Nur Hazeeqah

“…This thesis describes the production of zinc iron phosphate glasses, xZnO-(40- x)Fe2O3-60P2O5 with x = 0, 2.5, 5.0, 7.5, 10.0 (mol%) using microwave and conventional processing methods. …”
Get full text
Get full text
Get full text

A study of energy scavenging strategy in a tapping tree power by Abdullah Alhamzi, Belal Mohammed

“…Boost converter contains of BQ25504 IC is applied to increase the voltage from small input to 3V - 4V. As well as, buck converter with TPS62231 IC is introduced for the output voltage of the boost converter and can be applied for small voltage as 1.8V. …”
Get full text
Get full text
Get full text

Effect of rice husk silica reinforcement on recycled aa7075 aluminum chip matrix composite properties by Mohd Joharudin, Nurul Farahin

“…Recycled aluminum chip AA7075 with addition of composition (2.5,5,7.5,10 and 12.5)wt%, of untreated and treated rice husk silica using hydrochloric acid to fasten burning process at different temperature (as-received, 700 and 1000)°C, were prepared by using cold compaction method. …”
Get full text
Get full text
Get full text

Investigation of porcupine bezoar extract (Hystrix Brachyuran) on hela cell combined with electroporation method by Azizulkarim, Azra Hazwanie

“…The range of electric field used is commenced between 100V/cm and 500V/cm with the increment of 100 V/cm interval sand for the pulse duration from 100μs, 500μs, 1ms, 2ms and 5ms. …”
Get full text
Get full text
Get full text