Synthesis and characterization of bubble wrap-like hollow barium silicate–carbonate nanospheres for the epoxidation of styrene by Tan, Kok Hou, Iqbal, Anwar, Adam, Farook, Abu Bakar, N.H.H., M. Yusop, Rahimi, Ahmad, Mohammad Norazmi

“…The average pore size, BET surface area and total pore volume of the most catalytically active catalyst in the epoxidation of styrene, 1.00BaMST were 5.0 nm, 42 m2 g−1 and 0.0771 cm3 g−1, respectively. …”
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A note on Chinese stock market efficiency: fresh evidence from non-linear unit root test by Abdul Manap, Turkhan Ali

“…In doing so, the nonlinearity test of Harvey, Leybourne, and Xiao (2008)5 is used to have an insight into the best specification of the model. …”
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Fabrication of CuSiC composite by powder metallurgy route by A. R. , Fatimah Azreen, Sutjipto, Agus Geter Edy, Adesta, Erry Yulian Triblas

“…Then, the mixtures were uniaxially compacted into a ɸ13.5mm cylindrical pallet and followed by sintering in vacuum furnace from 800-950°C for 4 hours. …”
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Structural and wear and characteristic of low temperature nitrided stainless steel by Haruman, E., Widhi, K., Sutjipto, Agus Geter Edy, Mridha, Shahjahan, Sun, Y.

“…In the present laboratory experiments, the precipitation-free or S phase layer with a surface hardness of ~1350 HV0.5 was produced at a nitriding condition of 450 °C for 6h. …”
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Applicant reaction to structure : self-monitoring as a moderator by Alias, Alizi

“…Particularly, applicants reacted negatively to structured interview compared to semi-structured (t(41) =-8.67; p<0.01) and unstructured interview (t(41) =-5.94; p<0.01). No significant difference was found in applicants‟ reactions between semi-structured and unstructured interview with t(41) =1.56; p>0.05 and self-monitoring did not moderate effect of interview structure on applicant reactions with F(2, 38) = 2.626, p>0.05; η²=0.121.…”
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Media optimization for bioproteins production from cheaper carbon source by Jamal, Parveen, Alam, Md. Zahangir, Salleh, N. U.

“…The maximum biomass produced was 21.89 g/L with optimum fermentation conditions of wheat flour (4 g/L), nitrogen concentration (0.5 g/L), nutrient concentration (0.1 g/L), and four days of fermentation.…”
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Screening and optimization of media components for phytase production of ASUIA 279 in Pichia pastoris system using statistical design by Mahamad Maifiah, Mohd Hafidz, Mohd. Salleh, Hamzah, Jamal, Parveen, Nuge, Tamrin

“…The gene encoding for phytase from ASUIA279 has been successfully cloned and expressed in pichia pastoris X-33 under the control of AOX1 promoter, named as HSUIA279(5H)AX. In this study, process and media components were screened for high yield phytase production in small scale culture by using plackett burman design. …”
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Screening and optimization of media components for phytase production of ASUIA 279 in Pichia pastoris system using statistical design by Mahamad Maifiah, Mohd Hafidz, Mohd. Salleh, Hamzah, Jamal, Parveen, Nuge, Tamrin

“…The gene encoding for phytase from ASUIA279 has been successfully cloned and expressed in pichia pastoris X-33 under the control of AOX1 promoter, named as HSUIA279(5H)AX. In this study, process and media components were screened for high yield phytase production in small scale culture by using plackett burman design. …”
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A Broadband Out-of-Phase Gysel Power Divider Based on a Dual-Band Circuit With a Single Fixed Isolation Resistor by Mousavi, Seyed Mohammad Hadi, Rahimi, Marzieh Salar, Malakooti, Seyed-Ali, Afzali, Behnam, Virdee, Bal Singh

“…To substantiate the design equations and theory, a circuit with 2:1 frequency ratio and 84.5% bandwidth referring to 16 dB isolation and 12 dB return loss values is developed. …”
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Improvements in Qucs-S Equation-Defined Modelling of Semiconductor Devices and IC’s by Brinson, Mike, Kuzin, Vladimir

“…To illustrate the new Qucs-S modelling techniques an XSPICE version of the EPFL EKV v2.6 long channel transistor model together with other illustrative examples are described and their performance simulated with Qucs-S and Ngspice.…”
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Recent developments in Qucs-S equation-defined modelling of semiconductor devices and IC’s by Brinson, Mike, Kuznetsov, Vadim

“…To illustrate the new Qucs-S modelling techniques an XSPICE version of the EPFL EKV v2.6 long channel transistor model together with other illustrative examples are described and their performance simulated with Qucs-S and Ngspice.…”
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Dialogue and Discourse by McKee, Susannah

“…Most participants are required to complete the 12-week full-time course as a precondition for university entry, based on current English language competency at a level 0.5/1 IELTS point below institutional entry requirements. …”
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Antenna mutual coupling suppression over wideband using embedded periphery slot for antenna arrays by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, Shukla, Pancham, See, Chan, Abd-Alhameed, Raed, Khalily, Mohsen, Falcone, Francisco, Limiti, Ernesto

“…Attributes of this technique are (i) significant improvement in the maximum isolation between the adjacent antennas by 26.7 dB in X-band, & >15 dB in Ku and K-bands; (ii) reduction in edge-to-edge gap between antennas to 10 mm (0.37λ); and (iii) improvement in gain by >40% over certain angular directions, which varies between 4.5 dBi to 8.2 dBi. The proposed technique is simple to implement at low-cost.…”
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A tabular source approach to modelling and simulating device and circuit noise in the time domain by Brinson, Mike, Jahn, Stefan, Nabijou, Hassan

“…This is particularly true for software packages developed from SPICE 2g6 or 3f5. This paper introduces a simple tabular noise source technique which adds time domain noise to semiconductor device models and integrated circuit macromodels. …”
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A novel 0.3-0.31 THz GaAs-based transceiver with on-chip slotted metamaterial antenna based on SIW technology by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, See, Chan, Abd-Alhameed, Raed, Falcone, Francisco, Limiti, Ernesto

“…This paper presents a novel on-chip antenna with fully integrated 0.3-0.31 THz transceiver is implemented on 0.5μm GaAs substrate, and comprises a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO), a buffer amplifier, a modulator stage, a power-amplifier, a frequency-tripler, and an on-chip antenna. …”
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Accident and agency: a mixed methods study contrasting luck and interactivity in problem solving by Ross, Wendy, Vallée-Tourangeau, Frédéric

“…Sixty-four participants were invited to solve 5-letter anagrams presented as movable tiles: half of the conditions allowed the participants to move the tiles as they wished, the other half only allowed random shuffling (without rearranging the tiles post shuffling) thus contrasting pure luck with an interactive model. …”
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Using podcasts to cultivate learner-teacher rapport in Higher Education settings by Conroy, Dom, Kidd, Warren

“…We explored, inductively, views of podcasts designed for teaching and learning purposes from students (n = 11) and practitioners (n = 5) in two disciplinary settings. Textual feedback on two sample podcasts per student were subjected to content analysis. …”
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AOBL‑IPACO: a novel and optimized algorithm to mitigate losses in electrical grid systems by Gupta, Rahul, Khanna, Ashish, Virdee, Bal Singh

“…The proposed AOIPACO approach is implemented on standard IEEE-5, 13 and 40 bus systems and generates optimal results as compared to other conventional techniques while solving the complex problem of optimization. …”
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Leaky-wave wires antenna for future D- band 6G communication systems by A. Sohoo, Arslan, A. Sohu, Izhar, Che Seman, Fauziahanim, Ishak, Nurul Syafeeqa, Yee, S. Khee

“…Additionally, the cost is also very high as compared to 5G components. These antennas feature high data rates, small size, and high bandwidth and are a critical component for the communication system. …”
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Leaky-wave wires antenna for future d- band 6g communication systems by A. Sohoo, Arslan, Che Seman, Fauziahanim, Yee, S. Khee, A. Sohu, Izhar, Ishak, Nurul Syafeeqa

“…Additionally, the cost is also very high as compared to 5G components. These antennas feature high data rates, small size, and high bandwidth and are a critical component for the communication system. …”
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