The influence of nature and culture in the formation of traditional food at Lenggong Valley, Perak by Abdul Raji, Mohd Nazri, Ab. Karim, Shahrim, Esa, Jamilah Hani

“…This study explored the formation process of Lenggong traditional food that is influenced by the natural environment and culture diversity, in which the influence of both, explains the ingenuity of the past people in crafting various types of food which can still be tasted until today. …”
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Restoration and segmentation of old Jawi manuscripts using variational image inpainting and active contour models by Laham, Mohamed Faris, Jumaat, Abdul Kadir, Badarul Azam, Amisha Balkis, Maasar, M. A, Badarul Azam, A. S., Mohammad Sabri, Nur Afiqah Sabirah, Yahaya, Amiratul Munirah, Ismail, Ahmad Thaqif, Abdul Razak, Muhammad Anas

“…Old Jawi Manuscripts (OJM) are crucial to historical studies, offering insights into past societies. However, degradation from mishandling and environmental factors can impair their legibility. …”
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Factors predicting financial well-being of government employees in selected states in Malaysia by Fazan Ahmad, Noor Diyana

“…There are many factors that can predict the likelihood of a high level of financial well-being and several of the factors based on past research were focused in this study. These factors consist of the resources available currently and how it will be implemented to predict either a high or low level of financial well-being. …”
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Communication skills and success for hospitality TVET graduates post pandemic: A review by Dzia-Uddin, Dziatul Nadiah, Anuar, Jazira, Mhd Atan, Ira Mazliana, Minghat, Asnul Dahar

“…The hospitality industry has faced various crises over the past decade, including economic downturns, terrorist attacks, and natural disasters, but the scale and magnitude of the COVID- 19 crisis have been unparalleled. …”
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Macroeconomic and Firm-Specific Effects on Islamic Deposits Sustainability by Ab Rahman, Sazana, Ahmad, Nor Hayati, Che Arshad, Noraziah

“…While there are challenges and areas for improvement, the potential synergies and shared principles between ESG and Islamic finance provide a promising avenue for sustainable and socially responsible investment within Islamic finance. However, past studies have not thoroughly researched key aspects of Islamic finance, such as the sustainability concerns of Islamic deposits, their interaction with macroeconomic variables, and their particular impacts on firms. …”
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Practice of CSFs for the Pre-Development Process in New Product Innovation Processes at SMEs: Questionnaire Development by Abu, Noor Hidayah, Deros, B.M., Abd Wahab, Dzuraidah, Ab Rahman, Mohd Nizam

“…In view of that, understanding critical factors that contribute to successful pre-development process implementation is becoming the more important. However, most of past studies were conducted in large organization, very little has been done in small and medium enterprise (SMEs). …”
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Restoration and Segmentation of Old Jawi Manuscripts using Variational Image Inpainting and Active Contour Models by Badarul Azam, Akmal Shafiq, Jumaat, Abdul Kadir, Badarul Azam, Amisha Balkis, Mohammad Sabri, Nur Afiqah Sabirah, Yahaya, Amiratul Munirah, Ismail, Ahmad Thaqif, Abdul Razak, Muhammad Anas, Maasar, Mohd Azdi, Laham, Mohamed Faris

“…Old Jawi Manuscripts (OJM) are crucial to historical studies, offering insights into past societies. However, degradation from mishandling and environmental factors can impair their legibility. …”
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Mechanical, Durability and Thermal Properties of Foamed Concrete Reinforced with Synthetic Twisted Bundle Macro-Fibers by Othuman Mydin, Md Azree, Mohd Nawi, Mohd Nasrun, Omar, Roshartini, Dulaimi, Anmar, Mohammed Najm, Hadee, Mahmood, Shaker, Sabri, Mohanad Muayad Sabri

“…The use of foamed concrete (FC) in the construction sector has been rapidly growing over the past few years as a result of the several advantages it possesses in comparison to traditional high-strength concrete. …”
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Trouble on the Range: When Does a National Park Become a Bison Zoo? by Hartley, Sophia

“…In 1902, there were merely 25 individual bison in the park, but now, Yellowstone’s herd fluctuates between 3,000 and 5,500 animals. Over the past century, the national park’s conservation effort pushed bison into the public spotlight. …”
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Design and analysis of an Integrated Electric Mobility Flight Vehicle of the future by Wee, Marco Johann

“…Since the industrial revolution, climate change has become more apparent. Over the past few decades, increased industrial activities and widespread burning of fossil fuels have released more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. …”
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Computation fluid dynamics on drag reduction II by Zang, Bin

“…In this project, a number of Reynolds-Average Navier-Stokes (RANS) models are verified with benchmark values of Direct Numerical Solutions (DNS) provided by the past research to identify appropriate RANS models which allow the simulation of dimpled flow with specific Reynolds number and initial conditions in a 3D channel. …”
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Adipose tissue fatty acid composition, serum lipids, and serum alpha-tocopherol in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis patients living on the island of Crete by Nikolakakis, N, Kounali, D, Tornaritis, M, Anastassou, A, Papadakis, E, Kassotakis, G, Kafatos, A

“…Both CAPD patients and controls had been residents of Crete for at least the last 10 years.</p> <br> <p><strong>Main Outcome Measures:</strong> Adipose tissue was aspirated, and a 12-hour fasting blood sample was collected for determination of serum lipid parameters and serum α-tocopherol levels; dietary data from a 3-day recall were recorded.…”

Atomic Habits : Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results : An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones / by Clear, James, author 656048

“…World-renowned life coach James Clear has discovered a completely different way to revolutionise your behaviour. He knows that lasting change comes from hundreds of tiny decisions - doing two push-ups a day, waking up five minutes early, or holding a single short phone call. …”
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Observation of the decays 𝐵0(𝑠) → Ds1(2536)∓K± by Aaij, R., Abdelmotteleb, A. S. W., Abellan Beteta, C., Abudinén, F., Ackernley, T., Adeva, B., Adinolfi, M., Adlarson, P., Afsharnia, H., Agapopoulou, C., Aidala, C. A., Ajaltouni, Z., Akar, S., Akiba, K., Albicocco, P., Albrecht, J.

“…\end{array}} $$ The first uncertainty is statistical, the second systematic, and the third arises from the uncertainty of the branching fraction of the B0 → D ¯ $$ \overline{D} $$ 0K+K− normalisation channel. The last uncertainty in the B s 0 $$ {B}_s^0 $$ result is due to the limited knowledge of the fragmentation fraction ratio, fs/fd. …”
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Active control of broadband sound through the open aperture of a full-sized domestic window by Lam, Bhan, Shi, Dongyuan, Gan, Woon-Seng, Elliott, Stephen J., Nishimura, Masaharu

“…Shutting the window is usually the last resort in mitigating environmental noise, at the expense of natural ventilation. …”
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Studying the effect of Eu3+ ion doping in perovskite solar cells by Muhammad Amir Mohamad Kamal

“…Perovskite solar cells have been attracting a lot of attention recently due to rapid improvements in its power conversion efficiency over the last decade. Their application in building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) is advancing with time and highly relevant for countries like Singapore where the land area available for solar farms is limited. …”
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Two sides of the same coin : boons and banes of machine learning in hardware security by Liu, Wenye, Chang, Chip Hong, Wang, Xueyang, Liu, Chen, Fung, Jason M., Mohammad Ebrahimabadi, Karimi, Naghmeh, Meng, Xingyu, Basu, Kanad

“…The last decade has witnessed remarkable research advances at the intersection of machine learning (ML) and hardware security. …”
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Phase diagram of superconducting vortex ratchet motion in a superlattice with noncentrosymmetry by Li, Shengyao, Zhang, Lijuan, Huang, Ke, Ye, Chen, Xing, Tingjing, Yang, Liu, Yang, Zherui, Qiang Zhu, Sun, Bo, Wang, Xueyan, Wang, Renshaw Xiao

“…Furthermore, we extrapolated a giant nonreciprocal coefficient ({\gamma}), which quantitatively describes the magnitude of the vortex ratchet motion, and eventually established phase diagrams of the ratchet motion of the vortices with a quantitative description. Last, we propose that the ratchet motion originates from the coexistence of pancake vortices (PVs) and Josephson vortices (JVs). …”
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Essays in dynamic pricing, channel control and channel competition by Song, Boqian

“…For a distribution system with multiple independent channels or two dependent channels, we characterize the structural properties of the optimal channel control policy. Last, we study a dynamic price competition game between two sellers selling substitutable perishable products over a fixed horizon. …”
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Synthesis and reactivity of electron-deficient phosphorus(III) compounds by Dordevic, Nemanja

“…However, these attempts yielded reaction products derived from an unexpected P-N bond cleavage whose mechanistic details are disclosed. The last portion of this work is focused on the activation of enthalpically strong E-H bonds (E = B, Si, C) using carbodicarbene-stabilized P-dications. …”
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