Critical reading in English as a second language by Muhamad, Ainon Jariah, Mohd. Asraf, Ratnawati

“…It is also an indication that there is still a lot to be done to improve students’ ability to think and read critically, and should be reflected in the curriculum, especially when English is used as the medium of tertiary level instruction. …”
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Artificial neural network based hysteresis compensation for piezoelectric tube scanner in atomic force microscopy by Othman, Yahya Sheriff, Mahmood, Iskandar Al-Thani, Alang Md Rashid, Nahrul Khair, Ridhuan Siradj , Fadly Jashi Darsivan

“…Hysteresis problem appears when positioning is needed at wide range. In this paper, a feed forward multi-layer neural network (MLNN) is trained to shape a proper control signal based on reference input and actual output signals. …”
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The structural integrity assessment of a liquid filled tank and the carrier vehicle during transportation, accident fall, and upon sudden brake application by Shah, Qasim Hussain

“…Liquid cargo contained in a partially filled tank is known to experience sloshing movement when subjected to maneuvering disturbances. Large amplitude of liquid slosh can be induced within a partially filled road tank vehicle under mild to severe maneuvers, within may severely affect the structural integrity of the tank. …”
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Waqf land administrations- a comparative studies between State Islamic Religious Councils (SIRCS) of Johor and Selangor by Ibrahim, Mansor

“…Waqf is an Islamic concept of trust when an owner donates a land or property for a specific or general welfare of Muslim community. …”
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Anthropometric measurements of the human distal femur: A study of the adult malay population by Abd. Aziz, Azian, Zulkifly, Ahmad Hafiz

“…In conclusion, although it is well established that Asians have a smaller distal femur size than that of the Western population, the variations in different Asian ethnicities may need to be considered when designing the appropriate knee implant.…”
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Intelligent system for predicting the price of natural gas based on non-oil commodities by Chiroma, Haruna, Abdulkareem, Sameem, Abubakar, Adamu, Zeki, Akram M., Ya'u Gital, Abdulsalam

“…The validation of the intelligent system indicated a Regression (R) = 0.79972 when the reserved datasets were tested on the intelligent system. …”
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Dynamics behavior of Endoglucanase from Fusarium oxysporum by Noorbatcha, Ibrahim Ali, S., Waesoho, Mohd. Salleh, Hamzah

“…In this work we employ molecular dynamics simulation of an endoglucanase from Fusarium oxysporum (EGFO) to understand the reasons behind the loss of enzyme activity when the temperatures is increased form 40°C to 80°C. …”
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A concept study on community based disaster management system in Malaysia by Ajayi, Binyamin Adeniyi, Hussein, Bakhtiyar A, Naseer, Mustafa, Ahmad Dahlan, Abdul Rahman

“…This will invariably be a step towards the realization of a minimal after effect of such incidences when they inevitably occurred.…”
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The influence of ageing on the impact damage of carbon epoxy composites by Mokhtar, Hanan, Sicot, Olivier, Rousseau, Jérôme, Aminanda, Yulfian, Aivazzadeh, Shahram

“…This study looks into the influence of ageing on the carbon epoxy composite when impact is applied. Three different stacking sequences were investigated, one sequence with the classic lay-up, whereas the other two have quasiisotropic and quasi-homogeneous behaviour. …”
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Production of recombinant protein by gene cloning from mammalian cell culture by Bakhtiar, M. Taher, Arief Ichwan, Solachuddin Jauhari

“…The mutation of p53 is one of the most common events found in human cancers. When p53 is lost of its function this may permit the cell to divide without control. …”
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Production of recombinant p53 protein by PCR-based site directed mutagenesis of plasmid DNA by Bakhtiar, M. Taher, Arief Ichwan, Solachuddin Jauhari, Abdullah, Zafirah L.

“…The p53 tumor suppressor protein plays a central role in the cellular response to DNA damage by controlling genes involved in cell cycle arrest and apoptosis. When p53 is lost of its function this may permit the cell to divide without control. …”
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Starting solution for some oscillatory rotating flows of magnetohydrodynamic second-grade fluid through porous space by Khan, M., Safdar, Tanzeela, Azram, Mohammad

“…The results are presented as a sum of steady-state and transient solutions. In the limiting case when α1 goes to zero, our solutions reduce to those for a Newtonian fluid. …”
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Forecasting of monthly temperature variations using random forests by Nyein Naing, Wai Yan, Htike@Muhammad Yusof, Zaw Zaw

“…The model operates on patterns of the time series seasonal cycles which simplifies the forecasting problem especially when a time series exhibits nonstationarity, heteroscedasticity, trend and multiple seasonal cycles. …”
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QOS downlink schedulers in LTE towards 5G network by Al-Sakkaf, Ahmed Gaafar, Abdullah, Khaizuran, Khan, Sheroz

“…However, LTE packet scheduling and distributing resources among users is still the main challenge due to unfairness and low performance which occur when allocating resources to users. In this paper, the above mentioned challenges are studied and analysed, focusing on three schedulers; they are Proportional Fair (PF), Maximum Throughput (MT) and Blind equal throughput (BET). …”
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A study on automated traction control system of an electrical golf car by Rahman, Mohammed Ataur, Mohiuddin, A. K. M., Ihsan, Sany Izan

“…A slope sensor is used in the proposed system to enhance the power supply to the driving motor when the vehicle will be in the grade of 10%–20%. …”
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DTASR: Dual Threshold-based authentication for secure routing in mobile adhoc network by Khan, Burhan ul Islam, Olanrewaju, Rashidah Funke, Baba, Asifa Mehraj, Mir, Roohie Naaz, Lone, Sajad Ahmad

“…The proposed illustrates an enhanced ability of communication performance when compared to conventional secure routing schemes.…”
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Contractors' strategies in joint venture during economic growth and economic downturn by Abdul Aziz, Nur 'Izzati, Hasan, Sharina Farihah

“…The paper concludes that not all of the strategies highlighted in literatures are significant to be considered during the time when the economy is registering positive and negative economic growth. …”
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Involving Psychometric Tests for Input Device Evaluation with Older People by Mahmud, Murni, Kurniawan, Sri Hastuti

“…This paper presents a preliminary study of using psychometric tests when testing input devices with older people. An experiment with twelve older computer users evaluating three commonly use input devices (mouse, touch screen, and tablet-with-stylus) in two common computer tasks (browsing and playing solitaire), proceed by a questionnaire and psychometric tests (Simple Reaction Time,Mini Mental State Exam and Identical Picture), and concluded with debriefing interviews, is described. …”
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Performance evaluation of drilling tools during machining plain Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) by Konneh, Mohamed, Zaini, Mohamad Hamzi

“…It was observed that minimal delamination at entry and exit is achieved when using TIAlN at high spindle speed and feed.…”
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Evaluation of elastomeric models for engine mountings applications by Ladipo, Ismail, Darsivan, Fadly Jashi, Faris, Waleed Fekry

“…With the relative advantages of semi-active mode over active mode and passive mode, the dynamic analysis of the behaviours of elastomers when used in the semi-active mode requires more attention. …”
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