A comparative study of the difference between MFCC and PLP in the recognition of sound by Alim, Sabur Ajibola, Alang Md Rashid, Nahrul Khair, Rahman, Md. Mozasser

“…The identification rate using the RNN classifier and MFCC is 72.7%, 73.7%, 78.9% 57.1% and 58.3% for aircraft, car, rain, thunder and train respectively as compared to what was obtained by using MLP. 31.6%, 19.4%, 18.5%, 38.0% and 26.4% decline is achieved for aircraft, car, rain, thunder and train respectively when comparing between MLP and RNN for MFCC. As far as sound recognition using the input used in this experiment is concerned, MFCC outperforms PLP and MFCC and PLP using MLP as classifier.…”
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Integrating zakat, waqf and sadaqah: myint myat phu zin clinic model in Myanmar by Htay, Sheila Nu Nu, Syed, Ahmed Salman

“…Majority of the Muslim in Myanmar are the poor and unfortunate and there is a urgent need for them to get help especially in the case of health. When the background of the country is relooked, there are very limited donators for waqf, zakat and sadaqah. …”
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Comparison of empirical indoor propagation models for 4G wireless networks at 2.6 GHz by Zyoud, Al-Hareth, Chebil, Jalel, Habaebi, Mohamed Hadi, Islam, Md. Rafiqul, Zeki, Akram M.

“…The available propagation models’ accuracy is at question when applied to femtocell design and engineering. …”
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An efficient method of biometric matching using interpolated ECG data by Sidek, Khairul Azami, Sufi, Fahim, Khalil, Ibrahim, Al-Shammary, Dhiah

“…Results of experiments confirmed that the template matching using interpolation method achieved better accuracy (up to 4.46%) than the existing method without interpolation when using ECG data with lower sampling rate.…”
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Cooling of motorcyclist helmet with thermoelectric module by Hrairi, Meftah, Abdullah, Abdullah F., Ahmed, Mirghani Ishak

“…The system consists mainly of a heat sink and thermoelectric module. When electrical voltage is applied to the thermoelectric module, it will create a temperature difference across the thermoelectric module. …”
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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, Darsivan, Fadly Jashi

“…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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Problems of Eurocentric Views of History: An Examination of Certain Elementary Views about Colonialism in the Muslim World by Ahsan, Abdullah

“…Many expressed similar bewilderment over three decades ago when a revolutionary wave had shaken Iran. Why are the "pundits" of international politics so confused about the Muslim world? …”
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Firms’ speed of adjustment and rational financing behaviour: Malaysian evidence by Haron, Razali

“…These firms readjust instantaneously when they are off the target indicating low adjustment cost while the pecking order hypothesis seems to influence the financing decisions. …”
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Creating a two-way market via short selling and its potential use in the Islamic paradigm by Mohamad, Azhar

“…For most Muslim scholars, however, short selling is deemed undesirable when read in conjunction with the Hadith “la tabi’ ma laysa ‘indaka”, which carries a verbatim meaning of “sell not what is not with you”. …”
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A planar wideband microstrip patch antenna for UHF RFID tag by Bashri, M. S. R., Ibrahimy, Muhammad Ibn, Motakabber, S. M. A.

“…The simulation and measurement results show impedance bandwidth of 159 MHz and 155 MHz (Return loss ≥ 3 dB) respectively when mounted on metal plate. …”
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Isolation of individual hop iso-α-acids stereoisomers by β-cyclodextrin by Khatib, Alfi, Wilson, Erica G., Supardi, Moses, Verpoorte, Robert

“…Individual iso-α-acids that are responsible for the bitter taste of beer need to be isolated because these acids are required as reference standards in quantitative analysis and when studying the parameters which effect the quality of beer. …”
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Qur’anic prerequisits to developing scientific mind: a presentation by Gilani, Sayyid Muhammad Yunus

“…The emergence, developments and accomplishments of Islamic scientific trend are traced back to the advent of Islamic era when human mind had been radically reformed, and transformed from its irrational and superstitious tendency into a scientific nature. …”
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Characteristics of a circular loop antenna in the presence of a coaxial conducting BOR attached to a planar reflector by Hamed , Sameir M. Ali, Bashir, Saad Osman

“…The performance of the circular loop antenna (CLA) largely improves in terms of impedance matching and directive gain when a body of revolution (BOR)-type of reflector is placed symmetrically relative to the loop. …”
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Electromagnetic waves propagation in dust storms at millimetre wave band by Abdulwaheed, Musa, Bashir, Saad Osman

“…Attenuation in dry dust is only significant when the visibility becomes severe or at lower millimetric wave bands.…”
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Preliminary findings on the commute travel implications of stated preference female teleworkers in Kuala Lumpur by Mustafa, Mootaz Munjid, Kadar Hamsa, Abdul Azeez

“…Substantial evidences in the literature suggest that teleworking is more suited to women who when compared to men, experience more work/non-work role conflict and more career interruptions. …”
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Disaster management and faith-based organizations, an Islamic perspective by Bouafia, Mohammed, Zahari, Rustam Khairi

“…It has been found that Islamic basedorganizations usually have advantage and great potential to offer immediate assistance in disaster events and to involve in long-time recovery operations when outside agencies return back home.…”
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Comb-shaped piezoelectric beam configuration for wideband vibration based energy scavenging: Analytical and simulation results by Diyana, N. H., Abdul Muthalif, Asan Gani

“…However, to operate low powered electronic devices; especially when being placed in a remote area; micro scale energy scavenging comes into the light. …”
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Mobile technology for older people: use of personas by Abd Malik, Sofianiza, Azuddin, Muna

“…There are a number of problems with conventional techniques when using older people as participants. This was due to the fact that older people had an extremely wide range of characteristics and impairments compared to other groups. …”
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Multicollisions in sponge construction by Alahmad, Mohammad A., Alshaikhli, Imad Fakhri Taha, Nandi, Mridul

“…We showed that multicollisions in sponge construction of messages when the capacity c=n* yields to the same hash digest. …”
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Analysis of centrifugal dewatering: consolidation behaviour with and without supernatant by Fukuyama, Ryo, Tanaka, Takanori, Jami, Mohammed Saedi, Iwata, Masashi

“…The details of the dewatering process are as follows: 1. When the dewatering begins, the solid-liquid interface appears and it settles down dramatically. …”
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