State-of-art technologies to detect the DNA damage and repair in sperm and future outlook by Li, Qing, Guo, Juncen, Wu, Sixian, Shang, Lijun, Xu, Wenming

“…If the DNA in sperm is damaged, it may be unable to fertilize the egg, or if fertilization occurs, the resulting embryo may fail to progress normally or properly implant into the uterine lining. Sperm DNA fragmentation index (DFI) is a measurement used to determine the amount of sperm that have abnormal genetic material and has been becoming widely used in clinic. …”
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Carbon taxation in Singapore's semiconductor sector: a mini-review on GHG emission metrics and reporting by Li, Yuanzhe, Wang, Yan, Chong, Daphne, Xu, Zhongqi, Li, Luzi, Hu, Yuchun

“…However, in juxtaposition to these challenges, carbon taxation unveils a silver lining. It instigates semiconductor entities to recalibrate their operations, infusing energy-efficient technologies and pivoting towards renewable energy avenues. …”
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Antioxidant, α-glucosidase inhibitory, and cytotoxic activities of Mangifera rufocostata extract and identification of its compounds by LC-MS/ MS analysis by Mustikasari, Kamilia, Santoso, Mardi, Abu Bakar, Mohd Fadzelly, Sri Fatmawati, Sri Fatmawati

“…Antioxidant activity were evaluated by 2-2″-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid (ABTS), 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), and ferric reducing-antioxidant power (FRAP) tests. α-glucosidase inhibitory to prediction antidiabetic activity, and cytotoxic activity were studied against HT-29, HeLa, and MCF-7 cancer cell lines. The results showed that the methanol extract have the highest TFC, TPC, antioxidant, and α-glucosidase inhibitory activity. …”
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Stakeholders’ perception on critical cost variation factors in Malaysian building projects by Sohu, Samiullah, Abdullah, Abd Halid, Nagapan, Sasitharan, Ali Buriro, Ahsan, Kaleemullah, K.

“…The inferences drawn in this study can serve as a guide lines for construction stakeholders to achieve effective cost management in building projects.…”
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Body composition, lung function, blood pressure, and muscular strength: a comparative study by Sadeghimakki, Roham

“…Background: The loss of balance between components of body composition is significantly linked to a wide range of adverse clinical outcomes. …”
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Evaluating the accessibility and visibility of Quranic websites by Abu Bakar, Ahmad Bakeri

“…Higher quality websites tend to attract more links and rendered those websites as highly visible. …”
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Buying properties in Malaysia? Highlight on laws, policies and their implication on foreign land ownership by Mohamad, Nor Asiah

“…The laws and policies pertaining to foreign land ownership in Malaysia have seen tremendous changes for the past two decades. The reasons may be linked to economic, political and social factors. …”
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Buying properties in Malaysia? Highlight on laws, policies and their implication on foreign land ownership by Mohamad, Nor Asiah

“…The laws and policies pertaining to foreign land ownership in Malaysia have seen tremendous changes for the past two decades. The reasons may be linked to economic, political and social factors. …”
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Women’s public office positions in Islāmic jurisprudence: the case of Malaysia by Abdul Karim, Asar, Ghalia, Bouhedda, Ab Hamid, Mohd Rashid

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Revelation as the foundation of social reality: a paradigm of divine constructed reality by Jamil, Farooqui

“…The paper observes that this notion of reality and its construction is defective as it is not linked with truth and goodness. The social reality is the manifestation of some cardinal principles revealed by the Absolute Reality, which is the source and epitome of truth and goodness (Wallerstein, 1976). …”
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Social constructivism as an inquiry paradigm: understanding performance measurement practice in central government by Abdullah, Nur Anisah

“…The success of phenomenology and in-depth interviews rests heavily on researcher’s interviewing skills in drawing the details from interviewees, when and how to probe into certain aspects; and their data analysis ability in identifying, interpreting, clustering and exploring the links and relationship between emerging themes. …”
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Copper complexes of dinucleating octa-azamacrocyclic ligands by Dancey, Keith Philip

“…Three types of dinacleating tetraimine macrocycles have been prepared from 4,7-diaza-2,3;8,9-dibenzodecane-l,10-dione by condensation with the appropriate polyamine; I, large-ring octa-aza macrocycles e.g. the 28—membered ring compound 5,6,7,8,15,16,23,24,25,26,33,34— dodecahydrotetrabenzo(e,m,s,a’) (1,4,11,15,18,22,25) octaaza- cyclooctacosine and related 30- and 36- membered ring compounds; II, the "fused" bis(tetra-azamacrocycle) 5,6,7,8,22,23,24,25-octahydrotetrabenzo (f,f’1,1’) benzo (1,2-b:4,5-b’)- bis(1,4,8,)tetraazacyclotetradecine; III, the "Linked" bis(tetra-azamacrocycle) 5,6,7,8,24,25,26,27-octahydrotetrabenzo (f,f’,1,1)diphenyl(3,4-b:3’,4’-b’)bis(l,4,8,11)tetraazacyclotetradecine. …”
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Periodic array of complementary artificial magnetic conductor metamaterials-based multiband antennas for broadband wireless transceivers by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Naser-Moghadasi, Mohammad, Sadeghzadeh, Ramazan Ali, Virdee, Bal Singh, Limiti, Ernesto

“…This study presents the empirical results of a low-profile light-weight antenna based on a periodic array of the complementary artificial magnetic conductor metamaterial structure, which is realised by loading the antenna with E-shaped slits and inductive microstrip lines grounded using metallic via-holes. The finalised prototype antenna operates over a broadband of 0.41–4.1 GHz, which corresponds to a fractional bandwidth of 165.84%, and has dimensions of 40mm × 35mm × 1.6mm or 0.054λo × 0.047λo × 0.0021λo, where λo is free-space wavelength at operating frequency of 410 MHz. …”
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One-to-many reversible mapping for IPV6 address generation: Simulation software development by Hakiem, Nashrul, Siddiqi, Muhammad Umar

“…However, the dynamic address can be uniquely linked to the user (many-to-one mapping) if the need arises. …”
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The role of Islam in global inter religious dependence with particular reference to al-Faruqi by Ashimi, Tijani Ahmad

“…In fact, historically, Islam’s relation to other religions has been ideational. i.e linking the worldview of Islam, its view of God, of reality, of man of the world and history to the other religions. …”
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Handoff performance analysis for multihoming-based network mobility scheme by Islam, Shayla, Hassan Abdalla Hashim, Aisha, Habaebi, Mohamed Hadi, Hasan, Mohammad Kamrul

“…Besides, NEMO networks are usually attached through the wireless which results in less stable links. There could also be several Mobile Network Nodes (MNNs) behind the MR. …”
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Paving the way to environmental sustainability: a systematic review to integrate big data analytics into high-stake decision forecasting by Agrawal, Rohit, Islam, Nazrul, Samadhiya, Ashutosh, Shukla, Vinaya, Kumar, Anil, Upadhyay, Arvind

“…Additionally, it suggests a framework linking the factors to achieve environmental sustainability. …”
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Architecture of multiple authorship: beyond the academic year (book chapter) by Denicke-Polcher, Sandra

“…In this sense the Live Projects’ continuous involvement in a location establishes links, knowledge and a presence required for making a radical yet holistic development of public spaces. …”
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Determinants of online brand communities’ and millennials’ characteristics: a social influence perspective by Ozuem, Wilson, Willis, Michelle, Howell, Kerry, Lancaster, Geoff, Ng, Raye

“…Unlike other competing epistemologies, the authors developed a conceptual framework that links a holistic set of OBCs’ characteristics (brand sentiment, identification with source, affirmative experience, conspicuous effect) to consumers’ perceptions in the fashion sector. …”
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Optimizing Optical Attocells Positioning of Indoor Visible Light Communication System by Mohammed S. M. Gismalla, Mohammed S. M. Gismalla, Asrul I. Azmi, Asrul I. Azmi, Mohd R. Salim, Mohd R. Salim, Farabi Iqbal, Farabi Iqbal, Mohammad F. L. Abdullah, Mohammad F. L. Abdullah, Mosab Hamdan, Mosab Hamdan, Muzaffar Hamzah, Muzaffar Hamzah, Abu Sahmah M. Supa’at, Abu Sahmah M. Supa’at

“…The model of optical attocells has a critical role in the uniform distribution and the quality of communication links in terms of received power and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). …”
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