Twist analysis of piezoelectric laminated composite plates by Khan, Md. Raisuddin, Mahmood, Iskandar Al-Thani

“…Twist control of helicopter rotors, micromirrors or shafts in torsional oscillation are the active areas of research where smart materials like piezoceramic crystal or shape memory alloy can play vital roles. …”
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Banding for access related iscaemia : our experience in Kuantan, Malaysia by Othman, Ahmad Faidzal, Abdul Rahman, Mohd Norhisham Azmi

“…One of the recognized treatment strategies is banding of the fistula. We would like to present our result for the past year in employing this strategy in our local community in Kuantan, Malaysia…”
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Between monotheism and tawhid: a comparative analysis by Hashi, Abdurezak Abdulahi

“…In the contemporary academic domains, there are incidents where ‘monotheism’ and ‘tawhid’ are employed as synonymous terms; as if these concepts signify the same conceptual denotations about the belief and the unity of God; and as a result, religious faiths like Judaism, Christianity and Islam, are categorized as monotheists. …”
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On beauty: an Islamic perspective by El-Nagar, Hassan Abdelrazig

“…It starts off by identifying the real meaning of beauty in Lisan al-Arab, the famous Arabic lexicon and then attempts to explain the authentic tradition reported in Muslim in which Abdullah ibn Mas'ud relates that "Allah is Elegant and Beautiful and He like elegance and beauty". Here he researcher totally relies on the explanations of the two most noted Muslims in the area of metaphysics, namely Imam al-Ghazali and Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya.…”
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Where is the intelligence in computational intelligence? by Pathan, Al-Sakib Khan

“…However, the term is very frequently used in various fields of computer science like web intelligence, machine intelligence, artificial intelligence and overall in the computational intelligence. …”
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Arcosanti: grow, don't sprawl by Oropallo, Gabriele

“…The mass of Arcosanti seems to emerge from the Sonoran Desert like one of the many rocky formations that mushroom across the plains. …”
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Implementation and self-checking of different adder circuits by Hassan, Hasliza

“…Basically, all types of the complex adder circuits are made up from the simple adder circuits (or called basic building blocks of adder) like half adder and full adder.…”
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Implementation of wavelet analysis on thermal images for affective states recognition of children with autism spectrum disorder by Rusli, Nazreen, Sidek, Shahrul Na'im, Md Yusof, Hazlina, Ishak, Nor Izzati, Khalid, Madihah, Dzulkarnain, Ahmad Aidil Arafat

“…Though considered non-invasive, most of the current recognition methods require sensors to be patched on to the skin body to measure the signals. This would most likely cause discomfort to the children and mask their 'true' affective states. …”
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Annexin in plants by Phang, Ing Chia

“…Annexins are a diverse, multigene family of Ca2+-regulated phospholipids and membrane-binding protein. An annexin-like protein in higher plants was first discovered in 1989. …”
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An artificial-intelligence-based approach for audio steganography by Zamani, Mazdak, Taherdoost, Hamed, Abdul Manaf, Azizah, Ahmad, Rabiah, Zeki, Akram M.

“…The robustness specially would be increased against those intentional attacks which try to reveal the hidden message and also some unintentional attacks like noise addition as well.…”
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Health Risks of Overweight and Obesity - An Over View by Afridi, Aien Khan, Khattak, Muhammad Muzaffar Ali Khan, Safdar, Mahfara, Khan, Alam

“…Obesity is a risk factor for the development of various diseases like CHD, hypertension, stroke, NIDDM, osteoarthritis, sleep apnea and cancers of endometrium, breast, prostrate and colon. …”
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Speech coding techniques and algorithms by A.Kassim, Liban, Khalifa, Othman Omran, Gunawan, Teddy Surya

“…Due to the growing need for bandwidth conservation and enhanced quality in wireless cellular and satellite communication, the research of low bit rate speech coder with acceptable quality is becoming increasingly important. Applications like Digital cellular and satellite telephony, video conferencing and internet voice communications, all have an increasing demand efficient use of bandwidth without compromising the quality…”
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Security of present s-box by Taha, Imad, Salim, Sufyan

“…Resource efficient cryptographic primitives become fundamental for realizing both security and efficiency in embedded systems like RFID (Radio-Frequency IDentification) tags and sensor nodes. …”
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Ethical dimensions in robot creation industry by Shuriye, Abdi Omar

“…Being one of the salient fields, it has for long intrigued engineers as to how to invent the adjacent human-like machine that could emulate human emotions, styles and patterns in precisely identical mode. …”
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Integrated coastal management and town planning in Malaysia: concept and practice by Asmawi, M. Zainora

“…In Malaysia, research on coastal and estuarine areas is still new and fragmented between various disciplines, like coastal geomorphology, coastal engineering and marine biology, which tend to be institutionally or individually oriented. …”
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The appropriation of the local: public service radio past and present by Lewis, Peter M.

“…Public service broadcasting, what it means and how it has responded to the challenges of competition and, more recently, of digital innovation, is a topic which continues to engage those who, like me, see this form of broadcasting as an essential presence, but who have campaigned for a local, community-based contribution to the public sphere. …”
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Multifunctional iron oxide supported alumina/yttria stabilized zirconia hollow fiber adsorptive membrane for water treatment by Paiman, Syafikah Huda

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Modelling of impact on sandwich structure for fast maintenance loops by Castanie, Bruno, Aminanda, Yulfian, Schwob, Cyrille

“…To predict the residual strength of impacted sandwich, a core crush criterion is proposed and validated first with metallic skins and then with composite skins.…”
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Staphylococcal cassette chroromosome mec (SCCmec) typing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates from patients attending Tengku Ampuan Afzan hospital (HTAA)... by Mustafa, M. I, Alarosi, N. A., Mohammad Amjad, Nasser

“…Results: Four major sites were listed (Fig 3): skin and soft tissue infections 14 (50%), ENT infections 7 (25%), respiratory tract infections 1 (3.57%), blood stream infections 5 (17.85%), and other body fluids 1 (3.57%).Resistance to oxacillin was 100%, with an MIC >4 μg/mL. …”
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A study on the characterization of baobab (Adansonia digitate) fruit seed oil by Abdalkreem, Sara Babiker, Mirghani, Mohamed Elwathig Saeed, Kabbashi, Nassereldeen Ahmed, Alam, Md. Zahangir, Marikkar, Mohammed Nazrim

“…Baobab seed oil had been commonly used for skin care application since ancient times. However, during the last century, synthetic substitutes have become available and have been used to replace natural seed oils. …”
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