Iterative spatial sectoring algorithm: a computer based approach to determining area of irregular closed space and tumor volume by Aboaba, Abdulfattah A., Hameed, Shihab Ahmed, Khalifa, Othman Omran, Hassan Abdalla Hashim, Aisha, Harun, Rahmat H., Mohd Zain, Nurzaini Rose

“…The approximation made at the stage of finding the area would affect the determination of brain tumor volume and shape when it is eventually used in its calculation. The Iterative Spatial Sectoring algorithm presented in this paper is the stepwise approach of a novel idea leading to precise determination of area of irregular snaky edged close space. …”
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Is zakat fund collected investible? by Awang, Abdul Bari, Mhd. Sarif, Suhaimi, Ismail, Yusof

“…They worried that the zakat authority could not follow the conditions when it investing zakat surplus. For future research, the study suggests to interview contemporary Muslim scholars and zakat practitioners to search for alternatives for zakat surplus investment.…”
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Intelligent human posture recognition in video sequences by Khalifa, Othman Omran, Htike Ali, Kyaw Kyaw, Lai, Weng Kai

“…In the first stage, the system is trained and evaluated using a dataset of human postures to ‘teach’ the system to classify human postures for any future inputs. When the training and evaluation process is deemed satisfactory as measured by recognition rates, the trained system is then deployed to recognize human postures in any input video sequence. …”
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Travel website adoption among internet users in Klang Valley, Malaysia by Ahmad, Siti Nor Bayaah, Juhdi, Nurita

“…The instrument of act is one of the elements involved in marketing when studying buyer behavior. This instrument is explained in terms of the act of getting the desired object as well as the act involved in consuming the object. …”
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Biotransformation and stereoselective synthesis of pharmaceutical molecules from linoleic acid by Omar, Muhammad Nor, Muhd Nor, Nor Nazuha, Moynihan, Humphrey, Hamilton, Richard J.

“…The fluoro-derivatives 8, 9 and 10 were obtained in high yield when hydroxy-derivative 2, 3 and 4 were converted into their trimethylsilyl derivatives 5, 6 and 7 before treating with diethylaminosulphur trifluoride. …”
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Optimization of SC–CO2 extraction of zerumbone from Zingiber zerumbet (L) Smith by Nik Ab Rahman, Nik Norulaini, Omar, Anuar, A. K. M., Omar, F. M. Alkarkhi, Abbas, Setianto, Wahyu, Mohd Omar, Fatehah, Ferdosh, Sahena, Sarker, Md. Zaidul Islam

“…Pressure was the most significant parameter affecting the amount of each compound extracted. When temperature was kept constant and pressure was increased, all of the dependent variables increased concomitantly. …”
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TAL - a source of bacterial endotoxin detector in liquid biological samples by John, Akbar, Yunus, Kamaruzzaman, Khan Chowdhury, Ahmed Jalal, Kassim, Zaleha

“…Endotoxins (chemically known as Lipopolysaccharide) from gram-negative microorganisms initiates clot formation in blood when it is accidentally encountered by horseshoe crab blood stream. …”
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Accounting regulatory issues on investments in Islamic bonds by Abdul Rahman, Abdul Rahim

“…The examination of AAOIFI FAS 17 shows that AAOIFI has been pragmatic in its approach by considering both requirements when developing its standard. This is a pro-active step to provide a sound accounting regulation as part of a comprehensive regulation of Islamic financial institutions.…”
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Computer security and ethics awareness among IIUM students: an empirical study by Aliyu, Mansur, Abdallah, Nahel A. O., Lasisi, Nojeem A., Diyar, Dahir, Zeki, Ahmed M.

“…Furthermore, IT students were found to be more aware of internet security & ethics, but largely ignore this knowledge and are more engaged in unethical activities and illegal internet practices when compared with Education students.…”
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Qualitative to quantitative study for solid waste management by Kabbashi, Nassereldeen Ahmed, Daoud, Jamal Ibrahim, Mirghani, Mohamed Elwathig Saeed, Mohd Kasim, Norliana Hanani

“…Organizations that manage the solid waste at certain designated areas sometimes neglect the environmental elements when they carry out their collection of solid waste activities. …”
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Effects of pH and water turbulence on the growth of harmful algae pyrodintum bahamense var. compressum by Muhamad Shaleh, Sitti Raehanah, Edrews, Dianecia, Mohammad Noor, Normawaty, Anton, Ann

“…This study shows thatP bahamenseattained the highest cell density (616 cells mT:t; when grown at pH 8-5 without water motion. However, in the presence of Ilow water turbulence or water motion, the cell density is relatively low (128 cells ml,-r) at pH 8.5. …”
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A Comparative study between Muhammad Iqbal’s and Robert Browning’s Concerns with free-will versus determinism within the contexts of aestheticism and ethics by Mohd Ramli, Aimillia

“…The great Muslim poet-philosopher Muhammad Iqbal was perhaps full of admiration for the Victorian poet Robert Browning when, in Reconstructions of Religious Thoughts in Islam, he mentions that that the later “turns the impossibility [of absolute knowledge] to ethical use by a very ingenious argument. …”
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Study review on nominal characteristic trajectory following controller for point-to-point positioning systems by Yakub, Mohd Fitri Mohd, Akmeliawati, Rini

“…In this case, the system performance is expected to be the same or as close as its performance when the system is in normal condition. PTP positioning systems need a good controller to achieve high speed and high precision motion. …”
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The crystallinity and hardness properties of Al-Cu/SiCp new composite materials by Arifutzzaman, A., Maleque, Md. Abdul, Debnath, Sujan

“…The results indicated that a significant crystal growth was occurred in the composite materials due to increase of Cu from 2 to 4 % whereas a slight improvement of crystallinity was observed when the Cu percentage was increased from 4 to 6 % in the matrix. …”
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Sub-nano seconds UWB pulse shaping with reduced ringing phenomenon by Shahid, Zeeshan, Khan, Sheroz, Alam, A. H. M. Zahirul

“…A capacitor (in the μF range) is connected in series for reducing ringing phenomenon considerably as is shown by the simulation results when compared with what is reported in recent citations. …”
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Women participation on the boards of Malaysian companies and firm performance by Ku Ismail, Ku Nor Izah, Abdullah, Shamsul Nahar

“…Using normalized Tobin’s q as a measure of performance, we find that firms with women directors perform poorer than those without women, at a 10 percent significant level. On the other hand, when the ROA is employed, firms with women on boards perform better than those without women, at a 10 percent significant level. …”
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Intellectual capital disclosure trends: some Malaysian evidence by Ahmed Haji, Abdifatah, Mohd Ghazali, Nazli Anum

“… Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the trend of intellectual capital disclosures (ICD) over a three-year period (2008-2010), when the Malaysian business environment was characterized by a number of major events such as the recent 2008/2009 global financial crisis and corporate governance restructuring. …”
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A new multicast-based architecture to support host mobility in IPv6 by M. Ali, Borhanuddin, Habaebi, Mohamed Hadi, AI-Talib, Sahar

“…The branches of the tree grow and shrink to reach the mobile node when necessary The mobile node is assigned a multicast address and the correspondent nodes (CNs) send packets to the multicast group. …”
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Dry micro-electro-discharge machining of carbon-nanotube forests using sulphur-hexafluoride by Saleh, Tanveer, Dahmardeh, Masoud, Nojeh, Alireza, Takahata, Kenichi

“…The N2 environment produces smaller discharge gap when 10 V is used; however, both the quality and rate of machining are somewhat lower in this case. …”
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Best practice of framing and communicating school goals by principals of cluster secondary schools Malaysia: perceptions of principals, teacher-administrators and teachers by Salleh, Mohamad Johdi

“…The findings of the study indicate that the ‘use of data on student academic performance’ were highly used when framing school goals with highest mean score 4.26 and its standard deviation standing at 0.808. …”
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