Bio-fuel-contaminated lubricant and hardening effects on the friction and wear of AISI 1045 steel by Maleque, Md. Abdul, Masjuki, H.H., Ishak, M.

“…A study has been made on the wear and fiction of hardened AISI 1045 steel using a pi-pin-ondisc type of fiction and wear apparatus. During the investigation the linear pin wear, coe@cient of friction and rise in pin specimen temperature were monitored and wear and fiction curues 'plotted. …”
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Novel opto-electronic and plastic fibre sensors by Ioannides, Nicos

“…The middle POF is coupled to a red LED and emits light onto a flat target with the two outer fibres receiving the reflected light from the target and guiding it to two silicon PIN photodiodes. Theoretical investigations on the behaviour of the sensor are presented for ranges between 0 mm and 100 mm, and for targets with different reflectivities. …”
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A review on safety practices at construction site by Abdul Razak, Nadeera, Tan, Chin Keng

“…Based on the review, there are ten safety practices found, i.e, safety policy, education and training, safety inspection and safety auditing, safety meeting, supervision, pink tickets, red and green zone demarcation, personal protective equipment (PPE), emergency support and safety measuring device and fall protection systems.…”
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Why Islamic legal system needs a shift by Kamaruddin, Zaleha

“…Although there had been much change, public criticisms still abound, and removing negative perceptions of the Islamic legal system requires consistent and concerted effort. IF a pink elephant is in a room with us, can we pretend it does not exist or be oblivious to it? …”
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Durability and tribological properties of thermally sprayed wc cermet coating under lubricated rolling-sliding contact by Nuruzzaman, D. M., Nakajima, A., Mawatari, T., Ali, Mohammad Yeakub

“…In the experiments, the WC cermet coated steel roller was mated with the carburized hardened steel roller without coating in line contact condition. The coated roller was mated with the smooth non-coated roller under a contact pressure of 1.0 or 1.2 GPa. …”
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Development of switchable planar reflectors for beam shaping realization by Abbasi, Muhammad Inam

“…Higher tunable loss factor of 1.91dB was demonstrated by liquid crystal based design as compared to tunable loss factor of 1.43dB shown by PIN diode based design. The investigations were further extended by carrying out equivalent circuit analysis of PIN diode based and liquid crystal based designs for detailed characterization of reconfigurable planar reflector designs. …”
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Characterization of cyclic plasticity type wear mechanism for titanium alloy, TI-6AL-4V on reciprocating sliding wear test by Mohd Harun, Dalila

“…Meanwhile for the contact pin, two different diameter cylinders are used i.e Ø6.5 mm and Ø12 mm. …”
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Enrichment of fruit wastes with white rot fungi under submerged state bioconversion by Jamal, Parveen, Saheed, Olorunnisola Kola, Alam, Md. Zahangir, Muyibi, Suleyman Aremu, Abdul Karim, Mohamed Ismail

“…On Banana and Pineapple (BPin) the protein content were recorded as18.05 and 15.75 mg/g, which was higher than Papaya and Pineapple (PinPw) and Banana and Papaya (BPw)composite. M6 has 15.4 and 9.78 mg/g on BPinPw, 13.84 and 13.59 mg/g on BPw, 20.82, and 22.97 mg/g on BPin and 18.29 and 11.59 mg/g on PinPw. …”
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Electrical breakdown and structural characterization in synthetic resins using optical techniques by Dodd, Stephen John

“…The early tree growth is shown to be driven by the high electrical field near the pin tip, which is itself dependent on the pin-plane electrode separation as well as the applied voltage. …”
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Development of remote operability CNC milling by ., Afzeri, Muhida, Riza, ., Darmawan

“…Attachment consists of three main equipments; material indexing device, Sub clamp with pin and vise index…”
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The system architecture of E-braille by using the microcontroller and external controller unit by Burhan, Muhammad Mansor, Toha, Siti Fauziah

“…This refreshable braille cell can refresh the character. The pin for each braille cell is controlled by using piezoelectric bimorph. …”
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Evaluation of classifiers in a pressure and latency-based typing biometric system by Moez Khan, Imran, ., Imama, Ushama, K. M., Aibinu, Abiodun Musa, Lai, Weng Kin

“…System authentication in present time relies on validation by some sort of a password or Personal Identification Number (PIN). However, if an intruder discovers this password or PIN, the user’s account can be easily compromised. …”
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An investigation of defect formation and growth in epoxy resin using light scattering methods by Perkins, Elaine Ann

“…The later has been attributed to failure occurring at the pin tip epoxy interface causing relaxation in the scattering volume. …”
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Multi-Mode Yagi Uda Patch Array Antenna With Non-Linear Inter-Parasitic Element Spacing by ISA, SITI RAHENA, JUSOH, MUZAMMIL, THENNARASAN SABAPATHY, THENNARASAN SABAPATHY, KAMARUDIN, MUHAMMAD RAMLEE, OSMAN, MOHAMED NASRUN, AKRAM ALOMAINY, AKRAM ALOMAINY

“…Applying the inter-parasitic element spacing’s optimization and minimizing the switching circuitry using four RF PIN diodes on the parasitic elements have contributed to the gain achievement of more than 7 dBi.…”
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Wear characteristics of Fe-C-Si and Fe-C-Al cast irons by Shaha, Sugrib Kumar, Haque, Md. Mohafizul, Khan, Ahsan Ali

“…In the present study, wear behavior of the Fe-C-Si and Fe-C-Al cast irons were investigated using a pin-on-disk type apparatus at room temperature. …”
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Biomechanical evaluation and new improvement on ankle external fixator by Ramlee, Muhammad Hanif

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Examining the temporal evolution of hypervelocity impact phenomena via high-speed imaging and ultraviolet-visible emission spectroscopy by Tandy, Jonathan D., Mihaly, Jonathan M., Adams, M. A., Rosakis, A. J.

“…Complementary laser-side-lighting [Mihaly et al., Int. J. Impact Eng. 62, 13 (2013); Proc. Eng. 58, 363 (2013)] and front-of-target (without laser illumination) images were also captured using a Cordin ultra-high-speed camera. …”
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The tribological behaviour of Fe-C-Al cast iron – effect of temperature by Maleque, Md. Abdul, Sugrib , S.

“…The wear and friction tests were conducted using universal pin-on-disk machine at 25 0C, 100 0C, 200 0C and 300 0C temperature. …”
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Low-loss paper-substrate triple-band-frequency reconfigurable microstrip antenna for sub-7 GHz applications by Singh, Ajit Kumar, Mahto, Santosh Kumar, Sinha, Rashmi, Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Al-Gburi, Ahmed Jamal Abdullah, Ahmad, Ashfaq, Kouhalvandi, Lida, Virdee, Bal Singh, Dalarsson, Mariana

“…In this paper, a low-cost resin-coated commercial-photo-paper substrate is used to design a printed reconfigurable multiband antenna. The two PIN diodes are used mainly to redistribute the surface current that provides reconfigurable properties to the proposed antenna. …”
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Identifying key drivers of food price inflation in Malaysia by Norazman, Umi Zakiah, Khalid, Haniza, Mat Ghani, Gairuzazmi

“…In Malaysia, food price inflation reached its highest level at 8.8% in mid-2008 compared to overall inflation of 5.5% for the same period, mainly blamed on the spike in world commodity prices. However, recent moves by the government to rationalize food and energy subsidies have also led to higher than normal headline inflation figures and cause public concern. …”
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