Mediation and empowering older people to resolve interpersonal conflicts leading to elder abuse and contribute to its prevention: an exploratory study by Craig, Yvonne Joan

“…The triangulated methodology includes participant observation of mediation with older people in Atlanta, Kansas and San Francisco in America, where it was first established, ethnographic studies of the work of the British Elder Mediation Project (EMP for Empowerment), and a video survey researching relevant British social attitudes to mediation. …”
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Existence of p-adic quasi Gibbs measure for countable state Potts model on the Cayley tree by Mukhamedov, Farrukh

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The effect of palm oil diesel fuel contaminated lubricant on sliding wear of cast irons against mild steel by Masjuki, H.H., Maleque, Md. Abdul

“…This was done on three types of cast iron, namely spheroidal graphite, flake graphite and chilled cast iron against a mild steel disc configuration using a pin-on-disc type of friction and wear apparatus. …”
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Virtual simulation and remote desktop interface for CNC milling operation by Afzeri, Afzeri, Sutjipto, Agus Geter Edy, Muhida, Riza, Konneh, Mohamed, ., Darmawan

“…Capability of remote operation is supported by an auto setup attachment with a reconfigurable pin type setup free technology installed on the table of CNC milling machine to perform unattended machining process. …”
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Substrate integrated waveguide cavity backed frequency reconfigurable antenna for cognitive radio applies to internet of things applications by AL-Fadhali, Najib, A. Majid, Huda, Omar, Rosli, H. Dahlan, Samsul, Ashyap, Adel Y. I., M. Shah, Shaharil, A. Rahim, Mohamad K., F. Esmail, Bashar A.

“…Reconfiguration of frequency bands is achieved using PIN diodes. The antenna resonated at 2.624, 2.664, 2.720, 2.752, 4.304, 4.532, 4.556, 5.236, 5.304, 5.368, 5.332, and 5.392 GHz. …”
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Comparison of microwave path lengths between temperate and tropical region based on effects of rain by Ulaganathen , Kesavan, Tharek , Abdul Rahman, Islam, Md. Rafiqul

“…However, important parameter need to consider in the path reduction factor is the maximum e®ective path length for a particular link at speci¯c operating frequency. This paper presents the summary of allowable path length for designing terrestrial microwave link at particular operating frequency at temperate and tropical region. …”
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An ontological framework for assisting people with disabilities in organisations by Ulman, Michael

“…The OntoCarer-Link-Ontology is an ontology of properties used to link the assisted actions with the assister actions, and so create an assistive social network for an organisation. …”
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Analysis of the Rain Effects on Terrestrial Free Space Optics Based on Data Measured in Tropical Climate. by Ahmad Zabidi, Suriza, Islam, Md. Rafiqul, Wajdi, Al Khateeb, Ahmed Wathik, Naji

“…However, the feasibility of using FSO system as communication link very much depends on local weather. Since tropical region experiences heavy rainfall, rain with high intensity is expected to affect the FSO link severely. …”
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Ethyl 1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2-[2-(methylsulfanyl)ethyl]-1H-benzimidazole-5-carboxylate by Hamzah, Nurasyikin, Ngah, Nurziana, Abd Hamid, Shafida, Abdul Rahim, Aisyah Saad

“…Weak C-HO hydrogen bonds further link these dimers into chains propagating along the a axis. …”
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Istihsan : the doctrine of juristic preference in Islamic law by Kayadibi, Saim

“…This area of legislation has been investigated by many researchers and scholars; however, the research work conducted to evaluate the true nature and role of isti�sān with regard a combination of classical and modern approaches still requires further investigation. …”
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Tribological behavior of dual and triple particle size SiC reinforced Al0MMCs: a comparative study by Maleque, Md. Abdul, Karim, Md Rezaul

“…The wear test was carried out using a pin-on-disc type tribo-test machine under dry sliding condition. …”
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Reverse engineering of automotive piston by Arifutzzaman, A., Maleque, Md. Abdul

“…The wear test was performed using pin-on-disk (POD) machine. The tensile test results showed that the ultimate tensile strength and modulus of elasticity of the piston were 215 MPa and 73 GPa respectively, whereas the Vickers hardness number of this material was found to be 155 HV0.5kgf. …”
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Electronically reconfigurable and conformal triband antenna for wireless communications systems and portable devices by Hussain, Musa, Ali, Esraa Mousa, Awan, Wahaj Abbas, Hussain, Niamat, Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, Falcone, Francisco

“…This is achieved by connecting two open-ended stubs to a modified triangular patch radiator using PIN diodes. The antenna’s performance was optimized using a 3D electromagnetic solver and its performance was verified through measurements. …”
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Genetic algorithm optimisation for fuzzy control of wheelchair lifting and balancing by Ahmad, Salmiah, Tokhi, M. Osman, Toha, Siti Fauziah

“…The lifting of the chair is done by transforming the first link, attached to the front wheels (casters) to the upright position while maintaining stability of the second link where the payload is attached. …”
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A cost and delay estimation of a suite of low-cost adaptive routers for hierarchical torus network by Rahman, M.M. Hafizur, Akhand, M. A. H

“…Three deadlock-free adaptive routing algorithms called link-selection, channel-selection, and a combination of link-selection and channel-selection was proposed for the efficient use of physical links and virtual channels of an HTN to improve dynamic communication performance. …”
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Availability evaluation of scalable complex networks by Al-Khateeb, Wajdi Fawzi Mohammed, Al-Khateeb, Khalid A. Saeed, Al-Irhayim, Sufyan

“…Two formulas are developed for the availability evaluation of the n-tuple bridge complex network, one for arbitrary link availability and a second for identical link availability.…”
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An introduction to swarming robotics: application development trends by Zainal Abidin, Zulkifli

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Modeling and control of a multi degree of freedom flexible joint manipulator by Akhtaruzzaman, Md., Akmeliawati, Rini, Teh, Wai Yee

“…Since lightweight materials are employed in the construction of manipulator, the assumption that negligible link deformation no longer applies. A nonlinear passivitybased control method for rigid flexible joint as well as flexible link is proposed here. …”
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A modified weight optimisation for higher-order neural network in time series prediction by Husaini, Noor Aida

“…The MCS-MCMC results is further benchmarked with the standard Multilayer Perceptron, standard Pi-Sigma Neural Network (PSNN), Pi-Sigma Neural Network-Modified Cuckoo Search, Pi-Sigma Neural Network-Markov chain Monté Carlo, standard Functional Link Neural Network (FLNN), Functional Link Neural Network-Modified Cuckoo Search and Functional Link Neural Network-Markov chain Monté Carlo which emphasis in optimising the accuracy rate. …”
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Active vibration isolation system to improve free space optics communication by Abdul Muthalif, Asan Gani, Turahim, Khairiah K., Ab Rahim, Syazwani

“…A Free Space Optics (FSO) link consists of a transmitter and a receiver telescope which requires a continuous alignment for successful transmission of data. …”
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