Trade openness, exchange rate, gross domestic investment, and growth in Indonesia by Yusoff, Mohammed, ., Ilza Febrina

“…All the estimated coefficients of the long run equation have the correct positive signs and significant at least at 5 percent level. Specifically, a one percent increase in trade openness leads to about 26.5 percent increase in Indonesian real GDP in the long-run; a one percent increase in domestic investment will spur GDP by 1.8 percent, and a one percent depreciation of rupiah promotes GDP by about 6.4 percent in the long-run. …”
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Preliminary analyses on detection of SYT-SSX fusion-transcripts in Synovial Sarcoma by Effendy Goon, Danial, Harun, Norra, Muhammad, Siti Aeshah @ Naznin, A.Talib, Norlelawati

“…Introduction: Synovial Sarcoma is a rare cancer and account for 5-10% of adult soft tissue sarcomas. The tumour exhibits unspecified histogenesis composed primarily of spindle cells with variable epithelial components. …”
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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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Trapping single cells: Comparison between Sandwiched Insulation with Back Contact (SIBC) and Planar Biochip by Ibrahim, Siti Noorjannah, Murray, Lynn, Evans, John J., M.Alkaisi, Maan

“…The electric field intensity results simulated using Comsol v3.5a software indicated that DEP force generated from the SIBC biochip are greater than the planar biochip design. …”
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Economic scenario of cellulase enzyme production using Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) by Karim, A.N. Mustafizul, Hamdan, Hamdan, Alam, Md Zahangir, Iqbal, M.

“…With a conservative view of 5% escalation of recurring costs and a target of 70% capacity utilization an NPV of MYR 2,5 million was found to be achievable for a 10% discount rate and a plant life of 10 years,. …”
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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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Study of material removal rate and electrode wear ratio for micro electrical discharge milling of AISI 420 and Stavax ESR by Mohammad, Yeakub Ali, Khan, Ahsan Ali, Hamzah, Munirah, Khalid, Nor Azura

“…The optimized values of gap voltage and feed rate are 100 V and 6 μm.s-1 for both materials. However, the optimized capacitance is 8.55 nF and 1 nF for AISI 420 and Stavax ESR respectively. …”
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Full-length characteristics of hepatitis C virus genotype 3 in acutely infected patient by Hamzah, Hairul Aini, Mustafa Mahmoud, Mohammed Imad Al-Deen, Hasmoni, Mohamed Hadzri, Seman, Ramli, Abdullah, Nasuruddin

“…Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was employed to amplify the conserve regions of 5’UTR and NS5B for pre-genotyping purposes. Novel primers were designed to amplify multiple segments of HCV genome. …”
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Development, validation and evaluation of guided-imagery and relaxation audio for children by Othman, Azizah, Buang, Muhammad Junaidi, Taib, Mai Nurul Ashikin, Mohamad, Norsarwany, Nasir, Ariffin

“…Twenty-three participants (5 adults, 18 children) listened to the audio and completed evaluation form. …”
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Trapping tetracycline loaded nanoparticles into polycaprolactone fiber networks for periodontal regeneration therapy. by Wan Abdul Khodir, WK, Guarino, V, Alvarez Perez, MA, Cafiero, C, Ambrosio, L

“…Chitosan nanoparticles loaded with different levels of tetracycline hydrochloride (up to 5% wt) were prepared by solution nebulization induced by electrical forces (i.e. electrospraying). …”
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Design and manufacture of a ten ton capacity wedge jack by Azim, M. Anwarul, Amin, A. K. M. Nurul, Khan, Ahsan Ali

“…Safety factors in the range from 1.5 to 3.5 for various parts of the Jack have been ensured by the design. …”
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Time domain feature extraction technique for earth’s electric field signal prior to the earthquake by Astuti , Winda, Sediono, Wahju, Akmeliawati, Rini, Salami, Momoh Jimoh Emiyoka

“…In that period of time, 13 earthquakes had occurred. 6 of them were recorded with magnitudes greater than Ms=5R (5R), while 7 of them were recorded with magnitudes greater than Ms=6R (6R). …”
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Study of prevalence and etiological factors in relation with recurrent admissions of patients in Psychiatric department at Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan, Kuantan,Pahang, Malaysia by Ali, Syed Masroor, Musa, Ramli, Al-Ani, Ali Sabri Radeef, Abu Bakar, Ahmad Zafri

“…. • To interview, using questionnaires about mental illness, precipitating factors, high expressed emotion, and psychiatric services. Results: In 5 months admitted patients 172 (Males: 92, Females: 80). 132 (76.7%) were re admitted. …”
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The relationship between microstructure and fracture toughness of zirconia toughened alumina (ZTA) added with MgO and CeO2 by Rejab, Nik Akmar, Ahmad Azhar, Ahmad Zahirani, Ratnam, Mani Maran, Ahmad, Zainal Arifin

“…On the other hand, the ZTA with CeO2 addition of 0.5 to 7 wt.% showed both crack bridging and deflection, and produced 5.78 ± 0.16 MPa · √m to 6.59 ± 0.23 MPa · √m fracture toughness values, respectively. …”
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Optimization of low normal force contact spring by Bhuiyan, Moinul

“…To determine an appropriate hertz stress by several radius contact R (5-200μm) with low normal force (0.10N-0.16N at 0.45mm) is designed. …”
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Optimum light conditions for larval rearing of tiger grouper Epinephelus Fuscoguttatus by Mukai, Yukinori, Mohammad Seth, Siti Nasihin

“…The temperature was maintained at 27.5-28.5oC. Larvae were sampled to examine the survival rate and growth rate. …”
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A study of Paraoxonase-1 192 gene polymorphism in coronary artery disease by Muhammad Musa, Nurul Ashikin, Abdullah, Nor Zamzila, A.Talib, Norlelawati, Nik Ahmad, Nik Nur Fatnoon

“…The Q192R polymorphism was significantly associated with CAD (p = 0.004), where the 192R allele was found to be more frequent in CAD patients than controls (0.618 vs 0.513) with QR genotype being the commonest (45.5%), followed by RR (39.0%) and QQ (15.5%) genotypes. …”
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Time domain feature extraction technique for earth's electric field signal prior to the earthquake by winda, Astuti, Sediono, Wahju, Akmeliawati, Rini, Salami, Momoh Jimoh Eyiomika

“…In that period of time, 13 earthquakes had occurred. 6 of them were recorded with magnitudes greater than Ms=5R (5R), while 7 of them were recorded with magnitudes greater than Ms=6R (6R). …”
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Spatial concentrations of Lead and Copper in bottom sediments of Langkawi coastal area, Malaysia by Yunus, Kamaruzzaman, Muhamad Tajudin, Nur Shuhada, John, Akbar, Saad, Shahbudin, Khan Chowdhury, Ahmed Jalal, Ong, Meng Chuan, Al-Barwani, Said Mohd, Goddard, J Stephen

“…Surface sediment samples were collected from 5 different zones of the Langkawi coastal waters, Malaysia to determine the concentration of Lead (Pb) and Copper (Cu) by using the sensitive Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (ICP-MS). …”
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Production of newcastle disease virus by vero cells grown on cytodex 1 microcarriers in a 2-litre stirred tank bioreactor by Arifin, Mohd Azmir, Mel, Maizirwan, Abdul Karim, Mohamed Ismail, Ideris, Aini

“…Statistical analysis showed that themaximum virus titer can be achieved at virus sample concentration of 58.45% (v/v), centrifugation speed of 13729 rpm, and centrifugation time of 4 hours. …”
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