The investigation of soil dielectric influence towards terrestrial background radiation by Mohd Jafery, Khawarizmi

“…Selangor Kangkong soil dominated the higher value of complex permittivity (2.6-4.5) and the lowest was found in Peat (1.5 -2.5). …”
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An optimal circular 16-QAM modulation technique for wavelet and fourier based OFDM by Abdullah, Khaizuran, Ismail, Ahmad Fadzil, Hashim, Wahidah, Hussain, Zahir

“…Of all Biorthogonal families, bior5.5 is the most out-performed one when using circular and square 16-QAM respectively.…”
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Purification and characterization of a bacterial phytase whose properties make it exceptionally useful as a feed supplement by Greiner, Ralf, Farouk, Abd Elaziem Aziem

“…The purified enzyme exhibited a single pH optimum at 4.5. Optimum temperature for the degradation of phytate was 65�C. …”
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The standard anatomical textbook of Islam : the manuscript of Tashrih-i Mansuri in National Library of Medicine -USA by Ziaee, Ali Akbar

“…It consists of an introduction followed by 5 chapters on the 5 'systems' of the body. A concluding section on compound organs, such as the heart and brain, and on the formation of the fetus, was illustrated with a diagram showing a pregnant woman. …”
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Silica supported amorphous molybdenum catalysts prepared via sol–gel method and its catalytic activity by Adam, Farook, Mohamed Iqbal, Mohammad Anwar

“…UV–Vis diffuse reflectance analysis and XPS analysis indicated the co-existence of Mo5+ and Mo6+ species when the incorporation was done in acidic medium. …”
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A breathing microbattery: Zn/MCM-41/O2 system by Saputra, Hens, Assayidatul Laila, Nor Hairin, Sutjipto, Agus Geter Edy, Muhida, Riza, Mohd Hanafi, Ani, Othman, Raihan

“…A high energy density, Zn/MCM-41/O2 microbattery of 1.5 V, measured 1 cm2 area and 100 μm thick, was able to produce current as high as 27 mA. …”
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Effects on the Forward Bias Characteristics of Neutron Irradiated Si and GaAs Diodes by Che Omar, Nuurul Iffah, Alang Md Rashid, Nahrul Khair, Abdullah, J., Abdul Karim, J., Hasbullah, Nurul Fadzlin

“…The diodes were irradiated using the Pneumatic Transfer System (PTS) facility in Malaysian Nuclear Agency with neutron fluences up to 1012 neutron/cm2.s for an exposure time of 1, 3 and 5 min. The Forward Bias (FB) current-voltage (I-V) characteristics and doping profiles of the diodes were recorded before and after irradiation. …”
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Field-emission-assisted approach to dry micro-electro-discharge machining of carbon-nanotube forests by Saleh, Tanveer, Dahmardeh, Masoud

“…This effect allows the process to be performed at very low discharge energies, approximately 80�smaller than in the conventional normal-polarity case, with the machining voltage and tolerance down to 10V and 2.5 lm, respectively, enabling high-precision high-aspect-ratio micropatterning in the forests. …”
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Mechanical properties of green recycled polypropylene composites: effect of maleic anhydride grafted polypropylene (MAPP) coupling agent by Zulkifli, Nur Izzati, Samat, Noorasikin

“…The obtained results show that the tensile and impact strengths of the composites were significantly enhanced with the addition of MAPP loading from 2 to 5 wt%, as compared with unfilled rPP/MCC composites. …”
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Isolation of individual hop iso-α-acids stereoisomers by β-cyclodextrin by Khatib, Alfi, Wilson, Erica G., Supardi, Moses, Verpoorte, Robert

“…The separation from the mixture of stereoisomers was achieved by complexation, using ethanol:water (1:2, v/v) as a solvent at a temperature of 50 °C for 30 min. …”
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Statistical optimization of bioethanol production from empty fruit bunches by a mixed culture of yeast and fungus by Alam, Md. Zahangir, Zainal, Nur Hidayah, Al-Khatib, Ma'an Fahmi Rashid

“…The validity of the model was verified and the optimum value of pH 5.5, agitation of 150rpm and 0.3% of KH2PO4 led to a maximum bioethanol production of 7.4 g/l. …”
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Experimental investigation of the base flow from the nozzles with sudden expansion by Chaudhary, Zakir Ilahi, Shinde, Vilas B., Bashir, Musavir, Khan, Sher Afghan

“…If base drag reduction is the aim, NPR 11 and L/D range from 10 to 5 seem to be the choice for that. If base suction enhancement is desired, Mach number in the range 2.5 to 3.0 and L/D 10 to 4 seem to be the choice.…”
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Blood-pressure and cholesterol lowering in persons without cardiovascular disease by Yusuf, Salim, Phi, D., Lonn, Eva, Pais, Prem, Bosch, Jackie, López‑Jaramillo, Patricio, Md Aris, Mohd Aznan, Mohd Shah, Azarisman Shah, ., et. al

“…The median follow-up was 5.6 years.…”
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Sewage sludge as potential resource for the production of cellulase: statistical optimization of media constituent of sludge by Drani , Afifah, Alam, Md. Zahangir, Muyibi, Suleyman Aremu

“…The statistical analysis of experimental result showed that the optimum media constituent for cellulase production using sewage sludge as the major substrate, containing 1.5% cellulose and 0.5% peptone, supplemented with 0.25% KH2PO4, 0.2% tween 80, and 0.03% MgSO4 gave the maximum cellulase activity of 21.33 U/ml (CMCase activity). …”
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Biodegradable PLA-Kenaf fibre biocomposite for cleaner environment by Anuar, Hazleen, Ahmad, Zuraida, F., Fuad

“…Further, it was predicted that biodegradability may be increased up to 34.5% by prolong the burial of reinforced PLA biocomposite in the soil up to 80 days.…”
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Integrated attitude determination and control system via magnetic measurements and actuation by Mohammad Abdelrahman, Mohammad Ibraheem, Park, Sang-Young

“…The resulted attitude determination and control system has shown the capability of estimating the attitude better than 5 deg and rate of order 0.03 deg/s in addition to maintain the pointing accuracy within 5 deg in each axis with pointing stability of less than 0.05 deg/s. …”
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The strength of SiO2 added MgO ceramics to withstand flashover-treeing appearance under electron bombardment in vacuum by Sutjipto, Agus Geter Edy

“…From this study when 6 wt% SiO2 added MgO was used, the insulation property of MgO was significantly increased 5.5 times of withstanding the appearance of first flashover. …”
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Compact UWB mimo antenna with band-notched characteristic by Malekpour, Narges, Honarvar, M. Amin, Dadgarpur, Abdolmehdi, Virdee, Bal Singh, Denidni, Tayeb A.

“…Notched frequency band between 5.15 and 5.85 GHz is achieved with a parasitic rectangular strip on the bottom side, which is connected to the radiating patch through a via hole. …”
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New approach to suppress mutual coupling between longitudinal-slotted arrays based on SIW antenna loaded with metal-fences working on VHF/UHF frequency-bands: study, investigation,... by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, See, Chan, Abd-Alhameed, Raed, Falcone, Francisco, Limiti, Ernesto

“…The resulting isolation is shown to be is better than -83 dB across 200 MHz to 1.0 GHz with gain greater than 1.5 dBi, and side-lobe level less than 40 dB. The proposed SIWLSAA is compact and has dimensions of 40×10×5 mm3 (0.026…”
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Gäfgen : opening the door to a reassessment of Article 3 violations? by Avetisyan, Grigor

“…This article comments on the possibility of the reassessment of Article 3 (prohibition of torture) of the European Convention on Human Rights in light of the case of Gäfgan v Germany (No. 22978/05) 30/7/08. In 2002, the applicant in Gäfgan v Germany kidnapped and suffocated a boy. …”
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