Isolation of antibacterial compounds from dichloromethane fraction of Malaysian sponges Neopetrosiaexigua by Qaralleh, Haitham, Syed Osman Idid, Syed Zahir Idid, Saad, Shahbudin, Darnis, Deny Susanti

“…Using disc diffusion methodm methanol extract of N. exigua showed significant antibacterial activity (The inhibition zone against Staphylococcus aureus was 19.5 mm). sequesntially, liquid-liquid extraction was performed using solvenants with different polarity (n-hexane, carbon tetrachloride, dicholoromathane, n-butanol and water in order to isolate the active antibacterial compounds. …”
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Production of sugar by hydrolysis of empty fruit bunches using palm oil mill effluent (POME) based cellulases: Optimization study by Zainan, Nur Hidayah, Alam, Md. Zahangir, Al-Khatib, Ma'an Fahmi Rashid

“…The reducing sugar obtained is 16.85 g/L, which appeared at substrate concentration of 5.91%, enzyme concentration of 4.88% and agitation of 233 rpm.…”
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Thermal conductivity prediction of foods by Neural Network and Fuzzy (ANFIS) modeling techniques by Rahman, Muhammad Shafiur, Rashid, Muhammad Mahbubur, Hussain, Mohamed Azlan

“…Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. …”
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Palm olein-in-water cream containing extracts from Hirudinaria manillensis for improving blood flow by Abdul Talib, Mat Sharil, ., Maryanto, Taher, Muhammad, Md. Jaffri, Juliana, Ahmad, Kausar

“…mannilensis was done using acetone/ acid and was purified by 5o% ammonium sulfate.…”
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Purification and properties of a new dehalogenase enzyme from Pseudomonas sp. B6P grow in 3- chloropropionate (3CP) by Tengku Abdul Hamid, Tengku Haziyamin, Hamid, A. A. A, Zulkifly, Nurul Asma Hasliza, Hamdan, Sallehuddin, Ariffin, Shahrul Hisham Zainal, Huyop, Fahrul Zaman

“…It was found to be stable between pH 5 to 8 and its optimal pH was 8. Its activity was not affected by metal ions such as Mn2+, Fe3+ and Mg2+, but was inhibited by Hg2+ and Ag2+. …”
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Treatment of clinical solid waste using steam autoclave as a possible alternative technology of incineration by Sarker, Md. Zaidul Islam

“…The influence of contact time (0, 5, 15, 30 and 60 min) and temperature (111 °C, 121 °C and 131 °C) at automated saturated steam pressure was investigated. …”
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Modification of ITU-R rain fade slope prediction model based on satellite data measured at high elevation angle by Hassan Ali, Dao, Islam, Md. Rafiqul, Khalid, Khateeb

“…Rain fade measurement was conducted in Kuala Lumpur (3.3̊ N, 101.7̊ E) where located in heavy rain zone by receiving signal at 10.982 GHz (Ku-band) from MEASAT3 (91.5̊ E) on 77.4̊ elevation angle. The measurement has been carried out for one year period. …”
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Spatial distribution of organic carbon contents of Langkawi island coastal waters, Malaysia by Yunus, Kamaruzzaman, Muhamad Tajudin, Nur Shuhada, Saad, Shahbudin, Khan Chowdhury, Ahmed Jalal, Al-Barwani, Said Mohd, Goddard, J Stephen

“…The distribution of total organic carbon content (TOC) in surface sediments of 5 zones in the area of Langkawi Island coastal waters were analysed by using wet oxidation dichromate method. …”
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Finite element to predict damage of a polycarbonate armor plate subjected to impact by Shah, Qasim Hussain, Abid, Hasan M., Rosli, Adib

“…Circular plates subjected to dense fragment cluster impact [4, 5] investigates the failure process of almor plates subjected to a fragment cluster consisting of many projectiles impacting the plate simultaneously. …”
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Experimental results of liquid slosh in a cylindrical tank with different fill levels by Hussain Shah, Qasim, Abid, Hasan M., Rosli, Adib

“…The nlajority of the experimental investigations on the fluid slosh have been conducted in model tanks which are small in size compared to the full scale tanks of cross-section area in the order of 3.5 mn2. The cross-sectional areas of the model tanks employed in the reported studies were in the order of 0.2 m' [I-31. …”
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Design and development of a segmented rubber tracked vehicle for Sepang peat terrain in Malaysia by Rahman, Mohammed Ataur, Yahya, Azmi, Bardaie, Mohd. Zohadie, Ahmad, Desa, Wan Ismail, Wan Ishak

“…The simulated performance results, such as vehicle average motion resistance coefficient of 6.8–7.9%, drawbar pull coefficient of 25.22–47%, and the tractive efficiency of 74–77% for the vehicle slippage of 5–20% indicate that the vehicle can meet the peat terrain field requirement with its optimal power consumption.…”
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Single stage stirred tank bioreactor production of star fruit (Averrhoa carambola) vinegar by Abdul Karim, Mohamed Ismail, Jamal, Parveen, Abd Rahman, Mohd Nasir Jamaluddin

“…The experiment showed that the optimum conditions for agitation was 300 rpm, aeration at 0.5 Lpm and glucose concentration (20%) consequently produced 1.63% vinegar.…”
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Video coding : MPEG standards by Khalifa, Othman Omran, Issa, Sinzobakwira, Siddiqi, Muhammad Umar

“…The most important aspects are summarized as follows: The MPEG- I standard was published 1992 with aim of providing VHS quality trough a bandwidth of 1.5 Mb/s, which allowed to playa video in real time from a CD-ROM. …”
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Concentrations of lead copper and zinc in the bottom sediments of Tuba island waters of Langkawi, Malaysia by Yunus, Kamaruzzaman, Muhamad Tajudin, Nur Shuhada, Md Suhaimi, Mohd Zahir, John, Akbar, Saad, Shahbudin, Khan Chowdhury, Ahmed Jalal, Goddard, J Stephen

“…In this study, the average concentration of Pb, Cu and Zn were 43.28±8.95 μg.g-1 dry weights, 8.79±2.72 μg.g-1 dry weights and 63.5 μg.g-1 dry weights, respectively. In this study, the statistical analysis for Pearson correlation matrix has proved that there are significant relationship between the metal concentration and the grain size. …”
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The impact of corporate governance on the voluntary accounting information disclosure in Malaysian listed banks by Htay, Sheila Nu Nu, Abdul Rashid, Hafiz Majdi, Adnan, Muhammad Akhyar, Mydin Meera, Ahamed Kameel

“…The findings of the panel data regression show that higher INE_BZ (at 1% Sig. level), lower DOWN (at 10% Sig. level) and higher BZ (at 5% Sig. level) have more voluntary financial accounting information disclosure. …”
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Islamic architecture and the prospect of its revival today by Omer, Spahic

“…; (2) Islamic architecture as a means, not an end; (3) Two examples: the Islamic house and the mosque; (4) Pragmatism and Islamic architecture today; (5) Towards the revival of Islamic architecture. …”
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Climatic data acquisition system for satellite communications by Islam, Md. Rafiqul, Al-Khateeb, Khalid A. Saeed, Dao, Hassan

“…Signals from the beacon of MEASAT3 located at 91.5ËšE orbit is received by a 2.4 meter Parabolic dish. …”
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Design of a multiple valued logic analog to digital converter using 0.13μm CMOS process by Farhana, Soheli, Alam, A. H. M. Zahirul, Khan, Sheroz

“…The performance analysis of the design shows desirable qualities in terms of response, low power consumption, and a sampling rate of 500kz at a supply voltage of 1.3 V. The ADC design is suitable for the needs of mixed-signal integrated circuit design and implemented as a conversion circuit for systems based on multi valued logic design.…”
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The influence of temperature on adsorption capacity of Malaysian coal by Azmi, Azlin Suhaida, Yusup, Suzana, Muhamad , Suhana

“…These findings open a platform for CO2 sequestration to be implemented in Malaysia. © 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.…”
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Impact of corporate governance on social and environmental information disclosure of Malaysian listed banks: panel data analysis by Htay, Sheila Nu Nu, Ab Rashid, Hafiz-Majdi, Adnan, Mohammed Akhyar, Mydin Meera, Ahamed Kameel

“…The findings show that smaller board size, higher percentage of independent directors (1%) on the board, higher board size (1%), higher percentage of director ownership, lower institutional and lower block ownership (5%) have higher information disclosure.…”
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