Zinc-air battery – powering electric vehicles to smart active labels by Saputra, Hens, Othman, Raihan

“…Emerging innovations in smart active labels - flat, flexible and functional devices, particularly in healthcare industry, instigated the authors to develop zinc-air battery as a prospective micro-power source for smart active labels. The thin battery technology developed, in collaboration between IIUM and BPPT, is of low cost, comprises of green electroactive materials, and able to operate in quasi-neutral electrolyte. …”
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ANT colony optimization for controller and sensor-actuator location in active vibration control by Md Nor, Khairul affendy, Abdul Muthalif, Asan Gani, Walid, Azni N.

“…This paper discusses on active vibration control of a simply supported thin plate excited and actuated by piezoelectric patches. …”
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Estimation of aerodynamic derivatives in pitch of a wedge in hypersonic flow by Shanbhag, Pavitra, Lavanya , S, Khan, Sher Afghan, Crasta, Asha

“…The present method includes the thin wedge case as well, which was covered by Lighthill piston theory, and applies only for small amplitude and low reduced frequency case. …”
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Characterization of composite plates using the virtual fields method with optimized loading conditions by Kashif, Syed Muhammad, Toussaint, Evelyne, Gre´diac, M., Avril, Ste´phane, Kim, J. H.

“…This paper deals with the direct identification of bending stiffnesses of thin homogeneous anisotropic plates. The idea is to determine the unknown parameters from a single test giving a unique heterogeneous strain field. …”
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The effects of absorber attachment location on vibration response of simply supported plate by Mohamed Salleh, Muhammad, Zaman, Izzuddin

“…Vibration analysis of thin walled structure has been an active research in engineering fields. …”
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Titanium dioxide film based photocatalytic application for degradation of dyes by Abd Hamed, Noor Kamalia, Ahmad, Mohd. Khairul, Mazlan, Muhammad Hazli, Hayati Hairom, Nur Hanis

“…In this chapter, the photocatalytic property of TiO2 thin film for degradation of dyes and the advantage of TiO2 film will be discussed.…”
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Cross-cultural perspectives of LGBTQ psychology from five different countries: current state and recommendations by Moreno, Alexander, Ardila, Ruben, Zervoulis, Karyofyllis, Nel, Juan A., Light, Earnest, Chamberland, Line

“…Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer or questioning psychology (LGBTQ psychology) is a branch of psychology that promotes inclusiveness in theory and practice across the science of psychology, affirming the lives of people with different sexual orientations and forms of gender expression in a non-heterosexist and non-genderist perspective. …”
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Internet influence on materialism among urban muslim women: Some challenges to the ummah by Wok, Saodah, Abdullah, Kalthom

“…Internet use is fast penetrating into the lives of urban women. The Internet can also influence materialism, due to the gratification of the medium, on the urban Muslim women in Malaysia. …”
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Phytoremediation of partially treated wastewater by chlorella vulgaris by Al-Mamun, Abdullah, Amid , Azura, Karim , Imtinan A., Samiur Rashid, Md. Shah

“…Excessive pollutants (including nutrients) affect aquatic lives and environment in various ways. There are certain plants capable of removing pollutants from water. …”
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Understanding a Necessary Relationship between Individual and Society in Iqbal's Concept of the Self by Abdul Rahim, Adibah

“…It is at this juncture that this paper also tries to discuss the nature of mutual relationship between the individual and society wherein man lives, moves, and exists. …”
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User-centered web development for GMI alumni website by Zakaria, N. A., Ayu, Media Anugerah

“…In addition, the World Wide Web (WWW)technology is an appropriate partner with the internet that brings pleasant facility in order to facilitate people's daily lives. However, recent situation is changing whereby the primary concern is more on developing usable website to ensure user's satisfaction. …”
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Aerobic biodegradation of palm oil mill effluent (POME) using suitable consortium of microorganisms by Jameel, Ahmad Tariq, Abdul Karim, Mohamed Ismail

“…Palm oil mill effluent (POME) constitutes 60% of the wastes generated in typical palm oil mill and its environmental impact has been identified to be harmful to aquatic lives. This project examined the potential of degrading POME with microorganisms that are indigenous to POME. …”
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Children’s Participation in Custody and Access Proceedings by Che Soh @ Yusoff, Roslina

“…Children’s right to express their views in all matters affecting their lives is regarded as one of the important factors that concern their welfare. …”
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Achieving human development objectives through microfinance institution: the case of Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia by Md Saad, Norma

“…Human development (HD), according to Ranis and Stewart (2000) is defined as the enhancement of the human situation so that people enjoy longer, healthier, and more meaningful lives. Some aspects of HD are related to people’s physical well-being, such as health, nutrition, and education. …”
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Waste disposal into water resources: Ethical evaluation from the Islamic point of view by Mahmod, Safa Senan, Kabbashi, Nassereldeen Ahmed

“…Recently, the need to protect and sustain the water resources has attracted many researchers’ attention on which every living thing depends on. Consequently, consumption of polluted water puts lives (human, animal, plants) at risk because water has no substitute. …”
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Contributions of ordinary citizens towards development of a society: the case of Bangladesh by Hossain, Ishtiaq

“…Khondker Azizur Rahman was interviewed both in Dhaka, Bangladesh and Maryland, the United States, where he currently lives.…”
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Work- and family-related variables, work–family conflict and women’s well-being: some observations by Noor, Noraini M.

“…The proposed model appears to provide a better fit of the complex relationships that may exist between the many variables encompassing women’s work and family lives than previous ones that have considered only one set of variables. …”
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Impact of pubic access to computers and Internet on the connectedness of rural Malaysians by Alias, Nor Aziah, Mohd Noor, Marhaini, Proenza, Francisco J., Jamaludin, Haziah, Ismail, Izaham Shah, Hashim, Sulaiman

“…Users perceive a heightened sense of connectedness and feel that this connectedness has had a positive impact in their lives. There appears to be room to expand the impact of RIC telecenters so that they foster greater collaboration and help nurture the development of positive social capital. …”
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Design and development of a hand-glove controlled wheel chair by Akmeliawati, Rini, Ba Tis, Faez S., J. Wani, Umar

“…Wheelchairs are a way of reincarnating the purpose of life in the lives of disabled people. Effective and efficient ways of delivering a cost-effective and affordable wheelchair to the common masses, which is not only at par with the present day technology, but is much easier to use are presented herewith. …”
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The relationship between happiness & religiosity among instead students through utilization of 'the happi-reli scale' and its validation by Othman, Joharry, Mamat , Arifin, Awang Mat , Muhamad Zahiri

“…This study attempts to investigate two constructs that are important in everyday lives. The constructs are "happiness" and "religiosity". …”
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