Improved dung beetle optimization algorithm and finite element analysis for spindle optimization by Haohao, Ma, As’arry, Azizan, Xuping, Wu, Ismail, Mohd Idris Shah, Ramli, Hafiz Rashidi, Saad, Mohd Sazli, Delgoshaei, Aidin

“…The obtained optimal parameters guide the construction of a finite element model, considering additional factors like stiffness and maximum stress. The ensuing FEA produces a foundation for constructing a response surface, further optimized to refine the initial design. …”
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Influence of depression and loneliness on suicidal behaviour among public university students in Malaysia by Norazizi, Nur Dini Kamilia, Che Amat, Muhammad Asyraf, Mohammad Hanafi, Nor Hafizah, Firman, Salam, Syahrul Nizam

“…Suicide is a serious and curable public health issue that is alarming towards early adults like university students who are undergoing personal and social phase changes and pressures. …”
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Evaluation of oil palm frond for biobutanol production by different Clostridia species by Abubakar, Abdurrahman, Md Salleh, Madihah, Yahya, Adibah, Hussin, Huszalina, Shiong, Chong Chun, Mohamad, Shaza Eva, Abd Aziz, Suraini

“…Fermentation inhibitors like gallic and ferulic acids were also detected in the juice using the HPLC technique, and their concentrations also increased with age. …”

The role of ESG in enhancing firm resilience to geopolitical risks: an Eastern European perspective by Mohammad Reyad, Hossain, Ayesha, Momtaj, Iqbal, Mohammed Masum, Zariyawati, Mohd Ashhari

“…In Eastern Europe, where conflicts like the Russia–Ukraine war heighten uncertainty, firms face immediate financial threats and long-term strategic vulnerabilities. …”

The effectiveness of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in solving railway project management issues in Malaysia by Molarn, M A, Ang, P S E, Ali, R B

“…MRT 2 faced problems like design discrepancies and coordination issues, while Gemas - JB ETS encountered issues with construction changes, cost overruns, and project delays. …”
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Policy Framework: Providing Social Protection to the Frontline Healthcare Workers During the Pandemic (S/O 14696) by Abdul Wahab, Harlida, Abdullah, Nor Anita, Abdul Rahim, Asmar

“…Its major impacts on the public health sector, health care services and the like, inclusive of their workers are obvious. Health care and medical services are essential where their interruption would imperil the life, health and safety of the whole nation. …”
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A New Framework on Success Factors of Social Media Applications Usage (S/O 14449) by Mohd Sappri, Mazlan, Abdul Hamid, Mohamad Shukri, Sulaiman, Nor Intan Saniah, Omar, Mohd Faizal

“…ISSM contains several success factors like system quality, service quality and information quality that affect the user satisfaction and use of a system, where this model were modified in this study with the addition of networking quality and perceive privacy factors. …”
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How Competent Are You? Developing A C.A.B. Crosscultural Competency Framework for Inculcating Cultural Sensitivity Among Malaysian Nurse Expatriates (S/O: 13593) by Abdul Talib, Asmat Nizam, Zakaria, Norhayati, Zakaria, Nasriah

“…In the recent statistics of the Ministry of Health, it was indicated that between 7000-8000 of Malaysian nurses work abroad in countries like Saudi Arabia, Australia and New Zealand. However, to become an expatriate specifically in Saudi, it warrants an intensified level of sacrifices from the Malaysian female nurses because they could not bring their families unlike in the Western countries, and a total change of lifestyles when they moved to the country. …”
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Defining and Developing Measures of Lean Sustainability for Manufacturing Sector by Osman, Azim Azuan, Othman, Abdul Aziz, Abdul Rahim, Mohd Kamarul Irwan

“…However, due to lack of clear understanding of the lean sustainability concept, many manufacturers are unable to fully transform into a true lean organisation like Toyota. In fact, without a proper measurement, the organisation’s transformation progress will be unknown and the specific gains made from lean improvement cannot be monitored. …”
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Population-specific adaptation in malaria-endemic regions of Asia by Gusareva, Elena S., Lorenzini, Paolo Alberto, Nurul Adilah Ramli, Ghosh, Amit Gourav, Kim, Hie Lim

“…This is likely due to the independent adaptation history in different endemic populations. …”
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Automotive radiators: An experimental analysis of hybrid nanocoolant by Hizanorhuda, Zurghiba, Kumaran, Kadirgama, Muhamad, Mat Noor, Rosli, Abu Bakar, Semin, S.

“…The focus of the present work was to investigate the effect of different hybrid nanocoolant mixing ratios on Reynolds number, Nusselt number, Friction factor, heat transfer coefficient and convective heat transfer on heat transfer performance. Single and its hybrid nanocoolant were tested through a commercial-sized automotive radiator and a scaled-down automotive radiator to determine its laminar convective heat transfer. …”
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Comparison of different deep learning object detection algorithms on fruit drying characterization by Umair, Mohammad Yamin, Norazlianie, Sazali, Kettner, Maurice, Mohd Azraai, Mohd Razman, Weiβ, Robert

“…This study employs three deep learning object detection models: You Only Look Once v5m (YOLOv5m), Single Shot Detector (SSD) MobileNet and EfficientDet. …”
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Probability-Based Design of Reinforced Rock Slopes Using Coupled FORM and Monte Carlo Methods by Low, Bak K., Boon, Chia W.

“…For cases with a dominant single failure mode, the time-saving importance sampling (IS) and the fast second-order reliability method (SORM) can be used in lieu of MCS. …”
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Floquet Codes without Parent Subsystem Codes by Davydova, Margarita, Tantivasadakarn, Nathanan, Balasubramanian, Shankar

“…We construct a probabilistic finite automaton prescription that generates dynamic tree codes correcting any single-qubit Pauli errors and can be viewed as a step toward the development of practical fault-tolerant random codes.…”
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Measurement of J/ψ-pair production in pp collisions at $$ \sqrt{s} $$ = 13 TeV and study of gluon transverse-momentum dependent PDFs by Aaij, R., Abdelmotteleb, A. S. W., Abellan Beteta, C., Abudinén, F., Ackernley, T., Adeva, B., Adinolfi, M., Adlarson, P., Afsharnia, H., Agapopoulou, C., Aidala, C. A., Ajaltouni, Z., Akar, S., Akiba, K., Albicocco, P., Albrecht, J.

“…The contributions from single-parton scattering and double-parton scattering are separated based on the dependence of the cross-section on the absolute rapidity difference ∆y between the two J/ψ mesons. …”
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Anomalous crystalline ordering of particles in a viscoelastic fluid under high shear by Sun, Sijie, Xue, Nan, Aime, Stefano, Kim, Hyoungsoo, Tang, Jizhou, McKinley, Gareth H., Stone, Howard A., Weitz, David A.

“…By combining measurements of the velocity field and torque fluctuations, we show that this solid layer disrupts the flow instability and introduces a single-frequency component to the torque fluctuations that reflects a dominant velocity pattern in the flow. …”
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Raman spectra and defect chemical characteristics of Sr(Ti,Fe)O3−y solid solution of bulk pellets vs. thin films by Sediva, Eva, Rupp, Jennifer L. M.

“…We synthesize a standard range of compositions containing 1–75 mol% of iron including the end members in the form of macrocrystalline bulk pellets, nanocrystalline poly- and single crystalline thin films. Through the change in both iron substitution level and microstructure, we directly see the effect of defect chemistry such as its phase, transition metal ion valence and oxygen nonstoichiometry on the Raman spectra. …”
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Memory-efficient approximate three-dimensional beamforming by Rypkema, Nicholas R., Fischell, Erin M., Schmidt, Henrik

“…Its key lies in reducing 3D look directions [described by azimuth/inclination angles (ϕ, θ) when considering the array as a whole] to a single variable (a conical angle, ζ) by treating the array as a collection of sensor pairs. …”
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Achieving High Performance and Low Cost: Development of a High-Performing Passive Prosthetic Knee for Emerging Markets by Reddie, Madison, Bedi, Saloni, Vaidya, Manasi, Griffin, Amari, Petelina, Nina T, Winter, Amos G

“…In this study, we refine the design of a high-performing, single-axis, passive prosthetic knee developed with a focus on the Indian market in order to reduce cost, weight, and part count; enhance manufacturability; and improve aesthetics. …”
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Avoidance of Concave Obstacles Through Rotation of Nonlinear Dynamics by Huber, Lukas, Slotine, Jean-Jacques, Billard, Aude

“…The algorithm enables navigation within obstacle hulls and can be customized to actively move away from surfaces while guaranteeing the presence of only a single saddle point on the boundary of each obstacle. …”
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