Immigrant entrepreneurs and their perceived success in small retail businesses: preliminary New Zealand findings by Nel, Pieter, Abdullah, Moha Asri

“…The study found that about 40 percent had prior business experience before migrating to New Zealand with more than 30 percent migrating with a business visa. An ANOVA test conducted confirms that there are certain issues such as local business regulations, access to capital, advisory services, training facilities and access to suppliers that are important factors contributing to the perceived business success among immigrant entrepreneurs. …”
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The use of convolutional code for narrowband interference suppression in OFDM-DVBT System by Abdullah, Aizura, Jamal, Muhammad Sobrun Jamil, Abdullah, Khaizuran, Ismail, Ahmad Fadzil, Asnawi, Ani Liza

“…It is observed that NSCC has a better bit error rate (BER) performance than RSCC. The result showed good performance for low SNR (≤ 5dB.…”
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Optimization of process factors for solid-state bioconversion of domestic wastewater sludge by Mollah, Md. Fazlul Awal, Fakhru’l-Razi, A., Hanafi, M. Musa, Alam, Md. Zahangir

“…A carbon:nitrogen (C:N) ratio of 30:1, a cheapand easily available carbon-rich co-substrate (wheat <our), an initial substrate pH of 4.5– 5.5 and presence of bulking material (rice straw) gave signi.cantly higher mycelial biomass, total organic carbon, soluble protein and growth rates than other treatments. These conditions may be e6ective for large-scale SSB of domestic wastewater sludge by these mixed fungal cultures…”
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A review of natural fibers and processing operations for the production of binderless boards by Tajuddin, Maisarah, Ahmad, Zuraida, Ismail, H.

“…This has led to studies about the use of raw materials other than wood, along with the manufacture of particleboard without using any synthetic adhesives. …”
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Active control of base pressure in suddenly expanded flow for area ratio 4.84 by Ali Baig, Maughal Ahmed, Khan, Sher Afghan, Rathakrishnan, Ethirajan

“…Airflow from convergent-divergent axi-symmetric nozzles expanded suddenly into circular duct of larger cross-sectional area than that of nozzle exit area are studied experimentally, focusing attention on the base pressure and the flow development in the enlarged duct. …”
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Single-step bioconversion of starch to bioethanol by the coculture of ragi tapai and saccharomyces cerevisiae by Azmi, Azlin Suhaida, Hasan, Masitah, Mel, Maizirwan, Ngoh, Cheng

“…A 35.26 giL of ethanol was produced when the starch was inoculated with ragi tapai and cocultured it with Scerevisiae 1 h later. This was 48% higher than the yield obtained when the starch was inoculated with ragi tapai only (23.79 giL). …”
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Setup latency analysis of CAPWAP Centralized WLAN Network by Balfaqih, Mohammed, Hassan Abdalla Hashim, Aisha, Mahmoud, Omer, Mazlan, M. Hasbullah, Haseeb, Shariq, Hasnan, S. N

“…The results showed that the main latencycontributor is the Discovery phase, while the error during DTLS Establishment phase cost more time than other phases…”
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Housing prices and affordability issues among local people in Malaysia: a case study of the Perak State, Malaysia by Mohamed Osman, Mariana, Shuid, Syafiee, Bachok, Syahriah, Khalid, Najihan

“…Findings from analysis found that the most affordable house price should be below RM 140,000 for people income less than RM4,000. The existing state housing policy should be improved, where the requirement units for low cost, medium cost and the affordable house should be based on the local needs. …”
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Effective method to culture infusoria, a highly potential starter feed for marine finfish larvae by Mukai, Yukinori, Sani, MZ, Mohammad Noor, Normawaty, Kadowaki, Shusaku

“…The densities of protozoa in saline water were higher in 15 ppt than in 30 ppt aquaria. The densities of protozoa cultured by our method was enough amount for early stage larvae of groupers and snappers. …”
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An assessment on housing affordability on selected urban areas in Perak by Mohamed Osman, Mariana, Shuid, Syafiee, Bachok, Syahriah, Muhamad Yusop, Siti Wahidah

“…Analysis of the study appears to show that some 40% of the population earned less than RM 4,000 monthly, thus, can be classified as the B40 group and there existed disparities among districts which resulted in differing levels of affordability,particularly in the context of purchasing of a house. …”
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Emotion detection using physiological signals EEG & ECG by AlzeerAlhouseini, Amjad M.R., Alshaikhli, Imad Fakhri Taha, Abdul Rahman, Abdul Wahab, Dzulkifli, Mariam Adawiah

“…The results shows that the ECG signal has direct relationship with the arousal factor rather than the valence factor. Also, EEG signal using 19 channels reported high accuracy results for determining emotions.…”
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Optimization of flocculation process by microbial coagulant in river water by Murad, Fatin Nabilah, Alam, Md. Zahangir, Salleh, Md. Noor, Al-Mamun, Abdullah

“…The optimum pH and bioflocculant dosage for an optimize sedimentation process are between 4-5 and less than 3 mL respectively. The model was validated by using a river water sample from Sg. …”
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Sustainability in Islamic architecture by Spahic, Omer

“…Some major segments of such framework are elucidated along the theoretical, or philosophical, rather than empirical, lines. Firstly, the need for sustainable architecture is outlined. …”
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Native English: ESL learners’ perceptions of female speakers’ accents by Pilus, Zahariah, Zakaria, Nur Shahida, Zakaria, Muhamad Khairul

“…The study also found that the speakers whose accents were familiar to the learners were better identified for their nationalities than those whose accents were less familiar to them. …”
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A simulation study for the upgrading of biogas using aqueous ammonia by Abdeen, Fouad R. H., Mel, Maizirwan, Jami, Mohammed Saedi, Ihsan, Sany Izan, Ismail, Ahmad Faris

“…Biogas upgrading process is usually performed for the removal of impurity gases (mainly carbon dioxide) other than methane from the biogas mixture. Being operated at high pressure and low temperature, both physical and chemical conventional upgrading methods lack energy efficiency. …”
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Design and analysis of a buck-boost converter circuit for piezoelectric energy harvesting system by Mostafa, Mohammad Golam, Motakabber, S. M. A., Ibrahimy, Muhammad Ibn

“…The piezoelectric based energy harvesting technique needs to be improved as this system is highly capacitive rather than resistive which limits the current of a resistive load. …”
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Synthesis and characterization of gold nanoparticles supported on zinc oxide via the deposition-precipitation method by Yazid, Hanani, Adnan, Rohana, Abd Hamid, Shafida, Farrukh, Muhammad Akhyar

“…Gold particles with diameters of less than 5 nm were obtained. The results revealed that gold loading depends on the pH, while gold particle size and distribution are independent of pH adjustment. …”
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Fuzzy-based NCTF control of PTP positioning system by Purtojo, Purtojo, Wahyudi, Martono, Akmeliawati, Rini, Shafie, Amir Akramin

“…Although simulation studies show that the proposed fuzzy compensator performed better than the PI one, experimental works have to be done to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed fuzzy controller in real-time applications. …”
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Evaluation of fungal mixed cultures for production of citric acid using empty fruit bunches by solid state bioconversion by Alam, Md., Bari, Md. Niamul, Muyibi, Suleyman Aremu, Jamal, Parveen, Al-Mamun, Abdullah

“…The maximum production of citric acid obtained from the single culture of O-114A was 181.251.5 g/kg of dry EFB which was 2 times higher than the maximum production by the mixed culture of O-109A and O-114A.…”
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Domestic wastewater sludge as a major substrate for cellulase production by two different fungal strains by Alam, Md. Zahangir, Drani, Afifah, Muyibi, Suleyman Aremu

“…The cellulase of T.reesei was higher than O-102A, which only 0.093 FPU/ml (total cellulase activity) and 0.576 IU/ml (CMCase activity) produced by O-102A on the same day of fermentation in media B. …”
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