Ant colony optimization for controller and sensor-actuator location in active vibration control by Md Nor, Khairul Affendy, Abdul Muthalif, Asan Gani, Wahid, Azni N.

“…Piezoelectric material has been a popular choice of sensor and actuator to attenuate vibration actively in flexible structures and numerous techniques of optimal control and actuator placement had been proposed. The main focus of this paper is to find the optimal location of the collocated sensor-actuator and controller gains to actively control vibration, using a swarm intelligent algorithm called Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) and verified with Genetic Algorithm (GA). …”
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A novel printed antenna for ultrawideband RFID (UWB-RFID) tag by Abdel-Raouf, Hany Essam Eldin, Obsiye, Abdi K.H., Islam, Md. Rafiqul

“…Different studies to optimize the design of this antenna for the UWB-RFID system have been performed, particularly to overcome the main challenges such as minimizing the size of the antenna, improving its read range, and the effects of the metallic objects on the antenna performance. …”
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Mobile technology for older people: use of personas by Abd Malik, Sofianiza, Azuddin, Muna

“…This paper is concerned with the use of mobile phone by Malaysian older people and the main focus was the appropriate methods for collecting data. …”
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Critical reading in English as a second language by Muhamad, Ainon Jariah, Mohd. Asraf, Ratnawati

“…The think aloud data constituted the main source of data on the reading strategies. Findings revealed that although the students were able to utilize the critical reading strategies, they were only able to do so to a certain extent. …”
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An introduction to swarming robotics: application development trends by Zainal Abidin, Zulkifli

“…Thus, in this paper, we simplify the three branches of the main applications which are frequently used for SI namely: (1) optimization and networks design, (2) prediction and forecasting, and (3) SR. …”
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A harmonious relationship of religion and science: muslim intellectual responses by Abdul Rahim, Adibah

“…The perception of Muslim thinkers toward science can be divided into two main groups. The first group advocated confrontation and rejection of science. …”
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Dynamic modal analysis of vertical machining centre components by Patwari, Muhammed Anayet Ullah, Faris, Waleed Fekry, Amin, A. K. M. Nurul, Loh, S.K.

“…The paper presents a systematic procedure and details of the use of experimental and analytical modal analysis technique for structural dynamic evaluation processes of a vertical machining centre. The main results deal with assessment of the mode shape of the different components of the vertical machining centre. …”
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Mediation in Malaysia: the law and practice by Eishan Jan, Mohammad Naqib, Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali

“…It is a concerted effort by the main authors together with several contributors, both academic and professional, to highlight and discuss current issues affecting the law and practice of mediation. …”
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Death, graveyards and funerary architecture in Islam by Omer, Spahic

“…Out of so many objectives that could be achieved by undertaking this kind of study’ the following list presents the main objectives of this book: - To put the concept of Muslim funerary architecture in its proper religious and cultural context - To help the readers recognize and understand the origins and significance of Muslim funerary architecture - To show that funerary architecture, although having played an extremely prominent role in the history of Islamic civilization, has become neither a permanent nor ubiquitous feature of the Muslim reality - To clarify and remove some pervasive misconceptions/misunderstandings about Islam in general and Muslim funerary architecture in particular.…”
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Cultural landscape: a new paradigm for landscape architecture by Md Jani, Haza Hanurhaza, Mohd. Hussain, Mohd. Ramzi

“…It is crucial to understand the concept of cultural landscape as it offers main contribution in sustaining the heritage value and protecting local identity and original culture of a group of people or place. …”
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Simple process capability analysis and quality validation of monoclonal antibody production in bench-top bioreactor by Mel, Maizirwan, Arifin, Mohd Azmir, Abdul Karim, Mohamed Ismail, Yusof, Faridah

“…The production of monoclonal antibody (IgM) for anti-cancer by fermentation of hybridoma cell in benchtop bioreactor has been investigated. The main target of this study was to increase the percentage of cell viability and to achieve high yield of IgM. …”
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Halal product price indicator portal: promoting Malaysia’s local Halal SMEs by Machfud, Alfi Khairiansyah, Khatib, Jawdat, Haji-Ahmed, Ahmed Abdulaziz, Ahmad Dahlan, Abdul Rahman

“…The portal involves Malaysia Department of Islamic Development (JAKIM) and local Halal SMEs in Malaysia. The main feature of the portal is Halal products price information and comparison functionality. …”
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The NPFM in emerging economies : the Modified Budgeting System(MBS) in Malaysian government by Mohamad, Muslim Har Sani, Kharbari, Yusuf

“…This study adopted cross sectional survey with two main stages of data collection - questionnaire and interview surveys. …”
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2-[1-(2-Hydroxy-3-methoxybenzyl)-1H-benzimidazol-2-yl]-6-methoxyphenol methanol 1.13-solvate by Al-Douh, Mohammed H., Osman, Hasnah, Abd Hamid, Shafida, Kia, Reza, Fun, Hoong-Kun

“… In the main molecule of the title compound, C22H20N2O4·1.13CH4O, the dihedral angles between the benzimidazole plane and the two benzene rings are 80.53 (10) and 82.76 (10)°. …”
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The rift within an imagined community: understanding nationalism(s) in Bangladesh by Hossain, Ishtiaq, Khan, Mahmud Hasan

“…The continuing debate in Bangladesh over the national identity of its people — whether one is a Bangali or Bangladeshi — is a post-1975 phenomenon. One of the main themes of the independence war (1971) was ‘Bangali nationalism’. …”
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Creativity in ‘Umran sciences: expopising some aspects of Ibn Khaldun's creative thinking by Machouche, Salah

“…The research relies on textual analysis of the Muqaddimah and critique of main views of the contemporary researchers in the filed. …”
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On pure quasi-quantum quadratic operators of of M2(C) II by Mukhamedov, Farrukh

“…Therefore, it would be better to find weaker conditions to check the q-purity. One of the main results of this paper is to provide a criterion of q-purity of quasi QQO. in terms of the unit circles. …”
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Beach-face morphodynamics of different morphological setting along Teluk Chempedak to Kuala Pahang, Malaysia by Mustapa, Mohd Zaini, Saad, Shahbudin, Abdul Hadi, Muhammad Salihi, Yunus, Kamaruzzaman

“…Based on the results obtained, which include the granulometric analysis and beach surface topography, three main beach classes have been differentiated: reflective, intermediate and dissipative beaches. …”
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The Sharī’ah position on human embryonic research by Zawawi, Majdah, Alias, Siti Aliza, Hussin, Nasimah

“…Hence, there is a crucial need to know whether scientists should be allowed to conduct research using human embryos particularly from an ethical point of view. To that end, the main aim of this article is to look into the sources of the Sharīah to determine the status of the embryo, in order to further analyze whether according to the Sharīah it is right to conduct research using human embryos. …”
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Forecasting of monthly temperature variations using random forests by Nyein Naing, Wai Yan, Htike@Muhammad Yusof, Zaw Zaw

“…The model operates on patterns of the time series seasonal cycles which simplifies the forecasting problem especially when a time series exhibits nonstationarity, heteroscedasticity, trend and multiple seasonal cycles. The main advantages of the model are its ability to generalization, built-in cross-validation and low sensitivity to parameter values. …”
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