Observation on void formed in oxide scale of Fe-Cr-Ni alloy at 1073K in dry and humid environments by Akhbar, Kaderi, Ani, Mohd Hanafi, Othman, Raihan, Mohd Zainal, Ahmad Zaki

“…Void formation in oxide scale during high temperature oxidation is a common phenomenon.Over a long period of time voids will affect the mechanical property of scales by influencing the cracking and spalling. …”
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Ion-selective electrode biochip for applications in a liquid environment by Wan Salim, Wan Wardatul Amani, Hermann, Andrew C., Zietchek, Michael Z., Pfluger, Jonathan P., Park, Joon H., ul Haque, Aeraj, Sanober, Fahmi, Porterfield, Marshall D.

“…Physiological sensing conducted in a liquid environment requires electrodes with long lifetime. The development of a robust ion-selective electrode–based biochip in a lab-on-a-chip platform is described. …”
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The perception of nurses in high risk wards regarding the cost-effectiveness and practicality of universal screening for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) among pa... by Mohammad Noor, Nurul Nadiah, A. Rahman, Nor Azlina, Mohamad Zin, Noraziah, Hanafiah, Alfizah

“…Among others, the reasons given were to prevent the transmission of infection to hospital staff or other healthy individuals and to shorten the length of stay in hospital, which indirectly would be more cost-effective in the long run. Most of them also perceived that cohort isolation would be more cost-effective as compared to individual isolation of MRSA infected patients as a preventive method. …”
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The perception of nurses in high risk wards regarding the cost-effectiveness and practically of universal screening for methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) among pa... by Mohamad Noor, Nurul Nadiah, A. Rahman, Nor Azlina, Mohamad ZIn, Noraziah, Hanafiah, Alhafizah

“…Among others, the reasons given were to prevent the transmission of infection to hospital staff or other healthy individuals and to shorten the length of stay in hospital, which indirectly would be more cost-effective in the long run. Most of them also perceived that cohort isolation would be more cost-effective as compared to individual isolation of MRSA infected patients as a preventive method. …”
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Protecting women’s interest (Maslahah) in marriage through appointment of a guardian (wali) under Islamic law by Mohd, Azizah, Ibrahim, Badruddin, Abdul Razak, Syafiqah

“…Even though under the Hanafischool, the absence of wali does not seem to render the marriage invalid so long as the marriage fulfills some other conditions and the wali does not intervene in the marriage of his ward. …”
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Effect of season and storage period time on accumulation of individual carotenoid content in pumpkin flesh (Cucurbita moschata) by Jaswir, Irwandi, Shahidan, Norshazila, Othman, Rashidi, Hashim, Yumi Zuhanis Has-Yun, Octavianti, Fitri, Salleh, Mohammad Noor

“…This study shows that long-term storage of pumpkins resulted in the accumulation of lutein and β-carotene with a slight decrease in zeaxanthin. …”
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Micro-economic determinants of NAV of Islamic equity unit trust funds in Malaysia: an ARDL-Bounds testing approach by Othman, Anwar Hasan Abdullah, Mydin Meera, Ahamed Kameel, Abd. Aziz, Hassanuddeen

“…The results indicate that the NAV of Islamic equity unit trust funds and its microeconomic determinants share long run relationship, but with two variables exception, which are the fund risk and fund management experience. …”
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Loss of Krüppel-like factor 3 (KLF3/BKLF) leads to upregulation of the insulin-sensitizing factor adipolin (FAM132A/CTRP12/C1qdc2) by Bell-Anderson, Kim S., Funnell, Alister P., Williams, Helen, Mat Jusoh, Hanapi, Scully, Tiffany, Lim, Wooi, Burdach, Jon, Mak, Ka Sin, Knights, Alexander, Hoy, Andrew, Nicholas, Hannah R., Sainsbury, Amanda, Turner, Nigel, Pearson, Richard C., Crossley, Merlin

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Metabolic alteration in obese diabetes rats upon treatment with Centella asiatica extract by Maulidiani, H, Abas, Faridah, Khatib, Alfi, Perumal, Vikneswari, Suppaiah, V, Ismail, A, Hamid, M, Shaari, Khozirah, Lajis, NH

“…The effect of C. asiatica extract on the experimental animals was followed based on the changes observed in the urinary and serum metabolites, measured by 1H NMR of urine and blood samples collected over the test period. Results A long-term treatment of obese diabetic rats with CA extract could reverse the glucose and lipid levels, as well as the tricarboxylic acid cycle and amino acid metabolic disorders, back towards normal states. …”
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Islamic civilization: factors behind its glory and decline by Ashimi, Tijani Ahmad

“…Moreover, Islam was not opposed to learning from the earlier civilizations and incorporating their science, learning, and culture into its own world view, as long as they did not oppose the principles of Islam. …”
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Scattering of a two-soliton molecule by Gaussian potentials in dipolar Bose–Einstein condensates by Umarov, Bakhram A., Mohd Busul Aklana, Nor Amirah, Baizakov, Bakhtiyor B., Abdullaev, Fatkhulla Kh.

“…Collisions of soliton molecules with single solitons are investigated, the latter playing the role of a localized defect. Due to the long-range character of dipolar forces solitons interact with each other even though their waveforms do not appreciably overlap. …”
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Formulation development and systematic optimization of production fish gelatine nanoparticles as new resource for drug delivery by Subara, Deni, Jaswir, Irwandi, Noorbatcha, Ibrahim Ali, Al-Khatib, Ma'an Fahmi Rashid

“…In this present research, the fish gelatine was used as a material for production gelatine nanoparticles. The long-term goal of this study is to develop a nanoparticulate formulation based on halal gelatine, for delivery of fragile molecules such as protein and peptide drug. …”
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An intermediate significant bit (ISB) watermarking technique using neural networks by Zeki, Akram M., Abubakar, Adamu, Chiroma , Haruna

“…These strategies have been used for a long time, however, which unfortunately limits the value of PSNR and NCC in reflecting the strength and weakness of the watermarking algorithms. …”
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A test of technology acceptance model in the use of social media among PR practitioners in Nigeria by Syed Abdullah Idid, Syed Arabi, El-Kasim, Mukhtar

“…Social media provides public relations practitioners opportunities for creating, sharing, posting, documenting as well as interacting communication content on the net between organizations and their key public members for enhancing mutual and long-term positive relationships. The purpose of this paper was to investigate whether the perceived usefulness and ease of use of social media influence the behavioral intention of practitioners to use it for the enhancement of mutual relationships between with their publics. …”
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Private finance initiative in the United Kingdom by Ismail, Suhaiza

“…Overall, the study concluded that there was inconclusive evidence about the performance of PFI schemes. However, due to the long term nature of PFI contracts,it might be still too early to measure the true success of the PFI.…”
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Endovascular treatment of cerebral aneurysm: early experience in a Malaysian tertiary centre by Muda, Ahmad Sobri, Zaini, Izwan Zanni, Zakaria, Rozman, Md Ralib @ Md Raghib, Ahmad Razali, Thanabalan, Jegan, Abu Bakar, Azizi

“…Longer term follow up is needed to evaluate the long termoutcome/occlusion rate, morbidity and mortality.…”
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Accurate modeling of VoIP traffic QoS parameters in current and future networks with multifractal and Markov Models by Toral-Cruz, Homero, Pathan, Al-Sakib Khan, Pacheco, Julio C. Ramírez

“…Our studies have revealed that VoIP jitter can be modeled by self-similar processes with short range dependence (SRD) or long range dependence (LRD). The discovery of LRD (a kind of asymptotic fractal scaling) in VoIP jitter was followed by a further work that shows the evidence of multifractal behavior. …”
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Sustainable design at transition rigid piled embankment with surcharged vertical drain over soft ground by Subramaniam, Puspanathan

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Optimisation of coagulation process in water treatment plant using statistical approach by Zainal Abideen, Muzaffar

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Tree water uptake on suction distribution in unsaturated tropical residual soil slope by Mohd. Fakhrurrazi Ishak

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