Vulnerability to substance dependence by Lusher, Joanne

“…Individuals with the long variant at the DRD4 gene spent longer responding to words related to heroin and cigarettes. …”
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Classification of satellite fused data for land use mapping in development plan by Hj. Mohd. Noor, Norzailawati, Abdullah, Alias, Hashim, Mazlan

“…Land use mapping in development plan basically provides resources of information and important tool in decision making. In relation to this, fine resolution of recent satellite remotely sensed data have found wide applications in land use/land cover mapping. …”
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Cooling tower: an energy conservation resource by Mohiuddin, A. K. M., Kant, Keshav

“…In order ot achieve a higher level of performance of a cooling tower, various sub-systems of the tower should be refined and fine tuned to work together as a coherent system. …”
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Disputes and issues arising from unlawful occupation of state land in Malaysia by Syed Abdul Kader, Sharifah Zubaidah

“…The National Land Code 1965 declares in section 48 that there shall be no adverse possession in respect of state land and under section 425, those who are in unlawful possession of state land commit a statutory offence liable to a fine not exceeding RM10,000 and/or imprisonment for one year or both. …”
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Criminal offences and civil wrongs by or against migrant workers by Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali

“…If he is found guilty, an employer may be subjected to severe penalties such as imprisonment, fine and/or whipping.Likewise, a migrant worker who takes the law into his own hand by inflicting injury or harm on the employer or their properties, may be dealt with in the court and if found guilty, he may be sentenced in accordance with the severity of the offence committed.…”
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Media audience ethics in Islam and Christianity by Solihu, Abdul Kabir Hussain

“…To demonstrate this role, the study highlights the theoretical foundation of the audience understanding of the message, cites some legal rights that can be used to challenge the media content or change its course, and identifies some ways of fine-tuning the media contents to conform to one’s value. …”
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Endobronchial tuberculosis mimicking pulmonary neoplasm by Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi, Abdul Samad, Humairah, Ahlawat, Sunita

“…She made good clinical recovery with anti tuberculosis treatment but review CXR at four months showed a mass lesion in the left apex for which she underwent fine needle aspiration cytology. This showed healing granuloma compatible with tuberculosis. …”
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Fraudulent mediums and miracle-mongers: illusion, concealment and revelation in the works of Crivelli, Greenberg and Houdini by David, Karen

“…This article aims to raise questions and comparisons between illusions found in pictorial language, magical apparatus and parafictions, illustrating the fine line between illusion and material, and concealment and revelation.…”

Study on Palm Oil Kernel Shell Coarse Aggregate (PKSCA) as replacement material for coarse aggregate in concrete mix by Ahmad Jeni, Mohamad Luthfi, Zaini, Mohamad Azrul

“…As we know the demand for material such as cement, fine and coarse aggregate is high. The construction industry is become bigger and bigger each day, but nowadays the price of material are not cheap like the old days. …”
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An analytical study of the role of selected metal ions in bone and joint diseases by Furst, Alexandra

“…The speciation of the titanium (III)/titanium (IV) complexes in the biological matrices was investigated with Fourier transform infra red (FTIR) spectroscopy and high field proton nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) with a Hahn spin echo pulse sequence. The chemical nature of non-protein bound iron present in knee joint synovial fluid obtained from RA patients was also investigated by use of NMR…”
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DNA extraction methodologies for ultra long nanopore sequencing to determine chromosome specific rodent telomere lengths by Kidd, Elliot, Mooruth, Ravi, Meimaridou, Eirini, Walley, Andrew, Fairbrother, Una

“…Previous work in our lab shows that phenol/chloroform extraction damages DNA less than spin columns and magnetic beads and that extraction methods are crucial for accurate TL determination. …”
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Development of Smart Chopper Composting Monitoring System by Daud, Mohamad Khairul Aiman, Mohd Nordin, Najaa Aimi, Tuan Ismail, Tuan Noor Hasanah, Adam, Effendy, Zulkarnain, Noraishikin, Muhammad Razif, Muhammad Rusydi, Rehman, Tariq

“…A DC motor controlled by the Arduino Mega microcontroller was used to spin the chopper blades to shred the food into smaller sizes. …”
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Deposition of ZnO-Al (AZO) thin films for optical properties by Hussin, R., Anuar, S. Z. S., Ibharim, S. A., Kamdi, Z., Ainuddin, A. R., Harun, Z.

“…In this work, sol gel method and spin coating was used to deposited AZO thin films. …”
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Spatial and temporal bottom sediment characteristics of Pahang river estuary, Pahang, Malaysia by Abdurahman, Siti Waznah, Yunus, Kamaruzzaman, Ong, Meng Chuan, Zabri, Rina Sharlinda, Md Suhaimi, Mohd Zahir

“…The sediment mean size becomes finer towards the estuarine area with the range of very coarse sand to fine silt. This indicates that the characteristics of deposited sediments at each station are much dependant upon the combination of physical forces such as freshwater run-off, tidal currents and waves.…”
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Full-wave rectification of a low-voltage source by Torla, Ahmad Lutfi, Khan, Sheroz, Abdul Muthalif, Asan Gani

“…Many devices employed for sensitive electronic operations. such as fine-luning and control. require an almost perfect DC voltage level which is normally obtained from Ihe available AC supply. …”
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An investigation on morphology of hard-brittle silicon surface by diamond grinding by Konneh, Mohamed, Izman, S., Ali, Mohammad Yeakub

“…Selection of appropriate machining parameters would result in production of fine streaks on the machined work-piece surface. …”
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LNF Micro-Contact using MEMS and EFF Technology by Bhuiyan, Moinul, Takemasa, Eiichiro, Bhuiyan, Munira

“…A low normal force (LNF) contact spring with high performance is fabricated using a unique combined MEMS photo resist lithography and electro fine forming (EFF) technology. Reducing a total contact material cost of a connector, a high-Hertz stress with LNF contact will be a key technology in the future. …”
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Design and fabrication stable LNF contact for future IC application by Bhuiyan, Moinul, Rashid, Muhammad Mahbubur, Ahmed, Sayem, Bhuiyan, Munira, Kajihara, Masanori

“…A low normal force (LNF) contact spring with high performance is fabricated using a unique combined MEMS photo resist lithography and electro fine forming (EFF) technology. Reducing a total contact material cost of a connector, a high-Hertz stress with LNF contact will be a key technology in the future. …”
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UWB antipodal Vivaldi antenna for monostatic configuration of through wall imaging applications by AHMED, SAJJAD, JORET, ARIFFUDDIN, KATIRAN, NORSHIDAH, PONNIRAN, ASMARASHID, ABDULLAH, M. F. L., ZAKARIA, ZAHRILADHA, SULONG, MUHAMMAD SUHAIMI

“…A specific stable gain of around 11.7 dB is achieved with good directivity and fine radiation patterns. Using this monostatic UWB antenna design, a TWI simulation-based experiment was carried out. …”
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Determination of IGF-1-producing CHO-K1 growth phases using GCMS-based global metabolite analysis by Saberi, S.E.M., Hashim, Yumi Zuhanis Has-Yun, Mohamed, V.Packeer, Mel, Maizirwan, Ahmad Raus, Raha, Amid, Azura

“…Cells were grown in T-flask and incubated at 37°C/ 5% CO2 until 70-80% confluent in RPMI 1640 media. Samples (cells and spent/conditioned media) were taken at designated intervals for routine cell counting (Trypan Blue dye exclusion method); glucose, glutamine and lactate determination (YSI 2700); IGF-1 production (ELISA kit R&D Sstems, Inc); and global metabolite analysis (GCMS). …”
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