Central aortic systolic pressure and biochemical profile of young hypertensives in rural Malaysia by Abdullah, Aszrin, Abdul Razak, Tariq, Mohd Noor, Noriah

“…The mean age were 32.74 ± 5.78 versus 31.05 ± 5.45 years (p=0.151), mean values for arterial pressure 102.10 ± 7.37 versus 82.24 ± 6.11 mmHg (p<0.001), total cholesterol 5.82 ± 0.96 versus 5.46 ± 0.97 (p=0.076), low-density lipoprotein 3.73 ± 0.86 versus 3.28 ± 0.86 (p=0.015), fasting blood sugar 4.67 ± 0.75 years versus 4.35 ± 0.42 (p=0.013), body mass index 28.72 ± 5.24 versus 23.18 ± 3.96 (p<0.001) and CASP 122.83 ± 9.58 versus 100.28 ± 6.94 mmHg (p<0.001). …”
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Arsenic removal with iron(II) and iron(III) in waters with high silicate and phosphate concentrations by Roberts, Linda C., Hug, Stephen J., Reuttimann, Thomas, Billah, Md. Morsaline, Khan, Abdul Wahab, Rahman, Mohammad Tariqur

“…In simulated groundwater (8.2 mM HCO3 -, 2.5 mM Ca2+, 1.6 mM Mg2+, 30 mg/L Si, 3 mg/L P, 500 ppb As(III), or As(V), pH 7.0 ( 0.1), addition of Fe(II) clearly leads to better As removal than Fe(III). …”
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Skin prick test reactivity to common airborne pollens and molds in allergic rhinitis patients by Wan Leman, Wan Ishlah, Gendeh, Balwant Singh

“…Among the molds extracts, Fusarium was observed to have the highest prevalence of SPT reactivity (23.5%), followed by Aspergillus flavum (21.2%), Dreselera orysae (18.8%), Alternaria sp (17.6%), Curvularis eragrostidis (17.6%), Penicillium oxa (16.5%), Pestolotriopsis gtuepini (16.5%), Rhizopphus arrhi (16.5%), Aspergilluls nigus (15.3%). …”
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Current status of coronary risk factors among rural Malays in Malaysia by Khan, Rahmattullah, Nawawi, Hapizah, Nor, Idris, Noor, Ismail, Karim, Norimah, Arshad, Fatimah, Yusoff, Khalid

“…Results The prevalence of hypercholesterolemia for total cholesterol concentrations of ≥ 5.2, ≥6.5 and ≥7.8 mmol/l were 67.3, 30.5 and 11.8% respectively. …”
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The effectiveness of inhaled ginger essential oil in improving dietary intake in breast-cancer patients experiencing chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting by Zakaria, Noor Salihah, Mamat, Nik Mazlan, Lua, Pei Lin

“…Results: Sixty women completed the study (age=47.3 +/- 9.26 years; receiving highly emetogenic chemotherapy=86.7%; BMI=25.5 +/- 5.4 kg/m2). Energy intakes were significantly higher after patients were treated with ginger EO than ginger FO at day 3 (P=0.015) and day 5 (P=0.002). …”
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Performance of different photovoltaic cells operating under the meteorological conditions of Singapore by Hawlader, Mohammad Nurul Alam, Seng, Lee Poh, Kiang, Chua Kok

“…For a day with a maximum irradiation of about 760Wm-2, analyses of data to determine the performance of solar cells revealed an average efficiency of mono crystalline, poly crystalline and tandem cells of about 10.4%, 9.5% and 8.8%, respectively. The maximum efficiencies recorded were 14.5% for mono-crystalline, 13.5% for polycrystalline and 11% for tandem cells. …”
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Realizing UWB antenna array with dual and wide rejection bands using metamaterial and electromagnetic bandgaps techniques by Althuwayb, Ayman Abdulhadi, Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, Shukla, Pancham, Limiti, Ernesto

“…The reference antenna exhibited an average gain of 1.5 dBi across 5.25–10.1 GHz. To improve the array’s impedance bandwidth for application in UWB systems metamaterial (MTM) characteristics were applied it. …”
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Photodegradation Mechanism of Biopolymer Blended with High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) by Sulong, Nurulsaidatulsyida, Mohd Rus, Anika Zafiah, Ab Latif, Najibah, Wahab, Nor’Aini, Afian Omar, Afian Omar, Mohd Salim, Nurul Syamimi, Mat Hassan, Nik Normunira, Marsi, Noraini, Egi Agustian, Egi Agustian

“…This concept has led to the development blending of biopolymer and High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE). In this study, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30% of Biopolymer (BP) was blended with HDPE known as BBP5, BBP10, BBP15, BBP20, BBP25 and BBP30 were prepared by melt-mixing process by using Brabender Plastograph® EC machine. …”
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Bending mechanism for piezoelectric transducer footstep energy harvesting using piezoelectric tile by Mohd Asry, Anis Maisarah

“…The full-wave bridge rectifier rectified the output from the piezoelectric tile before being stored in a supercapacitor. The 5.5 V, 1.5 F supercapacitor can be used to charge up to 10.48 V when 60 kg subject pressed the piezoelectric tile with an increment of 60 steps. …”
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Production of zinc iron phosphate glasses by microwave and conventional processing methods by Mohd Farhadi, Nur Hazeeqah

“…This thesis describes the production of zinc iron phosphate glasses, xZnO-(40- x)Fe2O3-60P2O5 with x = 0, 2.5, 5.0, 7.5, 10.0 (mol%) using microwave and conventional processing methods. …”
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Photodegradation Mechanism of Biopolymer Blended with High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) by Sulong, Nurulsaidatulsyida, Mohd Rus, Anika Zafiah, Ab Latif, Najibah, Wahab, Nor’Aini, Omar, Afian, Mohd Salim, Nurul Syamimi, Mat Hassan, Nik Normunira, Marsi, Noraini, Egi Agustian, Egi Agustian

“…This concept has led to the development blending of biopolymer and High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE). In this study, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30% of Biopolymer (BP) was blended with HDPE known as BBP5, BBP10, BBP15, BBP20, BBP25 and BBP30 were prepared by melt-mixing process by using Brabender Plastograph® EC machine. …”
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A study of energy scavenging strategy in a tapping tree power by Abdullah Alhamzi, Belal Mohammed

“…Boost converter contains of BQ25504 IC is applied to increase the voltage from small input to 3V - 4V. As well as, buck converter with TPS62231 IC is introduced for the output voltage of the boost converter and can be applied for small voltage as 1.8V. …”
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Effect of rice husk silica reinforcement on recycled aa7075 aluminum chip matrix composite properties by Mohd Joharudin, Nurul Farahin

“…Recycled aluminum chip AA7075 with addition of composition (2.5,5,7.5,10 and 12.5)wt%, of untreated and treated rice husk silica using hydrochloric acid to fasten burning process at different temperature (as-received, 700 and 1000)°C, were prepared by using cold compaction method. …”
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Investigation of porcupine bezoar extract (Hystrix Brachyuran) on hela cell combined with electroporation method by Azizulkarim, Azra Hazwanie

“…The range of electric field used is commenced between 100V/cm and 500V/cm with the increment of 100 V/cm interval sand for the pulse duration from 100μs, 500μs, 1ms, 2ms and 5ms. …”
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Optimization of process conditions for biosurfactant production by Jamal, Parveen, Alam, Md. Zahangir, Wan Nawawi, Wan Mohd Fazli

“…Further statistical optimization gave the lowest value of surface tension of 29.38mN/m at temperature = 340C, pH = 8, agitation = 250rpm, and inoculums size = 3.2 %( v/v).…”
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English digits speech recognition system based on Hidden Markov Models by Abushariah, Ahmad A. M., Gunawan, Teddy Surya, Khalifa, Othman Omran, Abushariah, Mohammad Abd-Alrahman Mahmoud

“…In clean environment and isolated words speech recognition module, the multi-speaker mode achieved 99.5% whereas the speaker-independent mode achieved 79.5%. …”
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Bovine colostrum and cheese effect on resistance of enamel from acid attack seen from neutralization cariogenicity saliva and noncariogenic plaque formation by Susi, Sukmasari, Yenni , Hendriani, Neneng , Nurjanah

“…Analysis saliva and plaque made after 5 minutes and 30 minutes chewing cheese and gargling bovine colostrum. …”
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Kinetic studies on recombinant stem bromelain by Bala, Muntari, Mel, Maizirwan, Jami, Mohammed Saedi, Amid, Azura, Salleh, Hamzah Mohd.

“…Both enzymes demonstrated high activities at 45o C and pH 5 - 8 for recBM and pH 6 - 8 for cBM. recBM showed marginally lower Kmand slightly higher kcat/Kmfor ZAANA, ZANPE and ZPVANA in comparison to cBM.trans Epoxysuccinyl-L-leucylamido {4- guanidino}butane (E-64) severely affected recBM and cBM hydrolysis of the synthetic substrates by competitive inhibition with Kivalues of 3.6 - 5.1 μM and 5.5 - 6.9 μM for recBM and cBM, respectively. …”
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Extraction optimization and properties of collagen from chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) feet by Mokhtar, Nur Dhiya, Abdul Wahab, Widya, Ab. Hadi, Hazrina, Abu Hassan, Muhamad Shafiq, Haron, Normah, Muhamad Bunnori, Noraslinda

“…Methods: Optimization of collagen extraction was investigated by using three different methods which were soaked in 5% lactic acid for 36 hours, 0.5 mol/L acetic acid with 0.1% papain and 0.5 mol/L acetic acid with 0.1% bromelain. …”
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Extended Aperture Miniature Antenna Based on CRLH Metamaterials for Wireless Communication Systems Operating Over UHF to C-Band by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, Ali, Abdul, Limiti, Ernesto

“…The antenna has a maximum gain and radiation efficiency of 5.12 dBi and ~80%, respectively, at 3.5GHz.…”
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