Reconfiguration and Yield of a Hierarchical Torus Network by Rahman, M.M. Hafizur, Fukushi, Masaru, Inoguchi, Yasushi

“…The longest wire has a length of 4.5 cm which represents 4.20 times improvement over the planar implementation. …”
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Syzygium campanulatum korth methanolic extract inhibits angiogenesis and tumor growth in nude mice by Abdalrahim , FA Aisha, Zhari I, Ismail, Khalid , M Abu-Saleh, Siddiqui, Mohammad Jamshed Ahmad, Ghafar, Gheniya, Shah, Amin Malik

“…Quantitative analysis by HPLC indicates presence of betulinic acid in S.C. extract at 5.42 ± 0.09% (w/w). Antiangiogenesis study showed potent inhibition of microvessels outgrowth in rat aortic rings, and studies on normal and cancer cells did not show any significant cytotoxic effect. …”
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Fast UWB wireless connectivity for MIMO multi-user by Mohammed, Ahmed R., Al-Khateeb, Khalid A. Saeed, Islam, Md. Rafiqul, Khan, Sheroz, Al-Khateeb, Wajdi Fawzi Mohammed, Alam, A. H. M. Zahirul, Hameed, Shihab A.

“…The spectrum of one is centred at 4.5 GHz and the other is centered around 9 GHz. …”
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Inquisitions into the complain and the non-complain customers: the Malaysian customers’ insight by Md. Zain, Osman

“…This approach resulted in 131 returned questionnaires with a 65.5 percent rate of return. The study attempts to uncover the nature of complainers and non-complainers in Malaysia and compare them with past studies from the West. …”
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Relationships among water quality, food resources, fish diet and fish growth in polyculture ponds: a multivariate approach by Rahman, Mohammad Mustafizur, Nagelkerke, Leopold A.J., Verdegem, Marc C.J., Wahab, Md Abdul, Verreth, Johan A.J.

“…N and P increases were more pronounced in the presence of 0.5 than in the presence of 1 common carp m−2. Plankton availability was strongly positively correlated with bio-available N and P. …”
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Balanced score card approach for better Shari’ah corporate governance by Htay, Sheila Nu Nu, Syed, Ahmed Salman

“…The proposed balanced score card is developed based on the opinions of 7 representatives from Islamic banks and 5 representatives from Takaful (Islamic Insurance) Operators. …”
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Introducing takaful in India: An exploratory study on acceptability, possibility and takaful model by Htay, Sheila Nu Nu, Salman, Syed Ahmed

“…Moreover, 10 Shari’ah scholars 7 takaful operators and 5 consultants opine that hybrid model, i.e. the combined concept of wakalah and mudarabah, will be the most suitable model for India. …”
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Virtual trial of glycaemic control performance and nursing workload assessment in diabetic critically ill patients by Abdul Razak, Athirah, Abu-Samah, Asma', Abdul Razak, Normy Norfiza, Baharudin, Saliza, Suhaimi, Fatanah M., Jamaludin, Ummu Kulthum, Md Ralib, Azrina, Mat Nor, Mohd Basri

“…Controller A shows better performance in normoglycaemic TIB of 4.4 to 10.0 mmol/L where non-diabetic and diabetic patients achieved 92.5% and 83.8% respectively. In conclusion, Controller A is higher in efficiency and safer to be used for both patients cohorts. …”
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Arterial stiffness and its association with dyslipidemia by Mohd Rus, Razman, Ab Rahman, Jamalludin, Muhammed Nordin, Ellyda, Akter, Seikh Farid Uddin

“…Results: The mean age of respondents was 49.5 years, SD±15.6. The prevalence of arterial stiffness was 23.3% (95% Confidence Interval (CI): 16.44 – 30.16). …”
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Growth and total carotenoid, chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b of tropical microalgae (Isochrysis sp.) in laboratory cultured conditions by Khan Chowdhury, Ahmed Jalal, Shamsudin, A.A, Rahman, M.F, Nurzatul , N.Z, Rozihan, M

“…Isochrysis sp. was cultured in f/2 medium at optimum light intensity (1200 Lux) with constant aeration (4.5 L min-1) at 8 pH. Salinity of the water was maintained between 20-24 g L-1 and temperature range was 20-24°C. …”
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Land based abalone culture in re-circulating systems using a recycled freezer container by Kadowaki, Syusaku, Saw, Mya Linn, Yohei, Yamada, Rahman, Mohammad Mustafizur

“…The abalone stocking density was 20 individuals (5.3±0.8g). PS increased feed intake and shell growth of abalone. …”
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Anti-inflammatory activity of kapok thorn (Ceiba pentandra)in acute inflammation by Hashim, Ridzwan, Noordin, Nazirah, Zulkipli, Farah Hanis

“…Later, the extracts at doses 50 mg/kg and 500 mg/kg were injected intraperitoneally to the respective rats after 1 h post - carrageenan injection. Dexamethasone 5 mg/kg being used as a positive control the negative control received only saline solution. …”
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Screening for aphrodisiac property in local oyster of crassostrea Iredalei by Hashim, Ridzwan, Mohamaddiah, Hanani, Mohd Pauzi, Siti Norshuhadaa, Zulkipli, Farah Hanis, Tan Shau Hwai, Aileen

“…Sildenafil citrate at the dose of 5 mg/kg was used as positive control while physiologic saline solution as negative control. …”
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A non-rewarding, non-aversive buprenorphine/naltrexone combination attenuates drug-primed reinstatement to cocaine and morphine in rats in a conditioned place preference paradigm by Cordery, Sarah F, Taverner, Alistair, Ridzwan, Irna Elina, Guy, Richard H, Delgado-Charro, M Begoña, Husbands, Stephen M, Bailey, Christopher P

“…In the CPP extinction and reinstatement method, a combination of 0.3 mg/kg buprenorphine and 1.0 mg/kg naltrexone completely blocked drug-primed reinstatement in cocaine-conditioned rats (conditioned with 3 mg/kg cocaine, drug prime was 3 mg/kg cocaine) and attenuated drug-primed reinstatement in morphine-conditioned rats (conditioned with 5 mg/kg morphine, drug prime was 1.25 mg/kg morphine). …”
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Optimal waist circumference cut-off values for predicting cardiovascular risk factors in a multi-ethnic Malaysian population by Cheong, Kee C., Ghazali, Sumarni M., Hock, Lim K., Yusoff, Ahmad F., Selvarajah, Sharmini, Haniff, Jamaiyah, Zainuddin, Ahmad Ali, Ying, Chan Y., Lin, Khor G., Ab Rahman, Jamalludin, Shahar, Suzana, Mustafa, Amal N.

“…Optimal WC cut-off values for predicting the presence of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia and at least one of the three CV risk factors varied from 81.4 to 85.5 cm for men and 79.8 to 80.7 cm for women. Conclusions: Our findings indicate that WC cut-offs of 81 cm for men and 80 cm for women are appropriate for defining abdominal obesity and for recommendation to undergo cardiovascular risk screening and weight management in the Malaysian adult population.…”
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Prediction of significant factors in the production of ethanol by ragi tapai co-culture using taguchi methodology by Azmi, Azlin Suhaida, Ngoh, Cheng Geik, Mel, Maizirwan

“…Taguchi’s method with orthogonal array of L8 was applied in design of experiment (DOE) and the results were analyzed using MINITAB v14 software. Seven factors; nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium (NPK), urea, fermentation temperature, ragi tapai concentration, S. cerevisiae concentration, agitation and co-culturing time were varied at two levels for each factor. …”
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The effect of extraction method on antioxidant content and activity of sesame oil by Mirghani, Mohamed E. S., Hashim, Yumi Zuhanis Has-Yun, Ismail, Noornadia

“…The parameters that have been studied are the ratio of sea sand to sesame during size reduction (1:1, 1:3, 1:5), amount of sample (20 g, 30 g, 40 g) and time of extraction (4 hours, 6 hours, 8 hours) for both extraction methods; shake flask extraction and soxhlet extraction by using Box-Behnken under response surface methodology (RSM). …”
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Social problems and its relationship with family institution in FELDA settlements: the local perspectives by Ismail, Nik Ahmad Hisham, Kamaruddin, Zaleha, Nordin, Mohamad Sahari

“…The research suggests as follows: i) effort and cooperation of various parties including the leaders, the schools, and the authorities the religious departments as well as the management of FELDA are important; ii) parents must be firm in nurturing and educating their children; iii) the empowerment and the implementation of laws should be emphasized especially by the Police; iv) awareness of religion also plays a very important role in the lives of human beings; v) schools are to be pro-active in solving the social and disciplinary problems amongst students.…”
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Isolation of moderately halophilic lipase producing bacteria from sponges in Pahang coastal water, Malaysia by Tengku Abdul Hamid, Tengku Haziyamin, Abdul Hamid, Azzmer Azzar, Padzil, Nurul Husna

“…Out of 70 isolates that grew on tributyrin agar plate, only 7 isolates had produced clear zones surrounding their colonies. Out of these, 5 isolates appeared to be gram-positive rod; meanwhile, the other 2 isolates were gram-negative rod in morphologies. …”
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Effect of pressure and temperature on supercritical fluid extraction of patchouli (Pogostemon cablin) essential oil by Tan, Teng Ju, Muhammad Shahrin, Artikah

“…The gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis demonstrated that SFE at 10 MPa; 35°C gave the highest composition of patchoulol (73.65 ± 3.60 %), while SFE at 60 MPa; 55°C resulted in highest amount of α-patchoulene (5.01 ± 0.20 %). Commercial patchouli essential oil produced by steam distillation was found to acquire the least amount of patchoulol among all (38.95 %), but contained fairly high concentration of α-patchoulene (3.86 %). …”
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