Space Debris Low Earth Orbit (LEO) by Ahmed Mohamed, Fatima, Mohamad Ali, Noor Azian

“…Humans have created a lot of garbage on earth surface to which we can see, but up in the atmosphere, unbelievably the amount of junk human have created in space is equally colossal. The main topic of this paper is to discuss space debris particularly in LEO orbit. …”
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Enhanced servo performance of a single axis positioning system in an intelligent robust framework by Raafat, Safanah M., Akmeliawati, Rini, Martono, Wahyudi

“…The objective is to achieve wider bandwidth, better resolution, and robustness to modeling uncertainties. The main contribution is the combination of intelligent uncertainty weighting function and optimized weighting function in an H∞ robust controller design. …”
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Introducing computer-assisted assessment : considerations for the new practitioner by Lingard, Matt

“…This essay aims to outline the main considerations for individual lecturers wishing to embark upon the use of CAA. …”
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Religion, morality, and democracy in Ghana by Haynes, Jeffrey

“…Second, the CoP’s influence on Ghana’s two main political parties seeks to prioritise power and control over all Ghanaians regardless of their religious affiliation and of the country’s commitment to democratic norms and institutions.…”
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An investigation of hole quality during drilling of carbon fibre reinforced plastic and titanium (Ti6Al4V) using tungsten carbide drills by Dahnel, Aishah Najiah, Ascroft, Helen, Barnes, Stuart

“…The high damage to CFRP when drilling CFRP/Ti stacks compared to drilling CFRP-only was mainly due to sharp Ti chips, which evacuated through the CFRP plate. …”
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Accelerated aqueous extraction and phytochemicals screening of eurycoma longifolia (Tongkat Ali) by Mohd. Amin, Nor Amaiza

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Biomimetic bone-like apatite coating on anodised titanium in simulated body fluid under UV irradiation by Lee, T.C., Koshy, P., Abdullah, H.Z., Idris, M.I.

“…High purity titanium foils were anodised with an applied voltage of 350 V, current density of 70 mA.cm-2 in mixture of 0.04 M β-glycerophosphate disodium salt pentahydrate (β-GP) and 0.4 M calcium acetate (CA) for 10 min. After anodic oxidation, UV light treatment was conducted in pH-adjusted distilled water for 12 h with ultraviolet light A (UVA) irradiation. …”
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Fish wastewater treatment with "PACP" filter and reuse of the treated water by Helal Uddin, A.B.M., Saeed, Mohammad, Mohd Asri, Mohd Nawi

“…The optimum flow rate for the PACP filter was 100 ml/min. In a comparative study it was found that PACP filter had a better COD removal capacity compared to a same size granular activated carbon (GAC) filter. …”
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Evaluation on different forms of Moringa Oleifera seeds dosing on sewage sludge conditioning by Kien, Tat Wai, Idris, Azni, Megat Johari, Megat Mohd Noor, Mohammad, Thamer A., Ghazali, Abdul Halim, Muyibi, Suleyman Aremu

“…Sludge conditioning was then operated at 60 rpm for 45 min using jar test apparatus. Using specific resistance to filtration (SRF) as a parameter, Moringa oleifera in dry powder form at dosage of 2000 mg/L was comparable to 50 mg/L Zetag 7653 in reducing the value from 8.0×1010 to 3.3×1010 m/kg (2.5 times of magnitude). …”
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Waste cooking oil transesterification: influence of impeller type, temperature, speed and bottom clearance on FAME yield by Adeyemi, Nabeel A., Mohiuddin, A. K. M., Jameel, Ahmed Tariq

“…Peak yield time between 5 to 30 min was observed. Correlation between FAME yield, peak time and temperature was high (0.968). …”
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Multi-criteria optimization in end milling of AISI D2 hardened steel using coated carbide inserts by Karim, A.N. Mustafizul, Lajis, M.A., Amin, A. K. M. Nurul

“…At this stage, the optimum values of machining parameters - cutting speed, depth of cut and feed were determined as 44.27 m/min, 0.61 mm, 0.065 mm/tooth respectively. Under this set condition of machining operations a surface roughness of 0.348 μm and volume material removal of 7.45 cm3 were the best results compared to the rest four set conditions. …”
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Fish oil recovery from viscera of Indian mackerel (Rastrelliger kanagurta) by supercritical fluid: an optimization approach by Ferdosh, Sahena, Sarker, Md. Zaidul Islam, Nik Abd Rahman, Nik Norulaini, Selamat, Jinap, Karim, Md. Rezaul, Abdul Razak, Tariq, Abd Kadir, Mohd Omar

“…The optimum parameters for all 4 techniques applied were found to be 35 MPa, 60 °C, and 2 mL min-1 with an Oil recovery ranging from 93 to 99%. …”
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Performance of the trim and fill method in adjusting for the publication bias in meta-analysis of continuous data by Nik Idris, Nik Ruzni

“…Although the data was incorrectly adjusted, it was found that the Percentage Relative Bias (PRB) introduced into the estimates due to this adjustment is minimal (min: 0.007%, max: 0.109%) and coverage probability for estimates based on this incorrectly adjusted data is not significantly different from those of which is correctly not adjusted. …”
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Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Extraction of Cocoa Butter Analogy Fat from Mango Seed Kernel Oil: An Optimization Approach of Response Surface Methodology by Akanda, Md. Jahurul Haque, Sarker, Md. Zaidul Islam, Nik Ab Rahman, Nik Norulaini, Ferdosh, Sahena, Selamat, Jinap, Mohammad, Sharif Khan, Azmir, Jannatul, M. Bennama, Mohftah, Abd Kadir, Mohd Omar

“…The optimized oil yield was predicted to be 11.29% at 44.2 MPa, 72.2 ºC and CO2 flow rateof 3.4 ml/min which was close to the oil yield (11.7%) of Soxhlet extraction method. …”
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Relationship between short duration and daily rainfall data in Kuala Lumpur by Salleh, Md. Noor, Al-Mamun, Abdullah, Mohamed Desa, Mohamed Nor, Mohamad Noor, Hanapi

“…Rainfall data of eleven different durations (15, 30, 45-min, 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 12, 18 and 24-hr) were analysed to study the relationship with the daily rainfall data of each station. …”
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Adsorption of cadmium from water by wasted biosolids by Al-Mamun, Abdullah, Alam, Md. Zahangir, Amid, Azura, Baharudin, Norhafizah Hanim

“…The parameters were biomass dose (mg/L), contact time (min), and agitation speed (rpm). Central Composite Design in DESIGN EXPERT® software had been chosen to investigate the relationship between the parameters. …”
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Screening of process parameters for CO2 mitigation by using mutant Syhechoccus sp. PCC 7002 by Mustafa, Iswaibah, Azmi, Azlin Suhaida, Jimat, Dzun Noraini, Amid, Azura, Ahmad Raus, Raha, Muyibi, Suleyman Aremu, Halmi Shari, Ummi, Zainal, Mus'ab

“…The selected experimental design was Min-Run Res IV which consisted of 12 experimental runs. …”
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Multiplexing of reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction for Hepatitis C virus genotyping by Hamzah, Hairul Aini, Mustafa Mahmoud, Mohammed Imad Al-Deen, Talib, Norlelawati A.

“…The bands (414 bp & 212 bp) could be cut simultaneously for the gel extraction and purification using MinElute Gel purification System (Qiagen, Germany) prior to cDNA sequencing. …”
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Screening of the process parameters for lipid production using mutant Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 by Shari, Ummi S. Halmi, Zainal, Mus'ab, Azmi, Azlin Suhaida, Amid, Azura, Jimat, Dzun Noraini, Ahmad Raus, Raha, Muyibi, Suleyman Aremu, Mustafa, Iswaibah, Salleh, Noraini

“…The experimental design selected was Min-Run Res IV which consists of 12 runs and the response surfaces measured were specific growth rate and yield of lipid. …”
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Angiotensin II receptor blocker valsartan enhances glucose-induced insulin secretion by Ayob, Azizi, Hashim, Suhaimi, Azdan, Zulnizam, Abdul Razak, Tariq

“…The isolated ancreases were perfused with Kreb's solution containing bovine albumin (200 mg/dl) with low glucose (60 mg/dl) followed by high glucose (300 mg/dl) at a rate of 4 ml/min. The dose of Valsartan used was based on the peak plasma level achieved in human at standard single oral dose of 80 mg daily, which was 1.64 mg/L. …”
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