Saliva pH changes in patients with high and low caries risk after consuming organic (sucrose) and non-organic (maltitol) sugar by Widowati, Witjaksono, Akbar, Sham Hussin, Tin, Myo Han

“…Methods: It was a case-control study involving 14 male patients attending IIUM dental clinic who were selected with the intention of getting seven patients with high caries risk ( DMFT ≥6) and seven patients with low caries risk (DMFT ≤3) with initial saliva pH interval of 6.5 to7.5. Patients were asked to consume snacks containing 8 gram sucrose and 8 gram maltitol as sweeteners. …”
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Rate of remission after radio-ablative iodine therapy for thyrotoxicosis: The University Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre (UKMMC) experience by Shahar, Mohammad Arif, Omar, Ahmad Marzuki, AbAziz, Aini, Rajoo, Subashini, Loh, Huai Heng, Ooi, Chew Peng, Wan Seman, Wan Juani, Omar, Mohd Rahman, A Wahab, Norasyikin, Zainuddin, Suehazlyn, Mustafa, Norlaila, Sukor, Norlela, Kamaruddin, Nor Azmi

“…At 12 months 51.2% of patient goes into remission where 39.5% of them were euthyroid and 60.5% were hypothyroid. …”
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Effect of media compositions on bioprotein production by mixed culture of Phanerochaete chrysosporium and Candida utilis using palm kernel cake and seaweed as substrates by Ilias, Nurul Najihah, Jamal, Parveen, Sulaiman, Sarina, Jaswir, Irwandi, Azmi, Azlin Suhaida, Zainudin , Zaki

“…The final results showed that 5.0 g/L K2HPO4, 3.0 g/L CuSO4.5H2O and 0.1 g/L MnSO4.H2O were found to be the optimum media constituents with 9.0 g/L, MgSO4.7H2O, 0.1 g/L, CaCl2.H2O, 3.0 g/L FeSO4.7H2O and 3.0 g/L peptone as fixed compositions. …”
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Point-of-care procalcitonin guidance to reduce antibiotic use in critically ill patients: a randomized controlled trial by Wan Muhd Shukeri, Wan Fadzlina, Md Ralib, Azrina, Mat Nor, Mohd Basri

“…Mortality at 30 days was 22.5% in the PCT-arm vs 25% in the control arm (p<0.0001). …”
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Additive strategies to mitigate humidity interference effects on PEDOT:PSS sensors for ammonia detection by Beniwal, Ajay, Ganguly, Priyanka, Khandelwal, Gaurav, Gond, Rahul, Rawat, Brajesh, Li, Chong

“…This was a marked improvement over the pristine PEDOT:PSS sensor, which recorded 118.5% at the same humidity level, and outperformed other additive variants. …”
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Randomised open-label trial of docosahexaenoic acid-enriched fish oil and fish meal on cognitive and behavioural functioning in Omani children by Al-Ghannami, Samia S., Al-Adawi, Samir, Ghebremeskel, Kebreab, Hussein, Izzeldin S., Min, Yoeju, Jeyaseelan, Lakshmanan, Al-Shammakhi, Saleh M., Mabry, Ruth M., Al-Oufi, Hamed S.

“…Fish meal group, 24.5 (SE: -15.2, 74.7, p=0.005). The Vanderbilt Assessment Scales also showed significant differences between groups (p<0.001). …”
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Optimizing strength of directly recycled aluminum chip-based parts through a hybrid RSM-GA-ANN approach in sustainable hot forging by M. Altharan, Yahya, Shamsudin, Shazarel, Lajis, Mohd Amri, Sami Al-Alimi, Sami Al-Alimi, Yusuf, Nur Kamilah Y, Mohammed Alduais, Nayef Abdulwahab, Atef M. Ghaleb, Atef M. Ghaleb, Wenbin Zhou, Wenbin Zhou

“…Maximum UTS (237.4 MPa) was achieved at 550˚C, 120 minutes and 15.4 mm2 /mm3 of chip’s AS: V. The Tp had the largest contributing effect ratio on the UTS, followed by HT and AS:V according to ANOVA analysis. …”
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Optimizing strength of directly recycled aluminum chip-based parts through a hybrid RSM-GA-ANN approach in sustainable hot forging by M. Altharan, Yahya, Shamsudin, Shazarel, Lajis, Mohd Amri, Al-Alim, Sami, Yusuf, Nur Kamilah, Mohammed Alduais, Nayef Abdulwahab, M. Ghaleb, Atef, Zhou, Wenbin

“…Maximum UTS (237.4 MPa) was achieved at 550˚C, 120 minutes and 15.4 mm2 /mm3 of chip’s AS: V. The Tp had the largest contributing effect ratio on the UTS, followed by HT and AS:V according to ANOVA analysis. …”
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Optimizing strength of directly recycled aluminum chip-based parts through a hybrid RSM-GA-ANN approach in sustainable hot forging by M. Altharan, Yahya, Shamsudin, Shazarel, Lajis, Mohd Amri, Al-Alimi, Sami, Yusuf, Nur Kamilah, M. Ghaleb, Atef, Zhou, Wenbin

“…Maximum UTS (237.4 MPa) was achieved at 550˚C, 120 minutes and 15.4 mm2 /mm3 of chip’s AS: V. The Tp had the largest contributing effect ratio on the UTS, followed by HT and AS:V according to ANOVA analysis. …”
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Influence of Post-Heat Treatment on the Characteristics of FeCrBMnSi Coating on Stainless Steel 304 Substrate Prepared by Twin Wire Arc Spray (TWAS) Method at Various Stand-off Di... by Purna Irawan, Agustinus, -, Deni Fajar Fitriyana, Siregar, Januar Parlaungan, Cionita, Tezara, Anggarina, Paula Tjatoerwidya, Jaafar, Jamiluddin, Taqriban, Rilo Berdin, Jehadus, Emilianus, Manalu, Janviter

“…The TAFA 9000 Electrical Wire-Arc Spraying machine's voltage (V), current (A), and compressed air pressure (Bar) were set to 28.4; 150; and 5, respectively. …”
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Development of portable 10 stages Marx Generator by .Kh. Eljugmani, Ahmed Saeed

“…The highest output was 2.5 kV DC which was taken as the main supply for the experimental and simulated Marx generator circuit. …”
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Enhanced earthing performance by improved design and grounding material properties by Mohd Hasni, Nur Alyaa

“…A prototype of E.G.E was developed in size measuring 19.5 em x 19.5 em x 11.5 em and filled with selected grounding material, attached with a grounding electrode. …”
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Development of power factor correction using boost converter circuit by Suliman, Mustafa Musa

“…The current controller loop has been designed according to mathematical equations which is achieved the results of efficiency and stability in output voltage and the input current of the source. With 22 V AC voltage input the obtained output of the rectifier circuit voltage is at 21.2 V DC voltage with 0.139 mA current. …”
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An isolated bacterial consortium for crude oil biodegradation by Al-Khatib, Ma'an Fahmi Rashid, Alam, Md. Zahangir, Muyibi, Suleyman Aremu, Husain, Iman A. F.

“…The first order kinetic study showed that the μmax of Cons.1 was 0.02 hr-1 while the half saturation constant ks was 2.2 %v/v TPH. The consortium proved a good biodegradation of crude oil in soil slurry with removal up to 95% which would further be used for the bioremediation of COCS.…”
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Evaluation of mutation effects on UGT1A1 activity toward 17beta-estradiol using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry by Wada, Keiko, Takeuchi, Atsuko, Saiki, Kayoko, Sutomo, Retno, Van Rostenberghe, Hans, Yusoff, Narazah Mohd, Laosombat, Vichai, Sadewa, Ahmad Hamim, A.Talib, Norlelawati, Yusoff, Surini, Lee, Myeong Jin, Ayaki, Hitoshi, Nakamura, Hajime, Matsuo, Masafumi, Nishio, Hisahide

“…The UGT1A1 activities of G71R (exon 1), F83L (exon 1), I322V (exon 2) and G493R (exon 5) mutants were 24, 30, 18 and 0.6% of the normal UGT1A1 activity, respectively. …”
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Development of an effective composting process for oil palm industrial waste: optimization of process parameters by Mohammad, Noor, Alam, Md. Zahangir, Kabbashi, Nassereldeen Ahmed

“…Substrate ratio 1:3 (EFB and POME) and pH 5.0 were found to be favorable for mature compost through faster degradation and microbial growth. …”
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Drag analysis of an aircraft wing model and without bird feather like winglet by Hossain, Altab, Rahman, Mohammed Ataur, Iqbal, A.K.M. Parvez, Ariffin, Muhidin, M., Mazian

“…The model of the rectangular wing with bird feather like winglet has been fabricated using polystyrene before design using CATIA P3 V5R13 software and finally fabricated in wood. …”
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Surface temperature distribution in a composite brake rotor by Adebisi, Adetayo A., Maleque, Md. Abdul, Shah, Qasim Hussain

“…The purpose of this study is to investigate the temperature distribution profile for brake caliper pressure application of 0.5, 0.10, 1.5 and 2.0 MPa with a speed of 60km/h braking condition on the disc rotor surface. …”
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Fowl cholera vaccine production: screening and optimization of media in shake flask culture by Mel, Maizirwan, Abdul Karim, Mohamed Ismail, Yob, Nor Jannah, Samsury, Intan Zahrah, Syed Hassan, Sharifah, Ngah Hamid, Akma

“…The optimization and critical values of glucose, sodium hydrogen carbonate and sodium chloride were obtained which correspond to 2.651g, 5.052 g, and 5.437 g, respectively. The correlation between these three variables on protein concentration and total cell number were investigated using Response Surface Methodology. …”
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Supercritical carbon dioxide (SC-CO2) extraction of palm kernel oil from palm kernel by Sarker, Md. Zaidul Islam, Nik Ab Rahman, Nik Norulaini, Abd Kadir, Mohd Omar, R. L., Smith Jr.

“…The yield of PKO increased with pressure from 34.5 to 48.3 MPa at 353.2 K and attained a value of 49 g oil/100 g palm kernel at 48.3 MPa and 353.2 K. …”
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