Forward masking threshold estimation using neural networks and its application to parallel speech enhancement by Gunawan, Teddy Surya, Khalifa, Othman Omran, Ambikairajah, Eliathamby

“…Objective measures using PESQ demonstrates that our proposed forward masking model, provides significant improvements (5-15 %) over four existing models, when tested with speech signals corrupted by various noises at very low signal to noise ratios. …”
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Powder Mixed Micro Electro Discharge Milling of Titanium Alloy: Analysis of Surface Roughness by Ali, Mohammad Yeakub, Adesta, Erry Yulian Triblas, Abdul Rahman, Nur Atiqah, Mohamad Aris, Erniyati

“…The aim is to achieve minimum Ra value on titanium alloy (Ti-6Al-4V) machined with tungsten electrode for various level of concentration of SiC powder and discharge energy (E). …”
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Gelatinization properties of sago and wheat flour mixtures by Sarker, Md. Zaidul Islam, A., Abd Karim, D. M. A., Manan, Nik Ab Rahman, Nik Norulaini, A. K. M., Omar

“…The peak temperature (Tp) and peak viscosity (Vp) increased with increasing sago in the sago-wheat mixtures. The setback values (5B) in sago-LPW mixtures were higher than in sago-HPW and sago-MPW mixtures. …”
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Rheological behavior and stability of cassava starch for ceramic mould binder application by Alias, Tuti Yasmin, Idris, Mohd Hasbullah, Ahmad, Zuraida, Ourdjini, Ali

“…Pseudoplastic or shear thinning behavior for both binder and slurry were observed starting at 0.13 Pa.s and 2.5 Pa.s respectively. Calcium carbonate (aragonite) slurry from starch binder however, exhibited viscoelastic behavior compare to colloidal silica sol. …”
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Influence of energy parameters of micro WEDM on kerf by Ali, Mohammad Yeakub, Willey, Liew Yun Hsien, Gure, S. A., Asfana, Banu

“…Using a wire electrode of 70 μm diameter, a minimum kerf width is found to be 92 μm for the micro WEDM parameters of 0.01 μF capacitance and 90.25 V gap voltage. Around 30% increament of the kerf is found to be high. …”
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The discrimination conundrum in the appointment of arbitrators in international arbitration by Oseni, Umar Aimhanosi, Kadouf, Hunud Abia

“…However, the issue of racial and religious discrimination is of special interest and requires serious debate.This article attempts to discuss the issue of racial and religious discrimination in light of the recent decision of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in Jivraj v. Hashwani [2011] UKSC 40.The article tries to suggest a balanced view for promoting sustainable practices in international arbitration. …”
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Surface roughness of sputtered silicon. II. Model verification by Ali, Mohammad Yeakub, Hung, NguyenPhu

“…The theoretical surface roughness was found to be within ±1 and ±5 nm of the measured surface roughness with the measurement uncertainty (standard deviation) of about ±0.36 and ±0.85 nm for R a and R t, respectively.…”
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Trench DMOS interface trap characterization by three-terminal charge pumping measurement by Izzudin , Ismah, Kamaruddin , Mohd. Hanif, Nordin, Anis Nurashikin, Soin, Norhayati

“…The charge pumping measurements showed very high source–drain current after approximately −2 V Vbase value. …”
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Effects of neutron on reverse bias characteristics of commercially available SI and gaas diodes by Che Omar, Nuurul Iffah, Alang Md Rashid, Nahrul Khair, Abdul Karim, Julia, Abdullah , Jaafar, Hasbullah, Nurul Fadzlin

“…The diodes were irradiated using Pneumatic Transfer System facility at PUSPATI TRIGA reactor with neutron fluences up to (6.038  3.067) x1012 n /cm2.s for a period of 1, 3 and 5 minutes. The results showed an increase in leakage current for all diodes which may be due to the existence of neutron-induced displacement defects introduced into the semiconductor lattice. …”
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Comparing metals adsorption by carbon adsorbents: evaluating absorption properties of different carbon adsorbents by Onundi, Yusuf Bamidele, Al-Mamun, Abdullah, Al-Khatib, Ma'an Fahmi Rashid

“…Optimum adsorption capacity of GAC and CNM were observed at pH 5 and 1 g/L dosage, while equilibrium adsorption conditions were generally noticed by 60 minutes of agitation at 100 rpm. …”
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Adaptive Short Time Fourier Transform (STFT) analysis of Seismic Electric Signal (SES): A comparison of hamming and rectangular window by Astuti , Winda, Sediono , Wahju, Aibinu, A. M., Akmeliawati, Rini, Salami, Momoh Jimoh Eyiomika

“…During this period of time 5 earthquakes were recorded with magnitudes greater than 6R. …”
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Straightforward synthesis of novel 1-(2'-α-O-D-glucopyranosyl ethyl) 2-arylbenzimidazoles by Arumugam, Natarajan, Abdul Rahim, Aisyah Saad, Abd Hamid, Shafida, Osman, Hasnah

“…A series of novel 1-(2'-α-O-D-glucopyranosyl ethyl) 2-arylbenzimidazoles has been prepared via one-pot glycosylation of ethyl-1-(2'-hydroxyethyl)-2-arylbenzimidazole-5-carboxylate derivatives. Synthesis of the 2-arylbenzimidazole aglycones from 4-fluoro-3-nitrobenzoic acid was accomplished in four high-yielding steps. …”
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A comparative study of the difference between MFCC and PLP in the recognition of sound by Alim, Sabur Ajibola, Alang Md Rashid, Nahrul Khair, Rahman, Md. Mozasser

“…The identification rate using the RNN classifier and MFCC is 72.7%, 73.7%, 78.9% 57.1% and 58.3% for aircraft, car, rain, thunder and train respectively as compared to what was obtained by using MLP. 31.6%, 19.4%, 18.5%, 38.0% and 26.4% decline is achieved for aircraft, car, rain, thunder and train respectively when comparing between MLP and RNN for MFCC. …”
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Effect of coupling agent on the mechanical properties of flame retardant PP/ATH nanocomposites by Sabaruddin, Fatimah A’thiyah, Samat, Noorasikin

“…Polymer nanocomposites containing polypropylene (PP) as the polymer matrix and nanofiller aluminium hydroxide (ATH) as the flame retardant filler were compounded with various loading of maleic anhydride grafted polypropylene, MAPP (0, 1, 2, 3, 5 wt %). All materials were mixed using melt mixing process and were further prepared using an injection moulding machine. …”
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Cooling of motorcyclist helmet with thermoelectric module by Hrairi, Meftah, Abdullah, Abdullah F., Ahmed, Mirghani Ishak

“…The numerical and experimental results showed a good agreement and indicated that the temperature inside the helmet was reduced from 25.5°C to 19.3°C in approximately 6 min.…”
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Environmental friendly device: modeling of carbon nanotube with optimum chirality by Farhana, Soheli, Alam, A. H. M. Zahirul

“…Finally the minimum value of CNT bandgap of 0.4401eV shows that the optimum chirality is (25,0) for the modeling of carbon nanotube. …”
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A low-cost PC-based range finder system by Motakabber, S. M. A., Ibrahimy, Muhammad Ibn

“…A numbers of test were done and found that the proposed system performances are good in terms of accuracy ±5%, simplicity,cost and power consumption.…”
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Conceptualizing Islamic architecture by Spahic, Omer

“…The discussion will be divided into the following sections: (1) The meaning of Islamic architecture (2) Islamic architecture as a means, not an end (3) Two examples: the Islamic house and the mosque (4) Pragmatism and Islamic architecture (5) Towards the revival of Islamic architecture. …”
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Design and fabrication stable LNF contact for future IC application by Bhuiyan, Md. Moinul Islam, Rashid, Muhammad Mahbubur, Ahmed, Sayem, Bhuiyan, Munira, Kajihara, Masanori

“…Reducing a total contact material cost of a connector, a high- Hertz stress with LNF contact will be a key technology in the future. Only radius R 5m tip with 0.1N force contact provides an excellent electrical performance which is much sharper than conventional contact. 0.30million cycle’s durability test was passed at 300m displacement and the contact resistance was ≦50mΩ.…”
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Sebatian aroma dalam minyak Citrus grandis (Aroma compounds in Citrus grandis oil) by Omar, Muhammad Nor

“…Among them are 8 monoterpenes, 4 sesquiterpene hydrocarbons, 6 esters, 5 carbonyls and 13 alcohols, which contributed to the aroma of C. grandis. …”
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