Effect of polyvinylpyrrolidone additive in the substrate of thin-film composite forward osmosis polyvinylidene fluoride membrane on neodymium rejection by Yeoh, Yuan Xin, Mazrul Nizam, Abu Seman, Mohd Yusri, Mohd Yunus, Abdul Wahab, Mohammad, Nurul Ain, Ismail

“…Green technology innovations, especially green energy require a strong permanent magnet that utilizes rare earth elements (REE) such as neodymium (Nd) as raw materials. Direct mining of REE from primary sources and downstream recycling process from secondary resources are infeasible due to the pollution caused by strong acid used in the cracking and leaching process. …”
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Towards Developing Halal Logistic Comprehensive Model for Importers in Cosmetic Industry (S/O 13806) by Yatiban, Aminurraasyid, Arbak, Salwani, Subhan, Muhammad

“…In addition, the halal cosmetics halal also related to 3 MS namely MS 2200: Islamic Consumer Goods, MS 2424: Halal Pharmaceutical and some of halal raw materials are classified as food-based products that fall under MS 1500: Halal Food. …”
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Crosslinkable vegetable oil based natural materials for packaging applications by Ker, Adonica Yan Ting

“…In this project, the synthesis of castor oil and citric acid polyester was carried out to produce a biodegradable polymer film for packaging applications. Castor oil and citric acid been selected as raw materials due to its high versatility and potential in undergoing esterification reaction, leading to the formation of hydrolysable ester bonds, followed by the addition of resorcinol, 1,10 decandiol and 1,12 dodecandiol as a linker to adjust the polymer film mechanical and degradation properties.…”
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Movement detection by brainwave : local processing by Zheng, Yi Cheng

“…This project aims to develop a low-cost wearable system to detect the intention of movement for the living-alone elderlies by analysing the Electroencephalogram (hereinafter EEG) of the end-user, which could be used as a subsystem of a fall prevention system. A single channel EEG sensor with custom-made comb-shaped electrode records and collects the real-time raw brainwave signal from the end-user and communicates with the local computational unit through Bluetooth for signal processing and data analysis. …”
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Biodegradable plastics from marine biomass: A solution to marine plastic pollution by Khan, Nida, Sudhakar, Kumarasamy, Rizalman, Mamat

“…The moisture content of the bioplastic film was found to be 21.16 %. The water absorption test demonstrated the film's hydrophilic nature, showing a 60 % increase in weight. …”
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Tongue imaging system for TCM practice by Lim, Kai Boon

“…With advancements in technology, there are now more mobile phones that are able to take raw photos with the ability to change its shutter speed as well as ISO like what a professional camera is able to do. …”
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Complex-image-based sparse sar imaging and its equivalence by Bi, Hui, Bi, Guoan, Zhang, Bingchen, Hong, Wen

“…In addition, it should be noted that even though without raw data, the proposed method can still obtain impressive sparse recovery performance by using only the available complex image. …”
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Detection of computer graphics using attention-based dual-branch convolutional neural network from fused color components by He, Peisong, Li, Haoliang, Wang, Hongxia, Zhang, Ruimei

“…With the development of 3D rendering techniques, people can create photorealistic computer graphics (CG) easily with the advanced software, which is of great benefit to the video game and film industries. On the other hand, the abuse of CGs has threatened the integrity and authenticity of digital images. …”
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Architecting a stable high-energy aqueous Al-ion battery by Yan, Chunshuang, Lv, Chade, Wang, Liguang, Cui, Wei, Zhang, Leyuan, Dinh, Khang Ngoc, Tan, Huiteng, Wu, Chen, Wu, Tianpin, Ren, Yang, Chen, Jieqiong, Liu, Zheng, Srinivasan, Madhavi, Rui, Xianhong, Yan, Qingyu, Yu, Guihua

“…The high abundancy and easy accessibility of aluminum raw materials further make AAIBs appealing for grid-scale energy storage. …”
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Mobile coaching app for powerlifting by Wang, Longfei

“…This project is to build a powerlifting(raw) coaching app on iPhone and Apple Watch. As a competitive strength sport, despite it doe not require as much technique as weightlifting, powerlifting training is still very taxing physically and mentally, so it requires proper programming to progress and avoid injuries as well as balance between daily life and training. …”
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Composite material production of nonmetallic printed circuit board waste with recycled high density polyethylene by Muniyandi, Shantha Kumari

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Correction of errors in tandem mass spectrum extraction enhances phosphopeptide identification by Hao, Piliang, Ren, Yan, Sze, Siu Kwan, Tam, James P.

“…We evaluated five free and two commercial extraction tools using Mascot and phosphoproteomics raw data from LTQ FT Ultra, in which RawXtract 1.9.9.2 identified the highest number of unique phosphopeptides (peptide expectation value <0.05). …”
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IMDB movie data visualization by Su, Wai Myo.

“…Nevertheless, there is still much more research to be done in visualizing movie data like from IMDb website effectively and efficiently. …”
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Green concrete incorporating local waste material by Kok, Pooi Yee.

“…Although it was handy in usage for repair work and construction due to its ductility, the high cost and high environmental burden during production was still a shortfall to overcome for it to be cost effective and sustainable. …”
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Multi-facet in heterogeneous information network representation learning by Zhao, Tianqi

“…The process of converting raw HIN datasets into dense matrixes of lower dimensions while still preserving the network structure as much as possible is called graph embedding or representation learning, which is the very first step to be carried out before any algorithm could be applied on the network to study its structure or node relationships. …”
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An innovative design of household civil defence shelters by Khong, Zhi Cong.

“…In order to be less dependent on foreign imports for raw materials, there is a need to come up with alternatives to reduce the amount of sand needed. …”
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Activity detection and analysis on Android by Ong, Xian Hui

“…Common activities such as Running, Standing, Walking, Falling down as well as Climbing up and down are carried out. …”
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Wind power load factor in the United Kingdom by Constable, J, Aoyama, H

“…This programme is driven by the Renewables Obligation (RO), a support mechanism that adds around £1 billion a year to consumer bills at present and is forecast, in its current incarnation, to have cost the consumer around £32 billion in total by 2027. …”

The Search of Best Practices of Malaysian Halal Cosmetics Industry to Improve Firm Performance by Md Sin, Mohammad Aizat, Razalli, Mohd Rizal, Mohamed Ismail, Risyawati

“…Muslims not only need the final product to be Halal, they also need to ensure that all aspects of supply chain of the products, such as raw materials, handling, processing, transportation, distribution, storage, product safety, and evaluation of the effectiveness of the product comply with Halal principles as well. …”
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Recent developments in oil palm empty fruit bunch (OPEFB) fiber composite by Melbi Mahardika, Melbi Mahardika, Aminatuz Zakiyah, Aminatuz Zakiyah, Siti Mariyah Ulfa, Siti Mariyah Ulfa, Rushdan, Ahmad Ilyas, Hassan, Mohamad Zaki, Devita Amelia, Devita Amelia, Knight, Victor Feizal, Norrrahim, Mohd. Nor Faiz

“…However, according to various articles, OPEFB is a potential raw material for reinforcing material in composites without being continuously developed, so research innovations on OPEFB composites are needed.…”
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