Cytotoxic effect of Bajong LN rice methanol extract on human squamous cell Carcinoma, ORL-48 by Vivi Noryati Ahmad, Nur Aliana Hidayah Mohamed, Zulkhairi Amom, Khor, Goot Heah, Nurhayati Mohamad Zain, Indah Mohd Amin

“…Morphological analysis and the Trypan blue exclusion assay corroborated the MTS assay's findings. Our preliminary findings provide the first scientific evidence of the cytotoxic effect of BLN-ME specifically against human squamous cell carcinoma, ORL-48 cells. …”
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Effectiveness of interpretive exhibits in influencing students’ intention in birdwatching activity at a Bird Interpretive Center, Fraser’s Hill, Pahang, Malaysia by Mokhli, Nuraain Amalina

“…Questionnaire data were collected from 119 first-year students from the Faculty of Forestry and Environment, Universiti Putra Malaysia. The findings indicated significant differences between the mean scores of the control and intervention groups for the affective responses, intentions and design evaluation, except for the birds’ sound construct in the affective responses and the title and contents construct in the design evaluation. …”
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Assessment of climatic influences on net primary productivity along elevation gradients in temperate ecoregions by Mehmood, Kaleem, Ahmad Anees, Shoaib, Rehman, Akhtar, Rehman, Nazir Ur, Muhammad, Sultan, Shahzad, Fahad, Liu, Qijing, Alharbi, Sulaiman Ali, Alfarraj, Saleh, Ansari, Mohammad Javed, Khan, Waseem Razzaq

“…The EC-LUE model's GPP estimates closely matched MODIS data (R² = 0.82), demonstrating the model's reliability. These findings highlight the critical role of elevation and climatic factors in vegetation productivity and underscore the need for targeted ecological management and conservation strategies. …”
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ESBL producing E. coli in chickens and poultry farms environment in Selangor, Malaysia: a cross-sectional study on their occurrence and associated risk factors with environment and... by Aliyu, Abdulrasheed Bello, Jalila, Abu, Saleha, Abdul Aziz, Zunita, Zakaria

“…In the determination of possible factors associated with the presence of ESBL-EC at poultry farms, a questionnaire was used to obtain the information and data. Results: The findings demonstrated the wide distribution of ESBL-EC in all the farms with an overall occurrence of 37.2%. …”

Antibiotic resistance profile, potential drivers and genotype of Escherichia coli, Salmonella sp. and Vibrio sp. isolated from hybrid red tilapia and Asian seabass in the West Coas... by Dewi, Rita Rosmala

“…The result of this study highlighted the aquaculture production system is an important reservoir of clinically important bacteria. The findings revealed that bacteria isolated had a high level of resistance to antibiotics classified as priority and critically important for human use, as well as veterinary critically important medications for food-producing animals, posing a significant risk to human, aquatic and animal health. …”
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Optimization and mechanistic insight of phenol removal using an effective green kaolin adsorbent through experimental and computational approaches by Zubir, Aisyah, Erna Normaya, Erna Normaya, Zuhaidi, Nurul Huda, Goh, Pei Sean, Mat Piah, Mohd. Bijarimi, Ismail, Mohamad Wafiuddin, Show, Pau Loke, Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi, Ahmad, Mohammad Norazmi

“…Based on the response surface methodology findings, the optimum conditions were pH 1.6, 40 min, 50 mg/L, and 2 g with 92.19 % maximum percentage removal. …”

Fabrication and characterization of a novel mullite-stainless steel composed hollow fibre membrane for oil/water separation by Almukhtar Omar, Najib Meftah, Othman, Mohd. Hafiz Dzarfan, Zhong, Sheng Tai, Jaafar, Juhana, A. Rahman, Mukhlis, Puteh, Mohd. Hafiz, Abu Bakar, Suriani, Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan, Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan, Tao, Li

“…Afterwards, they were evaluated in an oil/water separation system regarding water flux and oil rejection rate. Based on the findings, there was a gradual increase in the bending strength from 32.1 to 79.8 MPa with increased SS contents from 0 to 12 % (w/w). …”
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Molecular recognition in protein-DNA assemblies by Davey, Curt Alexander

“…Distinctions in DNA and nucleosomal site selectivity were apparent between cisplatin and oxaliplatin, which could be linked to differences in their pharmacological profiles. …”
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Metabolic maturation of induced pluripotent stem cells derived cardiomyocytes by Lopez, C

“…<p>Cardiac metabolism and function are inherently linked, as substrate metabolism generates the energy needed for the heart to beat. …”

Economic Nonlinear Model Predictive Control of Continuous Viral Bioreactors by Inguva, Pavan K, Paoli, Luc T, Braatz, Richard D

“…Viral particle systems are integral parts of modern biotechnology, finding use in vaccines, drug delivery platforms, and recombinant protein production. …”
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Cathodoluminescence of self-organized heterogeneous phases in multidimensional perovskite thin films by Cortecchia, Daniele, Lew, Kar Cheng, So, Jin-Kyu, Bruno, Annalisa, Soci, Cesare

“…In this work, we combine steady-state and time-resolved cathodoluminescence microscopy with photoluminescence techniques and reveal with unprecedented resolution the characteristic self-assembly of heterogeneous phases of perovskites with different dimensionality, driven by uneven redistribution of methylammonium cations during film formation. Our findings provide fundamental insights for the rational design of complex multidimensional perovskite systems with improved stability and emissive properties.…”
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Smart concrete with autonomous crack repair function by Chen, Yifei

“…In this study, the project focuses on investigating the properties of the urease enzyme and its role in Urease Enzyme-Induced Carbonate Precipitation for concrete repair and finding the optimum ratio for the highest concrete surface healing efficiency.…”
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Text classification using graph convolutional network by Koh, Jiahui

“…Graph Convolutional Networks (GCNs) have emerged as a powerful framework for processing and analysing data represented as graphs, finding applications across various domains such as social networks, biological networks, and recommendation systems. …”
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Gaps in Singapore’s 3Ms healthcare safety net : the 4th M – membership. by Koh, Jansen Zhi Xiong., Goh, Shu Jun., Teng, Jessica Shu Jiao.

“…This paper thus aims to evaluate the comprehensiveness of Singapore's existing healthcare safety net of Medisave, Medishield and Medifund -- the 3Ms. Our findings suggest that there are five groups of individuals who still fall through the perceived well-constructed safety net. …”
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Letters (and the art of storytelling). by Yap, Shawn Kai Siang.

“…Letters follows a boy as he searches for and finds God in the strangest of places; letters sent through a drawer of an old desk in his room. …”
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Stochastic approximation approach for consensus and convergence rate analysis of multiagent systems by Xu, Juanjuan, Zhang, Huanshui, Xie, Lihua

“…Different from the existing approach, the consensus problem is converted to a root finding problem for which the stochastic approximation theory can be applied. …”
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Rethinking the role that the “step” in the load–displacement curves can play in measurement of fracture toughness for hard coatings by Zhang, Xiaomin, Zhang, Sam

“…This paper scrutinizes the “step” and finds that the “step” is a gap artificially bridged up with a straight line and that the “step” size corresponds with the thickness of the coating in testing. …”
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Bursting the bubble on bacterial biofilms : a flow cell methodology by Crusz, Shanika A., Diggle, Stephen P., Popat, Roman, Rybtke, Morten Theil, Cámara, Miguel, Givskov, Michael, Tolker-Nielsen, Tim, Williams, Paul

“…The adoption of a common and reliable methodology amongst researchers would enable findings to be shared and replicated amongst the biofilm research community, with the overall aim of advancing understanding and management of these complex and widespread bacterial communities.…”
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Islamic Retail Banking - An Integrated Customer Centric Framework to Study Intentions to Use Islamic Banking Products in Malaysia (S/O: 12921) by Abdul Rahman, Maria, Ramli, Mona Fairuz, Chauhan, Ajay

“…Data collected from the Islamic banking customers were analyzed using Smart PLS 3. Findings showed that awareness, risk taking behavior, word of mouth and perceived value have significant influence on the customer usage intentions toward Islamic banking products. …”
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The Effect of Product Innovation and Technology orientation on the Firm Performance. Evidence from the manufacturing Small and Medium Enterprises of Pakistan by Tariq, Tamoor Ali, Mad Lazim, Halim, Iteng, Rosman

“…The data was collected from 381 manufacturing SMEs of Punjab, Pakistan, and analyzed using PLS-SEM 3.0. The finding of this empirical study suggests that product innovation and technology orientation have positive influence on a firm’s performa…”
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