Reclaiming the conversation: Islamic intellectual tradition in the Malay Archipelago. Edited by Rosnani Hashim. Selangor, Malaysia: The Other Press, 2010, pp. 288. ISBN 978-983-954... by Hussien, Suhailah

“…The works and educational reforms of eleven scholars spanning through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries (CE) from three countries in the Malay world were explored. …”
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Energy efficiency mechanism using mobile-based fermat's spiral in wireless sensor networks by Mantoro, Teddy, Shaukat Ali, Haroon, Ayu, Media Anugerah, Usino, Wendi

“…We evaluated the performance of wireless sensor network using minimum spanning tree algorithm specifically Prim’s Algorithm in order to know the bottleneck effect on wireless sensor network and propose a better solution performance based on Fermat Spiral model. …”
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Plastic pollution in the ocean by Harun, Hasnida, Mohsin, Nur Izzmirza, Tahir, Rosmawati, Zulkifli, Mohd Daniel, Kasim, Norfazira, Kabir, Mohd Hafizalrisman, A. Hamid, Hazren, M. Sunar, N., Ali, R., Hamidon, Nuramidah, Muhamad, Mimi Suliza

“…Plastic pollution in the ocean was first reported by scientists in the 1970s, yet in recent years it has drawn tremendous attention from the media, the public, and an increasing number of scientists spanning diverse fields, including polymer science, environmental engineering, ecology, toxicology, marine biology, and oceanography. …”
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Modeling of a turning tool holder with finite elements and simulation of its free vibration frequencies by Jaafar, Israd Hakim, Shaik Dawood, Mohd. Sultan Ibrahim, Amin, A. K. M. Nurul, Shah, Qasim Hussain

“…This latter difference is unavoidable, due to the experimental test setup whereby the tool holder is clamped within the fixture with only 2 pins as opposed to the more rigid boundary condition applied to the finite element model, whereby the whole holder length within the carriage is rigidly supported at the element nodes. …”
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LC-MS-MS development and validation for simultaneous quantitation of metformin, glimepiride and pioglitazone in human plasma and its application to a bioequivalence study by Sengupta, Pinaki, Bhaumik, Uttam, Ghosh, Animesh, Sarkar, Amlan Kanti, Chatterjee, Bappaditya, Bose, Anirbandeep, Pal, Tapan Kumar

“…Quantitation was performed on a triple quadrupole mass spectrometer employing electrospray ionization technique, operating in multiple reaction monitoring and positive ion mode. Inter-batch and intra-batch coefficient of variation across four validation runs for the quality control samples was less than 7%. …”
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Further investigations of the prevulcanization of natural rubber latex by Loh, Aaron Chun-Pong

“…The faster rate of reaction in latex prevulcanizatIon is attributed to the presence of the aqueous phase which acts as a medium for the dissolution of ZDBC and sulphur, and provides a suitable environment for the two vulcanizing ingredients to react to form the active sulphurating agent. …”
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Does trade matter for stock market integration? by Abdul Karim, Bakri, Abd. Majid, M. Shabri

“…Design/methodology/approach – Weekly stock indices spanning from January 1992 to May 2008 is analysed using autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) bound testing approach and vector autoregression (VAR) framework. …”
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Electric vehicle battery modelling and performance comparison in relation to range anxiety by Hanifah, Rabiatul A., Toha @ Tohara, Siti Fauziah, Ahmad, Salmiah

“…The investigations reveals that, Li-ion as the battery with high energy density cover more area or distance travel.…”
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The synthesis of aminophosphonic acid derivatives & related compounds by St Claire Green, Donovan

“…Numerous examples exist where they have been described as: complex-forming agents with sequestrating properties, extractants, wetting agents, pharmaceutical preparations, ion exchangers, herbicides, compounds with plant growth regulatory activity; inhibitors of aminopeptidases; as structural units in peptide analogues, functioning as antibacterial agents, which inhibit bacterial cell wall biosynthesis; as structural units in peptidic phosphonylating agents that irreversibly inhibit a wide variety of serine proteases; as structural units in butyloxycarbonyl protected phosphonate esters that complex with alpha-lytic proteases; and as structural units in peptidyl phosphonate diphenyl 9 10 esters which powerfully inhibit the enzyme thrombin…”
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Preliminary analyses on detection of SYT-SSX fusion-transcripts in Synovial Sarcoma by Effendy Goon, Danial, Harun, Norra, Muhammad, Siti Aeshah @ Naznin, A.Talib, Norlelawati

“…Method: Paraffin-embedded fixed-tissue (PEFT) blocks of 3 confirmed and 15 possible cases of Synovial Sarcoma were retrieved from Department of Pathology, Tengku Ampuan-Afzan Hospital, Kuantan and subjected to RNA purification using the standard spin column protocol. A one step direct RT-PCR was performed using SYT-SSX and PBGD primer sets for detection of SYT-SSX fusion gene and the reference gene PBGD respectively. …”
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Technology commercialisation at research universities in Malaysia by Abd. Jamil, Azlin

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“The facts don’t work”: the EU referendum campaign and the journalistic construction of ‘post-truth politics’ by Collins, Jeremy

“…However, it can be challenged on the basis that political communications, in the form of spin, propaganda, rhetoric and public relations has always included such techniques (Negrine, 2008: 13). …”
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Preparation, characterization and application of Zeolite-Y (Na-Y) for water filtration by Rahman, Md. Mokhlesur, M. B., Awang, A. M., Yusof

“…In this study the acid treated rice husk ash was used as SiO2 source in the preparation of zeolite Y, a medium siliceous zeolite used as an ion exchangers in water treatment process. Purity, pore size distribution, FT-IR and SEM micrographs of treated and non-treated samples are presented. …”
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Development of Microreplication Process - Micromolding by Yuan, Shu, Hung, NguyenPhu, Ngoi, Bryan Kok Ann, Ali, Mohammad Yeakub

“…It included modifying a conventional molding machine, developing a thermal control unit to control the mold temperature, and developing a vacuum unit to evacuate the microcavity before filling it with plastic melt. Focused ion beam sputtering, a maskless patterning of material, was used to fabricate a microcavity that was then used as a mold insert. …”
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Surface roughness of sputtered silicon. II. Model verification by Ali, Mohammad Yeakub, Hung, NguyenPhu

“…The beam shape and its significant level of intensity were determined first by measuring the topography of craters sputtered by focused ion beam (FIB). Then the beam function was generated for various combinations of beam parameters. …”
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Micromolding of three-dimensional components by Hung, W. N. P., Ngothai, Y., Yuan, S., Lee, C. W., Ali, Mohammad Yeakub

“…Micro-EDM was combined with focused ion beam sputtering to produce a microcavity for subsequent molding process. …”
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Intensification of toxic chlorophenolic compounds degradation over efficient microwave-dried silica-doped tetragonal zirconia nanocatalysts by Hassan, N. S., Jalil, A. A., Hussain, I., Fauzi, A. A., Azami, M. S., Saravanan, R., Hairom, N. H. H.

“…The catalysts were characterized by Fourier-transform infrared, X-ray diffraction, electron spin resonance, nitrogen adsorption-desorption analyses, zeta potential, ultraviolet–visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy and photoluminescence analyses. …”
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Pricing efficiency of the 3-month KLIBOR futures contracts: An empirical analysis by Razak, Marina Abdul, Bacha, Obiyathulla Ismath

“…This article also examines several issues related to pricing efficiency. The study spans the contract's entire 10-year history, June 1996 to June 2006. …”
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Improvement of artificial neural network model for the prediction of wastewater treatment plant performance by Jami, Mohammed Saedi, Ahmed Kabashi, Nassereldeen, Husain, Iman A.F., Abdullah, Norhafiza

“…Extensive influent and effluent parameters database containing measured data spanning over two years of period was used to develop and train ANN using ANN toolbox in commercially available software, MATLAB. …”
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The role of bank lending in the monetary transmission process of a developing economy: the Malaysian evidence by Kassim, Salina, Abd. Majid, M. Shabri

“…Based on the Malaysian data, the study focuses on a sample period spanning from January 1989 to December 2006. It explores the causal relationships between bank loan and monetary policy variable using two major tests; first, the auto-regressive distributed lag (ARDL) model which is used to examine the long-run relationship among the variables and second, the vector error-correction model (VECM) which is adopted to explore the short- and long-run dynamics between the variables. …”
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