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2201
Riparian zone management and rehabilitation in Malaysia through restorative justice
Published 2013“…One of the main contributing factors of riparian zone destruction in Malaysia is the encroachment of river reserves by oil palm plantations.Although there are conventional legal mechanisms that deal with the issue, much of the damage has already been incurred.Pollutants such as fertilizers, pesticides and total suspended solids (SS) are freely transported to a river in these encroached areas. …”
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2202
Mechanical powered portable charger for disaster recovery: design and implementation using hand cranking DC motor and arduino microcontroller
Published 2013“…Three modules are employed in this book, including a DC/DC boost converter circuit, SLA charging circuit and mobile phone charging circuit utilizing Arduino microcontroller. During disaster, main power supply will be interrupted. If only the victims can communicate through their mobile phone, there will be high chance that they can be rescued by the rescue team. …”
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2203
Use of Web 2.0 in learning process: a comparison between quantity surveying and Information Technology undergraduates
Published 2013“…SPSS was utilized as a main tool to analyze data. The results of the present study indicate that QS undergraduates and IT undergraduates in Malaysia generally have a positive attitude towards the use of Web 2.0 applications in their studies. …”
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2204
Maintainability and reusability: The relationships
Published 2012“…The reusable software is classified in two main types, Black box and white box. The black box reuse considers the using of software product without any modification. …”
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2205
Strengths and weaknesses of prominent data dissemination techniques in wireless sensor networks
Published 2013“…Our classification of the existing works is based on two main parameters: the number of sink (single or multiple) and the nature of its movement (static or mobile). …”
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2206
Design and Performance of 20 Watts Portable Solar Generator
Published 2012“…The system has low maintenance whereby the batteries need to be changed every three to four years, depending on the usage. The main concepts of portable solar generator are to reduce installation cost and to introduce a compact design of an optimal energy sizing system. …”
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2207
ANT colony optimization for controller and sensor-actuator location in active vibration control
Published 2013“…Mathematical model of the simply supported plate with piezoelectric patches is derived using Euler-Bernoulli model. The main focus is to find the optimal location of the collocated sensor-actuator and controller gains using a swarm intelligent algorithm called Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) which later verified with Genetic Algorithm (GA). …”
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2208
Reproductive medical technology: legal implications for "third gender" from Western and Islamic perspectives
Published 2013“…The larger ethical and legal questions which it raises, however, have prompted certain states to give legal recognition to such children as “third sex”. The main issue therefore, is how to balance the child`s right to gender identity and her right against coerced reproductive corrective surgery during infancy. …”
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2209
Customer decision making vis-à-vis halal branding
Published 2013“…Since sportswear brand owners usually target youth market segments, Muslim youth in the Malaysian market were selected as the main respondents for this study. The collective perceptions of quality, brand awareness, brand association and consumer loyalty constitute brand equity and this study focused on brand equity research in the Malaysian marketing environment. …”
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2210
Optimization of media composition for α-amylase production in liquid state fermentation of bitter cassava by aspergillus niger
Published 2013“…A number of media components influencing α-amylase production by Aspergillus niger O103A were studied using local bitter variety of cassava (Manihot escuelenta) as the main substrate. The media components (cassava, maltose, glucose, yeast extract, urea, NH4NO3, KH2PO4, CaCl2, MgSO4.7H2O, NaCl, and FeSO4.7H2O) were analyzed using Plackett– Burman design. …”
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2211
Pilot scale production of lipase using palm oil mill effluent as basal medium
Published 2013“…A local residue of palm oil mill effluent (POME) abundantly found and can be used as a basal medium for lipase production. The main objective of this study is to develop a scale up strategy of lipase production (300L of stirred tank bioreactor) for industrial uses. …”
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2212
Current practices of Murabahah in Islamic banks: a comparative study of adopted rates in Iran and Malaysia
Published 2011“…Findings – Although the main principle of Islamic financial institutions is prohibition of usury, it is surprised to see that Islamic financial institutions are still practicing usury in their transaction as evidenced in Iran. …”
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2213
Characterisation of dynamic behaviour of vertical machining centre components: experimental and simulation approaches
Published 2009“…The paper presents a systematic procedure and details of the use of experimental and analytical modal analysis technique for structural dynamic evaluation processes of a vertical machining centre. The main results deal with assessment of the mode shape of the different components of the vertical machining centre. …”
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2214
Collaborative information system: connecting the government, university, and industry
Published 2011“…The study explores the concept of collaborative information system among three main partners such as the government, universities and industries, which are involved in human capital development and workforce employment in any country. …”
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2215
Recent progress on hydroxyapatite-based dense biomaterials for load bearing bone substitutes
Published 2011“…Hydroxyapatite (HA) is the main mineral component of bone tissue, representing ca. 69 vol% in bone and up to 98 vol% in dental enamel. …”
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2216
Volatile but cue-laden: measuring agenda-setting in the online newspaper environment
Published 2015“…After more than four decades of charting a paradigmatic direction in media effects research, agenda-setting has witnessed and survived enormous challenges to its main thesis. Despite the unending efforts of scholars to explicate the theoretical and logical mechanisms of the theory, the ever dynamic milieu in which agenda-setting effects is being explored, creates additional research problems necessitates further exploration. …”
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2217
Center for Zakat Management (CZM) and its role in poverty eradication in Bangladesh
Published 2015“…CZM provides zakat to the needy people in order to improve their living standard through income generating activities. The main objective of this paper is to examine the activities of CZM and its role in upgrading the living standard of needy people. …”
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2218
The problems facing the agricultural sector in Nigeria and the prospect of Muzara’ah and supply chain model
Published 2015“…Research limitations/implications – The main limitation of this study is limited number of respondents. …”
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Standardization of surface sterilization protocol of field grown stevia rebaudiana prior to in vitro clonal propagation
Published 2015“…Fungal contamination was observed to be a main problem in this study and it occurred within 2-3 days of inoculation, leading to the death of the explants. …”
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2220
Vision-based estimation of altitude from aerial images
Published 2015“…One of the wide engineering fields is aircraft technologies and one of the most common needs for Airplane or UAV is estimating the altitude, which is some time difficult to estimate due to weather fluctuations and instability of the main parameters like pressure and speed. However, a combination of different sensors has been used to estimate altitude to guarantee an accurate reading and it is the method used these days. …”
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