The effect of material property gradient on the fracture toughness of a PMMA/PC bimaterial with a crack normal to the interface by Shah, Qasim Hussain, Homma, H., Iliyas, M. H., Ismail, Ahmad Faris

“…Finite element analysis was used to find out the stresses IC in the specimens. Subsequently the stress values were used to find out the fracture toughness of each specimen. …”
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Rural transformation and productivity in China by You, Kefei, Sarantis, Nicholas

“…This paper carries out for the first time an econometric investigation of the contribution of rural transformation to total factor productivity in China. We find that the efficiency gains resulting from rural transformation make a significant and nontrivial contribution to factor productivity in China. …”
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Microencapsulation of Cassia Alata: fabrication and characterization by Alfatama, Mulham, Ahmad, Kausar, Mohamed, Farahidah

“…The microsphere is envisaged to release the extract in a controlled manner allowing more convenient mode of administration when treating related skin infection. Several variables had been investigated including different types of surfactants and buffer systems and different homogenization times for primary emulsion. …”
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The design of non-invasive Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) for restoration of muscle function by Azman, Amelia Wong, Naeem, Jannatul, Mohd Mustafah, Yasir

“…While there are many different types of electrodes to be used in FES system, for this early work, we only look at FES systems application using only skin surface electrodes (non-invasive).…”
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Morphological structures of rattan waste binderless particleboard: effect of acid treatment by T., Maisarah, A., Zuraida, H., Zahurin, I., Hanafi, Md. Abdul, Maleque

“…The morphology of manufactured binderless particleboard demonstrated the compressed cellular structures with some voids and occurance of rattan skin. It can be concluded that acid treatment helps in improving interlocking between fibers inside binderless particleboard. …”
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Optical thermal imaging for breast cancer diagnosis by Zubir, Nazira, Pushpanathan, K, Mat Noor, N.A

“…The fundamental principle of optical thermal imaging relies on physiology such as the distribution of temperature on the skin surface. This article highlights the potential usage of optical thermal imaging, its limitations, advantages and latest concerns pertaining the usage. …”
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Isolation of the compounds from antimicrobial active fraction from the stem barks of Entada spiralis Ridl by Mat So'ad, Siti Zaiton, Harun, Aiza, Mohd Hassan, Norazian, Che Mohd Ramli, Neni Kartini

“…The methanol extract of the stem bark possess promising antimicrobial activity against some species of skin diseases caused microbes The extract was further fractionation with different solvent gradient and repeated test on dermatophytes were done. …”
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Intra-aural tick infestation, the presentation and complications by N, Srinovianti, Raja Lope Ahmad, Raja Ahmad Al'konee

“…It grips firmly into the skin of the external auditory canal and the tympanic membrane. …”
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Preliminary investigation of MYO-INOSITOL phosphates produced by ASUIA279PHYTASE on MCF-7 cancer cells by Yusoff, Narazah Mohd, Nuge, Tamrin, Zainan, Nur Hidayah, Hashim, Yumi Zuhanis Has-Yun, Jamal, Parveen, Meor Hussin, Anis Shobirin, Farouk, Abd Alaziem, Salleh, H.M.

“…In this study, the cytotoxicity of the partially purified myo-inositol phosphate fractions and commercial IP1 and IP6 were investigated against MCF-7 breast cancer cell lines. The study showed that the commercial standard IP1 and IP6 showed good inhibition towards the MCF-7 cell line. …”
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Electrical automation systems towards intelligent and energy efficiency applications

“…In part two, the book covers communication and electronics automation areas which include: power line carriers or power lines applications, power line simulations, programmable gate arrays applications for light rail transit (LRT) systems, temperature and humidity control for public places using microcontrollers. …”
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Structural identification of anthocyanins and analysis of concentrations during growth and flowering in buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench) petals by Tatsuro, Suzuki, Kim, Sun-Ju, Sarker, Md. Zaidul Islam, Mukasa, Yuji, Shigenobu, Takigawa, Matsuura-Endo, Chie, Yamauchi, Hiraoki, Naoto, Hashimoto, Noda, Takahiro, Saito, Tatsuya

“…The anthocyanin profiles and variety/breeding-line differences of anthocyanin concentrations in petals of common buckwheat flowers have been studied. …”
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A framework for integrating DBpedia in a multi-modality ontology news image retrieval system by M. Khalid, Yanti Idaya Aspura, Noah, Shahrul Azman

“…The collection of images attached to entities, such as on-line news articles with images, are abundant on the Internet. …”
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Attenuation of hedgehog acyltransferase-catalyzed sonic Hedgehog palmitoylation causes reduced signaling, proliferation and invasiveness of human carcinoma cells by Konitsiotis, Antonios D., Chang, Shu-Chun, Jovanović, Biljana, Ciepla, Paulina, Masumoto, Naoko, Palmer, Christopher P., Tate, Edward W., Couchman, John R., Magee, Anthony I.

“…In addition, Hhat knockdown in a HEK293a cell line constitutively expressing Shh and A549 human non-small cell lung cancer cells inhibited their ability to signal in a juxtacrine/paracrine fashion to the reporter cell lines C3H10T1/2 and Shh-Light2. …”
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Non-invasive early diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis by Zainal Abidin, Ahmad Noor Ariff

“…Distance between two nearest pixels with value 1 and reference line is proposed to be the method to track vein valve movement. …”
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Pattern of the news media consumption and news discussion among youth : a test of agenda setting theory by Wok, Saodah, Tamam, Ezhar, Bolong, Jusang

“…The specific objectives of the study are (1) to determine the level of perceived news media credibility, (2) to find out the level of news media consumption, (3) to find out the extent of interpersonal news discussions, (4) to analyze the relationship between perceived media credibility and news media consumption with interpersonal news discussions, and (5) to differentiate between selected demographic characteristic with news media consumption and interpersonal news discussions. …”
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Pattern of the news media consumption and news discussion among youth: a test of agenda setting theory by Wok, Saodah, Tamam, Ezhar, Suci , Elsa Maria

“…The specific objectives of the study are (1) to determine the level of perceived news media credibility, (2) to find out the level of news media consumption, (3) to find out the extent of interpersonal news discussions, (4) to analyze the relationship between perceived media credibility and news media consumption with interpersonal news discussions, and (5) to differentiate between selected demographic characteristic with news media consumption and interpersonal news discussions. …”
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Date seed extract as preservatives by Mirghani, Mohamed Elwathig Saeed, Mikail, Maryam Abimbola, Ahmed, I. A., Abdul Karim, Mohamed Ismail, Daoud, Jamal Ibrahim

“…The increasing demand for minimally-processed. extended shelflife foods and rcpons of ehemical preservatives as having potential toxicity demands food manufacturers to find altcrnative snurccs of anTimicrobial compounds. …”
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On dynamical systems and phase transitions for q + 1-state p-adic Potts model on the Cayley tree by Mukhamedov, Farrukh

“…In antiferromagnetic case, there are two attractive fixed points, and we find basins of attraction of both fixed points, and describe solutions of the nonlinear recursive equation. …”
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Combined influence of carrier mobility and dielectric constant on the performance of organic bulk heterojunction solar cells by Inche Ibrahim, Mohd Lukman, Ahmad, Zubair, Sulaiman, Khaulah, Muniandy, S. V.

“…We also find that if the dielectric constant of the active material can be increased significantly (to around 8 or higher), it is then possible that the mobility of the active material need not to be improved in order to achieve the maximum efficiency. …”
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األلعاب اللغوية في تعليم اللغة العربية في املدارس االبتدائية في برنامج جي قاف(J-QAF)في ماليزيا : دراسة تحليلية = Al-al'aab al-lughawiyah fii ta'liim al-lughah al-arabiyah fii al-m... by Chik, Abdul Rahman

“…This research aims to find out how the use of language games and their impact in the educational attainment of the primary school students in the Arabic language education in the j-QAF program, and also aims to identify the extent of the application of the proposed model language games existing models in the textbooks. …”
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