Machining Time Simulation in High Speed Hard Turning by Adesta, Erry Yulian Triblas, Al Hazza, Muataz Hazza Faizi

“…By using MATLAB SIMULINK, a new program was developed for machining time allowing the manufacturer to find rapidly the values of cutting time parameters and gives the management the opportunity to modify the processing parameters to achieve the optimum time by using the optimum cutting parameters.…”
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Environmental colour impact upon human behaviour: a review by Ab Jalil, Nurlelawati, Mohd Yunus, Rodzyah, S. Said, Normahdiah

“…This paper analyses 40 previous colour studies selected from various disciplines discussing previous methods and colour effects in order to find its significant impact on humans. It reviews factors such as type of setting, method of assessment, instruments and type of colours. …”
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The research in Scotland event in Edinburgh: reflections and key issues by Terry, Cassandra, French, Fiona, Morrison, Neil

“…Several important points were raised: the requirement for better awareness and better support for those living with Parkinson’s (including specialist care) and the need to invest in research and work together including the importance of Patient and Public Involvement to find better treatments and, hopefully, a cure.…”
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Re-examining the decline in the US saving rate : the impact of mortgage equity withdrawal by Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Costantini, Mauro, Paradiso, Antonio

“…We estimate a Vector Error Correction (VEC) model including the saving rate, asset prices, equity withdrawal and interest rates and find that indeed mortgage equity withdrawal is a key determinant of the observed saving pattern.…”
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Competitiveness of credit associations and credit cooperatives in Japan by Matousek, Roman, Minegishi, Shinya, Stewart, Chris

“…The results correspond to research findings by Tsutsui and Kamesaka (2005), and Uchida and Tsutsui (2005). …”
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Fiscal shocks and real exchange rate dynamics: some evidence for Latin America by Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Ciferri, Davide, Girardi, Alessandro

“…Using quarterly data over the period 1980-2006, we find that in a majority of cases fiscal shocks are the main driving force of real exchange rate fluctuations.…”
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Ageing and personal retirement savings plan participation with heterogeneity in preferences : the Portuguese case by Barros, Carlos Pestana, Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Garcia, Maria Teresa Medeiros

“…A mixed logit model is used to analyse the determinants of retirement saving behaviour, allowing for heterogeneity in the responses. We find considerable heterogeneity among individuals (in terms of socio-economic variables such as age, gender and income), which must be taken into account by any policy aimed at changing retirement saving behaviour.…”
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Identification of segments of European banks with a latent class frontier model by Barros, Carlos Pestana, Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Gil-Alana, Luis A.

“…A latent class frontier model is used which allows the identification of different segments in the production frontier. We find that there are three statistically significant segments in the sample. …”
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Opinion on the compatibility of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) with the European Convention on Human Rights & the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights by Korff, Douwe, Brown, Ian

“…It follows a request to find out “if the final Version of ACTA and its foreseen legislative procedure is in line with the Treaties of the European Union and which legal possibilities there are for the European Parliament to challenge this in front of the European Court of Justice.” …”
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Characteristic qualities affecting landed house prices by Mohamad, Muhamad Hilmi, Nawawi, Abdul Hadi, Mohd Safian, Edie Ezwan, Ahmad Saleh, Ahmad Fawwaz

“…The research was conducted to find the characteristics quality of houses in Malaysia. …”
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النحو في كتب تعليم العربية للناطقين بغيرها = The Grammar in the books of teaching Arabic to non-native speakers by Uthman Sabir, Abdul Nasir, Ahmad, Nordin

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Staphylococcal cassette chroromosome mec (SCCmec) typing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates from patients attending Tengku Ampuan Afzan hospital (HTAA)... by Mustafa, M. I, Alarosi, N. A., Mohammad Amjad, Nasser

“…Results: Four major sites were listed (Fig 3): skin and soft tissue infections 14 (50%), ENT infections 7 (25%), respiratory tract infections 1 (3.57%), blood stream infections 5 (17.85%), and other body fluids 1 (3.57%).Resistance to oxacillin was 100%, with an MIC >4 μg/mL. …”
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A study on the characterization of baobab (Adansonia digitate) fruit seed oil by Abdalkreem, Sara Babiker, Mirghani, Mohamed Elwathig Saeed, Kabbashi, Nassereldeen Ahmed, Alam, Md. Zahangir, Marikkar, Mohammed Nazrim

“…Baobab seed oil had been commonly used for skin care application since ancient times. However, during the last century, synthetic substitutes have become available and have been used to replace natural seed oils. …”
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Impact of thermal behaviour on outdoor human thermal comfort in tropical climate by Yong, Yee Lee

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Mixed convection flow of a two-phase dusty fluid and dusty jeffrey fluid due to an exponentially stretching sheet by Izani, Siti Nur Haseela

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Understanding the factors that contribute to the outcome of cognitive behavioural therapy as adjunct to medical treatment in a sample of individuals with psoriasis : a constructivi... by Laoudi, Marietta

“…Psoriasis is a chronic autoimmune skin condition that can impair psychological, social, and physical functioning. …”
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Developing starter cultures for the optimisation of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) fermentation by Awamaria, Brigitte

“…Several natural fermentations of cassava under various conditions were carried out to study the effects of time, temperature, substrate composition (cassava skin and leaves) on pH, cassava softening and microbial growth. …”
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Ultrasound-compatible 3D-printed Franz diffusion system for sonophoresis with microbubbles by Chen, Xin, De Grandi, Davide, Zhu, Yonglian, Lutheryn, Gareth, Lane, Majella E., Sil dos Santos, Bruno, Carugo, Dario

“…Sonophoresis is a topical drug delivery approach that utilises ultrasound as a physical stimulus to enhance permeation of active pharmaceutical ingredients through the skin. Only limited research has however been conducted to evaluate the potential of ultrasound-responsive drug carriers, such as gas microbubbles, in sonophoresis. …”
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A new direct viscous-inviscid interaction method for aerodynamics analysis by Che Mohd Husin, Mohd Faizal

“…The boundary layer solution beside provide the skin friction distribution along the body surface is also providing the boundary layer displacement thickness δ*. …”
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Development of ultra wideband antenna array for human detection under debris by Ali, Jawad

“…After the design simulation and fabrication, the experimentation was carried out using obstacles such as wood and concrete, and targeted human skin to validate the proposed detection scheme. The simulation and measurement results showed a good agreement in terms of detection depth and underground imagery. …”
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