In-Utero effects of the crude ethanolic extract of the leaves of mitragyna speciosa on neural tube formation in rats by Muhammad, Bala Yauri, Abdullahi, Abubakar Danjuma, Abd Kadir, Siti Nur Sharida, Abdul Razak, Tariq, Ahmed, Qamar Uddin

“…This study indicates that the crude extract of the leaves of MS is capable of selective neurotoxicity and producing spina bifida like NTD as characterized by altered brain size and neural tube formation, a finding that may have an important implication in the dependence liability associated with its use. …”
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Effect of Knowledge Management Practices on Business Performance in Bangladesh Pharmaceutical Industry by Islam, Rafikul, Haque, Mahbubul

“…This is due to the fact that firms’ performances are increasingly hinge upon managing knowledge of their employees rather than managing only physical facilities and resources. …”
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Development of switchable planar reflectors for beam shaping realization by Abbasi, Muhammad Inam

“…Higher tunable loss factor of 1.91dB was demonstrated by liquid crystal based design as compared to tunable loss factor of 1.43dB shown by PIN diode based design. The investigations were further extended by carrying out equivalent circuit analysis of PIN diode based and liquid crystal based designs for detailed characterization of reconfigurable planar reflector designs. …”
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Characterization of cyclic plasticity type wear mechanism for titanium alloy, TI-6AL-4V on reciprocating sliding wear test by Mohd Harun, Dalila

“…Meanwhile for the contact pin, two different diameter cylinders are used i.e Ø6.5 mm and Ø12 mm. …”
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Enrichment of fruit wastes with white rot fungi under submerged state bioconversion by Jamal, Parveen, Saheed, Olorunnisola Kola, Alam, Md. Zahangir, Muyibi, Suleyman Aremu, Abdul Karim, Mohamed Ismail

“…On Banana and Pineapple (BPin) the protein content were recorded as18.05 and 15.75 mg/g, which was higher than Papaya and Pineapple (PinPw) and Banana and Papaya (BPw)composite. M6 has 15.4 and 9.78 mg/g on BPinPw, 13.84 and 13.59 mg/g on BPw, 20.82, and 22.97 mg/g on BPin and 18.29 and 11.59 mg/g on PinPw. …”
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Electrical breakdown and structural characterization in synthetic resins using optical techniques by Dodd, Stephen John

“…The early tree growth is shown to be driven by the high electrical field near the pin tip, which is itself dependent on the pin-plane electrode separation as well as the applied voltage. …”
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Development of remote operability CNC milling by ., Afzeri, Muhida, Riza, ., Darmawan

“…Attachment consists of three main equipments; material indexing device, Sub clamp with pin and vise index…”
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The system architecture of E-braille by using the microcontroller and external controller unit by Burhan, Muhammad Mansor, Toha, Siti Fauziah

“…This refreshable braille cell can refresh the character. The pin for each braille cell is controlled by using piezoelectric bimorph. …”
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Evaluation of classifiers in a pressure and latency-based typing biometric system by Moez Khan, Imran, ., Imama, Ushama, K. M., Aibinu, Abiodun Musa, Lai, Weng Kin

“…System authentication in present time relies on validation by some sort of a password or Personal Identification Number (PIN). However, if an intruder discovers this password or PIN, the user’s account can be easily compromised. …”
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An investigation of defect formation and growth in epoxy resin using light scattering methods by Perkins, Elaine Ann

“…The later has been attributed to failure occurring at the pin tip epoxy interface causing relaxation in the scattering volume. …”
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Material properties and design aspects of folding bicycle frame by Maleque, Md. Abdul, Hossain, M. Sayeed, Dyuti, S.

“…The relationship between materials properties and design is not straight forward because the behavior of the material in the finished product could be different from that of the raw material. The swing hinge technique could be a better technique in the design for the folding bicycle frame.…”
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Multi-Mode Yagi Uda Patch Array Antenna With Non-Linear Inter-Parasitic Element Spacing by ISA, SITI RAHENA, JUSOH, MUZAMMIL, THENNARASAN SABAPATHY, THENNARASAN SABAPATHY, KAMARUDIN, MUHAMMAD RAMLEE, OSMAN, MOHAMED NASRUN, AKRAM ALOMAINY, AKRAM ALOMAINY

“…Applying the inter-parasitic element spacing’s optimization and minimizing the switching circuitry using four RF PIN diodes on the parasitic elements have contributed to the gain achievement of more than 7 dBi.…”
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Is there a link between development financial institutions (DFIs) and the economic development? the Malaysian case by Islam, Mohd Aminul

“…We investigated the linkage by applying Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) method referred as the bounds test approach developed by Pesaran, Shin and Smith in 2001. We have used total assets and the financing activities of DFIs as the variables covering the period 1980 – 2014. …”
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Wear characteristics of Fe-C-Si and Fe-C-Al cast irons by Shaha, Sugrib Kumar, Haque, Md. Mohafizul, Khan, Ahsan Ali

“…In the present study, wear behavior of the Fe-C-Si and Fe-C-Al cast irons were investigated using a pin-on-disk type apparatus at room temperature. …”
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Biomechanical evaluation and new improvement on ankle external fixator by Ramlee, Muhammad Hanif

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The tribological behaviour of Fe-C-Al cast iron – effect of temperature by Maleque, Md. Abdul, Sugrib , S.

“…The wear and friction tests were conducted using universal pin-on-disk machine at 25 0C, 100 0C, 200 0C and 300 0C temperature. …”
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Low-loss paper-substrate triple-band-frequency reconfigurable microstrip antenna for sub-7 GHz applications by Singh, Ajit Kumar, Mahto, Santosh Kumar, Sinha, Rashmi, Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Al-Gburi, Ahmed Jamal Abdullah, Ahmad, Ashfaq, Kouhalvandi, Lida, Virdee, Bal Singh, Dalarsson, Mariana

“…In this paper, a low-cost resin-coated commercial-photo-paper substrate is used to design a printed reconfigurable multiband antenna. The two PIN diodes are used mainly to redistribute the surface current that provides reconfigurable properties to the proposed antenna. …”
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A note on Chinese stock market efficiency: fresh evidence from non-linear unit root test by Abdul Manap, Turkhan Ali

“…This paper reexamines the efficiency Chinese stock market for the period December 1990 to February 2010 by extending recent work of Qian et al (2008)2 using the nonlinear unit root test developed by Kapetanios, Shin and Snell (2003)3 and Kruse (2010)4. In doing so, the nonlinearity test of Harvey, Leybourne, and Xiao (2008)5 is used to have an insight into the best specification of the model. …”
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Identifying key drivers of food price inflation in Malaysia by Norazman, Umi Zakiah, Khalid, Haniza, Mat Ghani, Gairuzazmi

“…In Malaysia, food price inflation reached its highest level at 8.8% in mid-2008 compared to overall inflation of 5.5% for the same period, mainly blamed on the spike in world commodity prices. However, recent moves by the government to rationalize food and energy subsidies have also led to higher than normal headline inflation figures and cause public concern. …”
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Decoy ACE2-expressing extracellular vesicles that competitively bind SARS-CoV-2 as a possible COVID-19 therapy by Inal, Jameel

“…As for SARS-CoV that caused the SARS 2003 epidemic, the receptor on host cells that promotes uptake, through attachment of the spike (S) protein of the virus, is angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2). …”
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