ANT colony optimization for controller and sensor-actuator location in active vibration control by Md Nor, Khairul affendy, Abdul Muthalif, Asan Gani, Walid, Azni N.

“…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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Oil-price macroeconomic relationship in Australia and New Zealand: Application of hidden co-integration technique by Alom, Fardous

“…Positive changes in crude oil prices are found to influence the increase in consumer price indices in Australia and negative changes in crude oil prices found to be responsible for the long-run relationships with decrease in stock price indices and interest rates. The study fails to find any convincing evidence of the long-run relationship between oil price and New Zealand macroeconomic variables.…”
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Dynamics of the termolecular (HF+HF+HF) reaction by Ibrahim Ali , Noorbatcha

“…Opacity ,functions and reaction cross section for reactive trajectories are reported. We find that the six-centered bond exchange reaction between the three HF molecules do take place but with low probability. …”
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Language learning strategies of students in content-based instruction by Ahamad Shah, Mohamed Ismail, Ismail, Yusuf, Esa, Zaleha, Muhamad, Ainon Jariah

“…The study also did not find any significant relationship between language learning strategies and gender.…”
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Rumi and Aşkın Therapy by Ozdengul, Faik

“…They strongly advise us to find a life coaching to take supervision. …”
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Experimental study of cutting parameter for drilling on fabric carbon/epoxy composite laminates by Abd Halim, Nor Farah Huda, , Afzeri, Aminanda, Yulfian

“…The aim of this study is to find the minimum force and the minimum damage mechanism i.e.: entry and exit delamination. …”
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Design of a high-speed, reconfigurable digital rank order filter by Toscano, George John, Saha, Pran Kanai, Alam, A. H. M. Zahirul

“…Using the proposed digital rank selection circuit it is possible to find the element of a certain rank in a given sequence of N elements in each window in M steps, where M is the number of bits used in binary representation for the elements of the sequence. …”
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The swarm-based exploration algorithm with expanded circle pattern for searching activities by Zuhri, Muhammad Fuad Reza, Zahari, Ammar, Desia, Recky, Ismail , Amelia Ritahani, Al Haek, Mohammed

“…Searching Mechanism is an important technique that is usually used by Search and Rescue team to find people especially victims for natural disasters. …”
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Physical barriers faced by People with disabilities (PwDs) in shopping malls by Bashiti, Alaa, Abdul Rahim, Asiah

“…Both qualitative and quantitative methods will be applied in this study, Data were collected using semi structured interviews with visually-impaired person, hearing-impaired person, wheelchair user and crutches user to find out their perception on the level of accessibility of these buildings. …”
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Wall pressure studies in a suddenly expanded flow for area ratio 2.56” by Baig, Maugal Ahmed Ali, Khan, Sher Afghan, Rathakrishnan, E.

“…This paper presents the results of an experimental work carried out to find the wall pressure distribution in a suddenly expanded duct. …”
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The impact of off-balance sheet items on banks’ total factor productivity: empirical evidence from the Chinese banking sector by Sufian, Fadzlan

“…The empirical findings suggest that the inclusion of off-balance sheet items has resulted in higher EFFCH levels for both state owned and city commercial banks due to higher Scale Efficiency Change (SECH), while joint stock commercial banks have exhibited lower EFFCH due to Pure Technical Efficiency Change (PEFFCH).…”
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Development of single-step bioconversion process for bioethanol production by fungi and yeast using oil palm empty fruit bunches by Alam, Md. Zahangir, Kabbashi, Nassereldeen Ahmed, Tompang, M.F.

“…The development of single-step bioconversion applying several potential fungal-yeast mixed cultures was designed as to find out the most potential mixed culture using EFB in solid-state bioconversion (SSB). …”
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Testing the third-person effects theory on political campaign in Malaysia by Syed Abdullah Idid, Syed Arabi, Wok, Saodah

“…This is important as the campaign can have a great influence on those who are the target of the campaign. The study tries to find out the effects of campaign as a vehicle in mobilizing the audience on the voting outcome of the political campaign. …”
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Robust flight control design for a turn coordination system with parameter uncertainties by Legowo, Ari

“…A nonlinear model of aircraft turn coordination system is considered. The problem is to find the optimal controller by using H..optimal control method combined with a quasi-Newton optimization method. …”
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Routing performance enhancement in hierarchical torus network by link-selection algorithm by Rahman, M.M. Hafizur, Horiguchi, Susumu

“…We evaluate the dynamic communication performance of an HTN using dimension-order routing and link-selection algorithms under various traffic patterns. We find that the dynamic communication performance of an HTN using the link-selection algorithm is better than when the dimension-order routing algorithm is used.…”
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Towards a sustainable campus: zero single-use plastic campaign by Azmi, Azlin Suhaida, Fatah Yasin, Raudlotul Firdaus, Zainan Nazri, Nurul Jannah

“…They are lightweight, durable and long-lasting and usable for multiple purposes. Plastic find their use in practically every industrialised consumer item, especially in packaging and shopping bags, However, irresponsible and disproportionate use of plastics has created a waste mis-management crisis at a global scale. …”
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Morphological tool to elucidate two closely related pangasius catfish by Fitri, Muhammad Yusof, Christanus, Annie

“…Analyses of conventional morphometric, meristic and truss morphometric were performed on two species of Pangasiid catfish, Pangasianodon hypophthalmus and P. nasutus. The purpose is to find characters that help in differentiating these two species to avoid confusion among fish farmers. …”
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Customers’ attitude and purchase intention toward diminishing partnership home financing in Malaysia: a structural equation modeling approach by Abdul Razak, Dzuljastri, Abduh, Muhamad

“…The main findings indicated that customers perceived the equity sharing features in DP home financing mode differ from the conventional and BBA home financing modes. …”
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Foreign portfolio investment and economic growth by Duasa, Jarita, Kassim, Salina

“…Using the Malaysian quarterly data covering the period from 1991 to 2006, we find evidence that economic growth causes the FPI and its volatility. …”
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Neural network-based ammonium aeration control of wastewater treatment plant by Huja Husin, Maimun

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