Process flow improvement using value stream mapping to reduce waste and lead time in Malaysia healthcare by Haron, Siti Haizatul Aishah

“…The results from the qualitative data showed that the waste and lead time in the process flow of patient are successfully reduced. The findings proposed that the healthcare should combine the process of registration with the blood and urine tests into one process, and also combine the process of check-up with the process of treatment. …”
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The role of risks, collaboration and performance in the supply chain of manufacturing firms of Malaysia by Shahbaz, Muhammad Saeed

“…Data was analyzed through structural equation modeling using smart PLS. The findings revealed that all types of risks have a negative impact on supply chain performance but only supply, demand, logistic and environment side risks have a significant negative impact. …”
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Physical and mechanical behaviors of pineapple leaf fibre reinforced thermoplastics corn starch bio polymer composites by Zakaria, Nazri Huzaimi

“…PALF reinforcement at the weight ratio of 20:80, 30:70, 40:60, 50:50, and 60:40 was prepared with TPCS. Consequently, the findings showed that the mechanical behaviours of the treated PALE/TPCS bio­ composite were improving via single layer. …”
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An improvement of back propagation algorithm using halley third order optimisation method for classification problems by Abdul Hamid, Norhamreeza

“…Moreover, it has uncertainty in finding the global minimum of the error function. …”
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Effect of high velocity oxy-fuel (HVOF) coatings on fatigue behaviour of carbon steel by Moh Halmi, Mohamad Ariff

“…Similar behaviours are shown by the fatigue properties, as the HVOF coated steel showed a fatigue strength’s reduction of 17% due to the increment of the substrate’s grain size. These findings conclude that HVOF spraying process gives negative impact on the mechanical properties and fatigue properties.…”
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Improvement of distribution transformer fault analysis using FRA method by Nasser Al-Ameri, Salem Mgammal Awadh

“…Additionally, the transformer ageing and degradation of winding’s insulation is also investigated using different FRA measurement configuration. Findings show that tap changer coking and clamping faults affect the frequency response at less than 2kHz. …”
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Towards a productive waqf management framework for socio-economic development of Muslim Community: a case study in Batam, Indonesia by Sanusi Patola Daeng Masirri, Sofiandi

“…Finally, the proposed framework was verified by 7 experts in the expert opinion stage. The findings showed that (1) the level of awareness of Malay people living in Kampung Tua, Batam City is low. (2) Nadzir’s level of participation in the current productive waqf framework is medium. (3) There are 5 productive waqf framework components: supervision on waqf, nadzir aspect, legality, good modern management, shariah�compliant, and (4) the study has successfully come up with a new framework and component; merging Zakat, Infaq, and Shadaqah with Waqf Boards for developing socio-economic life of the Muslim community in Indonesia.…”
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Causes and effects of poor communication in construction projects by Rageh Gamil, Yaser Mohammed

“…The framework also introduced the mitigation measures of poor communication. The findings of this research are helpful to accommodate the need for construction practitioners and stakeholders to understand the most significant causes, most severe effects, and offered mitigation measures of poor communication.…”
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Tribological performance of jatropha oil-based nanofluids for orthogonal cutting process by Jamaluddin, Nor Athira

“…According to the current findings, thermal-oxidation stability of MJOg3 (MJO+0.05wt.% graphene nanoparticles), MJOh3 (MJO+0.05wt.% hBN nanoparticles) and MJOc3 (MJO+0.05wt.% CuO nanoparticles) were significantly improved by achieving the highest viscosity index among the other studied samples. …”
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Adoption of integrated cattle and oil palm farming system in Malaysia by Mohd Nasir, Aini Syafiqah

“…On the other hand, government support and policy constraint and production and on-farm constraint are the significant constraints hindering the adoption of ICOFS. Based on the findings of this study, one of the measure to increase the rate of adoption of ICOFS are by helping the farmers to hire extra labour and to have skills needed. …”
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Professional Doctorate in Health Psychology thesis portfolio (Edwards : 2019) : Obesity and uncontrolled eating from a health psychology perspective by Edwards, Sophie Kathryn

“…I believe that these are important findings and have implications both for those designing weight management interventions and for health care professionals in general. …”
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Predicted benign and synonymous variants in CYP11A1 cause primary adrenal insufficiency through missplicing by Maharaj, Avinaash, Buonocore, Federica, Meimaridou, Eirini, Ruiz-Babot, Gerard, Guasti, Leonardo, Peng, Hwei-Ming, Capper, Cameron P., Burgos-Tirado, Neikelyn, Prasad, Rathi, Hughes, Claire R., Maudhoo, Ashwini, Crowne, Elizabeth, Cheetham, Timothy D., Brain, Caroline E., Suntharalingham, Jenifer P., Striglioni, Niccolò, Yuksel, Bilgin, Gurbuz, Fatih, Gupta, Sangay, Lindsay, Robert, Couch, Robert, Spoudeas, Helen A., Guran, Tulay, Johnson, Stephanie, Fowler, Dallas J., Conwell, Louise S., McInerney-Leo, Aideen M., Drui, Delphine, Cariou, Bertrand, Lopez-Siguero, Juan P., Harris, Mark, Duncan, Emma L., Hindmarsh, Peter C., Auchus, Richard J., Donaldson, Malcolm D., Achermann, John C., Metherell, Louise A.

“…Taken together, these findings show that compound heterozygosity involving a relatively common and predicted "benign" variant in CYP11A1 is a major contributor to PAI of unknown etiology, especially in European populations. …”
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Assessment of Sewage Molecular Markers in Port Dickson Coast and Kim Kim River with Sediment Linear Alkylbenzenes by Sadeq Abdullah Abdo Alkhadher, Sadeq Abdullah Abdo Alkhadher, Zakaria, Mohamad Pauzi, Suhaimi Suratman, Suhaimi Suratman, Tahani Y. A. Alanazi, Tahani Y. A. Alanazi, A. H. Al-Bagawi, A. H. Al-Bagawi, Sami M. Magam, Sami M. Magam, Najat Masood, Najat Masood, Abdul Kadir, Aeslina, Adel Al-Gheeth, Adel Al-Gheeth

“…The degradation of LABs was 40–64% and 34–38% in the studied locations. The findings of this study suggested the powerfully indicators of LABs in tracing anthropogenic sewage contamination and the necessity of continuing wastewater treatment system improvement…”
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Assessment of Sewage Molecular Markers in Port Dickson Coast and Kim Kim River with Sediment Linear Alkylbenzenes by Sadeq Abdullah Abdo Alkhadher, Sadeq Abdullah Abdo Alkhadher, Mohamad Pauzi Zakaria, Mohamad Pauzi Zakaria, Suhaimi Suratman, Suhaimi Suratman, Tahani Y. A. Alanazi, Tahani Y. A. Alanazi, A. H. Al-Bagawi, A. H. Al-Bagawi, Sami M. Magam, Sami M. Magam, Najat Masood, Najat Masood, Aeslina Abdul Kadir, Aeslina Abdul Kadir, Adel Al-Gheethi, Adel Al-Gheethi

“…The degradation of LABs was 40–64% and 34–38% in the studied locations. The findings of this study suggested the powerfully indicators of LABs in tracing anthropogenic sewage contamination and the necessity of continuing wastewater treatment system improvement.…”
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Assessment of Sewage Molecular Markers in Port Dickson Coast and Kim Kim River with Sediment Linear Alkylbenzenes by Sadeq Abdullah Abdo Alkhadher, Sadeq Abdullah Abdo Alkhadher, Zakaria, Mohamad Pauzi, Suratman, Suhaimi, Tahani Y. A. Alanazi, Tahani Y. A. Alanazi, A. H. Al-Bagawi, A. H. Al-Bagawi, Sami M. Magam, Sami M. Magam, Najat Masood, Najat Masood, Abdul Kadir, Aeslina, Adel Al-Gheethi, Adel Al-Gheethi

“…The degradation of LABs was 40–64% and 34–38% in the studied locations. The findings of this study suggested the powerfully indicators of LABs in tracing anthropogenic sewage contamination and the necessity of continuing wastewater treatment system improvement…”
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Comparative study on passive design considerations on selected hospital designs in Malaysia by Mohd Nawawi, Norwina, Aripin, Srazali

“…So where do we go from here? The findings are therefore non conclusive but intend to provide the lead towards further research in the various aspects of passive design considerations in hospital buildings. …”
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Formation and geminate quenching of singlet oxygen in purple bacterial reaction center by Arellano, Juan B., Yousef, Yaser A., Melo, Thor Bernt, Mohamad, Samsun Baharin, Cogdell, Richard J., Naqvi, K. Razi

“…The time constant f was identified with the decay time of 1X*; when P� is the sensitizer, one finds fð1Þ P ¼ 3:3 � 0:3 ls, and fð2Þ P ¼ 34 � 3 ls, where the superscripts 1 and 2 refer to H2O and D2O, respectively; the corresponding values for sensitization by M� (in the absence of RC) are fð1Þ M ¼ 3:7 � 0:4 ls, and fð2Þ M ¼ 75 � 5 ls. …”
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A comparative study on the antioxidant activity in garlic (Allium sativum) and shallot (Allium cepa) by Che Othman, Siti Fairuz, Kamarudin, Kamarul Rahim, Syed Osman Idid, Syed Zahir Idid, Mohamed Rehan, Aisyah, Koya, Mustapha Suleiman

“…Apart from that, Ferrous ion cgelating activity assay was conducted in order to determine the ion chelating effect of the sample. Derived from the findings of the assay shows that A.cepa shows as higher ion chelating effect compared the to A. sativum, 45.00 ± 1.73% and 43.29 ± 3.89 % respectively. …”
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Phylogenetic analysis of sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) in Malaysia as inferred from Cytochrome C Oxidase I MtDNA by Hussin, Rosnah, Kamarudin, Kamarul Rahim, Nordin, Noor Faizul Hadry, Hashim, Ridzwan, Mohammad , Mohd Nahar

“…The phylogenetic results were also supported by the data from genetic distance. Overall, the above findings strongly suggest that the grouping and classification at species and higher level as inferred from COI mtDNA gene are unresolved, requiring further molecular ecology studies to be done in the near future.…”
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High prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency and its association with BMI-for-age among primary school children in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia by Khor, Geok Lin, Chee, Winnie S S, Mohd Shariff, Zalilah, Poh, Bee K, Arumugam, Mohan, Ab Rahman, Jamalludin, Theobald, Hannah E

“…In light of the growing problem of obesity in Malaysian children, these findings emphasize the important need for appropriate interventions to address both problems of obesity and poor vitamin D status in children. …”
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