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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The production of carbon nanotubes using two-stage chemical vapor deposition and their potential use in protein purification by Mubarak, N. M., Yusof, Faridah, Al-Khatib, Ma'an Fahmi Rashid

“…The statistical analysis reveals that the optimum conditions for the CNT production were reaction temperature of 850 ◦C, reaction time of 60 min and gases flow rates of 40 and 150 ml/min for C2H2 and H2, respectively. …”
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Inhalable and respirable dust from coal-fired power plant by Mohd. Din, Shamzani Affendy, Othman, Rashidi, Nik Yahya, Nik Nurul Hidayah, Hanapi, Norsyamimi

“…Coal-fired power plant emission had been recognized as one of the manmade sources of particulate matter. 8-hours personal particulate matter sampling had been done at a coal-fired power plant with 7-hole sampler at 2 L/min air flow and cyclone sampler at 2.2 L/min air flow. …”
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Cloning and expression of a novel phytase gene (phyMS) from Mycobacterium smegmatis by Nuge, Tamrin, Hashim, Yumi Zuhanis Has-Yun, Farouk, Abd-El Alziem, Mohd. Salleh, Hamzah

“…The purified enzyme retains almost 30% of the initial activity after incubation at 90˚C for 60 min. The enzyme showed broad substrate specificity with Km and Vmax of the recombinant enzyme for sodium phytate substrate of 0.105 ± 0.016 mM and 26.93 ± 1.21 mM min−1, respectively.…”
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Enhanced settleability and dewaterability of fungal treated domestic wastewater sludge by liquid state bioconversion process by Alam, Md. Zahangir, Fakhru’l-Razi, Ahmadun

“…The settling rate (measured as total suspended solids (TSS) concentration, 130 mg/l) was faster in treated sludge than untreated sludge (TSS concentration, 440 mg/l) after 1 min of settling time. In 1 min of settling operation, 86.45% of TSS was settled in treated sludge while 4.35% of TSS settled in raw sludge. …”
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Kinetic performance of cross-linked enzyme aggregates (clea)-amylase from Zophobas morio by Easa, Muhammad Noor, Yusof, Faridah, Abd Halim, Amanatuzzakiah

“…For CLEA-amylase, Hanes-Woolf plot had showed the best fitted model based on R2 with Vmax= 1.068 mM/min and KM= 0.182 mM. Lineweaver-Burk plot was used to obtain the kinetic parameters for free amylase, with Vmax and KM of 17.230 mM/min and 2.470 mM, respectively. …”
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Investigation of bioflocculant as renewable dewatering aid in sludge treatment by Jami, Mohammed Saedi, Mohd Arif, Aysha Ralliya, Abdulazeez, Qabas Marwan

“…Results showed that salt extraction by NaCl gave the best results of 0.41 cm/min of settling velocity and 63.39 mg/L of SVI. …”
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The effect of incorporating lithium fluoride on the compressive strength and diametric tensile strength of glass ionomer cement by Mustafa, Ammar A., Al-Khateeb, Khalid A. Saeed, Ismail, Ahmad Faris

“…The specimens were tested in a Universal Testing Machine (Instron 1122, Instron corp., High Wycombe, U.K.) at a crosshead speed of 1.0mm/min for CS and 0.5mm/min for the DTS test until failure occurred. …”
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Adsorption of copper, nickel and lead ions from synthetic semiconductor industrial wastewater by palm shell activated carbon by Onundi, Yusuf Bamidele, Al-Mamun, Abdullah, Al-Khatib, Ma'an Fahmi Rashid, Ahmed, Yehya M.

“…The percentage metal removal approached equilibrium within 30 min for lead, 75 min for copper and nickel, with lead recording 100 %, copper 97 % and nickel 55 % removal, having a trend of Pb2+ > Cu2+ > Ni2+ . …”
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Assessment of heavy metals in Malacca river water using electrokinetic technique by Mohamad, Nur Farahin, Abdullah, Shakila, Embong, Zaidi

“…The optimal removal was observed at a voltage of 90 V, with an electrode distance of 10cm and operational time of 30 min. The pH water was acidic which below than 7 after the electrokinetic process. …”
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Penghasilan manual rjngkas penggunaan alat Total Station Sokkia Set5f dan Perisian Sdr Mapping & Design untuk automasi ukur topografi by Bagu, Pitus @ Vitus

“…Analisis data dilakukan menggunakan perisian SPSS versi 11.0. Hasil analisis skor min menunjukkan kesemua responden bersetuju bahawa manual dalam bentuk buku ini menarik Min ( M ) ^ ^ dan Sisihan Piawai (SD) = .535 tetapi kurang interaktif (M) = 2.29 dan (SD) = 0.488. …”
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Optimization of total phenolic contents in pyroligneous acid from oil palm kernel shell and its bioactivities by Mahmud, Khoirun Nisa

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Preparation and surface modification of activated carbon from coconut shells for benzene and toluene adsorption from water by Mohammed, Jibril

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Treatment system for soy sauce wastewater through granular sequencing batch reactor by Harun, Hasnida

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Synthesis of fibrous silica supported noble metals catalysts for syngas production via partial oxidation of methane by Tan, Ji Siang

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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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Pricing efficiency of the 3-month KLIBOR futures contracts: An empirical analysis by Razak, Marina Abdul, Bacha, Obiyathulla Ismath

“…The study spans the contract's entire 10-year history, June 1996 to June 2006. In line with findings in other markets, we find a pre-ponderance of overpricing. …”
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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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