One-pot synthesis of efficient reduced graphene oxide supported binary pt-pd alloy nanoparticles as superior electro-catalyst and its electro-catalytic performance toward methanol... by Hanifah, Mohamad Fahrul Radzi, Jaafar, Juhana, Othman, M. H. D., Ismail, A. F., A. Rahman, M., Yusof, N., Aziz, F., Abd. Rahman, Nor’Ain

“…The development of the clean synthesis of efficient bimetallic Pt-Pd alloy nanoparticles supported reduced graphene oxide (RGO) catalyst (RGO/Pt-Pd) through a facile, rapid, surfactant–free and novel one-pot process of chemical reduction-assisted hydrothermal reaction using formic acid as reducing agent have been introduced. …”

A comparative evaluation of an integrated hybrid bioreactor treating industrial wastewater by Ezechi, E. H., Kutty, S. R. M., Muda, Khalida, Yaqub, Asim

“…Microfauna investigation showed that free swimmers, crawling and attached ciliates were major protozoans in IHB while free swimmers and attached ciliates were dominant protozoans in ISB. …”

Biotransformation of newly synthesized coumarin derivatives by Candida albicans as potential antibacterial, antioxidant and cytotoxic agents by Ambreen, Ambreen, Haque, Shafiul, Singh, Vineeta, Katiyar, Diksha, Ali Khan, Mohd. Tariq, Tripathi, Vikash, El Enshasy, Hesham, Pasupuleti, Mukesh, Mishra, Bhartendu Nath

“…In this study, one bioactive coumarin analog was obtained as a result of biotransformation of three inactive coumarin derivatives by free cells of Candida albicans. The bioactive analog was purified by Column chromatography and HPLC. …”

Study of 5.8 GHz band-stop frequency selective surface (FSS) by Hong, T. Y., Lee, Y. S., Wee, F. H., You, Y. K., A. Karim, M. N., Ramli, N. H., Gan, Hong Seng, Jamlos, M. A.

“…The fabricated FSS were measured by using free space technique with two horn antennas connected to performance network analyzer (PNA). …”
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Sloshing suppression by floating baffle by Kang, Hooi Siang, Md. Arif, Ummul Ghafir, Kim, Kyung Sung, Kim, Moo Hyun, Liu, Yu Jie, Lee, Kee Quen, Wu, Yun Ta

“…Hence, several anti-sloshing devices are introduced in order to reduce the impact pressure and free surface elevation of liquid. A fixed baffle is the most prevailing anti-sloshing mechanism compared to the other methods. …”

Crypto-ransomware early detection model using novel incremental bagging with enhanced semi-random subspace selection by Al-rimy, Bander Ali Saleh, Maarof, Mohd. Aizaini, Mohd. Shaid, Syed Zainudeen

“…ESRS was then used to build optimal, noise-free and diverse features subspaces, by which, a pool of classifiers was trained. …”

Numerical computation of signal stimulation from Ligand-EGFR binding during invadopodia formation by Yaacob, Noorehan, Noor Azhuan, Nur Azura, Shafie, Sharidan, Admon, Mohd. Ariff

“…The cell membrane is treated as free boundary surface to separate any activity that occurred in intracellular and extracellular regions. …”

Path loss model and channel capacity for UWB–MIMO channel in outdoor environment by Al-Samman, Ahmed M., Abd. Rahman, Tharek, Azmi, Marwan Hadri, Shayea, Ibraheem

“…The path loss exponent for the MIMO channel is comparable with free space path loss exponent of 2. Result shows an improvement at about 27 bps/Hz in channel capacity for 2 × 2 UWB–MIMO systems when compared to UWB–SISO systems. …”

Biolubricant production from palm stearin through enzymatic transesterification method by N., Afifah A., S., Syahrullail, Wan Azlee, Nur Izyan, Che Sidik, Nor Azwadi, W. J., Yahya, Abd. Rahim, Erween

“…Candida antartica lipase was employed as catalyst to transesterified reaction between palm stearin and methanol in a solvent-free system. The reaction parameters were varied in terms of molar ratio of methanol-to-palm stearin (3:1 to 8:1), temperature (between 40 and 70 °C), time (2–12 h)and concentration of catalyst (from 2 to 10 wt.%). …”

Static Watson-Crick linear grammars and its computational power by Abdul Rahman, Aqilahfarhana, Heng, Fong Wan, Sarmin, Nor Haniza, Turaev, Sherzod, Mohamad Zulkufli, Nurul Liyana

“…Recently, the grammar counterparts of Watson-Crick automata known as Watson-Crick grammars which consist of regular, linear and context-free grammars, are defined as grammar models that generate double-stranded strings using the important feature of Watson-Crick complementarity rule. …”

Density functional theory calculations of structure-antioxidant activity of selected phenolic acids and flavonoids found in Malaysian honey by Jamaludin, Rosmahaida, Maarop, Nurazean, Siti Fatimah, Siti Fatimah, Mustafa, Zaharah, Maarof, Hasmerya, Usman, Bishir

“…Antioxidants plays an important role in scavenging free radicals and prevent health deterioration. Total antioxidant content is measured using DPPH (2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl) radical scavenging activity. …”

Using learning analytics to improve MOOC instructional design by A. Shukor, Nurbiha, Abdullah, Zaleha

“…Although learning materials are offered for free, learning retention and learning engagement were found to be consistently low although some MOOC are offered by wellknown instructors. …”

Pulsed laser ablation in liquid assisted growth of gold nanoparticles: evaluation of structural and optical features by Alluhaybi, H. A., Ghoshal, S. K., Shamsuri, W. N. W., Alsobhi, B. O., Salim, A. A., Krishnan, G.

“…Being simple, versatile, and cost-effective technique, PLAL is promising for the production of impurities free nanoparticles (NPs) of diverse materials. This paper reports the preparation and characterization of colloidal Au-NPs. …”

Improvement of cross-linking and stability on cross-linked enzyme aggregate (CLEA)-xylanase by protein surface engineering by Abdul Wahab, Mohd. Khairul Hakimi, El-Enshasy, Hesham Ali, Abu Bakar, Farah Diba, Abdul Murad, Abdul Munir, Md. Jahim, Jamaliah, Md. Illias, Rosli

“…In this study, we proposed a combination of the surface modification of an enzyme and CLEA to increase the number of free amino groups. Site-directed mutagenesis was applied to selected residues of xylanase from Aspergillus fumigatus RT-1 and the xylanase was subsequently cross-linked using glutaraldehyde. …”

Motivation and employee retention among millennials in Malaysia by Ong, Choon Hee, Loh, Xin Rhung

“…It is proposed that extrinsic motivation (i.e. compensation, career development, workload, work environment) and intrinsic motivation (i.e. sense of purpose, challenging work, freedom to choose and recognition) will be used as predictors to test against employee retention as the outcome variable of this research.…”

Physical activity among Malaysian university students: the motives by Bakar, Z. A., Ibrahim, H., Ashaari, Z. M.

“…This study highlights the nature of students’ physical activities around the campus, especially during their free time, such as weekends. The sample of the study was students in one research universities in southern part of Peninsular of Malaysia. 628 students male and female were involved in the study including various department and programme of studies. …”

Modelling and verification of tractor ride model by Harun, M. Hafiz, Samin, P. M., Hudha, K., A. Bakar, S. A., Md. Saad, A.

“…The tractor ride model equations of motion, which consist of three degrees of freedom (DOF) of body motions and six DOF of unsprung mass motions are derived. …”
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Measurement model of leadership elements for integration of blended learning into technology education programme by Chiroma, A. S., Nordin, M. S., Ubale, M. C.

“…The measurement model was able to achieve a Chi-square value with a degree of freedom at p=0.000. The indices used in measuring the absolute fit are: Standardized Root Mean Square Residual (SRMR) and RMSEA having achieved a value. …”
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3D keyframe motion extraction from zapin traditional dance videos by Albakri, Ikmal Faiq, Nik Wafiy, Nik Wafiy, Mohd. Suaib, Norhaida, Mohd. Rahim, Mohd. Shafry, Yu, Hongchuan

“…However, the traditional dance videos can be found easily from any internet medium such as YouTube and it also free to be used by the public. Therefore, in this paper we propose a method of extracting the 3D dance motion data of Zapin traditional dance from videos instead of motion capture technology by using keyframe animation extraction method. …”

Fabrication pegda/anfs biomaterial as 3d tissue engineering scaffold by dlp 3d printing tecshnology by Ahmad, N., Sudin, I., Ngadiman, N. H. A.

“…Although traditional fabrication methods (electrospinning, solvent casting, freeze drying, etc…) can be used to produce scaffold, unfortunately, each of them has many limitations such as difficulty to control distinct 3D structure and porosity. …”
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