We present Corona, a deterministic self-stabilizing algorithm for skip list construction in structured overlay networks. Corona operates in the low-atomicity message-passing asynchronous system model. Corona requires constant process memory space for its operation and, therefore, scales well. We prove the general necessary conditions limiting the i

Employment and residential location are interconnected in urban areas. The residential land use within a city and its surrounding areas are highly influenced by the employment provision in the city. In order to understand the internal dynamics between location of employment and housing, it is important to identify and analyze the various factors wh

We study distributed linearization or topological sorting in peer-to-peer networks. We define strict and eventual variants of the problem. We consider these problems restricted to existing peer identifiers or without this restriction. None of these variants are solvable in the asynchronous message-passing system model. We define a collection of ora

Floods bring miseries to the life of thousands of Malaysians every year. Pekan town, located on the banks of the Pahang River, regularly suffers both economic damages and physical destructions caused by the floods. It is anticipated that the climate change effects through a rise in the sea-level, will aggravate both the duration and depth of floodi

A transient CFD simulation was successfully carried out for waste cooking oil (WCO)transesterification in a stirred tank reactor (STR). In this work, a multi-species reaction model was simplified to simulate the reactive flow in an STR using in a multiple reference frame (MRF)approach. Average velocity fields in the STR, by a mixed flow impeller we

The Malaysian Quality of life Index (MQLI) has improved by 7.0 points during 1990-2000 and further to another 11.9 points from 2000 to 2010. Nevertheless, it is anticipated that the improvement in the QOL has not been uniform across the states in the country. Therefore, a study need arises to investigate the regional variations in the QOL in the co

A hydrogen vehicle is a vehicle that uses hydrogen as its on-board fuel for motive power. One of the ways to achieve it is by converting the chemical energy from the reaction between hydrogen and fuel cell to electrical energy. The purpose of this work is to design and develop a fuel cell car model by implementing polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM)

Syzygium polyanthum is an ethnomedicinal plant with significant antihypertensive effect; however, the mechanism of action is not yet well-described. This study aims to investigate one of its possible antihypertensive mechanisms, the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibition and its inhibition mechanism. S. polyanthum leaves were macerated usin

The Nigerian Banking and other Financial Institution Decree (BOFID No.25) of 1991 has been amended to permit banking transaction based on Profit and Loss Sharing (PLS) arrangement, but yet there is no single Islamic Bank in Nigeria. This study was conducted to critically analyze the viability of Islamic banking system in Nigeria taking Lagos State

There is this argument that Shari’ah compliant portfolios are at a disadvantage in terms of portfolio diversification given that the exclusion of ‘sin stocks’ shrinks the Islamic investor’s investment universe. This paper investigates first, whether there is empirical evidence to substantiate such a claim, and second, can something be done