RFID tags, sensors embedded with buried devices and biomedical implants all operate at low voltage levels due to power limitations. The ever increasing use these embedded devices has also created a demand in the industry for lowvoltage power supplies. Since many of these circuits are mobile in nature and so are bound to operate in many different en

Objectives: To explore reasons for seeking treatment for oral health problems at 3 primary care clinics, Malaysia. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive and analytical study was carried out among 77 patients with oral health problems (OHPs) who seek treatment at 3 different primary care clinics - a university primary care clinic (International Isl

This article reports on a study undertaken to explore the state of Malaysian university students’ knowledge of green computing. Two types of knowledge were assessed, i.e. subjective knowledge and objective knowledge. The study also sought to ascertain the influence of gender and field of study on the two types of knowledge, and whether they were

While the world market for international students in higher education is dominated by traditional major players such as the US, UK and Australia, Malaysia has emerged as a recent contender with a market share of 2%. There is a gap in the literature in assessing the contributions of policy initiatives, including trade agreements, towards attracting

Despite the efforts expended by the governments of Malaysia and Saudi Arabia to promote science teachers’ use of ICT in the classroom, the ICT uptake among these teachers remains slow and dismal. This article reports on a study undertaken to explore and understand the barriers that prevented science teachers in both countries from using ICT in th

Conventional information representation models used in the search engines rely on an extensive use of keywords and their frequencies in storing and retrieving information. It is believed that such an approach has reached its upper limit of retrieval effectiveness, and therefore, new approaches should be investigated for the development of future en

Language policy decisions in multi-ethnic Malaysia never fail to attract contestations. Several major language policy decisions in recent times have rocked the nation’s education system to the core. The government’s latest decision to abolish the policy “English for teaching Mathematics and Science” after a run of nine years (ETeMS) and in

This paper presents an evolutionary optimization based LQR controller design for an inverted pendulum system. The objective is to address the challenges of appropriate design parameters selection in LQR controller while providing optimal performance compromise between the system control objectives with respect to pendulum angle and position respons

Lactic acid bacteria is well known for it uses as starter culture in various fermented food, and it functions as a good natural antimicrobial agent. Cincaluk, a Malaysian fermented shrimp product commonly found in traditional dishes is commonly enriched with LAB. Out of 50 colonies from a local cincaluk, 7 strains were successfully isolated and sho

Background: Oral health is a part of the general health. Evidences of some patients sought the treatment for their oral health problems at medical primary care clinics were found in Anderson et al (1999), Lockhart (2000) and Tin Myo Han et al (2012) study. Thus, role medical primary health care providers are recognizable in educating patients about