Powdered Activated Carbon (PAC) was produced from empty fruit bunch (EFB) precursors by CO2 activation at 800¬0C, N2 (2.5 L/min) for 30 mins and CO2 (0.1L/min) for 15 mins. Batch adsorption was conducted using Biotreated palm oil mill effluent (BPOME) under various conditions such as agitation (100 – 200 rpm), dosage (5 – 10g) and contact time

Background & Aims: With reduction in number of patients in the Psychiatric hospitals in Malaysia, the Psychiatric department of general hospitals became overloaded. High readmission rate has been often measured as poor prognostic out comes. A huge amount of budget consumed on patients admissions and the readmission rate is considered as a perfo

Women’s leadership has become a contentious issue in the contemporary history of some Muslim societies. While it has been allowed by some Islamic scholars according to the necessity of the society in modern context, it has been largely rejected by majority Islamic scholars for its debilitating effects. Instances of women’s leadership in general

An experiment was conducted to evaluate the potential of lignocellulolytic fungi for rapid composting of rice straw. Forty-nine isolates of fungi were isolated from several natural and induced rice straw composting sources. Ten isolates were tested for their potential to decompose lignocellulosic rice straw by assessing their growth rate and biomas

This paper presents the theoretical modelling and experimental investigation on the effect of different localized electrochemical deposition (LECD) parameters for fabricating a variety of microstructures. In order to estimate the rate of the deposition and the condition of the deposited structure, a set of mathematical relations is developed with t

Background: Hepatitis B virus infection is an important public health problem with significant morbidity and mortality. Recombinant hepatitis B vaccine for the prevention of hepatitis B virus infection is in practice in different parts of the world since its availability in 1986. Government of Bangladesh has also included hepatitis B vaccine in EPI

In this study a multilevel framework is proposed to analyze the charges definition problem for an ATC/ATM service provider. Two cases are considered: a case in which the ATC/ATM service provider is a public company whose final objective is, while guaranteeing safety, to promote the level of end users demand, and a case in which the ATC/ATM service

Recent research in video surveillance system has shown an increasing focus on creating reliable systems utilizing non-computationally expensive technique for observing humans' appearance, movements and activities, thus providing analytical information for advanced human behaviour analysis and realistic human modelling. In order for the system t

Forward masking models have been used successfully in speech enhancement and audio coding. Presently, forward masking thresholds are estimated using simplified masking models which have been used for audio coding and speech enhancement applications. In this paper, an accurate approximation of forward masking threshold estimation using neural networ

In this study an interactive exercise technique is developed to cater to bedridden and wheelchair bound individuals, in order for them to remain both mentally and physically alert despite their immobility. The sedentary lifestyle common among bedridden and wheelchair bound individuals leads to a variety of problems such as stiff muscles and numbnes