People are being displaced from their places of living because of adverse weather conditions, rise of sea level and desertification caused by global warming. These displaced people are either ‘Internally displaced people’ or ‘irregular migrants’. If appropriate measure is not taken to substantially reduce green house gas emissions, the numb

The ferritic stainless steel is a low cost alternative to the most often adopted austenitic stainless steel due to its higher strength, better ductility and superior corrosion resistance in caustic and chloride environments. However, the application of ferritic steel is limited because of poor ductility and notch impact toughness of its weld sectio

This new technology is realized by Photo Resist Lithography and Ni-Co Electro Fine Forming technology, and enables the design of a small contact spring for applications requiring high density, high speed and high durability. The evaluation result proved the capability of Low Normal Force (0.10N-0.15N at 0.3mm) at contact point (5μm radius), durabi

There is an increasing use of predictive tools in modeling microstructural features of welds towards eliminating weld defects and optimizing mechanical properties. Significant attraction in these tools is that they forecast weld character from a variety of process parameters and thus ensure the production of tailored weld microstructure with improv

Kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus, L.) is a short day, annual, herbaceous plant processing high quality cellulose. The whole plant can be used as pulp in paper industry, composite industry, and electronic industry. Initially, kenaf was introduced in Malaysia as a high protein animal feed in 2000. Trend towards environmental sustainability and development

The present invention relates to a biomass (kenaf fibre) that can be hydrolyzed to produce lactic acid using bacteria Lactobacillus Rhamnosus as fermenting organism. The above cited prior art D1 defines the general state of the art whereas D2 to D4 seem to have particular relevance to the present invention. D4 disclosed in it detailed description o

Every year more than 100,000,000 polyethylene terephtalate (PET) bottles are used in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei. Out of this gigantic figure, 85,000,000 PET bottles end up as garbage and caused the landfills to be dumped by the PET bottle toxic wastes that leach into the soil. This may pollute and endangers our environment particularly our drin

Lactic acid is a useful polymer that can be applied in various purposes such as preservative, acidulant, and flavor in food, textile, and pharmaceutical industries, and a raw material for lactate ester, propylene gylcol, 2,3-pentanedione, propanoic acid, acrylic acid, acetalaldehyde, and dilactide in chemical industries. In polylactic acid producti

Purpose – The overall purpose of the research presented is to ascertain whether independent non-executive directors (INEDs) in Malaysian public listed companies (PLCs) may be facing certain barriers in the performance of their roles. The findings may provide helpful insights to Arab businessmen who wish to do business in Malaysia, notably with PL

People are being displaced from their places of living because of adverse weather conditions, rise of sea level and desertification caused by global warming. These displaced people are either 'internally displaced people' or 'irregular migrants'. If appropriate measure is not taken to substantially reduce green house gas emissions,