Photoplethysmography (PPG) is an optoelectronic technique for measuring and recording changes in the volume of body parts. These changes are associated with each heart beat and acquired by pulse oximetry. Fetal heart rate (FHR) monitoring using PPG is a challenging task since the acquired signals present the pattern of both fetal and maternal heart

As more and more real Wireless Sensor Network's (WSN) applications have been tested and deployed over the last decade, the research community of WSN realizes that several issues need to be revisited from practical angles, such as reliability and availability. Furthermore, fault-tolerance is one of the main issues in WSNs since it becomes critic

Research in tribological areas such as wear and friction has technological and economical significance since they change the shape of the work piece, tool and die interfaces. Thus, they affect the process, size and quality of the parts produced. The magnitude of tribological problem is evident in the countless parts and components that continually

This study demonstrates and explains the effect of strontium modification on machinability of aluminium-silicon eutectic (LM-6 type) alloy. This alloy is known to have many favourable features including weight to strength ratio, high corrosion resistance and excellent castability. However, normal unmodified LM-6 alloy has poor machinability, which

This study focused on identifying factors related to the adoption or rejection of 30 service by consumers in Malaysia. The research findings indicate that age and gender influence the adoption decision. These findings prevailed when age groups view differences in terms of (1) loyalty towards the existing mobile service provider and (2) the perceive

Toshihiko Izutsu (1914-1993) is among the few 20th Century scholars who attempt to derive ethical principles of Islam from the Qur´Én by applying semantic analysis of Qur´Énic terms/concepts. Can his approach contribute to the development of an Islamic science in general, and of Islamic economics in particular, especially in the endeavour to es

The primary attempt in this study was to explore the influencing factors of the Malaysian consumers toward the pirated products. To explore these factors, this study has conducted a survey among the Malaysian consumers. The results of the study showed that there is significant relationship between the consumers’ perception and the social influenc

Ijtihad as a creative intellectual process initially led to the dynamic growth and authentic evolution of Islamic law. Nevertheless with the ascendancy of taqlid its role, by and large was confined to providing legal responses (fatawa) to novel issues. With the emergence of modern nation states, the calls for reinstating the place of ijtihad amidst

The emergence of strong Islamic movements in last three decades has generated a renewed interest in Islamic economics, especially in Islamic interest free banking. Currently Islamic bank strategically offering high quality products and services to satisfy their customers due to the strong competition, customer expectation for high quality services

Pollution free environment is now-a-day considered as an important criterion of development for almost every country of the world. Thus, selection of materials and manufacturing processes for a particular product becomes very crucial and must pass through numerous regulations to achieve green atmosphere. In order to achieve this goal, close coordin