The increase in municipal solid waste (MSW) being generated each year poses a serious dilemma in choosing the best MSW disposal system in Malaysia. Since the decision process involves uncertainty, multiple considerations, and incom- plete datasets, a simple and e±cient method is urgently required in order to achieve a better decision. This paper c

The multi-criteria decision-making has received significant attention by both researchers and decision makers due to its ability to derive effectively a compromise solution in the decision process. The focus of this paper is to propose a conflicting bifuzzy evaluation in the overall decision process using linguistic expressions. The approach is bas

The government of Malaysia strongly encourages the Malaysian contractors to obtain ISO 9001 certification. The certification is to produce contractors that practice standards that are recognized not only in Malaysia but also abroad. However, the number of ISO 9001 certified contractors in Malaysia is very low if compared with the total number of co

Inter-religious dialogue has been among the crucial issues since the early 20th century. Seminars and conferences on this issue have been conducted with the special agenda to embark on serious ways for building mutual understanding between the followers of different religions. Now, inter-religious dialogue has become more important as religion has

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Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) play an important role in aquaculture to develop microbial control strategies since disease outbreaks are recognized as important constraints to aquaculture production and since the development of antibiotic resistance has become a matter of growing concern. In this study 50 bacterial isolates from the intestinal tract of

The use of lipase in hydrophilic solvent is usually hampered by inactivation. The solvent stability of a recombinant solvent stable lipase isolated from thermostable Bacillus sp. strain 42 (Lip 42), in DMSO and methanol were studied at different solvent-water compositions. The nzymatic activities were retained in up to45% v/v solvent compositions.

Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are important inhabitants of animal intestine and are useful source of probiotic microorganism. Non-roiler chicken could be an ideal source of probiotic that can be utilized in large scale feeding of broiler chicken. In this study, fifty (50) bacterial strains that were randomly isolated from the gastrointestinal tract of

Iron-Platinum (Fe-Pt) and Cobalt-Iron-Platinum (Co-Fe-Pt) nanocrystalline thin films were deposited on brass substrates using a single bath electrodeposition system. The effects of addition of various concentrations of cobalt towards the composition, crystallographic structure, microstructure and magnetic properties of the Fe-Pt alloy films were in

The Potts model on the Cayley tree of second order, with competing interactions between the nearest-neighbor, prolonged next-nearest neighbor and two-level triple neighbors has been studied. The phase diagram is studied for several ranges of the competing parameters showing the appearance of several features and modulated phases arising from the fr