This paper presents the development and implementation of a user-defined material (UMAT) model for NiTi Shape-Memory Alloy (SMA) wires for use in LS-DYNA commercial explicit finite-element analysis software. The UMAT focusses on the Shape-Memory Effect (SME), which could be used for actuation of aerostructural components. The actuation of a fundame

Four types of estimation approaches for prognostic survival oral cancer model building are considered via a SAS algorithm: Efron’s Method, Exact Method, Breslow’s Method, and Discrete Method. Each method is illustrated separately and compared according to their coefficient parameter. An approach is considered by adding a bootstrapping technique

The objectives of this paper are to translate and adapt the parent proxy Kid-KiddoKINDLRR questionnaire on Quality of Life (QoL) for children with hearing impairment into Malay language and to describe the translation techniques used, as well as the equivalence issues, with regards to morphology and semantics, encountered during the process. A comb

Introduction:This study was aimed to identify the level of satisfaction in monaural and binaural hearing aid users by using the Malay Satisfaction of Amplification in Daily Life (SADL) questionnaire.Methods: A total of forty (40) hearing aid users fromtheInternational Islamic University, Malaysia (IIUM) Hearing and Speech Clinic at Jalan Hospital C

The risk management becomes an important element in the organizations especially corporate organisation and it becomes a requirement to an organization if they want to expand their business to global. The risk management is important to the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) to show its readiness in facing up various risk. The RMAF responsibility is

. The electroencephalogram (EEG) is a device for measuring the electrical activity of the brain; it has the ability to detect the waves at various frequencies. The device uses a small electrode to record the measurements. The EEG waves can be used to detect many activities in the brain, such as stress. This study identifies stress using EEG signals

Silver nanoparticles (Ag-NPs) have been established as antibacterial nanoparticles and have been innovatively developed to overcome the occurrence of antibiotic resistance in the environment. In this study, an environmentally friendly and easy method of the biosynthesis of Ag-NPs plants, mediated by aqueous extract stem extract of Entada spiralis (

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate Malaysian practitioners’ general perspective on corporate social responsibility (CSR) of Islamic banks and their views on having a special CSR framework. Design/methodology/approach – This study used semi-structured face-to-face interviews, which contained both qualitative and quantitative

We describe here the draft genome sequence and basic characteristics of Escherichia coli isolate INF13/18/A, which was isolated from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) Hospital. This isolate was identified as an extended-spectrum -lactamaseproducing Escherichia coli strain harboring the antimicrobial resistance genes TEM, CTX-M-1, and CTX-M-9.Draft Ge

It is believed of great interest to incorporate silver nanoparticles (Ag-NPs) into stable supported materials using biological methods to control the adverse properties of nanoscale particles. In this study, in-situ biofabrication of Ag-NPs using Entada spiralis (E. spiralis) aqueous extract in Ceiba pentandra (C. pentandra) fiber as supporting mat