Lipases are enzymes that can be secreted by several microorganisms using agro-industrial residues as potential substrates. This work screened ten microorganisms for their potential to produce lipase in palm oil mill effluent (POME)-based medium. Among the 10 organisms, the most promising strain was Candida cylindracea (ATCC 14830) which showed appr

The study discusses the students’ perceptions of the peer influence in the academic achievements and behaviour among students of MARA Junior Science College Malaysia. The study involved 140 students of Forms Three, Four and Five who were purposely selected from the MARA Junior Science College in Pahang. The instruments used were survey questionna

A number of medium components influencing lipase production by Penicillium citrinum (ATCC 42799) were studied using palm oil mill effluent as the basal medium. The medium components (peptone, yeast extract, malt extract, NH4Cl, NaNO3, KH2PO4, CaCl2, MgSO4, olive oil and tween-80) were analyzed in twelve experimental trials using Plackett–Burman d

Number of active smokers in Malaysia is increasing despite availability of stop smoking clinics and smoking cessation medications. Thus, the practice of the healthcare professionals involved in providing smoking cessation intervention using evidence-based guidelines needs to be assessed using validated assessment tool. Newly invented reliable and v

Now-a-days, Due to the repaid increasing and continuous use of multimedia communications on the internet, Security is becoming more and more relevant and important. However, special and reliable security is required for the many multimedia applications available such as video conferencing, digital television and mobile TV. The classical techniques

The objective of this paper is to present the current evidence relative to the effectiveness of pair programming (PP) as a pedagogical tool in higher education CS/SE courses. We performed a systematic literature review (SLR) of empirical studies that investigated factors affecting the effectiveness of PP for CS/SE students and studies that measured

This study presents the perceptions of teachers toward the best practices of principals’ conflict management at the selected Islamic Private Secondary Schools in Yala Province Thailand. The sample of the study was 302 teachers. The instruments used were survey questionnaire of fifteen items and followed by interview with the conveniently selected

The blockchain mechanism in managing refuse management for a household, is much needed to facilitate peer to peer exchange of data and consent within the community. This can be publicly accessible yet very secure using unanimous user authentication protection system through the blockchain mechanism. Therefore, the main aim of the study is to identi

The purpose of this study is to examine the multi-ethnics students’ attitudes in the teaching and learning of History at the selected secondary schools in Sabah, Malaysia. This study was based on the data collected from questionnaires distributed to 189 students of various ethnicity including Dusun Bagahak, Suluk, Bajau, Chinese, Cocos, Iranun, B

The study presents the relationship between principals’ instructional leadership practices and students' academic achievement of secondary schools in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. The Principal Instructional Management Rating Scale (PIMRS) modified by Hallinger and Murphy (1985) and Latip (2006) was used as the data collection instrument through sur